Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Sunday quipped that it’s “too early” to create an independent commission to probe the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, following the House’s passage of the bill for the commission’s formation that now faces an uphill battle in the 50-50 Senate. Continue reading “Blunt Thinks It’s ‘Too Early’ To Form Jan. 6 Commission As Bill Moves To Senate”
Kinzinger Takes Aim At McCarthy For Letting The Big Lie Run Rampant In GOP
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Sunday took aim at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for letting the downplaying of the deadly Capitol insurrection that former President Trump incited proliferate within the Republican Party. Continue reading “Kinzinger Takes Aim At McCarthy For Letting The Big Lie Run Rampant In GOP”
Collins Says She ‘Strongly’ Supports Jan. 6 Commission — But With Caveats
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Sunday signaled that she is supportive of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, but that some modifications are needed for the House-passed bill to create the commission to pass through the Senate. Continue reading “Collins Says She ‘Strongly’ Supports Jan. 6 Commission — But With Caveats”
‘Beyond Reprehensible’: GOP Rep Slams Greene For Comparing Mask Policy To Holocaust
Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) on Sunday took aim at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in response to her incendiary remarks comparing the House’s mask policy to the Holocaust. Continue reading “‘Beyond Reprehensible’: GOP Rep Slams Greene For Comparing Mask Policy To Holocaust”
GOP Rep’s Top Aide Alerted Police Ahead Of Riot About Comments Overheard In Hotel Lobby
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) confirmed on Saturday that a top aide from his office had alerted law enforcement hours before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack about comments the aide had overheard in a hotel lobby regarding what seemed to be plans to breach the FBI building.
CNN Dismisses Santorum After Botched Cleanup Of Remarks About Native Americans
CNN has ended its contract with commentator and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, weeks after he suggested that colonizers had “birthed a nation from nothing,” when they arrived on American soil.
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CNN: Gaetz’s Ex-Girlfriend To Cooperate With Feds In Sex Trafficking Probe
Investigators may have managed to secure the cooperation of a former flame of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in an investigation into whether the congressman violated sex trafficking laws, according to CNN.
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Judge Orders Mental Evaluation Of ‘QAnon Shaman’ After Lawyer Insults ‘Short Bus’ Defendants
A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for Jacob Chansley, the Capitol attack defendant whose attorney made vulgar comments to TPM about how many defendants in the case were “fucking short-bus people” with brain damage.
Ex-Trump Campaign Staffers File Lawsuit As Ohio County Continues To Grapple With The Big Lie
In Stark County, Ohio, 2020 never ended.
Cheney Primary Challenger Announces He Got 14-Year-Old Pregnant When He Was 18
Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard (R), one of Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) GOP primary challengers, on Thursday come forward with a disturbing account of a sexual relationship he had with a 14-year-old teen he impregnated when he was 18.
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