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Representative Jared Golden of Maine who represents Lewiston asked for forgiveness while giving remarks that are what we deserve to hear from each and every lawmaker who has opposed the banning of deadly weapons of war
“This is a dark time in America. …Prayer is appropriate in a time like this, that the evil can end and this senseless violence can stop,” Johnson told reporters, leaving out any actions he might lead Congress in taking and, as is his wont, not taking questions.
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has began his speakership in the wake of three weeks of inaction by his chamber by giving the House a long weekend off, even as the world and the nation face crises and a government shutdown looms.
Mike Johnson doesn’t treat the majority of Americans as human beings. He dehumanizes them in both policy efforts and rhetoric. He is also a ringleader against democracy. This is exactly who the Republican Party is now.
Lubbock Texas passed a new law banning from people assisting anyone in or traveling through the county in getting an out-of-state abortion, effectively enshrining restrictions on the fundamental Constitutional right of freedom of movement.
Some Republicans are worried that their speaker candidates can’t cross the 217 threshold and that if they don’t make it, more members will want to cut a deal with Democrats to reopen the government.
All of the eight new Republican speaker candidates were vetted by the former president in a process Rep. Pete Sessions described as “the president is interested in having someone he can work with.”
Democratic Whip Katherine Clark hammered Rep. Jim Jordan in a House floor speech, during which she nominated Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pointed out that while President Biden has been working to advance bipartisan legislation and protect our national security, Republicans are busy fighting with one another.
Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) downplayed the threats being made against Republicans who oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, including threats being made against their wives.
President Biden will give a big prime time speech tonight at 8 PM Eastern to discuss the U.S. response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.
The Biden-Harris administration is announcing the largest ever investment in America’s grid with $3.5 billion in funding for 58 projects across 44 states, which will enable more than 35 gigawatts of renewable energy on the grid.
An appeals court clerk had to flag Donald Trump’s gag order appeal because the lawyer is not a member of the bar for the DC Circuit.
After House Republicans tried to get insurrectionist supporting and election denier Rep. Jim Jordan elected to Speaker, Jason Blazakis, a Democratic Congressional candidate in New Jersey, used it to attack the Republican freshman Rep incumbent, Rep. Tom Kean.
The leader of the Republican Party mocks US military and no one in that party can find the courage to meaningfully object. The same people act like they’d stand up to terrorists; but they can’t even stand up to their own leader.
If the idea that people vote with their wallets before they vote with their ballots is true, then Taylor Swift’s domination spells trouble for Republicans, and so does Barbie’s success.
If Republicans elect Jim Jordan to Speaker, it will leave vulnerable House Republicans to answer for Jordan’s scandals, conspiracy theories, election denialism and extremist policies.
The media expect Democrats to help Republicans elect insurrectionist Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to be the next Speaker of the House.
Conservatives are so confident about their ability to play the mainstream media that they’re now saying the quiet part out loud.
CNN reporter Manu Raju didn’t allow Rep. Kevin McCarthy to blame Democrats for Republican dysfunction. In fact, Raju corrected McCarthy, telling him, “That you guys can’t govern.”
The pro-Trump, conspiracy-laden Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America according to a new NBC report. It claims the January 6th terrorist attack and climate change are both hoaxes. While most news sites are struggling to keep the doors open, The Epoch Times’ revenue grew 685% in two years to $122 million.
Things are so bad in the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives that CNN’s chyron read “GOP in Crisis, GOP Scrambling after Scalise Drops Out of Speaker’s Race.”
It might have seemed like a gaffe when RNC Chair Ronna McDaniels said on Fox News that the horrific attack on Israel is a “great opportunity” for Republicans, but other Republican strategists have joined in to say that it is a” huge political benefit” for them.
September’s stunningly good jobs report sounds great, but the New York Times initially chose to present it as bad for investors, focusing on Wall Street rather than Main Street.
“Today’s announcement is a key part of our continuing efforts to strengthen the consequences that are in place at the border for migrants who cross unlawfully, even as we have continued to oversee the largest expansion of lawful pathways to the United States in decades,” a senior administration told us.
A man illegally carrying a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol while seeking Democratic Governor Tony Evers was arrested, posted bail, and then returned with an assault rifle. “A man illegally brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned at night with an assault rifle after posting bail, a…
Even after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy went back on the deal he made with House Democrats, House Republicans expected Democrats to help McCarthy fend off the same nihilist faction he elevated in order to get power.
The Biden-Harris Administration announced that for the first time, federal agencies are making it clear in writing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activities.”
“I think it is worse than embarrassing that Republicans won’t raises their hands. They refuse to say that equal justice under the law should apply to everyone,” Rep. Greg Casar said in Thursday’s impeachment inquiry.
“Picking witnesses that refute House Republicans arguments for impeachment is mind blowing. This is an unmitigated disaster,” said a senior Republican aide.
Jason Smith (R-MO) looked like a fool after presenting two key pieces of “evidence” of politicization of the DOJ that were dated August 7th 2020 and June 6 2017, both of which are times that Joe Biden was not the president or even the vice president.
The Biden-Harris administration announced on Wednesday three new regulations to strengthen protections for children in foster care including LGBTQI+ youth and kin rights.
There’s been very little coverage of this very unsettling continuation of a shared purpose between Hungary and leading Right wing figures in the U.S., including CPAC. On Monday, Elon Musk met with the President of Hungary Katalin Novák after he missed the “Demographic Summit” in Budapest.
President Biden will announce the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which will be led by Vice President Kamala Harris. The office will serve to expedite the implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and the President’s previous executive actions.
Senator Mitch McConnell ignored Senator Mitt Romney’s advanced warning about the threat of violence on January 6th, 2021, including chatter targeting Romney himself.
This casting aside of the foundational principles of the Constitution is the other critical buttressing element in achieving democratic backsliding.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney was paying $5,000 a day to protect his family from his party’s own voters after the insurrection. Other Republicans were warned off of voting to convict Trump in the second impeachment with echoes of terrorism in effect: “Think of your personal safety, said another. Think of your children.”
The House Judiciary Committee interviewed senior FBI agent Thomas Sobocinski, who oversees the FBI team that’s investigating Hunter Biden, and he disputed claims made by two of the House Republicans’ “whistleblowers.”
The U.S. did NOT give Iran 6 billion dollars. The money is from releasing frozen Iranian funds. Congress has been briefed about this as well.
At least 23 jurors have been doxxed and had their personal information posted on conspiracy websites hosted by a Russian company that is known “to be uncooperative with law enforcement.”
In a new filing on Friday morning, the New York attorney general’s office alleges that defendant Trump’s net worth was inflated by up to $3.6 billion in a given year.
New polling reportedly revealed to Republican Senators showed that “pro-life” is not resonating with voters anymore, so now Republicans are considering rebranding “pro-life” as “pro-baby.”
A new CNN poll claims that sixty-one percent of respondents think President Biden was involved in his son’s business dealings while Vice President.
The Biden Department of Justice has proposed a rule to clarify that there are actually no loopholes to the requirements for license and background checks in firearms dealing. There was never a loophole.
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the Biden-Harris administration announced more than $450 million in new funding that will help to reduce overdose deaths, support in recovery efforts, crack down on illicit drug trafficking and invest in information campaigns aimed at young people.
Vivek Ramaswamy defended his comments about Israel by telling Sean Hannity that he understands “more deeply than probably anybody in this race” the foreign policy implications of the aid we give them because “I’ve traveled to Israel. I have business partners in Israel.”
The Biden-Harris administration announced the first ten drugs that will be negotiated under Medicare Part D via the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. If you know anyone paying the co-pay for these drugs out of pocket, you know what a big deal this is going to be.
It will surprise absolutely no one in the thinking universe to learn that while former president Donald J. Trump has been bragging about having almost 200 million views for his Tucker Carlson interview, the reality is much different.
Jim Jordan is reportedly planning to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for her indictment of Donald Trump.
The Republican National Committee’s livestreaming partner for the presidential debate Wednesday evening is right-wing Rumble, on which a reporter found “numerous pro-Hitler videos” and ads for the RNC on those pages.
From leading in the Republican presidential primary 16 years ago to having his mugshot taken on Wednesday as other Republicans head to the first GOP primary debate, Rudy Giuliani’s fall from grace is brutally apparent.
The only all-male court in the United States has just voted to uphold a 6-week ban on abortion after managing to replace the lone woman judge.
Team Trump is out wining and dining with reporters, passing out a mocking Ron DeSantis bingo card.
President Biden’s visit to Maui, Hawai’i was well-received and appreciated by the folks who actually live there. You might not know that, though, if you listen to wailing conservatives gnashing their teeth in rage against his compassion. Let’s take a look at what actually happened first.
David Shafer, one of the 19 defendants charged in Georgia, shared a transcript of the meeting of the false electors with a Trump lawyer advising them.
Speaking to reporters during President Biden’s trip to Lahaina, Hawaii, Homeland Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall shared that the Biden administration set a record of 63 minutes with its approval of the state’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration.
As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is reportedly trying to get other defendants to flip, Donald Trump is leaving many of his top 2020 election theft defenders vulnerable.
Someone finally contrasted the great privilege afforded to former president Donald Trump that would not have been afforded to former president Barack Obama had Obama been caught on tape demanding a SoS overturn an election for him.
It’s way past time to acknowledge the majority of the voters in the United States, all 81,282,916 of them, waited lawfully and peacefully for any sign of justice after the Trump alleged crime syndicate tried to steal their votes.
The Biden-Harris administration announced the first set of resources from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Monday to lawfully support and promote diversity and opportunity in colleges and universities
Defendant and former president and Republican front-runner Donald J. Trump is now demanding that the judge order the government to allow him to discuss classified evidence at a home facility set up when he was president.
State-based news the Courier called out the New York Times on Tuesday for their vastly different headlines about the economy under two different presidents. Spot the differences, @NYTimes. pic.twitter.com/m5XQXJs3Xd — COURIER (@CourierNewsroom) August 8, 2023 Is this a fair criticism? It’s not apples to apples, as one is the headline going to their podcast and…
Governor Ron DeSantis is making it possible for Florida children to be indoctrinated by far right propaganda, which includes a cartoon video supposedly portraying abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass praising the Constitution and taking a dig at Black Lives Matter activism.
During an NBC News exclusive interview, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis finally admitted that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
The sobs of Barbie-burner Ben Shapiro can be heard around the world as “feminist” Barbie hit 1 billion after he claimed “it was one of the most woke movies I have ever seen.”
The office of Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who just appeared in court on securities fraud charges, immediately put a stop to a judge’s injunction against Texas’ inhumane abortion law, making it very clear that the goal of the abortion ban is to punish and intimidate, rather than to save lives.
Fabian Marta is one of many financiers of the Christian anti-child trafficking film “Sound of Freedom,” but he has been arrested and charged with child kidnapping.
After arguing that Donald J Trump couldn’t be impeached for the attack on the Capitol, Republicans are now arguing that indictment of Trump might not be legitimate as impeachment is the proper remedy.
Former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin is very concerned that Donald Trump’s indictment is “injust” and like Orwell’s 1984 is making people “afraid of their thoughts.”
Donald Trump said after his arraignment, “This is a sad day for America and it was also very sad driving through Washington DC and seeing the filth and the decay… This is not the place that I left.”
The Judge in Donald Trump’s arraignment for four felony criminal charges warned the former president that if he doesn’t comply with the conditions of release, he may be imprisoned.
This isn’t exactly what Donald J. Trump was hoping for in terms of turnout for his next grand arraignment appearance on Wednesday.
Donald Trump is worried that the discovery phase of the lawsuit he filed against Michael Cohen might incriminate him in other ongoing criminal matters he currently faces.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) called Donald Trump “deeply deranged man, somebody with sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies” on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House.
Pro-Trump protesters watched as their J6 jail protest “went up in smoke—literally,” on the same day that Donald Trump was federally indicted on serious charges relating to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The United States came very close to having the military used against the people following the attempted election coup, thanks to Donald Trump and his co-conspirators.
The DC grand jury 1/6 indictment against former president Donald Trump includes charges for a conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted.
Former president and 2024 presidential front-runner for the Republican Party Donald Trump has been informed that he has been indicted on four charges by the grand jury in the District of Colombia over the 2020 election interference investigation.
Floridians got a surprise after a fender bender on I-75 near Chattanooga, Tennessee when the accident revealed Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was using state government vehicles for his 2024 run.
President Joe Biden joked that Republicans would have to find something else to criticize him for now that inflation is coming down, “Maybe they’ll decide to impeach me because it’s coming down.”
The Houston Independent School District will eliminate librarians and turn some libraries into discipline centers in certain neighborhoods, that just so happen to be predominantly low-income communities of color.
“The boss” wants the server deleted, Carlos De Oliveira, a property manager at the Mar-a-Lago Club, told the Director of It at the club, according to the new superseding indictment. This was followed by extraordinary comments and actions more befitting of a crime boss than a former president.
In the new superseding indictment against Donald Trump that expands on the previous felony charges in the classified documents case, the government used the former President’s public 2016 statements about the importance of protecting classified documents against him.
While Republican front-runner Donald Trump is said to be nearing a possible indictment for his role in the 1/6 terrorist attack, President Joe Biden is quietly doing actual work trying to help people.
Greg Gutfeld of Fox News is trying really hard to make Ron DeSantis’ ‘slavery was beneficial for the enslaved’ curriculum okay, so he pointed out what he sees as a benefit of the Holocaust.
The Department of Justice just filed a lawsuit against Governor Abbott to force Texas to remove floating barriers in the Rio Grande and the Biden administration blasted Abbott for not working toward real solutions.
A spokesman for Governor Ron DeSantis said the high deaths among those who weren’t fully vaccinated against Covid was a matter of the Governor protecting their “right to make their own health decisions.”
Republican Party leader Donald Trump threatened: “If you f*ck around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.â€
President Biden noted that 40 million people watched his video in which Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) endorsed him.
In one of her many rants, Ms. Greene rattled off the above list of President Biden’s alleged missteps, accusing him of making a public investment in social infrastructure that is finishing what FDR started.
Former president Donald Trump announced that he is a target of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election he lost. What are the likely charges and what might the ramifications be?
Officers are objecting to Governor Greg Abbott’s border patrol policies, with one calling them ‘inhumane’ as they are ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande.
The Special Counsel’s office prosecutors replied to Trump’s efforts to indefinitely postpone his criminal trial date in the classified documents case and to use the Presidential Records Act as a defense.
Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) is asking why Donald Trump bends at the knee of Russia. “In office, Donald Trump bent the knee in front of Vladimir Putin. Out of office, Trump continues to bend the knee before Putin. Why?”
While driving to work near Dallas Texas, a man flipped off a car, the other driver opened fire and fatally shot the man’s wife. In Texas, you can carry a loaded handgun in your vehicle without a permit. Texas leads the nation in road rage shootings.
Russia, who has been exploiting weaknesses in the west for years, warned the west not to take advantage of Russia’s weakness due to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s and the Wagner Group’s armed rebellion.
Former U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, noted on CNN that the civil strife in Russia is a massive blow to people like Tucker Carlson, who have been parroting Putin’s talking points.
The British Ministry of Defense has responded to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group claims to have seized territory and military facilities in a Russian city, calling the events “the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times.”
Hunter Biden didn’t pay his taxes for two years and he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges, but Roger Stone didn’t pay for many more years than Hunter and yet he was never criminally charged.
Kendra Kingsbury, the ex FBI analyst who kept classified information in her bathroom like former president Trump did, was sentenced to prison for 3 years and ten months for violating the same part of the Espionage Act that Trump has been charged with violating.
