Days after the Jan. 6 committee began receiving records from the National Archives following the Supreme Court’s rejection of former President Trump’s effort to bar the release of documents, some details have reportedly started to emerge regarding documents from Trump’s White House that the panel has received thus far.
Continue reading “Report: A Glimpse At What Jan 6 Committee Has Gotten So Far From National Archives”Where Things Stand: DeSantis Campaigns On Ensuring White Floridians Don’t Feel ‘Discomfort’ About Systemic Racism
It is hard to accept when you might actually be the real snowflake.
But that’s the bitter pill Florida Republicans find themselves having to swallow.
The latest news: Florida state Republicans just passed a bill — pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — that piles on an already-cemented state policy that bans the teaching of Critical Race Theory, and systemic racism-related issues, in Florida public schools.
This latest bill goes even further. It passed out of the Florida state legislature’s Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee this week by a 6-3 vote, per Orlando Weekly.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: DeSantis Campaigns On Ensuring White Floridians Don’t Feel ‘Discomfort’ About Systemic Racism”Podcaster Who Chatted With Alleged Jan. 6 Seditionist Says FBI Now Wants To Talk To Him
Soon after a federal grand jury indicted several members of the Oath Keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, accusing them of plotting to disrupt Congress, prosecutors introduced a surprising piece of evidence: Quotes from episodes of a podcast that had one of the alleged seditionists on as a guest.
Notably, the accused appeared on the show on both Jan. 6 and 7 — immediately before and immediately after the insurrection.
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Your intermittent update on how Build Back Better negotiations are going (quite poorly, at the moment).
A buoyant Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is back in the Senate Thursday after collaborating with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Senate Republicans to uphold the filibuster and block voting rights legislation.
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A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the seeming end of (most) Democrats’ push to reform the filibuster and pass voting rights laws.
You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.
Georgia County DA Requests Special Grand Jury In Trump Election Steal Probe
Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested a special grand jury in her election interference investigation into ex-President Donald Trump on Thursday.
Continue reading “Georgia County DA Requests Special Grand Jury In Trump Election Steal Probe”Rep. Hinson Wins Stolen Infrastructure Valor Award!
We have another ‘Stolen Infrastructure Valor’ All Star in the form of Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa. Hinson voted against the Bipartisan Biden Infrastructure Bill which passed late last year. In a press release from November 8th Hinson denounced the bill as a “socialist spending spree” and “Washington Gamesmanship, Spending at its Worst.” But she’s letting bygones be bygones. Or I guess she was just against it before she was for it. Because now Rep. Hinson seems to think it’s seriously awesome. And she’s bragging to constituents about almost a billion dollars she claims to have “secured” for upgrading locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River.
Continue reading “Rep. Hinson Wins Stolen Infrastructure Valor Award!”Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump To Cooperate With Investigation
The Jan. 6 Select Committee on Thursday sent a letter to Ivanka Trump asking for her voluntary cooperation with its investigation into the attack on Congress.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump To Cooperate With Investigation”Treasury Department Sanctions Two Ukrainians Who Worked With Manafort
The Treasury Department sanctioned four Ukrainians on Thursday for being alleged “FSB pawns,” including two people who worked with Paul Manafort in Kyiv.
Continue reading “Treasury Department Sanctions Two Ukrainians Who Worked With Manafort”Perdue Vows To Copy DeSantis’ Bogus Voter Fraud-Hunting Police Unit
It’s been clear from the start that former Sen. David Perdue’s (R-GA) gubernatorial campaign would be centered on the Big Lie. And now, he’s taking notes from the best of ’em.
Perdue, who is challenging Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in the state’s GOP primary this year, announced on Thursday his plan to create an election police unit much like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) proposal if elected — a unit designed to chase after bogus claims of voter fraud and election crimes.
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