Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) shared screenshots of a Senate video call withVolodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, despite being told not to do so due to concerns about the Ukrainian president’s safety. “On zoom call now with President Zelensky of Ukraine,” Rubio tweeted Saturday morning along with an …
Read More »Lauren Boebert Heckles Biden as He Honors Dead Soldiers During State of the Union
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address on Tuesday as he spoke about service members who died as a result of their exposure to burn pits. “Headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin,” Biden said. “I would …
Read More »Domestic-Abuse Allegation Haunts Law-and-Order MAGA Candidate
As he asks voters to make him Pennsylvania’s next lieutenant governor, Teddy Daniels has promoted himself as an Army combat veteran, a former police officer, and a successful businessman. He also, perhaps above all, wants them to know that he stands with Donald Trump. Daniels’ support for the former president …
Read More »House Republican Enjoys Lazy Sunday Tweeting Neo-Nazi Meme
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie on Sunday afternoon tweeted an image of a massive hand crushing a cluster of small bodies, accompanied by a quote attributed to Voltaire. “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize,” it read. “You mustn’t question Fauci, for …
Read More »Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a 'Stupid Son of a Bitch'
President Biden lost his temper at the end of an event at the White House on Monday, insulting a reporter who asked him a question about inflation. As a photo op was wrapping up in the East Room, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Biden whether he believes “inflation is …
Read More »Republicans Are Now Proposing 'Election Law Enforcement' Units to Crack Down on Nonexistent Voter Fraud
Republicans in the South are turning to a familiar authority in their efforts to clamp down on imagined voter fraud: the police. George gubernatorial candidate David Perdue on Thursday called for the creation of “Election Law Enforcement Division” that would“be charged with enforcing election laws, investigating election crimes and fraud, …
Read More »'Back-The-Blue' Republicans Bail on Moment of Silence for Fallen Capitol Police Officers
The Republican Party holds itself as the champions of law enforcement. They campaign on slogans of “Back the Blue.” They hold rallies flying the “Thin Blue Line” flag. They purport to celebrate the cops who shield the nation from violence and anarchy. But when it came time to show up …
Read More »Garland: The DOJ Will Prosecute Jan. 6 Criminals 'At Any Level' Regardless of Whether They Were at Capitol
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is “committed” to prosecuting the offenders responsible for Jan. 6 “at any level,” regardless if they were present at the Capitol that day or not. The DOJ “remains committed to holding all Jan. 6 perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law — …
Read More »Republicans Praise Manchin as a Hero While Dancing on the Grave of Build Back Better
Republicans were quick to fall all over themselves to hail Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) as a hero who saved Christmas for publicly opposing President Biden’s social spending package. The centrist Democrat said that he “is a no” and will not support Biden’s Build Back Better social spending plan. “I …
Read More »Conservatives Are Tearing Down Roe. That's Extreme — and Just the Beginning
Listening to the oral arguments this week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one thing seemed abundantly clear: Roe v. Wade will soon be overturned. This was clear in Chief Justice John Roberts’ line of questioning, as he lamely tried to get his conservative colleagues to stick to the …
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