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”
Harris Won’t Say Whether Trump Should Face Criminal Charges
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.
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Senior Biden Adviser Points At Data Showing GOP’s ‘Obstructionism’ Will Not ‘Be Rewarded’
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.
An Appreciation of Mitch McConnell
Before you get your hackles up, no … this isn’t a post inducting Mitch McConnell into the Resistance. It’s not a post painting McConnell as part of some institutionalist, non-Trump GOP. It’s none of those things. McConnell is just as awful as you and I always thought and in many ways critically responsible for sustaining Trump through his four years in office. My point is a different one, but I think important. I had writing this post in mind before ex-President Trump’s tirade yesterday. But his tirade for me cast the whole reality in a starker and clarifying relief.
The House GOP especially has had a series of weak, often feckless leaders, with Kevin McCarthy being just the latest, weakest and least fecked. But as I wrote back on the 11th, this isn’t really about bad luck or weak character. It’s built into the structure of the modern GOP. The GOP has weak leaders because weak, figurehead leaders are part and parcel of the GOP being a rightist, revanchist party while masquerading as a center-right party of government. The Jim Jordans and Steve Kings and Louis Gohmerts of the GOP prefer to run their party from the back benches or committee chairs under nominal leaders like McCarthy because it gives them power without accountability, a combination which is the mother’s milk of today’s conservative politics. McCarthy, famously and notoriously, went from privately telling colleagues that he believed Trump was literally on Vladimir Putin’s payroll to becoming one of Trump’s most committed and lickspittleyest toadies.
WATCH: Trump Plaza Building Demolished In Atlantic City
What goes up must come down … eventually.
Former President Trump’s defunct Trump Plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was demolished on Wednesday.
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Graham Bearhugs Trump: He’s A ‘Handful’ But We Need Him
If Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is any indication, the Republican Party is far from purging itself of former President Donald Trump, and may even be emboldened in its praise of the ex-president after he was acquitted on Saturday of inciting an insurrection of the U.S. Capitol.
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TX Mayor Announces Resignation After Telling Texans To ‘Quit Crying’ Over Electricity Loss From Power Outage Crisis
Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, Texas, announced on Tuesday that he had submitted his resignation amid backlash over his Facebook rant about those seeking assistance from the government amid recent statewide power outages caused by a brutal snowstorm that have left people without electricity and heat.
Biden Asserts Every American Will Have Access To COVID Vaccine ‘By The End Of July’
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that every American who wanted a COVID-19 vaccination would be able to get one “by the end of July.” The remarks delivered during a CNN town hall have been among his most optimistic about how quickly Americans will have access to vaccines against coronavirus.
Biden Declares He’s ‘Tired Of Talking About Trump’ After Impeachment Acquittal: ‘It’s Done’
President Joe Biden wants to leave his predecessor in the rearview mirror.
Trump Dumps Giuliani As His Personal Lawyer Amid Slew Of Legal Battles
Rudy Giuliani is “not currently representing” former President Trump “in any legal matters,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told CNN and Reuters on Tuesday. Continue reading “Trump Dumps Giuliani As His Personal Lawyer Amid Slew Of Legal Battles”