Update to January 6 MAGA/QAnon Insurrection: Was The Call Coming From Inside The House? Some new developments. POLITICO reports that a Trump appointee was arrested in connection with the Capitol riot: The FBI on Thursday arrested Federico Klein, a former State Department aide [serving as a special assistant in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs], … Read more
House Democrats passed H.R. 1, the For The People Act, a sweeping election reforms and voting rights bill mostly on a party-line 220-210 vote. The Hill reports, House passes voting rights and elections reform bill: The For The People Act, better known as H.R. 1 — has been a top priority for Democrats, who argue restoring … Read more
The Washingtonian reports that grifter and con man Donald Trump is profiting off the QAnon rubes. Trump Hotel Rates Are Over $1,300 on March 4—the Date in a Wild QAnon Theory: [Conspiracy theories] may be good for the business of the Trump Hotel. Room rates at the former president’s namesake hotel nearly triple from March 3 … Read more
The headlines from Supreme Court reporters for the Supreme Court arguments of two Arizona cases on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday appear foreboding: Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog, Majority appears poised to uphold Arizona voting rules. Nina Totenberg at NPR, Supreme Court Seems Ready To Uphold Restrictive Voting Laws. Adam Liptak at … Read more
No one imagined that when they elected Joe Biden President, Kamala Harris Vice President, flipped the Senate to Democrats and retained the House for Democrats that they were electing this fool, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), to be the “Decider-in-Chief” over the Democratic agenda and legislation in Congress. Manchin recently told West Virginia’s News: “I’ve watched … Read more