The first hearings for President-elect Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations begin today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the …
Read More »Trump Expected To Issue 100 Pardons On Final Full Day In Office
According to reporting by CNN, President Donald Trump is preparing to issue upwards of 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office. Trump met with aides, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, to review the long list of pardon requests over the weekend. …
Read More »Biden Outlines Day One Agenda
Last week President-elect Joe Biden outlined an ambitious $1.9 trillion COVID-19 and economic relief plan, which included a new round of direct payments to Americans, more aid for the unemployed, additional support for small businesses, states, and local governments, and Increased funding for vaccinations and testing. While that proposal will …
Read More »Donald Trump Becomes First President To Be Impeached Twice
President Donald J. Trump has been impeached for the second time. By a vote of 232-197 the House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump on a single charge of “incitement to insurrection.” This extraordinary outcome marks the first time in United States history that a President has been impeached twice. …
Read More »Ted Cruz Communications Director Resigns
Sen. Ted Cruz‘s (R-Texas) communication director has announced her resignation after the deadly events at the U.S. Capitol. Lauren Blair Bianchi, who has worked with Cruz since 2019, said in a brief statement, “I’m grateful to Senator Cruz for the opportunity and wish him and his first-rate staff nothing but …
Read More »Donald Trump Is Headed Towards Being Impeached For The Second Time
President Donald Trump is likely to become the first commander in chief to be impeached twice. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will on a single Article of Impeachment against President Trump. The charge is “incitement of insurrection.” On Tuesday, the House voted on a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to oust …
Read More »The 147 Republicans That Still Objected To The Election Results After The Capitol Attack
Before we get too many days past the events of January 6, I simply want to list the 147 Republican Senators and House Representatives that were in the Capitol during the attacks by the Pro-Trump crowd, had to be rushed to safety and held in secret locations for hours while …
Read More »Large Corporations Cut or Pause Political Contributions After Riots At The Capitol
In the aftermath of the riots at the Capitol on January 6, several large corporations have taken strong stances and decided not to continue to contribute to candidates who voted to overturn the election results. While much of corporate America condemned the violence, these companies have gone a step further …
Read More »Freshman Congresswoman: “Hitler was right on one thing”
Newly-elected Illinois Representative Mary Miller has served in Congress less than a week and has already drawn calls for her resignation from colleagues over a statement she made at a Pro-Trump rally earlier this week. During a rally for the conservative Moms for America on Tuesday, Miller, an Illinois Republican, …
Read More »President Trump Pressured Georgia Official To “Find” Votes To Overturn Election
In an extraordinary phone call on Saturday, President Donald Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes to overturn his loss in the November election to President-elect Joe Biden. First reported by The Washington Post, the stunning one hour call saw Trump repeating baseless conspiracies and …
Read More »Senate Votes To Override President Trump’s Veto Of Defense Bill
On Friday, the Senate voted to override President Trump‘s veto of the $741 billion annual defense bill. In a rare bipartisan rebuke to the President, Senators voted 81-13 to enact the National Defense Authorization Act, well above the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the presidential veto. The bill initially passed both …
Read More »House Votes To Increase Relief Checks, Override Veto of Defense Bill
In a busy night in the Capitol, the House voted Monday to approve increasing the amount of the direct checks going out to many Americans from $600 to $2000. After calling the Covid relief bill a disgrace and signaling he may not sign it, President Trump signed the bill that includes the $600 payments on Sunday but continued to …
Read More »President Trump Signals He May Not Sign Relief Bill
President Trump is signaling he may not sign the COVID-19 relief bill. After months of silence on the issue, last night in a video, President Trump called the bill a ”disgrace” and suggested he might not immediately sign off on it. He called on Congress to increase the ”ridiculously low” …
Read More »Supreme Court Dismisses Texas’ and President Trumps’s Lawsuit to Overturn Election Results
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a long-shot bid by President Trump and the state of Texas to overturn the election results in four states won by Joe Biden. “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the court wrote …
Read More »President Trump Has Raised More Than $150 Million Since The Election
President Trump has raised more than $150 million since Election Day. Utilizing false election claims and debunked stories of voter fraud, Trump has been fundraising non-stop and shattered fundraising records set during his campaign. The largely small-dollar donations come from the Presidents most extreme supporters who tend to donate most …
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