House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday tasked Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, to investigate the National Security Agency, after the agency bluntly denied allegations by Fox New host Tucker Carlson that it has been spying on him in a conspiracy to get him kicked off the air. Continue reading “McCarthy Comes To Carlson’s Side After Wild NSA Claim … And Ropes Nunes Into It”
It Happened Again
A Republican lawmaker from Washington State wears a Star of David to an anti-masking, anti-vaccine event to protest the oppression of COVID dissidents.
Another GOPer Invokes The Holocaust To Complain About COVID Measures
A Washington state lawmaker wore a yellow Star of David — a Holocaust-era symbol that Nazis forced onto Jews — while voicing his opposition to COVID-19 vaccinations during a speech last weekend. Continue reading “Another GOPer Invokes The Holocaust To Complain About COVID Measures”
Ranking the 44 Former American Presidents
CSPAN has its latest historians’ ratings of American Presidents out. There are some interesting conclusions.
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Second Oath Keeper Charged With Capitol Attack Conspiracy Pleads Guilty
On Tuesday an Alabama man became the second Capitol attack defendant to plead guilty to participating in an Oath Keepers conspiracy to interrupt Congress on Jan. 6.
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Few Republican Defections As House Passes Jan. 6 Select Committee
The House passed the resolution to set up a Jan. 6 select committee Wednesday on a near party-line 222-190 vote.
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Down And Out In Nashville! Tennessee Misses Chance To Strut Hardcore Border Cred
Can’t a GOP governor catch a break?
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Ex-Trump DHS Chief Joins Trump On MAGA Tour After Briefly Refuting Election Fraud Lies
Chad Wolf, who (maybe illegally) served as ex-President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security secretary, is running back into his old boss’s arms despite having rejected his lies about the 2020 election being compromised by fraud.
Where Things Stand: ‘Somebody With A Pulse’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has not publicly disclosed whether she intends to run for reelection after a decade-plus in the Senate.
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