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Georgia Prosecutors Have Opened a Criminal Investigation into Trump’s Phone Call Asking For Help “Finding” Votes

Georgia prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a phone call former President Donald Trump made asking for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to help him “find” votes to overturn the results of the 2020 general election. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Georgia officials were considering opening an investigation. As PoliticusUSA reported…

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Report: Trump Spent the Day Fuming Over his Legal Team’s Impeachment Trial Performance

Tuesday saw the opening of the 2nd impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The Democratic impeachment managers started by arguing against Trump. The arguments were well received, with multiple Republican senators complimenting the performance. Then came Donald Trump’s lawyers. Bruce Castor went first and was a total disaster. Trump ally Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax that he…

Schumer says public pressure is getting to McConnell
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Schumer: Dems Are Moving “Full Steam Ahead” on Covid Relief as Impeachment Trial Begins

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats are moving “full steam ahead” on Covid-19 relief even as the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins, pushing back against any assertion that his party can’t balance two priorities at once. “To the pundits who said we can’t do both at once, we say…

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Senator Mazie Hirono Suggests Most GOP Senators Would Vote to Convict Trump Via Secret Ballot

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) suggested that most Republican senators would vote to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection against Congress if the vote were done via secret ballot. The Senate needs two-thirds of the chamber––67 senators––to convict Trump, which means Democrats would need 17 Republicans to cross the aisle. Thus far, it…

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Impeachment Managers Will Make “Violent Crime” Case Against Trump

House impeachment managers who will prosecute former President Donald Trump‘s impeachment are prepared to make arguments akin to a “violent crime” case, according to aides who spoke to reporters about impeachment trial mechanics. “It’ll be more like a violent crime criminal prosecution, because that is what it is,†one of the advisers said. “It will…

Trump Press Conference Mail In Voting Meltdown
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Trump Impeachment Prosecutors Will Use New Evidence

Senior aides have confirmed that the prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will use new evidence against him. The aides say it is possible Republican senators who have otherwise expressed hesitation over convicting Trump for inciting an insurrection against Congress would be likely to convict based on this new evidence. “Once they see…

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Poll: As Impeachment Trial Begins, Most Americans Favor Convicting Trump

Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins today and according to a CBS/YouGov poll released earlier this morning, most Americans favor convicting him for inciting an insurrection against Congress. The poll found 56 percent favor convicting Trump and the same percentage believe Trump encouraged the violence that resulted in his supporters storming the Capitol, an…

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Everyone on Political Twitter Agrees That Matt Gaetz Should Leave His House Seat to Become Trump’s Lawyer

Many GOP lawmakers made no secret of their support for Donald Trump. This was obvious when 147 Republican congresspeople voted to overturn November’s election results. But some elected officials stood out for their sheer sycophancy towards Trump. And one the top of that list is Matt Gaetz. The Florida congressman may have been embarrassed when…

Lindsey Graham plans to investigate Obama over Mike Flynn case
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Lindsey Graham Refuses Call to Hold Quick Confirmation Hearing for Merrick Garland as AG

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has refused a call to hold a quick confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, who President Joe Biden has nominated to serve as the nation’s attorney general. Garland’s hearing is scheduled for February 8. Graham says the hearing is designed to “score political points” ahead of the impeachment trial of former President…

Trump reacts to impeachment in video
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Report: Claims of Anti-Conservative Bias Are a Form of “Disinformation”

A report released today from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights concluded that anti-conservative bias claims are part of a disinformation narrative and not supported by any tangible evidence. “The claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it. No trustworthy large-scale…

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Kinzinger Defends Voting to Impeach Trump, Says It “Could Very Well Be Terminal for My Career”

In an interview with the CNN podcast “The Axe Files,†Representative Adam Kinzinger defended his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol insurrection. He says he knew that doing so could likely cost him his seat in the House given the partisan political climate. “I did it knowing full well it…

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Joe Scarborough Has Harsh Words for “Trump Terrorists”

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough criticized Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for downplaying the January 6 storming of the United States Capitol, which took place after former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to march on Congress in a bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The president’s supporters…

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Republican Adam Kinzinger Says He Knows His Career Is Over After Voting to Impeach Trump

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was the first Republican to come out in support of a resolution to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment after former President Donald Trump incited the Capitol insurrection. He says he knows it has damaged his future career prospects. “The only hope you have is to…

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Google Is Latest Company to Suspend Donations to Politicians Who Voted Against Election Certification

Google is the latest company to suspend donations to politicians who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 general election, which President Joe Biden won decisively. The company made the announcement after conducting an internal review of its political contributions in the wake of the violent insurrection at the Capitol, which took place after…

Trump Press Conference Mail In Voting Meltdown
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SCOTUS Dismisses Cases Alleging Trump Violated Constiution’s Emoluments Clause

The Supreme Court of the United States has dismissed cases alleging former President Donald Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause and profited off the presidency during his time in office. The emoluments clauses is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution that states “No Title of Nobility shall…

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Opinion: GOP Impeachment Strategy is a Policy of Appeasement, Inviting Nazism and Racism into Mainstream Politics

Senate Republicans are now gearing up to acquit Trump in an impeachment trial on the specious rationale that putting a former officeholder on trial is unconstitutional, even though legal scholars, including some from the conservative Federalist Society, have broadly affirmed the constitutionality of such a proceeding. While this argument is their most recent political tactic,…

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The Wyoming Republican Party Has Voted to Censure Liz Cheney Over Her Impeachment Vote

The Wyoming Republican Party has voted to censure Representative Liz Cheney over her vote to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol insurrection. The censure resolution has been submitted to the Wyoming Republican Party’s State Central Committee for consideration. “Representative Cheney has violated the trust of her voters, failed to faithfully represent a very…

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James Comey Says The Capitol Insurrection Was The Republican Party’s “Own Chernobyl”

Former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump’s, described the Capitol insurrection as the Republican Party’s “very own Chernobyl” in a new interview with The Guardian. Comey lambasted the GOP as a party “built on lies and racism and know-nothingism.”  “Something is shifting and I’m hoping it’s the fault breaking apart, a…

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Poll: With Just One Day To Go Until The End of the Trump Administration, Majority of Americans Are Worried About the Future

A poll released a day ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration finds that the majority of Americans are worried and pessimistic about the future, a further indication of the general malaise that has dogged American politics. The poll, from NBC News, found that 53% of Americans are pessimistic about what the future holds compared to…

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FBI Vetting 25,000 National Guard Troops Amid Fears of Inside Attack at Inauguration

The Capitol insurrection has raised fears of an inside attack at President-elect Joe Biden‘s inauguration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is vetting 25,000 National Guard troops who will be stationed in the District of Columbia as security heightens ahead of the event. â€We’re continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks…

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“Cowboys For Trump” Founder Arrested After Suggesting More Violence Will Occur

Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county commissioner and the founder of “Cowboys for Trump,” was arrested after suggesting that more violence will occur once the insurrectionists who participated in an attack against the Capitol earlier this month return to Washington, D.C. in time for President-elect Joe Biden‘s inauguration. In a video published by Inside Edition…

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The Rehearsal for Biden’s Inauguration Ceremony Has Been Pushed Back a Day Due to Security Concerns

Security concerns have forced the rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden‘s inauguration ceremony to be pushed back a day. “It is going to take place on Monday, is the current schedule. Secret Service is in charge of running that schedule, but that’s done in partnership with Biden team, and it was their decision to delay a…

Trump discourages Republicans from voting in Georgia runoff
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Poll: Majority Support Trump’s Removal from Office Following Capitol Attack

The majority of Americans support removing President Donald Trump from office after he incited an attack against Congress, according to the latest Morning Consult/Politico survey. 53 percent of voters support the House’s impeachment proceedings, which kicked off earlier this morning. Impeachment articles are expected to pass and be sent to the Senate. 54 percent say…

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Former DHS Official Warns Political Violence Will Worsen in Wake of Capitol Attack

Former Department of Homeland Security intelligence analyst Daryl Johnson, who in 2009 authored an internal report warning that right-wing extremism was on the rise in the United States, warns that political violence will worsen in the wake of last week’s insurrection against Congress, which took place at President Donald Trump‘s behest. “This Capitol insurrection that…

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120 Republican Former Officials Back Trump’s Immediate Removal

120 Republican former officials are backing President Donald Trump‘s immediate removal from office after he incited an insurrection against Congress. The group is comprised of veterans from the Donald Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford administrations. The statement from Defending Democracy Together (DDT) comes ahead of today’s impeachment vote…

Trump has an unhinged meltdown in Texas
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Trump’s Dubai Partner Happy to Continue Business Relationship with Trump Despite His Role in Inciting an Attack on Congress

Speaking to Reuters, DAMAC Properties Chairman Hussain Sajwani said he is happy to continue his business relationship with President Donald Trump despite Trump’s role in inciting an attack on the Capitol last week that cost the lives of several insurrectionists and a Capitol Police officer. “Our relationship with the Trump Organisation, and especially with [Trump’s…

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Brian Kilmeade Suggests Impeachment Should Be Off the Table Because Republicans Are Threatening Mass Violence

Speaking on “Fox and Friends,” Brian Kilmeade suggested impeaching President Donald Trump a second time should be off the table because Republicans are threatening mass violence in the wake of last week’s attack against the Capitol. Many people want Trump “to continue to be a force in the Republican Party,” Kilmeade said, adding that they…

Trump discourages Republicans from voting in Georgia runoff
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Trump Professes That The “American Patriots” Who Voted for Him “Will Have a Giant Voice Long into the Future”

President Donald Trump took to Twitter the morning after conceding to President-elect Joe Biden that the “75,000,000 great American Patriots” who voted for him in the general election “will have a GIANT VOICE” long into the future.” “They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape, or form!!!” he wrote. The 75,000,000…

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Dominion Voting Systems Sues Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell for Pushing Election Conspiracies

Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell for pushing blatantly false claims about the election, including that Dominion machines were compromised. Dominion says it has been the victim of a “viral disinformation campaign†that Powell mounted “to financially enrich herself, to raise her public profile, and to ingratiate herself to…

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Mark Zuckerberg Announces That Trump Has Been Banned from Facebook and Instagram Indefinitely

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that President Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely following the violence that erupted on Capitol Hill yesterday. Many of the president’s supporters, encouraged by his baseless claims of election fraud, stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn the election result. Ultimately, Congress certified President-elect…

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Barr: Trump’s Behavior is a “Betrayal of HIs Office and Supporters”

Former Attorney General William Barr has denounced President Donald Trump after rioters, spurred by the president’s incendiary language and baseless claims of election fraud, stormed Capitol Hill yesterday in a bid to overturn the election results. In a statement to The Associated Press, Barr said Trump’s conduct amounts to a “betrayal of his office and…

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Giuliani Left a Voicemail with the Wrong Senator in a Final Effort to Delay Certifying Biden’s Win

President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani left a voicemail with the wrong senator in a final effort to delay certifying President-elect Joe Biden‘s win. Giuliani attempted to reach Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) but he left the message on the voicemail of another senator, who has not been identified.  In his message to Tuberville, Giuliani claimed…

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Trump Now Faces Criminal Complaint After Georgia Call

Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal complaint against President Donald Trump for his call pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the election in the state, which President-elect Joe Biden won decisively. “President Trump’s conduct violates not only the law, but the…

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Trump Praises Loeffler and Perdue for Pledging to Vote Against Certifying Biden’s Election Win

The Georgia Senate runoffs, which will determine which party will have control over Congress‘s upper chamber, are today. For weeks, President Donald Trump has been criticized for apparently undermining the Republican Party’s chances of winning by attacking Republicans who have not backed his call for overturning the results of an election that President-elect Joe Biden…

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In 2016, Donald Trump Said Ted Cruz “Stole” the Iowa Primary and Called for a Do-Over. See How Cruz Reacted Back Then.

Back during the 2016 Republican primary, GOP lawmakers had a much different reaction to Donald Trump. Chris Christie frequently bashed him before becoming an important campaign surrogate. Lindsey Graham famously tweeted, “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.” No the South Carolina senator is one of Trump’s chief sycophants. If…

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Trump Declares Republican Party “Weak and Ineffective” for Not Backing His Attempts to Overturn Election Results

President Donald Trump declared the Republican Party is “weak and ineffective” for not backing his attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election, which was decisively won by President-elect Joe Biden. “The ‘Surrender Caucus’ within the Republican Party will go down in infamy as weak and ineffective ‘guardians’ of our Nation, who were…

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