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Elizabeth Warren Calls Kevin McCarthy A Traitor
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Hatch in Hell!
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Orrin Hatch, Republican senator and fixture in Utah politics, dies at 88
Staunch conservative on most economic and social issues also teamed with Democrats several times during long career
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The last few days I have been hearing hatch as I drift through rooms. I wondered why so many folks were talking about peppers.Hatch in Hell!
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Orrin Hatch, Republican senator and fixture in Utah politics, dies at 88
Staunch conservative on most economic and social issues also teamed with Democrats several times during long career
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North Dakota State Senator Quits After Text Scandal With Child Porn Suspect
Ray Holmberg (R) said he had discussed landscaping with the inmate, but stepped down from his leadership positions last week. He then submitted his resignation Monday.
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Kemp holds wide lead in Georgia governor race: poll
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp holds a more than 20-point lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary race against former Sen. David Perdue (Ga.), according to a new poll by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs on behalf of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The poll, which surveyed likely Republican primary voters, found that 53 percent of voters support Kemp in the race, while 26 percent support Perdue.
Similar results occur when asked whether respondents approve of the men, with Kemp’s favorable rating at 71 percent and Perdue’s at 57 percent.
With the May 24 primary drawing near, Kemp has consistently polled as the favorite in the GOP field.
The poll’s results were released two days after Kemp and Perdue had a debate defined by their differences of opinion regarding the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
During the debate, Perdue continued to peddle the false claim made by former President Trump that the 2020 election was stolen and blamed Kemp for Democrats having control of the White House and Senate.
“The only reason I’m not in the United States Senate is because you caved in and gave the election to … liberal Democrats,” Perdue, who lost his Senate seat to now-Sen. Jon Ossoff (D), said to Kemp during the debate.
“Weak leaders blame everybody else for their own loss instead of themselves,” Kemp fired back.
Kemp has drawn the ire Trump and those who falsely believe the election was stolen for certifying the election results in Georgia, denying Trump’s request to reject them.
“I’ve always said there’s fraud in every election, and when I was secretary of state, I went after it,” Kemp said on Sunday. “I didn’t say there wasn’t problems in this election. Look, I was as frustrated as anybody else.”
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp holds a more than 20-point lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary race against former Sen. David Perdue (Ga.), according to a new poll by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs on behalf of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The poll, which surveyed likely Republican primary voters, found that 53 percent of voters support Kemp in the race, while 26 percent support Perdue.
Similar results occur when asked whether respondents approve of the men, with Kemp’s favorable rating at 71 percent and Perdue’s at 57 percent.
With the May 24 primary drawing near, Kemp has consistently polled as the favorite in the GOP field.
The poll’s results were released two days after Kemp and Perdue had a debate defined by their differences of opinion regarding the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
During the debate, Perdue continued to peddle the false claim made by former President Trump that the 2020 election was stolen and blamed Kemp for Democrats having control of the White House and Senate.
“The only reason I’m not in the United States Senate is because you caved in and gave the election to … liberal Democrats,” Perdue, who lost his Senate seat to now-Sen. Jon Ossoff (D), said to Kemp during the debate.
“Weak leaders blame everybody else for their own loss instead of themselves,” Kemp fired back.
Kemp has drawn the ire Trump and those who falsely believe the election was stolen for certifying the election results in Georgia, denying Trump’s request to reject them.
“I’ve always said there’s fraud in every election, and when I was secretary of state, I went after it,” Kemp said on Sunday. “I didn’t say there wasn’t problems in this election. Look, I was as frustrated as anybody else.”
Kemp holds wide lead in Georgia governor race: poll
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp holds a more than 20-point lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary race against former Sen. David Perdue (Ga.), according to a new poll by the University of Georgia’s S…
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.
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He was also just busted, again, for attempting to bring a loaded weapon thru airport security.
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Rand Paul and Blinken spar over Putin invading countries that ‘were part of Russia’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pushed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over the risks of expanding the NATO military alliance, saying that Russia has in recent decades invaded countries that “were part of Russia.”
At a hearing, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken argued that Russia hasn’t attacked NATO countries “probably for a good reason” given their collective strength against Russia. Paul then responded, “You could also argue the countries they’ve attacked were part of Russia.”
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pushed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over the risks of expanding the NATO military alliance, saying that Russia has in recent decades invaded countries that “were part of Russia.”
At a hearing, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken argued that Russia hasn’t attacked NATO countries “probably for a good reason” given their collective strength against Russia. Paul then responded, “You could also argue the countries they’ve attacked were part of Russia.”
Rand Paul and Blinken spar over Putin invading countries that ‘were part of Russia’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pushed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over the risks of expanding the NATO military alliance, saying that Russia has in recent decades invaded countries that &#…
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House panel to explore impeachment, judicial ethics in wake of Ginni Thomas texts
House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics and the possibility of impeaching justices, a move that follows the revelation of controversial text messages from Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas.
The texts from Ginni Thomas to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot have set off a political firestorm in Washington, raising Democratic anger and calls for Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from decisions related to the election and former President Trump.
Republicans overwhelmingly have rallied to Clarence Thomas’s defense.
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House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics and the possibility of impeaching justices, a move that follows the revelation of controversial text messages from Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas.
The texts from Ginni Thomas to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot have set off a political firestorm in Washington, raising Democratic anger and calls for Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from decisions related to the election and former President Trump.
Republicans overwhelmingly have rallied to Clarence Thomas’s defense.
House panel to explore impeachment, judicial ethics in wake of Ginni Thomas texts
House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics and the possibility of impeaching justices, a move that follows the revelation of controversial text messages from Ginni Tho…
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McCarthy said Gaetz was ‘putting people in jeopardy’ with remarks post-Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were “putting people in jeopardy.”
The comments, disclosed in newly released audio from The New York Times, show McCarthy frustrated by the tenor of some of those comments in the days after Jan. 6, 2021 — a feeling that appears to have faded as GOP lawmakers continue to disparage the two Republicans who sit on the committee investigating the riot.
“These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop,” McCarthy can be heard saying in a Jan. 10, 2021, recording.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were “putting people in jeopardy.”
The comments, disclosed in newly released audio from The New York Times, show McCarthy frustrated by the tenor of some of those comments in the days after Jan. 6, 2021 — a feeling that appears to have faded as GOP lawmakers continue to disparage the two Republicans who sit on the committee investigating the riot.
“These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop,” McCarthy can be heard saying in a Jan. 10, 2021, recording.
McCarthy said Gaetz was ‘putting people in jeopardy’ with remarks post-Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla…
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He never wanted this to become common knowledge, but McCarthy is not batshit crazy. He will never be speaker now.McCarthy said Gaetz was ‘putting people in jeopardy’ with remarks post-Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were “putting people in jeopardy.”
The comments, disclosed in newly released audio from The New York Times, show McCarthy frustrated by the tenor of some of those comments in the days after Jan. 6, 2021 — a feeling that appears to have faded as GOP lawmakers continue to disparage the two Republicans who sit on the committee investigating the riot.
“These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop,” McCarthy can be heard saying in a Jan. 10, 2021, recording.
“The tension is too high. The country is too crazy. I do not want to look back and think we caused something. … I don’t want to play politics with any of that,” he added.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) also called out Gaetz, with another member chiming in to say he had made comments about Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), now the vice chairwoman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
“This is serious stuff. It has to stop,” he said. “It’s potentially illegal what he’s doing.”
McCarthy agreed, saying Gaetz was “putting people in jeopardy.”
“And he doesn’t need to be doing this. We saw what people would do in the Capitol, you know, and these people came prepared with rope, with everything else,” he added.
Later in the call, the two went over “incendiary remarks” from other lawmakers, noting remarks from Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and others who spoke at the Jan. 6 rally.
“Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass,” Brooks said at the rally near the White House.
“If you think the president deserves to be impeached for his comments that almost even goes further than the president did,” McCarthy responded.
Scalise said that some members had brought up stripping Brooks of his committee assignments “in the vein of Steve King.”
McCarthy later grimaced over a tweet from Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) commenting on a police shooting involving a Black police officer shooting a white female veteran.
“You know that doesn’t fit the narrative,” he tweeted.
“Can’t they take their Twitter accounts away too?” McCarthy responded, a nod to Trump’s then-recent booting from the platform.
But McCarthy’s reservations in the days after Jan. 6 seem at odds with many of his actions since.
He did not take any actions to strip Republican members from their committees.
Instead it was Democrats who booted far-right Republicans from their posts, including Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for tweeting an animated video of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for endorsing conspiracy theories, racist dogma and violence against Democratic politicians.
That shift from McCarthy comes as he is determined to remain the leader of the Republican Caucus, an even more coveted job if Republicans are able to retake control of the House.
When asked if McCarthy was worried the latest tape hurts his chance of maintaining the gavel, he simply replied, “nope.”
McCarthy said Gaetz was ‘putting people in jeopardy’ with remarks post-Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla…
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And the hits keep on coming.
Gaetz lashes out at McCarthy, Scalise after leaked comments
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) slammed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday after The New York Times published a report that featured recorded comments from the two congressmen airing concerns about the Florida Republican’s remarks following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Gaetz in a statement posted to Twitter called McCarthy and Scalise “weak men.”
“Rep McCarthy and Rep. Scalise held views about President Trump and me that they shared on sniveling calls with Liz Cheney, not us,” Gaetz wrote. “This is the behavior of weak men, not leaders.”
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Gaetz lashes out at McCarthy, Scalise after leaked comments
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) slammed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday after The New York Times published a report that featured recorded comments from the two congressmen airing concerns about the Florida Republican’s remarks following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Gaetz in a statement posted to Twitter called McCarthy and Scalise “weak men.”
“Rep McCarthy and Rep. Scalise held views about President Trump and me that they shared on sniveling calls with Liz Cheney, not us,” Gaetz wrote. “This is the behavior of weak men, not leaders.”
Gaetz lashes out at McCarthy, Scalise after leaked comments
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) slammed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday after The New York Times published a report that featured r…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tells far-right Catholics their church is ruled by Satan
Last Thursday, on the eve of testifying in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent her from running for re-election, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the legendary or notorious Georgia Republican, granted an hourlong interview in her home to an unlikely outlet: the far-right Catholic news organization...
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Glenn Greenwald biases mildly right of center and is rated “mostly accurate”. If he is on target here, this is a very bad development in the biases and practices of some of our pillars of news, in this instance the NYT.
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NYT Painted Matt Gaetz as a Child Sex Trafficker. One Year Later, He Has Not Been Charged.
The Florida Congressman may one day be indicted and convicted. For now, this episode highlights the dangers and abuses of trying a person through media leaks.
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