House GQP’s So-Called ‘Commitment to America’ Accidentally Leaked By Kevin McCarthy
September 22, 2022
The Huffington Post reports, House GOP Releases ‘Commitment to America’ Platform — And Then Takes It Offline: House Republicans are apparently set to announce a policy platform that criticizes Democrats’ popular prescription drug cost reductions and opens the door to Social Security and Medicare cuts, according to a document that leaked online Wednesday. House GOP
Not In The News: U.S. Senate Resolution Unanimously Condemns Donald Trump And Congressional Republicans For Violence Inciting Rhetoric Towards The FBI
September 22, 2022
It is rare that any resolution for the sense of the Senate passes with unanimous bipartisan consent – there is always at least one contrarian, i.e., Rand Paul – but on Tuesday Dick Durbin’s Senate Resolution S.R. 775 explicitly condemning rhetoric and violence aimed at FBI employees passed unanimously: S. RES. S.R. 775 Expressing the sense
Shameless Republicans Taking Credit For Infrastructure Projects They Voted Against
September 22, 2022
We saw this shameless Republican hypocrisy under President Obama when Republicans took credit for infrastructure projects that they voted against in Congress: “Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus “have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings.” –
I Read Banned Books, AKA Book Banning is a Shanda
September 22, 2022
This November, before you vote in the midterms, perhaps blissfully unaware that all elections matter, consider this. Book banning initiatives – or, as I call them, “virtual book burnings” – have cast a shadow over the future of public education. Arizonans will soon elect new public school board members. By voting for the wrong candidates,
MAGA/QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Mark #FascistFinchem Holds Fundraiser With 9/11 Truthers And QAnon Influencers
September 22, 2022
The Arizona Mirror reports, Mark Finchem held a fundraiser with 9/11 truthers and QAnon influencers: Republican Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem held a fundraiser in California on Sunday that was hosted by a conspiracy theorist who believes 9/11 was orchestrated by the U.S. government and attended by a prominent QAnon influencer. Nicole Nogrady, who
Coup Plotter ‘Ginny’ Thomas Agrees To Interview With January 6 Committee
September 22, 2022
The New York Times reports, Virginia Thomas Agrees to Interview With Jan. 6 Panel: Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative activist who pushed to overturn the 2020 election, has agreed to sit for an interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The development could
House Passes The Presidential Election Reform Act, The Sedition Party Votes Against It
September 21, 2022
The Washington Post reports, House passes bill to prevent efforts to subvert presidential election results: The House voted Wednesday to pass an electoral reform bill that seeks to prevent presidents from trying to overturn election results through Congress, the first vote on such an effort since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by
11th Circuit Court of Appeals Lifts Judge Aileen Cannon’s Order Obstructing DOJ Investigation Into 100 Classified Documents (Updated)
September 21, 2022
Late breaking news today, CNN reports DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says: A federal appeals court is allowing the Justice Department to continue looking at documents marked as classified that were seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort. Read the Per Curiam opinion of the court.
