As Kate Riga reported yesterday, on the day of the insurrection, ex-President Trump’s more loyal right-wing media hosts and lawmakers in Congress were casting about for an explanation for how the violent attack on the Capitol could have happened that didn’t blame Trump.
They settled on a usual suspect: Antifa.
A top Republican in the Kentucky Senate has proposed a bill to strip Governor Andy Beshear (D) of his powers to autonomously fill any vacancies in the state’s U.S. Senate seats.
Continue reading “In Kentucky, Republicans Float New Power Grab To Keep Senate Seats Red”
As Republican state legislators across the country advance bills that will make it harder to vote, an influential part of the GOP apparatus announced its own initiative to organize that effort. But there appears to be some tension between what that group thinks would be best for the party and how some Republican-controlled states are seeking to limit mail-in voting.
Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) issued a statement on Wednesday urging President Joe Biden to take “executive action” to cancel student loan debt after the president was pressed on his plans to remove student loan debt during a CNN town hall on Tuesday night.
Continue reading “Dem Sens Urge Biden To Use Exec Action To Cancel Student Debt Beyond $10K”
The Maine Republican Party wants Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), one of the seven GOP senators who voted for conviction in ex-President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, to know that they are Not Happy about her decision — but also they love her and, gosh, thank you for being you!
Continue reading “Maine GOP Condemns Collins’ Impeachment Vote In Weird Letter Brimming With Praise”
The world of Fox News is doubling up on its dose of primetime host Tucker Carlson.
Fox News announced Wednesday that Carlson is set to develop two new video projects for the channel’s Fox Nation streaming service. Continue reading “Coming Soon To Fox: More Tucker Carlson”
The conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is dead at 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his wife Kathryn Adams Limbaugh announced Wednesday.
Continue reading “Culture Warrior Shock Jock Rush Limbaugh Dead At 70”
CNN anchor Jake Tapper found himself in a tiff with former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday morning after Tapper tweeted a quote from an unnamed former White House colleague that called McEnany out for an alleged QAnon dog-whistle following President Biden’s town hall the night before. Continue reading “McEnany Spars With CNN’s Tapper After Tweet Alleging QAnon Dogwhistle”
Vice President Kamala Harris, who formerly served as a prosecutor, on Wednesday morning declined to say whether she believed ex-President Donald Trump, who was recently acquitted in his second Senate impeachment trial, ought to be criminally charged for inciting the violent insurrection at the Capitol last month.
Continue reading “Harris Won’t Say Whether Trump Should Face Criminal Charges”
Mike Donilon, a senior adviser to the president, said in a White House memo on Tuesday that an “obstructionist” stance taken by the GOP toward President Joe Biden’s plan for COVID-19 relief would not likely be favorable for the party and would likely only contribute to further damaging the GOP’s already shrinking national support.
