Judge Janet Protasiewicz has been elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a majority on the court ahead of a decision that could determine the future of reproductive rights in the state. The Associated Press called the race just before 9 p.m. local time. The race — between Protasiewicz …
Read More »Trump Calls to Defund Law Enforcement After Arrest
On Tuesday, Donald Trump became the first former president in U.S. history to be arrested and arraigned. On Wednesday, he called for Republicans in Congress to defund federal law enforcement. “REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES,” he wrote on Truth Social. …
Read More »Pence Finally Agrees to Testify on Pre-Jan. 6 Convos With Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence will not challenge a ruling ordering him to testify before a grand jury about conversations he had with former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The grand jury, empaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith, is investigating Trump’s role in efforts to …
Read More »Republican Rep. Defects to DeSantis Day After Trump Arrest
Trump may have just begun his battle in court, but some Republicans already think he’s losing the war. The day after the former president was arrested and arraigned on felony charges of falsifying business records, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced that he would be throwing his support for the 2024 …
Read More »Trump Frantically Calls For Bragg to 'Indict Himself' on Eve of Arraignment
Come tomorrow afternoon, former President Donald Trump is expected to be formally charged and processed in New York City’s Manhattan courthouse. On the eve of his arraignment, Trump has taken to social media to level a frantic attack against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump responded to a Yahoo News …
Read More »Florida Democrats Try to Use Book Ban on Ron Desantis' Memoir
Florida Democrats are aiming the state’s legislation censoring texts in schools at Gov. Ron Desantis‘ own book. The governor’s self-described memoir, “The Courage To Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival,” is being subjected to the same criteria his administration has been using to ban books deemed related to race …
Read More »Tennessee GOP Wants to Kick Dems Who Protested Gun Violence Out of Legislature
Republican legislators in Tennessee are aiming to expel three of their Democratic colleagues after they joined protesters demanding gun control last week, The Tennessean reports. Tennessee House Republicans introduced resolutions to expel the three reps — Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville, and Justin Pearson of Memphis — …
Read More »MTG Flees Her Own Trump-Arrest Protest as Hecklers Drown Her Out
Donald Trump is in New York City today, where he will soon be arrested and arraigned on what is expected to be north of 30 charges pertaining to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. New York City has been heavily fortified with security, and supporters and …
Read More »Donald Trump Smashes Previous Presidential Record of Zero Felony Indictments
Donald Trump made history over and over on Tuesday afternoon. The first president ever indicted became the first to be arrested, the first arraigned, and the first to plead not guilty to 34 separate felony counts of falsifying business records in a Manhattan courtroom. By Tuesday night, he was back …
Read More »Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felony Counts
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree — part of a complex scheme intended to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star. Trump surrendered to authorities for arrest in New York early Tuesday afternoon, and he pleaded …
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