President Joe Biden has vowed to steer clear of his predecessor’s notorious penchant for entrenching family members in government affairs.
Newsmax Anchor Storms Off Set After MyPillow CEO Tries Pushing More Fraud Falsehoods
Ardent Trump foot soldier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s latest attempt to push more of the former president’s election fraud falsehoods backfired during his appearance on Newsmax on Tuesday amid complaining about Dominian Voting Systems — which has threatened to sue both Newsmax and Lindell for espousing unfounded claims that it committed mass voter fraud.
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Biden Signs Immigration Executive Orders Aimed At Undoing Trump Era ‘Stain’
President Biden signed three executive orders on Tuesday that aim to roll back the “stain” of Trump administration’s hardline stance on immigration, including steps to begin the reunification process of children who were separated from their parents at the Mexican border under the previous administration’s widely condemned family separation policy. Continue reading “Biden Signs Immigration Executive Orders Aimed At Undoing Trump Era ‘Stain’”
DHS Wraps Up 2 Years During Which It Was Unclear Who Was Actually, Legally In Charge
It’s the end of an era at the Department of Homeland Security. After nearly two full years without a Senate-confirmed leader for the top job, DHS is finally whole. The Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas as DHS secretary Tuesday in a 56-43 vote. Mayorkas ended the longest Cabinet vacancy in American history.
Grassley, Durbin Announce Wray Hearing Amid Questions On Capitol Attack
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to FBI and Department of Justice leadership Tuesday, demanding answers to a long list of unanswered questions on the January 6 Capitol attack.
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Arrested Capitol Rioters Make Up Violent Mass Movement That Bucks Trends, Study Finds
The dozens of Americans arrested and charged so far for offenses related to the Capitol riot are mostly unaffiliated with existing racist or anti-government extremist groups, a new study has found.
DCCC Launches Ad Blitz Against GOP Reps Who ‘Stood With Q’
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is unveiling its first major TV and digital campaign of the 2022 cycle with a focus on Republicans who have refused to stand up to QAnon conspiracies that featured prominently in the Capitol riot last month.
“Washington Republicans have made their choice – they chose to cave to the murderous QAnon mob that has taken over their party,” DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) said in a news release announcing the ads Tuesday. Continue reading “DCCC Launches Ad Blitz Against GOP Reps Who ‘Stood With Q’”
In Impeachment Response, Trump Lawyers Straightfacedly Say ‘Political Hatred’ Has No Place In America
The impeachment team for former President Donald Trump filed its response to the House’s article Tuesday, claiming that Trump is being deprived of his rights and that the whole exercise is unconstitutional anyway.
Pushing Marjorie Greene Off the Cliff
We’re now seeing what amounts to a ‘love that dare not say its name’ proxy battle over Trumpism and Donald Trump within the GOP. Only it’s being played out over two women, Reps. Marjorie Greene and Liz Cheney. Marjorie Greene is a disgrace. No question. She deserves every measure of calumny and denunciation she is receiving from folks like Mitch McConnell and others now sidling up close to McConnell. But everything Greene has said, done and endorsed has been similarly said, done and endorsed by Donald Trump. Indeed, Trump is literally endorsing her! The heat shield around her, holding up at least for the moment, is built around the “GREAT call” she and Trump had over the weekend. Greene is Trump and Trump is Greene. So Greene – who deserves every censure – amounts to the scape goat some Republicans are trying to push off the cliff to expiate the sins of Donald Trump, who they can never cross.
Manchin Brushes Off Harris’ Interview: ‘There’s No Apologies Needed’
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday afternoon dismissed the brouhaha over Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview on local West Virginia radio station WSAZ in which she touted President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 relief package without Manchin’s knowledge.
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