Six people are dead and dozens injured following a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park on Monday morning, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and numerous local reports.
Continue reading “Six Dead, Dozens Injured After Gunman Fires On Fourth Of July Parade From Rooftop”Trump Lashes Out At Cheney After She Signals Jan. 6 Panel Is Open To Criminal Referrals
Former President Trump on Monday swiped at Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who serves as vice chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, a day after she signaled that the panel is leaving the door open to possible criminal referrals of Trump to the Justice Department.
Continue reading “Trump Lashes Out At Cheney After She Signals Jan. 6 Panel Is Open To Criminal Referrals”Noem Squirms When Pressed On Story About 10-Year-Old Forced To Travel For Abortion
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Sunday struggled to defend her state’s abortion ban, which only excludes cases where the pregnant’s person’s life is at risk, when asked about a news story about a child who is traveling across state lines to obtain an abortion.
Continue reading “Noem Squirms When Pressed On Story About 10-Year-Old Forced To Travel For Abortion”Schiff Previews Focus Of Next Jan. 6 Committee Hearing After Hutchinson’s Testimony
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, on Sunday said the panel plans to focus in its next public hearing on “efforts to assemble” the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol.
Continue reading “Schiff Previews Focus Of Next Jan. 6 Committee Hearing After Hutchinson’s Testimony”Jan. 6 Panel Members Say New Witnesses Have Come Forward After Hutchinson’s Testimony
The two Republican members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), on Sunday said that new witnesses have come forward wanting to testify before the panel after explosive testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, last week.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Panel Members Say New Witnesses Have Come Forward After Hutchinson’s Testimony”SCOTUS Demands Maryland, Virginia Officials Do More To Stop Protests At Justices’ Homes
The Supreme Court’s marshal reportedly issued letters to Maryland and Virginia officials asking them to enforce laws against picketing at private homes in light of protests outside of the residences of conservative justices on the Supreme Court, following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, according to NBC News and the Washington Post.
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“If the Democrats hold the House and add two Senators in November I will vote to pass a law making Roe’s protections the law nationwide and change the filibuster rules to guarantee that bill gets an up or down vote. And I will do that in January 2023.”
All On the Line
I continue to believe — in fact it’s all but a certainty — that continued Democratic control of Congress and any near-term restoration of abortion rights across the country rests almost entirely on Democrats making a firm commitment to pass such a law in January 2023. It’s creeping forward. A handful of Senate Democrats who hadn’t committed before have now done so. President Biden has said he supports doing so — not relevant in any direct sense but a very important signal. But it needs to move quickly.
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Michigan GOPers Introduce Ban On Nonexistent School Drag Shows That They Admit Don’t Exist
When Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) accused Republicans of manufacturing “fake issues,” several Republicans apparently took that as serious advice.
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