Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly urged then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue Big Lie efforts in a series of text messages in the weeks after the 2020 election, according to the Washington Post and CBS News.
Continue reading “Ginni Thomas Repeatedly Urged Meadows To Push Big Lie Efforts After 2020 Election”Where Things Stand: Fox News Won Out On Network Ratings During Hearings This Week
It’s as if four particularly loud-mouthed Republicans knew the extent to which they were being watched.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Fox News Won Out On Network Ratings During Hearings This Week”Threatened GOP Boycott Over Pre-Sentencing Reports Collapses After Some Members Show Reluctance
It would only take one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to thwart a boycott of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing — and as of Thursday, there are at least four.
Continue reading “Threatened GOP Boycott Over Pre-Sentencing Reports Collapses After Some Members Show Reluctance”Jan. 6 Panel To Consider Criminal Contempt Charges Against Peter Navarro And Dan Scavino
The Jan. 6 Select Committee on Thursday announced that it will hold a business meeting next week to consider a report recommending criminal contempt charges against former Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Panel To Consider Criminal Contempt Charges Against Peter Navarro And Dan Scavino”Trump Sues Everyone Who Ever Offended Him Over 2016 Election
Former President Donald Trump was the true victim of the 2016 election, Trump argued in a federal lawsuit filed against Hillary Clinton, the DNC, Christopher Steele, several former federal officials, private citizens, corporations, and others.
Continue reading “Trump Sues Everyone Who Ever Offended Him Over 2016 Election”Georgia Voters Aim To Disqualify MTG For Her Role In Fueling Jan. 6 Insurrection
A group of Georgia voters filed a bid on Thursday to get far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) disqualified from office for her role in fomenting the violent Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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An Interesting, Troubling Article
Last night TPM Reader ES sent me this Newsweek article on the Ukraine War that he was puzzling about. I read it and found it quite interesting. Let me premise this by anticipating some responses. Yes, Newsweek is trash. By any fair standard the Newsweek most of us grew up with doesn’t exist anymore. The magazine or rather the title is now owned and operated by yet another rightwing cult – the kind that always seems interested in buying publications. So yes, Newsweek is trash. But I decided to read it because I noticed the byline: William Arkin. Arkin is not trash. He’s a longtime national security reporter with a good, if perhaps idiosyncratic, reputation. I note all this simply to say that you shouldn’t dismiss it because of Newsweek’s current and deserved reputation.
Continue reading “An Interesting, Troubling Article”My State’s Texas-Style Abortion Ban Is Terrible, Idaho GOP Guv Declares As He Signs Ban Into Law
On Wednesday, Idaho became the first state to follow Texas’ lead on banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with a private lawsuit enforcement mechanism that awards thousands of dollars to private citizens who snitch on abortion providers.
Idaho’s bounty-hunter style enforcement model is a bit more limited than Texas in that only family members of the so-called “preborn child” can file a lawsuit. But that means if a pregnancy occurred through rape, the rapist’s relatives can sue.
With all that in mind, Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed the ban on Wednesday, but rest assured, he knows the law is an absolute nightmare and he really doesn’t like it, you guys.
Continue reading “My State’s Texas-Style Abortion Ban Is Terrible, Idaho GOP Guv Declares As He Signs Ban Into Law”All Four Republicans Who Hectored Jackson On Sex Offenders Rewarded With Fox News Airtime
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got what they set out to achieve in their performances during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings Wednesday: airtime on Fox News.
Continue reading “All Four Republicans Who Hectored Jackson On Sex Offenders Rewarded With Fox News Airtime”