Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Thursday demanded an apology from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for Twitter comments she made holding Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accountable for a history of dangerous rhetoric that had deadly consequences at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
Continue reading “GOPer Demands Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Cruz For Blasting His Dangerous Rhetoric”
House Republican leaders were well aware of the risks posed by QAnon supporter Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) last summer, but ultimately opted to do little to stop her, according to an Axios report detailing previously unreported at length discussions about her potential threat before she was elected.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who remains a staunch Trump loyalist despite the ex-president inciting a violent coup attempt, on Thursday night demanded House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) move to have House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) stripped of her leadership position after she voted to impeach Donald Trump.
Continue reading “Gaetz Ramps Up Crusade Against Liz Cheney After She Dared To Cross Trump”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) reportedly denied plans to launch a bid next year to fill the seat of Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who announced his unexpected retirement this week. Continue reading “Jordan Denies Plans To Launch Campaign To Fill Portman’s Senate Seat”
“We do not need to accept failure, or losing. We do not have to be condemned to some grim fate. We are Americans, and if there’s a fight for the soul of this country, we intend to win it.”
Once again, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) won’t let Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) get away with hoodwinking the public.
Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday continued her streak of headline-worthy dunks on Cruz — even after the Trump-target-turned-loyalist unexpectedly found common ground with the New York Democrat over their criticism of stock trading platform Robinhood.
Robinhood had blocked users from buying or trading certain stocks in light of the unexpected and entertaining run on GameStop. Continue reading “An Abridged Account Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Whacking Cruz On Twitter”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), scrambling to redeem himself after momentarily recognizing President Donald Trump as the instigator of the bloody Capitol siege earlier in January, met with the former president Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Several times in November I argued the critical importance of Democrats embracing a Democracy Agenda that embodies their entire policy and political agenda in the months and years ahead – here, here and here. It goes without saying today that the country needs more democracy rather than less. I wrote these posts before we saw the shocking spectacle of a sitting President leading a violent siege against the seat of government to prevent the majority from governing.
Continue reading “A Democracy Agenda… Because Your Political Life Depends on It”
With the country chomping at the bit for the COVID-19 vaccine, at least one red state governor is pushing the GOP to cut a deal with the Biden administration for more vaccine funding.
Continue reading “Some Red States Welcome Increased Federal Role In Biden Vaccine Rollout”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reopened the wounds of Parkland shooting survivors, as well as family members of the victims.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of one of the 17 people killed during the 2018 Parkland shooting, issued a blistering rebuke of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) inaction to address the incendiary House member a day after a video of Greene harassing Parkland victims went viral. Continue reading “Father Of Parkland Shooting Victim Rips Greene: ‘Depraved Person Who Ran On Lie’”
