I had to cut a QAnon type out of my life after January 6. She’s an old family friend and was basically a surrogate aunt, but I don’t even recognize her anymore. She’s in too deep.
we already knew that less than 1/6 of the Republican party had any spines or good intentions for the country, and that this was almost certainly going to be an exercise in doing the right thing required by the constitution even though it would get derailed by the corruption eating the bones of the nations
Military officials overseeing the authorization process to launch nuclear weapons were unaware on January 6 that then-Vice President Mike Pence's military aide carrying the "nuclear football" was potentially in danger as rioters got close during the violent Capitol insurrection, according to a defense official.
To be clear, the vice president’s nuclear football is a backup, and Trump’s football was secure at the White House, and the officer carrying Pence’s football never lost control of it, and there are a ton of safeguards built in to prevent an accidental nuclear strike. But still.
Opposition to the $15 minimum wage provision from Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — another moderate Democrat who has huge influence in a 50-50 Senate — is a major blow to President Biden's hope of passing it via budget reconciliation, which would allow the Senate to circumvent the usual 60-vote threshold.
Other Republican senators, even those who have indicated they will vote to acquit, say it would be a good thing if the impeachment trial helps distance the party from Trump, who has thoroughly dominated GOP politics over the past five years.
Trump impeachment attorney David Schoen says that Democrats have used "rhetoric that is just as inflammatory or more so" than Trump but "the problem is, they don’t have followers, dedicated followers when they give speeches."
County Court-At-Law Judge Franklin Bynum criticized Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg for attempting to prosecute Dr. Hasan Gokal and said the single misdemeanor charge of theft by a public servant lacked probable cause. The charge was brought because the doctor moved to use ten doses of vaccine before they expired.
In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.
YouTube has banned LifeSiteNews, an anti-abortion outlet that bills itself as the “#1 pro-life news website,” for repeatedly sharing videos that spread misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccines against it.
Trump lawyer David Schoen said that the senators - Graham (SC), Crux (TX), and Lee (UT) - were "very friendly guys" who just wanted to make sure they were "familiar with procedure" on the eve of their rebuttal to the House impeachment managers' presentation.
Federal authorities have narrowed to a handful the number of suspects in the death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a US official briefed on the probe said Wednesday, raising hopes that investigators can bring charges in the case.
Thanks to Lee’s objection, Tuberville nailed down the timing of Trump’s call. And thanks to Tuberville, we now know the full sequence of events. And thanks to that sequence we know this: Donald Trump acted quickly and deliberately in an attempt to harm or kill Mike Pence.
Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
Mike Huckabee pitches "Free Trump gift for kids" which requires agreement to automatic credit card charges in exchange for pro-Trump propaganda pamphlets for kids and streaming content of the same.
Tucker decided to falsely and baselessly claim to his audience that “the story they told us about George Floyd’s death was an utter lie.” He added, “There was no physical evidence that George Floyd was murdered by a cop.” Tucker then falsely claimed that Floyd “almost certainly died” from a Fentanyl overdose.
Williams vowed to make employees reapply for their jobs to ensure they agreed with new policies like diverting more cases, keeping juveniles out of adult court and ending use of Louisiana’s habitual offender statute to increase sentences. At least ten staffers have been optioned out of a re-hire through those interviews.
House COVID-19 package to include funding for vaccin... The House is proposing that a portion of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes more than $50 billion for vaccines and testing to combat the virus and to temporarily expand Medicaid coverage and payments to states.
In a backlash to historic voter turnout in the 2020 general election, and grounded in a rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities, legislators have introduced well over four times the number of bills to restrict voting access as compared to roughly this time last year.
Thirty-three states have introduced, prefiled, or carried over 165 restrictive bills this year (as compared to 35 such bills in fifteen states on February 3, 2020).
The US Department of Justice under President Joe Biden has dropped a department lawsuit filed under former President Donald Trump that challenged California's net neutrality rules. California's law, considered more strict than federal rules adopted during the Obama administration, could set the baseline for future fed rules.
A 65-year-old woman who spent nearly three years living at a Kalamazoo church, fearing she would be deported to Pakistan, can finally leave her “sanctuary.”
A student, upset over a lack of acknowledgment of MLK Day at his school, voiced his frustration in an email to to his teachers expressing his displeasure. The email said what is taught in school is not a true picture of African American history on equal rights, entrepreneurial success, and innovative inventions.
Herby Yves Pierre-Gilles, a 35-year-old from Haiti, told a volunteer with the National Immigration Detention Hotline that he'd been physically assaulted while receiving mental-health treatment at Krome a few days after Christmas. Pierre-Gilles described being stripped, choked, and punched by security officers.
Iran has carried out its plan to produce uranium metal, the U.N. atomic watchdog confirmed on Wednesday, despite Western powers having warned Iran that would breach their 2015 nuclear deal as uranium metal can be used to make the core of an atom bomb.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot? Iran’s Supreme Leader said the U.S. must effectively remove all sanctions on his country’s economy before the Islamic Republic will agree to scale back its atomic work and help revive the beleaguered multinational nuclear deal.
Though Youtube has removed large amounts of extremist content under political pressure, exposure to harmful videos is still common, and users who view extremist videos are still being recommended new clips in the same vein, according to a national study by the Anti-Defamation League.
The takeaway from this is more or less, breakthrough cases (getting covid even after fully vaccinated) can happen, though the severity of the illness will be reduced. aka it's still important to follow the usual preventative protocols even if vaccinated
The House is proposing that a portion of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes more than $50 billion for vaccines and testing to combat the virus and to temporarily expand Medicaid coverage and payments to states.
Iran’s Supreme Leader said the U.S. must effectively remove all sanctions on his country’s economy before the Islamic Republic will agree to scale back its atomic work and help revive the beleaguered multinational nuclear deal.