Senate Republican Conference chair John Barrasso (R-WY) on Sunday said that former Vice President Mike Pence fulfilled his “constitutional duty” by certifying the 2020 presidential election results. Barrasso’s remarks came days after the ex-VP debunked former President Trump’s claim that Pence could’ve overturned the results.
Continue reading “Top GOPer: Pence ‘Did His Constitutional Duty’ By Certifying 2020 Election Results”Rubio Avoids Condemning Trump’s Pressure Campaign Aimed At Pence
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Sunday refused to call out former President Trump for trying to get former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. This comes as Pence shot down Trump’s insistence that he could’ve overturned the election results.
Continue reading “Rubio Avoids Condemning Trump’s Pressure Campaign Aimed At Pence”Bannon’s Legal Team Claims Prosecutors Sought Email, Phone Records Of Defense Lawyer
The legal team of Steve Bannon claimed in a court filing on Friday that prosecutors last month provided more than 790 documents that “reflected efforts by the Government to obtain telephone records and email records from the personal and professional accounts of defense counsel” Robert Costello, who is one of Bannon’s three criminal defense attorneys.
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“Were you struck, as was I, by the absence of an ad hominem attack on Pence in Trump’s responsive statement? Trump attacks ‘Old Crow Mitch McConnell’ but nary a word against Pence. Looks to me like an invitation for a quid pro quo — I won’t attack you if you are circumspect with the Jan 6 Committee. He knows that Pence has the goods but he is offering a non-aggression pact.”
Continue reading “Don’t Mess with Mike?”Alabama Serves The Supreme Court An Opportunity To Further Hobble The Voting Rights Act
Alabama’s congressional maps, which were tossed just last week by federal judges in a surprise loss for the state, have now become a battleground for the future of Americans’ ability to fight racial gerrymanders.
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The Republican National Committee today voted to censure Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger. But in the course of doing that they officially declared the January 6th insurrection and the conspiracy that preceded it as “legitimate political discourse.”
As we’ve been saying for months, it is an explicitly pro-insurrection political party.
‘Congressional Workers Union’ Announces Effort To Organize Congressional Staffers
A group of congressional staffers on Friday announced an effort to unionize the Capitol’s press officers, policy wonks and constituent case workers, saying it was time to give staffers a voice in the workplace.
Continue reading “‘Congressional Workers Union’ Announces Effort To Organize Congressional Staffers”CNN: Trump, Jordan Spoke For 10 Mins On Jan. 6
Over and over again, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has gone back and forth on the answer to a simple question: did he speak with President Trump on Jan. 6?
Continue reading “CNN: Trump, Jordan Spoke For 10 Mins On Jan. 6”Yet Another GOP Colorado Election Clerk Faces Probe Over Potential Voting Security Breach
We’re now at three Republican county clerks in Colorado who are facing questions over allegedly unauthorized copies of election system data.
Continue reading “Yet Another GOP Colorado Election Clerk Faces Probe Over Potential Voting Security Breach”New York Republicans Sue Over Democrats’ Dramatic Congressional Gerrymander
A Republican-led group of voters is challenging the newly approved congressional districts in New York, arguing in a lawsuit that the new districts are unlawfully gerrymandered in Democrats’ favor.
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