In the year since the Trump campaign and the conspiracy theory website The Gateway Pundit cast Wandrea Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman as key players in a false narrative of election fraud, Moss hasn’t been able to sleep much.
Continue reading “Election Workers Falsely Accused As Part Of Big Lie Sue Gateway Pundit”Most School Shooters Get Guns From Home. And During COVID, The Number Of Guns In Households With Teens Spiked
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Four days before a 15-year-old sophomore killed four students and wounded others at a high school shooting in Michigan, his father purchased the firearm used in the attack.
That the teenager used a weapon from home during the Nov. 30 attack is not unusual. Most school shooters obtain the firearm from home. And the number of guns within reach of high school-age teenagers has increased during the pandemic – highlighting the importance of locking firearms and keeping them unloaded in the home.
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A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in a potentially historic abortion case as well as the new omicron variant.
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Go Ted Go!
I didn’t get to this until last night, after the Roe coverage was completed. But it’s worth a few minutes of your time to watch Ted Cruz flailing.
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Michael Fanone, the D.C. Metropolitan Police officer who was electroshocked with a Taser-like device during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, doesn’t disagree with his alleged attacker, Daniel Rodriguez, who tearfully called himself “stupid” and an “asshole” during an FBI interrogation.
Continue reading “DC Cop To Insurrectionist Assailant Who Later Called Himself ‘Stupid’: Yes, You’re Stupid”Jeffrey Clark Plans To Take The 5th. What Does That Mean For The Jan. 6 Probe?
Jeffrey Clark, a former high-ranking Trump-era Justice Department official, has indicated he’ll invoke the Fifth Amendment in refusing to provide testimony to the Jan. 6 Committee — a significant move from a key behind-the-scenes player in Trump’s efforts to steal a second term.
Continue reading “Jeffrey Clark Plans To Take The 5th. What Does That Mean For The Jan. 6 Probe?”If Roe Is Overturned, Abortion Will Be Near Instantly Illegal In A Third Of The States
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the dominoes will fall fast.
Continue reading “If Roe Is Overturned, Abortion Will Be Near Instantly Illegal In A Third Of The States”Trump Butts Into Ohio Sen Race To Do Preemptive 2024 Damage Control
Former President Trump is injecting himself into next year’s Ohio Senate race — for the sake of doing damage control ahead of his potential 2024 presidential run.
Last month, Trump reportedly called Club for Growth President David McIntosh to demand that the conservative organization take down its TV ads targeting Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance, according to Politico.
Continue reading “Trump Butts Into Ohio Sen Race To Do Preemptive 2024 Damage Control”Pro-Trump Lawyer Insists Powell Lasso’d Him Into Bogus Election Lawsuit Without His Knowledge
A handful of Republican lawyers involved with litigation around the 2020 election have claimed that Trump diehard Sidney Powell added their names to her clownish election lawsuits without their permission, or inflated their involvement in the Big Lie cause.
Continue reading “Pro-Trump Lawyer Insists Powell Lasso’d Him Into Bogus Election Lawsuit Without His Knowledge”House And Senate Leaders Say They’ve Reached Deal To Avert Shutdown
Democrats and Republicans in both chambers have settled on an agreement on a spending bill that would keep the government open through mid-February, according to party leaders.
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