The Oklahoma legislature continued the red state one-upmanship Thursday, passing a bill that would outlaw nearly every abortion in the state.
Continue reading “Oklahoma Passes New Near Total Abortion Ban In Red State Race To Outlaw Procedure”Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Information From GOP Rep Who It Says Gave Tour Day Before Insurrection
The Jan. 6 Select Committee on Thursday announced that it is seeking information from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who, it says, gave a tour to a group, leading visitors “through parts of the Capitol complex” the day before the deadly Capitol insurrection last year.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Information From GOP Rep Who It Says Gave Tour Day Before Insurrection”Trump Reportedly Has Second Thoughts On Future Primary Endorsements
Former President Trump is reportedly having second thoughts about getting behind future GOP primary candidates after the Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary results have thus far failed to be a clear cut win for his endorsee, CNN reports.
Continue reading “Trump Reportedly Has Second Thoughts On Future Primary Endorsements”After Quitting, Election Official Has Grim Warning About A Future Of More Big Lies
As midnight approached on November 3, 2020, Ken Matta was sitting in a Phoenix conference room with Arizona’s secretary of state. And he was feeling pretty good.
Continue reading “After Quitting, Election Official Has Grim Warning About A Future Of More Big Lies”Three for Me, One for You
It was only a matter of time. A candidate for Governor in Colorado has a proposal: create an in-state electoral college that will systematically over-weight rural votes and thus make it almost impossible for a Republican not to win the governorship as well as other statewide offices. Basically, counties take the place of states and Colorado has a ton of rural counties where very few people live. From what I can tell, he’s not the most likely nominee. But he won the top spot on the primary ballot at the state convention. So he’s not some random gadfly either. In any case, Gov. Jared Polis is popular and seems like a shoe-in for reelection. But this seems like the leading edge of the broader trend.
Continue reading “Three for Me, One for You”Cruz Targeted For Possible Disbarment For Boosting Election Steal Efforts In Court
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is facing potential disbarment after throwing himself into ex-President Donald Trump’s scheme to steal the 2020 election through bogus litigation.
Continue reading “Cruz Targeted For Possible Disbarment For Boosting Election Steal Efforts In Court”Up Your Nose
Some clarification from TPM Reader RM on nasal vaccines and their utility.
Continue reading “Up Your Nose”I just thought I would add to your statement that nasal vaccines “likely offer a different level or kind of immunity”. This is totally correct, but I would comment on some of the biology that underlies that statement.
GOP Rep Demands To Know If Babies Get Aborted In The Middle Of Being Born
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
Good Thing These Guys Get To Be In Charge Of Writing Laws
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion access on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) grilled Dr. Yashica Robinson on just how far into a patient’s pregnancy she would go to perform an abortion.
- “How about if a child is halfway out of the birth canal? Is an abortion permissible then?” Johnson asked.
- Robinson:
- How about if leprechauns flew down on unicorns and twerked to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” atop the Empire State Building? Is an abortion permissible then?
Chips A-Roy Screeches About Frozen Baby Parts
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), there to ensure that the House hearing on abortion didn’t get any less stupid, gave Robinson the third degree over “baby parts” that he claimed were being stored in freezers and Pyrex dishes.
- Robinson:
Pennsylvania Senate GOP Race Still Too Close To Call
Counting of the mail-in ballots continues in the Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary, where Trump-endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz’s razor-thin lead over former hedge fund CEO David McCormick continues to shrink.
- Trump called on Oz to just go ahead and declare himself the winner anyway on Wednesday under the same exact pretense the ex-president himself invented when he falsely claimed victory on the night of the 2020 election even though ballots were still being counted: “It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find.'”
Stefanik Backs Dumbass Impeachment Erasure Crusade
House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the No. 3 Republican in the House, co-sponsored Rep. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) resolution to “expunge” (???) Trump’s second impeachment on Wednesday.
- 27 other House Republicans co-sponsored Mullin’s resolution with Stefanik.
- The impeachment was a “sham smear against not only President Trump’s name, but against millions of patriots across the country,” Stefanik told Fox News Digital. We’ll see if her noble effort to defend Trump’s honor pays off.
Idaho Narrowly Avoids Choosing Election Denier As SOS
One primary on Tuesday that might’ve flown under your radar was Idaho’s GOP primary for secretary of state, in which two out of the three candidates denied that Biden won the 2020 election (Biden did win the 2020 election).
- The lone candidate who did acknowledge that Biden won the 2020 election, Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane, ended up winning the race.
- Isn’t it awesome and great that we’re at the point where there’s an actual risk of a person in charge of running elections just straight-up rejecting election results they don’t like?
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act To Address Baby Formula Shortage
The President announced on Wednesday that he was invoking the Defense Production Act to order suppliers to prioritize baby formula manufacturers over others in response to the nationwide baby formula shortage.
Dr. Freud, Call Your Office
During his speech at Southern Methodist University on Wednesday, ex-President George W. Bush made arguably one of the most damning Freudian slips in modern American politics while blasting Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion. The gaffe was met with laughter. Extremely grim stuff.
Must Read
“Starring in the Conspiracies of People Who Hate You” – Atlantic writer Yair Rosenberg
Elon Musk Continues To Be Full Of It
As he’s blatantly trying to worm his way out of going through with his deal to buy Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that he would no longer be voting Democrat, but Republican instead because Democrats have “become the party of division and hate.”
- If you’re wondering why I’m flagging Musk’s self-important declaration, here it is: His tweet ended with “Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold.” Translation: He’s at risk of landing in some deep shit with the government (oh hi, SEC) and he’s setting up a pretext for his fan club to think he’s a victim of Biden’s partisan wrath.
- Let’s take a quick look at what else is really going on here:
After we posted this video, it went viral, causing Musk to respond. He has changed his story on why he’s planning to vote for Republicans.https://t.co/TLiyeg1zLJ
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 18, 2022
- Also, Musk donated nearly $39,000 to a Republican fundraising committee back in 2018, so like, maybe he’s not being completely honest about how super loyal he was to the Democratic Party before he was drawn away by the unity and kindness that today’s Trump-era GOP is famous for.
Canes Win!!
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 2-1 in overtime last night in their first game of the second round in the NHL playoffs:
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Where Things Stand: Trump Just Wants His Own Mini-Me
When Donald Trump looks at Dr. Oz, he sees himself.
(He probably sees his own reflection in the glint in everyone’s eye, but …)
Mehmet Oz is super close to transforming into his highest self as a Trump mini-me — he’s already got the celeb status, he’s a reality TV host with no business being in politics, he’s just as bombastic in his MAGA beliefs as the ex-president. But he’s missing one key ingredient that Trump is already subtly calling him out for.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Trump Just Wants His Own Mini-Me”Defense IG: Trump Admin Unlawfully Retaliated Against Twin Of Impeachment Witness
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General has found that Trump administration officials unlawfully retaliated against former Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, the twin brother of Alexander Vindman, who served as a key witness in former President Trump’s first impeachment trial.
Continue reading “Defense IG: Trump Admin Unlawfully Retaliated Against Twin Of Impeachment Witness”