Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who jointly unveiled a deal on a reconciliation bill with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) last week, made a public pitch for fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to back the bill during a series of appearances on Sunday TV shows.
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White House physician Kevin O’Connor on Sunday said President Biden is feeling well after his “rebound positivity” for COVID-19 reported the day before.
Continue reading “Biden Feels Well After ‘Rebound Positivity’ For COVID, White House Says”Arizona House Speaker: I’ll ‘Never Vote Again’ For Trump After Testimony Backlash
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) on Sunday clarified that he does not plan to vote for former President Trump again if he were to launch a re-election bid in 2024, a month after saying that he would vote for Trump if the former president challenges President Biden in 2024.
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The Justice Department is reportedly seeking communications to and from the Republican National Committee’s “election integrity” director in its Jan. 6 investigation, Politico reported Saturday.
Continue reading “DOJ’s Jan. 6 Probe Zeroes In On RNC ‘Election Integrity’ Official’s Communications”The Independent State Legislature Doctrine Could Reverse 200 Years Of Progress
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In a case to be heard in the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, including the ability to draw voting districts for partisan political advantage, unconstrained by state law or state constitutions.
Continue reading “The Independent State Legislature Doctrine Could Reverse 200 Years Of Progress”Indicted MAGA Clerk Pours Quarter Million Dollars Into Recount Gambit
Tina Peters, Colorado’s indicted Mesa County clerk and Big Lie acolyte, has had to dig deep into her pockets to drag out the GOP primary for Colorado secretary of state where she got eaten alive last month.
Continue reading “Indicted MAGA Clerk Pours Quarter Million Dollars Into Recount Gambit”Mastriano Tries To Distance Himself From Anti-Semitic Tech Founder
After coming under intense criticism for allying himself with the anti-Semitic founder of the social media platform Gab, and paying Gab $5,000 for “campaign consulting,” Pennsylvania’s far-right gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano tried to distance himself from the site on Thursday.
Continue reading “Mastriano Tries To Distance Himself From Anti-Semitic Tech Founder”‘Constitutional’ Sheriff Cheers On Absentee Ballot Stunt By Right Wing Activist
A Wisconsin sheriff who’s argued for months that the state’s top elections officials should be charged criminally actually celebrated a local right-wing activist who admitted that he filled out ballot request forms using other people’s names.
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Garrett Ziegler, The Trump Staffer Who Let The Kraken Loose In The White House
Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, and Patrick Byrne marched into the White House on Dec. 18, 2020 for what some have described as the most insane meeting of the Trump presidency.
They made it into the Oval Office in part thanks to a low-level White House staffer named Garrett Ziegler.
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