Days after a group of congressional staffers announced their efforts to unionize, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made clear — unsurprisingly — that he is not enthusiastic about the idea.
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A short time ago, Mitch McConnell was asked whether the Jan. 6th insurrection was “legitimate political discourse” and he responded saying that it was on the contrary a “violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election.”
Video after the jump …
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) officially declined to run for Senate Tuesday, putting an end to a high-profile pressure campaign spearheaded by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Continue reading “Hogan Officially Says No Thanks To Senate Run In Another McConnell Snub”McCarthy Won’t Comment On RNC Dumbing Down Jan. 6 To ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday wouldn’t give a straight answer when pressed on the Republican National Committee’s characterization of the deadly Capitol insurrection as “legitimate political discourse” when it voted to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) last week.
Continue reading “McCarthy Won’t Comment On RNC Dumbing Down Jan. 6 To ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’”Trump and the Jan 6 Committee Both Keep Upping the Ante
The RNC said crystal clear and out in the open that January 6th was “legitimate political discourse.” The first explanation of how this didn’t mean what it clearly meant was that they somehow only meant the stuff that happened before things got violent and turned into an insurrection. So only the pre-insurrection stuff even though the only reason anyone is investigating January 6th is the violence and insurrection. Now Kevin McCarthy, literally dashing away as Manu Raju asked him the question, is trying another tack. He says the RNC statement about Jan. 6th wasn’t even about January 6th. It was about six members of the RNC who have been subpoenaed by the committee. And they were in Florida on Jan. 6th. And remember it has nothing to do with Jan. 6th. Which RNC members? He won’t say.
Here’s the video.
Continue reading “Trump and the Jan 6 Committee Both Keep Upping the Ante”Peter Thiel Slithers Away From Meta Board Of Directors To Boost Pro-Trump Candidates
Meta, Facebook’s recently rebranded parent company, announced on Monday that conservative megadonor Peter Thiel will be retiring from Meta’s board of directors.
Continue reading “Peter Thiel Slithers Away From Meta Board Of Directors To Boost Pro-Trump Candidates”Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Gerrymandered Legislative Maps A Second Time
Ohio’s Supreme Court has, for the second time this year, rejected Republican-drawn redistricting maps, telling the GOP officials on a mapmaking committee for a second time to come up with state legislative districts that don’t disproportionately favor their own party.
Continue reading “Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Gerrymandered Legislative Maps A Second Time”Five Points On The Canadian Anti-Vax Trucker Protests Feeding The Far-Right Media Machine
A trucker protest in Ottawa, initially over vaccine requirements, has inspired copycat demonstrations and attracted the hearty support of right-wing figures across the United States.
It’s day 12 of the protests, which attracted thousands of people over the last couple weekends.
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Daily COVID cases in New York City are now back to roughly what they were prior to the emergence of Omicron in early December 2021. This chart (from The New York Times) captures the sheer scale of the surge in terms of spread and infection if not severity of disease or mortality. Nationwide, cases are on a similar trajectory but perhaps a week or two behind.
It is still breathtaking to see in the context of the previous two years.
Oversight Committee Will Probe How Trump Got Away With Taking WH Docs To Mar-A-Lago
House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) promised on Monday night to look into how ex-President Donald Trump was able to take at least 15 boxes of White House records, that he was supposed to give to the National Archives, to his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida instead.
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