Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt said that one of Donald Trump‘s first priorities in office should be to exact revenge. He suggested that Trump get rid of any Justice Department employees who were involved in cases that brought charges against the former president. “First and foremost, the people involved with this …
Read More »Peanut the Squirrel Is Hot Topic as Conservative Judges and Lawyers Celebrate After Trump Win
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on a roll, seeming to thoroughly enjoy himself as he commanded the stage at the annual black-tie dinner gala hosted by the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C. The Nov. 14 dinner came midway through the organization’s three-day National Lawyers Convention, a gathering …
Read More »The Most Dangerous Republicans on the Ballot
It was more than a little troubling when Marjorie Taylor Greene, someone who had demonstrated an affinity for QAnon while pushing several other conspiracy theories, was elected to Congress in 2020. The House of Representatives voted to strip her of her committee assignments shortly after her term began, and even …
Read More »Eric Schmitt Beats Former Governor in Missouri Republican Senate Primary
State Attorney General Eric Schmittwon Missouri‘s Republican primary for Senate, besting a roster of rivals that included embattled former Gov. Eric Greitensand Rep. Vicky Hartzler The hotly contested race to replace retiring Republican Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) in Washington, D.C., unfolded without Donald Trump backing any particular candidate. Instead, the former …
Read More »'A Thing of Beauty': Trump Was Tickled as the Missouri Erics Scrambled to Claim His Endorsement
Donald Trump still has the power to make Republicans fight each other for his approval, and he’s enjoying it immensely. The former president “thought it was a thing of beauty and too goddamn funny” to endorse “Eric” in the Missouri primary and then to watch two MAGA candidates — both …
Read More »Trump Hedges by Endorsing Mysterious 'ERIC' in Missouri Senate Race
Former President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is endorsing “ERIC”in the Missouri Republican Senate primary. The only problem is that two of the leading candidates to secure the nomination are named Eric. Eric Schmitt, the state’s attorney general, and Eric Greitens, the state’s disgraced former governor in a …
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