The world’s richest, most powerful military is growing soft, and Republicans in Congress are finally doing something about it.
More on GOP/Proud Boy Fusion Party in Nevada
Here’s a bit more on the situation in the Clark County, Nevada GOP.
Yesterday, Jon Ralston – the dean of Nevada political reporters – riffed on my post below. He also added some additional context that wasn’t clear to me.
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Short And Sweet: TPM’s Short Story And Essay Collections Recommendations
As a lifelong novel consumer who enjoys throwing myself into other worlds for hours on end, it probably won’t come as a surprise that I don’t read too many short stories.
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No Thanks: GOP Governors Group Shuts The Door On MyPillow Guy At Conference
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, aka “the MyPillow guy,” said on Tuesday that he found himself unwelcome at the Republican Governors Association (RGA) meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Trump Rails Against ‘Highly Partisan’ Prosecutors Amid Report Of Grand Jury In Criminal Probe
Ex-President Donald Trump on Tuesday night ranted about Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance reportedly convening a special grand jury to consider potential criminal charges in his investigation into the Trump Organization.
Reports: Bannon Dismissed From ‘Build The Wall’ Case After Questions Over Trump Pardon
A federal judge reportedly dismissed an indictment charging Steve Bannon — who served as former President Trump’s White House chief strategist and was granted a last-minute pardon by Trump — with defrauding pro-Trump We Build the Wall donors on Tuesday, according to The New York Daily News and Washington Post. Continue reading “Reports: Bannon Dismissed From ‘Build The Wall’ Case After Questions Over Trump Pardon”
Feds May Have Been Tracking Giuliani For A Month, Botched Redaction Suggests
Manhattan federal prosecutors may have been tracking Rudy Giuliani’s movements and phone calls, an attorney suggested in botched redactions in a court filing.
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WaPo: Vance Has Convened A Grand Jury To Consider Trump Indictment
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has convened a special grand jury to hear evidence about potential charges in his investigation of the Trump Organization, the Washington Post reported.
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Sidney Powell’s Group Hired Arizona Audit Contractor In Earlier Election Audit
A handwritten note from December appears to tie pro-Trump lawyer and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell to one of the companies contracted to carry out the “audit” of Maricopa County, Arizona’s 2020 election results.
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A Proud Boy Takeover in Vegas
Here’s yet another chapter in the unfolding story of extremist groups and threats of violence seeping into political life in communities across the U.S. in the aftermath of Trump and January 6th. In this case it’s an attempted Proud Boy takeover of the county Republican party in Clark County, Nevada, which is basically the Greater Las Vegas metropolitan area. (About three-quarters of the state’s population lives in Clark County.) As in the other cases we’ve discussed in recent days, the situation includes a confluence or amalgam of ordinary, if contentious, factional political battles with organized threats of violence and efforts to use force to take control of party committees.