Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department has arrested 500 people thus far amid its investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading “Garland: DOJ Has Arrested More Than 500 Capitol Insurrectionists Thus Far”
Another Partisan Election Probe Takes Shape, This Time In Wisconsin
Three retired cops will be paid $3,200 a month for three months to investigate “potential irregularities and/or illegalities” in the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin, the Associated Press reported Thursday based on contracts it obtained. It’s just the latest partisan probe into GOP-fueled claims of fraud in the last election.
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Watch The New Episode Of The Josh Marshall Podcast: The Fight Against Despondency
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is now live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the Republican filibuster of even starting debate on Democrats’ major voting rights bill, and game out the path forward for democracy safeguards.
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OAN Executions Dude: I Was Just Discussing Fed Legal Code!
Matt Shuham had a chat with the OAN host who said tens of thousands of election stealing Dems should be executed. Turns out it was just a big misunderstanding.
OAN Host Who Mused About Mass Executions: I Was Just Discussing The Federal Legal Code!
The One America News Network host who mused about the possibility of mass executions of Democrats told TPM Thursday that he was simply reporting on the potential legal ramifications that would exist in a scenario in which there was a massive conspiracy to steal an election.
He was not, he said, cheering for mass death.
Biden Echoes Pelosi: Bipartisan Bill Must Come In ‘Tandem’ With Reconciliation
President Biden won’t sign bipartisan infrastructure legislation until Congress has also passed a reconciliation package, he told reporters on Thursday.
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White Gen X And Millennial Evangelicals Are Losing Faith In The Conservative Culture Wars
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.
Since the 1970s, white American evangelicals – a large subsection of Protestants who hold to a literal reading of the Bible – have often managed to get specific privileges through their political engagement primarily through supporting the Republican Party.
Giuliani’s Son Uses Dad’s Law License Suspension To Boost Long-Shot Bid For NY Gov
Andrew Giuliani, who proclaimed last month that he is “a politician out of the womb” when announcing his long-shot bid for the Republican nomination in New York’s gubernatorial race, painted his father’s suspension from practicing law in the state as a partisan attack. Continue reading “Giuliani’s Son Uses Dad’s Law License Suspension To Boost Long-Shot Bid For NY Gov”
Senate Progressives Determined Not To Get Hosed By Moderates On Infrastructure
Senate Democrats expressed confidence in interviews Thursday that they would not lend their votes to the scaled-down, bipartisan infrastructure deal only to be left in the dust on its much larger and much more progressive reconciliation counterpart.
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