Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), one of Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters in Congress, says federal authorities seized his phone on Tuesday, a day after the FBI raided the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Perry’s office later reiterated to Rolling Stone that the FBI seized the congressman’s phone Tuesday morning. “This morning, …
Read More »Trump Said He Wanted Generals to Be Loyal to Him Like Nazis Were to Hitler: Report
There’s plenty of evidence that Donald Trump wanted to be treated like a dictator, that he frequently butted heads with military leaders, and that his ignorance of history knew no bounds. It shouldn’t be that surprising, then, how the former president reached back to World War II in trying to …
Read More »Trump's Pick for Michigan AG Allegedly Led Scheme to Breach Voting Machines
Matthew DePerno, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for Michigan attorney general, was so committed to defending the former president’s false claims of election fraud that he orchestrated the unauthorized tampering of voting equipment after the 2020 election, Reuters reported Sunday, citing court filings and public records. The alleged security breach in …
Read More »More Bad News for Alex Jones: The Jan. 6 Committee Now Has His Texts
The Jan. 6 committee is in possession of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones‘ text messages spanning a period of approximately two years, CNN reported on Monday. The trove of Jones’ communications come by way of Mark Bankston, an attorney representing two parents of Sandy Hook victims in their lawsuit against Jones. …
Read More »Trump Says the Feds Raided Mar-a-Lago: 'They Even Broke Into My Safe!'
Federal agents have executed a search of Donald Trump‘s property at Mar-a-Lago. The former president broke the news himself in a statement, decrying that his “beautiful home” was “occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” Trump — who is under congressional investigation by the Jan. 6 committee, which has …
Read More »Why Are Pro-Choice Groups Furious Over a Bill To Codify Roe?
On Monday, four centrist senators rolled out a bill that, if passed, promises to codify Roe, the long-standing Supreme Court precedent that protected women’s right to access abortion for almost five decades. “After the Supreme Court gutted a woman’s right to make personal health care decisions, Congress must restore that …
Read More »Lindsey Graham Would Like States to Decide If LGBTQ People Count as Fully Human
Sen. Lindsey Graham said he wants states to decide the issue of whether two consenting adults can get married.When Dana Bash asked him if he would support legislation codifying same sex marriage, Graham claimed it’s a state issue during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “[Sen. Rob …
Read More »'Handmaid's Tale Wasn't Supposed to Be a Roadmap:' GOP Congresswoman Bashes Extreme Abortion Bans
“Handmaid’s Tale was not supposed to be a roadmap,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said of states enacting extreme abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Mace, her state’s only female member of Congress, criticized the “extremities” of both …
Read More »Insulin Will Remain Expensive for Many, Thanks to Republicans
“Republicans have just gone on the record in favor of expensive insulin,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said after Republicans voted to remove an insulin price cap from the Inflation Reduction Act. “After years of tough talk about taking on insulin makers, Republicans have once against wilted in the face of …
Read More »Holy Sh*t. Senate Actually Passed a Climate Bill
It happened. It finally happened. Though Republicans tried to stand in the way of Democrats’ efforts to pass a massive climate change bill, thanks to a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Kamala Harris, the legislation now heads to the House. The bill, the Inflation Reduction Act, if put into law …
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