Congress is back from its Easter Break and things are already getting chaotic in the House of Representatives. Amid chatter that House Speaker Mike Johnson may soon face a motion to vacate from Marjorie Taylor Greene, one representative wants to remind Republicans in the lower chamber of their top priority: electing Donald Trump in November.
On Tuesday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who was recently subpoenaed by Arizona prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state, told Newsmax that while he’s “dismayed and disappointed” with Johnson’s performance,...
On Tuesday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who was recently subpoenaed by Arizona prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state, told Newsmax that while he’s “dismayed and disappointed” with Johnson’s performance,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is enacting a revenge plot against the eight House Republicans who ousted him.
In October 2023, McCarthy was booted from his position as House speaker when a group of Republicans joined all Democrats in voting to vacate the chair.
McCarthy is out for revenge against the group that he has dubbed the “Crazy Eight” or “Gaetz Eight” and its leader, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who introduced the motion to have the speaker vacated.
The former House speaker left Congress two months later. This ended up shrinking his party’s majority in the chamber.
McCarthy’s ally, Brian Walsh, is working to round up primary challengers to the “Gaetz Eight.”
The ousted speaker is prepared to mobilize his still-sizable donor network to arrange primary challenges. He is focusing on three representatives specifically. His allies believe that Reps. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), Bob Good (R-Virginia) and Eli Crane...
In October 2023, McCarthy was booted from his position as House speaker when a group of Republicans joined all Democrats in voting to vacate the chair.
McCarthy is out for revenge against the group that he has dubbed the “Crazy Eight” or “Gaetz Eight” and its leader, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who introduced the motion to have the speaker vacated.
The former House speaker left Congress two months later. This ended up shrinking his party’s majority in the chamber.
McCarthy’s ally, Brian Walsh, is working to round up primary challengers to the “Gaetz Eight.”
The ousted speaker is prepared to mobilize his still-sizable donor network to arrange primary challenges. He is focusing on three representatives specifically. His allies believe that Reps. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), Bob Good (R-Virginia) and Eli Crane...
- 3/25/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, plunging Republicans into a state of uncertainty ahead of Friday night’s government funding deadline.
Greene and other far-right Republicans have been livid over Speaker Johnson agreeing to a bipartisan bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown. “No Republican in the House of Representatives in good conscience can vote for this bill,” the Georgia representative railed on the House floor. “It is a complete departure from all of our principles. … This is not a Republican bill. This is a Chuck Schumer,...
Greene and other far-right Republicans have been livid over Speaker Johnson agreeing to a bipartisan bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown. “No Republican in the House of Representatives in good conscience can vote for this bill,” the Georgia representative railed on the House floor. “It is a complete departure from all of our principles. … This is not a Republican bill. This is a Chuck Schumer,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans are trying to spin the Biden impeachment inquiry forward after an hours-long deposition with his son Hunter Biden on Wednesday. It’s proving difficult, as the closed-door hearing doesn’t seem to have yielded many revelatory details.
Some Republicans are even conceding that Biden performed well under questioning. “I think when the transcript comes out, it’s gonna read well for him, because they did a great job prepping,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Thursday.
GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Fox News admits that...
Some Republicans are even conceding that Biden performed well under questioning. “I think when the transcript comes out, it’s gonna read well for him, because they did a great job prepping,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Thursday.
GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Fox News admits that...
- 2/29/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
Hunter Biden walked out of a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday as Chairman James Comer called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to speak on a resolution to hold the president’s son in contempt of Congress.
Biden made a surprise, in-person appearance at the hearing and offered to address the committee directly. Last month, Biden had flouted a subpoena from the Oversight Committee ordering him to appear before Congress for a closed-door interview. Biden countered that the committee had offered him the option to deliver his testimony in a public hearing,...
Biden made a surprise, in-person appearance at the hearing and offered to address the committee directly. Last month, Biden had flouted a subpoena from the Oversight Committee ordering him to appear before Congress for a closed-door interview. Biden countered that the committee had offered him the option to deliver his testimony in a public hearing,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump has used the Israel-Hamas conflict — which has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides — to push his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him.
While delivering a speech to his supporters at a club event Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed that “if the election wasn’t rigged, there would be nobody even thinking about going into Israel.” He added, “The election was rigged, very sadly rigged.”
It’s a false claim that the former president has clung onto despite being indicted in August...
While delivering a speech to his supporters at a club event Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed that “if the election wasn’t rigged, there would be nobody even thinking about going into Israel.” He added, “The election was rigged, very sadly rigged.”
It’s a false claim that the former president has clung onto despite being indicted in August...
- 10/12/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Responding to an eruption of deadly violence between Hamas militants and Israeli Defense Forces that threatens to claim many more lives in the days ahead, Donald Trump and far-right allies are using the crisis to push a familiar anti-immigration narrative back home. According to Maga world, Hamas won’t stop at launching a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza — they’ve also infiltrated the U.S. via the Mexican border.
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our Totally Open Southern Border, at Record Numbers,...
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our Totally Open Southern Border, at Record Numbers,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The vote comes as part of a campaign from Rep. Matt Gaetz and a posse of like-minded Republicans who have long opposed McCarthy, who is the first speaker to be axed as a result of a motion to vacate from his own party.
The House voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy on Tuesday afternoon. Eight Republicans joined Democrats in vote in favor of the motion: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.
The House voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy on Tuesday afternoon. Eight Republicans joined Democrats in vote in favor of the motion: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.
- 10/3/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Conspiracy theorist Stew Peters made a startling demand for public executions at the latest stop on the ReAwaken America tour — calling for the death of Joe Biden’s son Hunter as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, whom Peters insisted should “hang from a length of thick rope until he is dead.”
Peters speaks in the argot of the tin-foil-hat set. To hear him tell it, Fauci deserves the gallows because the federal physician-scientist supposedly backed a Wuhan “bioweapons lab” — and that this “illegal research” cost “millions of lives.” The younger...
Peters speaks in the argot of the tin-foil-hat set. To hear him tell it, Fauci deserves the gallows because the federal physician-scientist supposedly backed a Wuhan “bioweapons lab” — and that this “illegal research” cost “millions of lives.” The younger...
- 9/1/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to two federal misdemeanor charges related to failing to pay his taxes, the Justice Department announced in a court filing on Tuesday.
The president’s son has reached an agreement to plead guilty on two counts of “willful failure to pay federal income tax.” Biden has also been charged with “possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.” He reached a pretrial diversion for the firearms charged, and it is likely to be dismissed if he meets certain conditions.
The president’s son has reached an agreement to plead guilty on two counts of “willful failure to pay federal income tax.” Biden has also been charged with “possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.” He reached a pretrial diversion for the firearms charged, and it is likely to be dismissed if he meets certain conditions.
- 6/20/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday, a cohort of House Republicans blocked a rules package that would allow debate on four pieces of legislation, including two bills that would prohibit regulation on gas-powered stoves. The move is surprising not only because procedural rule votes rarely fail to pass muster, but because for months Republicans have been screeching about the need to defend gas stoves from the tyranny of consumer safety standards.
Twelve Republicans sided with Democrats to strike down the package. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) confirmed to reporters shortly after the vote that the...
Twelve Republicans sided with Democrats to strike down the package. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) confirmed to reporters shortly after the vote that the...
- 6/6/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Arizona Republicans are hosting a two-day, QAnon-inflected, anti-vaccine circus at the statehouse — focused on supposed “atrocities” committed by public health officials in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The hearings, which began this morning, are organized by a new state Senate body, the Novel Coronavirus South Western Intergovernmental Committee. The committee’s chosen acronym — Ncswic, which has been plastered on posters promoting the hearings — offers unusual cross-branding. It shares the abbreviation of an infamous QAnon catchphrase, “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.”
QAnon is a dark, catch-all conspiracy theory based around...
The hearings, which began this morning, are organized by a new state Senate body, the Novel Coronavirus South Western Intergovernmental Committee. The committee’s chosen acronym — Ncswic, which has been plastered on posters promoting the hearings — offers unusual cross-branding. It shares the abbreviation of an infamous QAnon catchphrase, “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.”
QAnon is a dark, catch-all conspiracy theory based around...
- 5/25/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday. As expected, the former president and his allies reacted with undiluted ire.
Trump responded initially with a pre-written statement railing against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, President Joe Biden, and the “Radical Left Democrats” for what he described as “Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.” Two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone they expect Trump to surrender to authorities on Tuesday.
“The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,...
Trump responded initially with a pre-written statement railing against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, President Joe Biden, and the “Radical Left Democrats” for what he described as “Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.” Two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone they expect Trump to surrender to authorities on Tuesday.
“The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Republican lawmakers have rushed to the defense of far-right TV network Newsmax after the channel was dropped by AT&T’s DirecTV. According to the satellite television provider, the split stemmed from a carriage fee dispute that would have resulted in “significantly higher costs” and increased customer fees. The channel claims they are being wrongfully censored for their political viewpoints, and have already found allies amongst Republican lawmakers.
The party of free-market capitalism has responded to DirecTV booting Newsmax by arguing that the network should carry the Trump-loving propaganda network, financial considerations be damned.
The party of free-market capitalism has responded to DirecTV booting Newsmax by arguing that the network should carry the Trump-loving propaganda network, financial considerations be damned.
- 1/26/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The week of chaos, confusion, and (literal) infighting that preceded Kevin McCarthy’s election as speaker was a pretty strong indication that the Republican Party’s control of the House of Representatives was going to be a shitshow.
They’ve been in control for a week now. Yes, it’s been a shitshow, but the past few days have also served as a reminder that along with all of the antics comes a laser-like focus on derailing the American government.
Republicans have hit the ground running since McCarthy belatedly took up the gavel last Friday.
They’ve been in control for a week now. Yes, it’s been a shitshow, but the past few days have also served as a reminder that along with all of the antics comes a laser-like focus on derailing the American government.
Republicans have hit the ground running since McCarthy belatedly took up the gavel last Friday.
- 1/12/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin McCarthy hasn’t had a great week, but it got a little better on Friday.
The California congressman lost 11 House speaker ballots over three days, with about 20 Republicans declining to vote for him each time. He’s now lost his 12th, but he gained some ground, picking up votes from Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ana Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Ralph Norman (R-s.C.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep.
The California congressman lost 11 House speaker ballots over three days, with about 20 Republicans declining to vote for him each time. He’s now lost his 12th, but he gained some ground, picking up votes from Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ana Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Ralph Norman (R-s.C.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep.
- 1/6/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a stunt, of course.
The 20 or so Republicans who have opposed Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership — and thus prevented the House of Representatives from swearing in its members and beginning its business — have claimed they’re doing so in the name of draining the swamp. They’ve put forth no viable alternative, nor have they been swayed by any of the concessions McCarthy had made in an effort to woo them. They have, however, received plenty of press for their efforts.
Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.
The 20 or so Republicans who have opposed Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership — and thus prevented the House of Representatives from swearing in its members and beginning its business — have claimed they’re doing so in the name of draining the swamp. They’ve put forth no viable alternative, nor have they been swayed by any of the concessions McCarthy had made in an effort to woo them. They have, however, received plenty of press for their efforts.
Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.
- 1/5/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin McCarthy made a series of concessions late Wednesday in an attempt to earn votes from members of his party who have held out supporting his speakership bid. The congressman so far has failed in six separate attempts to reach the votes necessary to make him speaker of the House, even with a late endorsement from Donald Trump.
According to Politico, McCarthy agreed to allow a one-member “motion to vacate,” which would lower the threshold of members needed to call a vote to remove a speaker to one. Previously, McCarthy...
According to Politico, McCarthy agreed to allow a one-member “motion to vacate,” which would lower the threshold of members needed to call a vote to remove a speaker to one. Previously, McCarthy...
- 1/5/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
“We still have absolutely no idea how this will end,” CNN’s Jake Tapper declared Tuesday as the House of Representatives appeared to come up short for the third time to vote in a Speaker.
Suffering humiliation on humiliation, GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy saw 20 far-right members of his fractious caucus put their third-ballot support behind another top Republican. With business for the new 118th Congress frozen until a Speaker is selected, McCarthy had 202 votes to 212 for House Democrats caucus chair Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and 20 votes to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan – the latter a top McCarthy ally who has urged members to vote for the California Republican.
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Suffering humiliation on humiliation, GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy saw 20 far-right members of his fractious caucus put their third-ballot support behind another top Republican. With business for the new 118th Congress frozen until a Speaker is selected, McCarthy had 202 votes to 212 for House Democrats caucus chair Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and 20 votes to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan – the latter a top McCarthy ally who has urged members to vote for the California Republican.
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- 1/3/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin McCarthy really, really, really wants to be speaker of the House of Representatives. It’s not coming. The 118th Congress began on Tuesday, and though Republicans won control of the chamber last November, a not-insignificant portion of the party remains steadfastly opposed to giving McCarthy the gavel. McCarthy has lost three consecutive speakership ballots, with 19 Republicans opposing him on the first two, and 20 on the third.
Rep. Byron Donalds joined the 19 other defectors to vote against McCarthy on the third ballot, which means McCarthy is drifting even further away from securing the majority necessary.
Rep. Byron Donalds joined the 19 other defectors to vote against McCarthy on the third ballot, which means McCarthy is drifting even further away from securing the majority necessary.
- 1/3/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection released its final report on Thursday, concluding that former President Trump intentionally spread false claims about the 2020 election and instigated his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.
The long-anticipated, 845-page eight-chapter report brings an end to an 18-month investigation during which the committee interviewed over 1,000 witnesses and conducted nearly a dozen public hearings.
“As you read this report, please consider this: Vice President Pence, along with many of the appointed officials who surrounded Donald Trump, worked to defeat many of the...
The long-anticipated, 845-page eight-chapter report brings an end to an 18-month investigation during which the committee interviewed over 1,000 witnesses and conducted nearly a dozen public hearings.
“As you read this report, please consider this: Vice President Pence, along with many of the appointed officials who surrounded Donald Trump, worked to defeat many of the...
- 12/23/2022
- by Ryan Bort and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The Jan. 6 committee voted on Monday to refer former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice on four criminal charges. It also announced that it will refer four Republican members of the House to the Congressional Ethics Committee for failing to comply with committee subpoenas, including prospective Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The three other House members referred to the Ethics Committee are Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and Scott Perry (R-Pa.). In the introduction to its final report, the committee states that “their willful noncompliance violates multiple...
The three other House members referred to the Ethics Committee are Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and Scott Perry (R-Pa.). In the introduction to its final report, the committee states that “their willful noncompliance violates multiple...
- 12/19/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Update: The January 6th Committee recommended that the Justice Department pursue four criminal charges against former President Donald Trump along with others they claim helped orchestrate an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The charges include obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and inciting, assisting or giving aid or comfort to an insurrection.
It will be up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges, but the move is the first time that a former president has faced a criminal referral such as this one.
Rep,. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who outlined the recommendations, also named for potential prosecution John Eastman, the college professor who pushed an effort to install “fake” electors in advance of the joint session of Congress to certify the election results.
Raskin said that others were also involved, but the committee...
The charges include obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and inciting, assisting or giving aid or comfort to an insurrection.
It will be up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges, but the move is the first time that a former president has faced a criminal referral such as this one.
Rep,. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who outlined the recommendations, also named for potential prosecution John Eastman, the college professor who pushed an effort to install “fake” electors in advance of the joint session of Congress to certify the election results.
Raskin said that others were also involved, but the committee...
- 12/19/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On the surface, Kevin McCarthy looks like a shoe-in to become the next Speaker of the House. He won an internal vote of the conference 188-31, over right-winger Andy Biggs of Arizona, to retain the party’s top leadership post. If Republicans just stick together during a House floor vote in January, and McCarthy will get the gavel.
But that’s a big if.
In the red-ripple election of 2022, Republicans regained control of Congress by just a handful of seats — meaning that the same internal GOP divisions that bedeviled the...
But that’s a big if.
In the red-ripple election of 2022, Republicans regained control of Congress by just a handful of seats — meaning that the same internal GOP divisions that bedeviled the...
- 12/3/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans were projected to gain control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, returning them to the majority after four years by an ever-so-slim margin.
MSNBC and CNN called the race first this afternoon, with the Associated Press and Fox News following soon after. With about nine races still not called in this year’s midterm election, CNN gave the GOP 218 seats, a bare majority, with 208 seats being held by the Democrats.
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Once the new Congress is sworn in in January, the first major test for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be to win the speakership. He was nominated by the party caucus on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin,...
MSNBC and CNN called the race first this afternoon, with the Associated Press and Fox News following soon after. With about nine races still not called in this year’s midterm election, CNN gave the GOP 218 seats, a bare majority, with 208 seats being held by the Democrats.
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Once the new Congress is sworn in in January, the first major test for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be to win the speakership. He was nominated by the party caucus on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin,...
- 11/16/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, with additional details: With Republicans poised to control the U.S. House by an ever-so-slim margin, Kevin McCarthy fended off a challenge to leadership when the GOP caucus overwhelmingly nominated him to be the next speaker.
Fox News and other outlets reported that the vote in the closed-door caucus meeting was 188 votes for McCarthy and 31 votes for Rep. Andy Biggs (R-az), who announced an effort earlier on Tuesday.
Still, given the expected narrow majority that the GOP will have in the House, McCarthy will have to find a way to secure at least 30 more votes to become the next speaker. That vote will take place in January, when the new Congress is sworn in and seated.
“We have our work cut out for us,” McCarthy told reporters. “We [are going to have] a small majority. We got to listen to everybody in our conference.” He said “either we will lead as a team...
Fox News and other outlets reported that the vote in the closed-door caucus meeting was 188 votes for McCarthy and 31 votes for Rep. Andy Biggs (R-az), who announced an effort earlier on Tuesday.
Still, given the expected narrow majority that the GOP will have in the House, McCarthy will have to find a way to secure at least 30 more votes to become the next speaker. That vote will take place in January, when the new Congress is sworn in and seated.
“We have our work cut out for us,” McCarthy told reporters. “We [are going to have] a small majority. We got to listen to everybody in our conference.” He said “either we will lead as a team...
- 11/15/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
After years defending the continued militarization of law enforcement agencies across the United States, Republican lawmakers appeared to have a change of heart Monday after learning the FBI executed a search at the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Faced with the possibility that the “good guys” aren’t necessarily on their side, prominent members of the party that made backing the blue a central tenet of its political platform began spouting rhetoric that belied their professed allegiance to the “rule of law.”
“The GOP majority must defund all...
“The GOP majority must defund all...
- 8/9/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows met with Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican who was trying to get the election results overturned. Afterwards, Meadows burned documents in his office, his former aide Cassidy Hutchinson told the Jan. 6 committee, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with her testimony.
It’s unclear which papers Meadows may have burned, but the issue is a “key focus” of the committee, which grilled Hutchinson over the incident for around 90 minutes, according to Politico.
Lawyers for...
It’s unclear which papers Meadows may have burned, but the issue is a “key focus” of the committee, which grilled Hutchinson over the incident for around 90 minutes, according to Politico.
Lawyers for...
- 5/26/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene is testifying under oath on Friday about her alleged role in the events of last Jan. 6.
She isn’t too happy about it.
The court appearance follows U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg’s ruling earlier this week that a case seeking to disqualify Greene from office for “engaging in insurrection or rebellion” could proceed. Greene has consistently and very publicly pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, while rilling up her supporters to descend on Washington, D.C., ahead of the election’s certification last Jan.
She isn’t too happy about it.
The court appearance follows U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg’s ruling earlier this week that a case seeking to disqualify Greene from office for “engaging in insurrection or rebellion” could proceed. Greene has consistently and very publicly pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, while rilling up her supporters to descend on Washington, D.C., ahead of the election’s certification last Jan.
- 4/22/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ crusade against what he has called the “woke” Disney Corporation continued on Thursday when the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill eliminating Disney World from being able to self-govern.
Disney since 1967 has operated within its own special district, collecting its own taxes and providing its own emergency services. This allows Disney to operate and carry out construction projects without being subject to the oversight of a planning commission or other body.
It might not seem like a great idea for the state of Florida to...
Disney since 1967 has operated within its own special district, collecting its own taxes and providing its own emergency services. This allows Disney to operate and carry out construction projects without being subject to the oversight of a planning commission or other body.
It might not seem like a great idea for the state of Florida to...
- 4/21/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Reps. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) all interacted with Ali Alexander, the founder of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, in the lead up to Jan. 6, Alexander’s attorney said in a suit filed late Friday.
Alexander shared this information with the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, his attorney wrote in the filing, which was reported by Politico. According to the suit, Alexander told the committee he participated in “a few phone conversations” with Gosar and spoke with Biggs in person “and never by phone,...
Alexander shared this information with the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, his attorney wrote in the filing, which was reported by Politico. According to the suit, Alexander told the committee he participated in “a few phone conversations” with Gosar and spoke with Biggs in person “and never by phone,...
- 12/18/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges on Friday after shooting three people and killing two of them during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Republicans were thrilled.
“Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for being found Innocent of all charges. It’s called being found Not Guilty,” former President Donald Trump wrote in a statement Friday evening. “And by the way, if that’s not self defense, nothing is!”
“Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty, my friends!” Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-n.C.) said in a video posted to his Instagram.
“Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for being found Innocent of all charges. It’s called being found Not Guilty,” former President Donald Trump wrote in a statement Friday evening. “And by the way, if that’s not self defense, nothing is!”
“Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty, my friends!” Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-n.C.) said in a video posted to his Instagram.
- 11/19/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On Wednesday’s “Late Night,” host Seth Meyers talked about the “meltdown” at Southwest Airlines that left thousands of travelers stranded over the weekend after the airline canceled more than 2,200 flights.
The company, the pilots’ union, and the Faa all attributed the collapse to a combination of factors: weather, air traffic control, and Southwest’s flawed scheduling system making it difficult to reschedule such a high volume of flights. They are not attributing it at all to vaccine mandates for its employees. But that hasn’t stopped right-wing politicians and pundits from blaming the mandate. Rep. Andy Biggs, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Fox News host Tucker Carlson all pushed that baseless narrative.
On his show, Carlson said that the Southwest meltdown was definitely due to an employee protest against the vaccine mandate, and that Amtrak train route cancellations and a canceled car ferry in Washington were maybe due to protests,...
The company, the pilots’ union, and the Faa all attributed the collapse to a combination of factors: weather, air traffic control, and Southwest’s flawed scheduling system making it difficult to reschedule such a high volume of flights. They are not attributing it at all to vaccine mandates for its employees. But that hasn’t stopped right-wing politicians and pundits from blaming the mandate. Rep. Andy Biggs, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Fox News host Tucker Carlson all pushed that baseless narrative.
On his show, Carlson said that the Southwest meltdown was definitely due to an employee protest against the vaccine mandate, and that Amtrak train route cancellations and a canceled car ferry in Washington were maybe due to protests,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Republicans are doing everything they can to thwart Congress’ inquiry into the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol, including by threatening to purge their party of members who participate in the select committee tasked with that investigation.
Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who has repeatedly spread Trump’s election lies, plans to send a letter Thursday to Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asking him to boot from the Republican conference the two GOP members sitting on the select committee: Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Mich.
Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who has repeatedly spread Trump’s election lies, plans to send a letter Thursday to Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asking him to boot from the Republican conference the two GOP members sitting on the select committee: Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Mich.
- 9/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Members of Congress face plenty of tough decisions when voting on legislation that can shape the course of the nation. The measure to award a congressional gold medal to the Capitol Police officers who responded to the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol should not have been one of them. Nevertheless, 21 Republicans voted against it.
Voting against honoring the police officers who responded to the riot that resulted in five deaths, including that of an officer, is hard to understand, especially from members of the party that prides itself on...
Voting against honoring the police officers who responded to the riot that resulted in five deaths, including that of an officer, is hard to understand, especially from members of the party that prides itself on...
- 6/16/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: The Supreme Court rejected the suit, saying in a brief order that Texas “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.”
Original story below.
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One hundred and twenty-six House Republicans, more than half the caucus, have signed onto an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit that is asking the courts to invalidate millions of votes from four swing states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, these elected officials joined the Texas attorney...
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One hundred and twenty-six House Republicans, more than half the caucus, have signed onto an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit that is asking the courts to invalidate millions of votes from four swing states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, these elected officials joined the Texas attorney...
- 12/11/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The House on Tuesday overwhelming passed legislation on Thursday that will inject hundreds of billions more into a small business loan program.
The vote was 388 to 5 on the legislation, with a total price tag of $484 billion. The Senate passed the bill earlier this week, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill soon.
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The biggest chunk of the money — $310 billion — will be devoted to replenishing the Paycheck Protection Program, in which small businesses can access loans that can be converted into grants if they maintain payrolls.
The vote was 388 to 5 on the legislation, with a total price tag of $484 billion. The Senate passed the bill earlier this week, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill soon.
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The biggest chunk of the money — $310 billion — will be devoted to replenishing the Paycheck Protection Program, in which small businesses can access loans that can be converted into grants if they maintain payrolls.
- 4/23/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump is back on the attack. After laying low in the latter stages of his Senate hearing, the Commander-in-Tweet continued his victory laps today with a tweetstorm that carved up a few of his foes.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman came in for some of the more brutal blows, with Donald Trump Jr. chiming in late on Friday night in support of his firing. President Trump also attacked West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in a tweet that may have the ulterior motive of undermining a vulnerable Democratic seat. He also pointed out that he received support from “many highly religious people” in his Senate impeachment vote, an elbow against Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who leaned on his standing with the Almighty in becoming the lone Republican to vote against the President.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Pete Rose played Major League Baseball for 24 seasons,...
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman came in for some of the more brutal blows, with Donald Trump Jr. chiming in late on Friday night in support of his firing. President Trump also attacked West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in a tweet that may have the ulterior motive of undermining a vulnerable Democratic seat. He also pointed out that he received support from “many highly religious people” in his Senate impeachment vote, an elbow against Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who leaned on his standing with the Almighty in becoming the lone Republican to vote against the President.
We’ll add more communications as they roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
Pete Rose played Major League Baseball for 24 seasons,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the wildest weeks of all of the wild weeks of Donald Trump’s 15-and-a-half months as president — yes, it really has only been that long — continued on Wednesday and Thursday with Trump’s new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, telling anyone who would listen, including interview spots on Hannity and “Fox and Friends,” that Trump totally knew about Michael Cohen paying Stormy Daniels off after Trump spent the last couple months denying that. And in a new edition of “A Closer Look” on Thursday, Seth Meyers was exasperated by the whole thing.
“So now the president’s lawyer has admitted that the president lied when he said he had nothing to do with the Stormy Daniels hush payment. And yet, Trump supporters have been twisting themselves in knots to justify his lies,” Meyers said. “For example, right after that [‘Fox and Friends’] interview aired, Arizona Republican congressman Andy Biggs had this to say about Giuliani’s admission.”
“Late Night” then played a clip from Fox News in which Biggs made the following strange assertion: “I don’t think somebody with President Trump’s income level actually maybe writes all his checks, you know what I mean? It would not surprise me if, yes, he authorized the payment and, you know, it just gets kind of lost in the shuffle. I know that sounds crazy perhaps on a certain level.”
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“No, it sounds crazy on every level,” Meyers said. “And it begs the question: if a $130,000 payment to a porn star can get lost in the shuffle, what else is in the shuffle? Seriously, how do you lose track of a hush payment to a porn star? Can you imagine Trump with a green visor trying to balance his checkbook?”
After trying to imagine just how that scenario might go (it involves Trump marking the hush payment as “fun stuff”), Meyers presented a theory on why it is that Trump surrogates keep doing this kind of thing on live TV.
“The question still stands: why did Giuliani do this? And here’s what I think is going on every time someone in Trump’s orbit gets a close up look at the Mueller investigation, they freak out. Remember Sam Nunberg or Carter Page? Once they saw how serious Mueller’s team was they went on TV and had meltdowns,” Meyers said. Nunberg famously spent nearly an entire day on CNN, smelling of alcohol according to CNN anchor Erin Burnett, trash talking everyone associated with Trump after being served with a subpoena by Mueller’s team.
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“And the same thing is happening with Giuliani because it’s finally dawning on them that this investigation is not going away any time soon. Just last night another former trump aide, Michael Caputo, went on CNN after being interviewed by Mueller’s team and stressed repeatedly how tenacious the investigators were.”
Caputo said in the clip Meyers mentioned that “I think the Mueller team knew more about what I did in 2016 than I knew myself. And I think they know more about the Trump campaign than anyone that ever worked there.” Caputo also compared the whole thing to “a proctology appointment.”
That makes sense. Because Trump is definitely pulling his answers out of his a–,” Meyers said.
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“So Trump’s own lawyer is now telling us that he lied about a hush payment to a porn star. Which raises the question: what else is he lying about? At this point, we should just assume the answer is everything.”
You can watch all of the “A Closer Look” segment from Thursday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
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“So now the president’s lawyer has admitted that the president lied when he said he had nothing to do with the Stormy Daniels hush payment. And yet, Trump supporters have been twisting themselves in knots to justify his lies,” Meyers said. “For example, right after that [‘Fox and Friends’] interview aired, Arizona Republican congressman Andy Biggs had this to say about Giuliani’s admission.”
“Late Night” then played a clip from Fox News in which Biggs made the following strange assertion: “I don’t think somebody with President Trump’s income level actually maybe writes all his checks, you know what I mean? It would not surprise me if, yes, he authorized the payment and, you know, it just gets kind of lost in the shuffle. I know that sounds crazy perhaps on a certain level.”
Also Read: Colbert Has High Praise for Rudy Giuliani: 'There's Something Kind of Admirable About Being That Bad of a Liar' (Video)
“No, it sounds crazy on every level,” Meyers said. “And it begs the question: if a $130,000 payment to a porn star can get lost in the shuffle, what else is in the shuffle? Seriously, how do you lose track of a hush payment to a porn star? Can you imagine Trump with a green visor trying to balance his checkbook?”
After trying to imagine just how that scenario might go (it involves Trump marking the hush payment as “fun stuff”), Meyers presented a theory on why it is that Trump surrogates keep doing this kind of thing on live TV.
“The question still stands: why did Giuliani do this? And here’s what I think is going on every time someone in Trump’s orbit gets a close up look at the Mueller investigation, they freak out. Remember Sam Nunberg or Carter Page? Once they saw how serious Mueller’s team was they went on TV and had meltdowns,” Meyers said. Nunberg famously spent nearly an entire day on CNN, smelling of alcohol according to CNN anchor Erin Burnett, trash talking everyone associated with Trump after being served with a subpoena by Mueller’s team.
Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel: 'By the End of the Week, Rudy Giuliani Is Gonna Implicate Trump in the Lincoln Assassination' (Video)
“And the same thing is happening with Giuliani because it’s finally dawning on them that this investigation is not going away any time soon. Just last night another former trump aide, Michael Caputo, went on CNN after being interviewed by Mueller’s team and stressed repeatedly how tenacious the investigators were.”
Caputo said in the clip Meyers mentioned that “I think the Mueller team knew more about what I did in 2016 than I knew myself. And I think they know more about the Trump campaign than anyone that ever worked there.” Caputo also compared the whole thing to “a proctology appointment.”
That makes sense. Because Trump is definitely pulling his answers out of his a–,” Meyers said.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Wants to Remind You That Mike Pence Sucks Just as Much as Trump Does (Video)
“So Trump’s own lawyer is now telling us that he lied about a hush payment to a porn star. Which raises the question: what else is he lying about? At this point, we should just assume the answer is everything.”
You can watch all of the “A Closer Look” segment from Thursday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in the video embedded at the top of this post.
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- 5/4/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, a 19-year-old gunman walked onto the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, armed with what police say was a military-style semi-automatic rifle and countless magazines — and killed at least 17 people. He was a troubled man who had shown repeated signs of being unstable and yet was able to legally obtain a semi-automatic rifle capaable of causing unimaginable carnage.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott called the attack “pure evil” and vowed to have a real conversation about sensible gun legislation, saying, “The violence has to stop. We cannot lose another child in this country to gun violence in a school.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott called the attack “pure evil” and vowed to have a real conversation about sensible gun legislation, saying, “The violence has to stop. We cannot lose another child in this country to gun violence in a school.
- 2/16/2018
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
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