Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside of the House Chamber on Wednesday. Taylor Greene asked Ocasio-Cortez why she supports Antifa and the Black Lives Matter organization. “She’s a chicken. She doesn’t want to debate. I don’t think the debate has been agreed to yet,” Taylor Greene …
Read More »Trump Officials Blame Media Hysteria For Response To Capitol Riots
Former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told the House Oversight Committee that he limited deployment of National Guard Troops at the Capitol on Jan 6 because of the “media hysteria” over the possibility of a military coup. “My concerns regarding the appropriate and limited use of the military in …
Read More »Caitlyn Jenner Changes Her Story About Voting In The 2020 Election
Caitlyn Jenner’s comments on voting in the 2020 Presidential election seem to be at odds with public records. During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner said that she did not vote in the 2020 presidential election, but public records from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Record show …
Read More »House, Senate Dems Reintroduce Accountability For Denial of Medical Care Act
Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act. The legislation would hold law enforcement officers criminally liable for failing to obtain medical assistance to people in custody experiencing medical distress. In 2017, Andrew Kearse, a 36-year-old Black …
Read More »Garland, Mayorkas: ‘White Supremacist Groups Pose The Greatest Domestic Threat’
Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the Senate Appropriations Committee that white supremacist groups pose the most serious domestic national security threat in the United States. “Domestic violent extremists pose an elevated threat in 2021 and in the FBI’s view, the top domestic violent extremist …
Read More »President Biden Announces Racially Diverse Group Of Judicial Nominees
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced three new US Court of Appeals nominees and three new District Court nominees. Of the six new nominees, five are women, and half are Black women. The President is nominating Gustavo Gelpí Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. …
Read More »Colonial Pipeline Restarts Service After Cyber-Attack
The Colonial Pipeline initiated the restart of operations Wednesday evening. Following the restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal, Colonial Pipeline said. That means some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the …
Read More »Biden Ends Trump Ban On Pandemic Assistance For Undocumented College Students
The Biden administration is overturning a policy that barred undocumented college students from receiving federal relief grants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education Department announced that it will distribute $36 billion in federal relief funding to higher education. Colleges and universities will have to decide how to distribute the funding …
Read More »DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza Lettering To Be Replaced
The huge yellow letters that spell out “Black Lives Matter” in D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza were paved over but will be replaced by the end of the week, the mayor’s office said. The famous curb-to-curb letters were missing from 16th Street NW between H and K streets on Tuesday. …
Read More »Prosecutors Are Seeking Death Penalty For Atlanta Spa Shooter
A prosecutor is seeking hate crime charges and the death penalty for the Atlanta, Georgia spa shooter that killed eight people in March. Robert Aaron Long was indicted on four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, four counts of possession …
Read More »Watch: Rep. Liz Cheney’s Speech On The House Floor
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) delivered a defiant speech on the House floor Tuesday night, the eve of a vote that is expected to oust her from her Republican leadership position. Without naming former President Trump, Cheney blasted “a former president who provoked a violent attack on this Capitol in an effort to …
Read More »Arizona Governor Signs Controversial Election Bill Into Law
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a bill making it easier to purge infrequent voters from a list of those who automatically get a ballot each election. In a tweet Tuesday, the governor called “Arizona a national leader when it comes to election integrity,” and he added that the bill …
Read More »More Than 40 AGs Urge Facebook To Cancel Plans For Instagram For Kids
On Monday, forty-four attorney generals wrote a letter calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for a children’s version of Instagram. “Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media …
Read More »One Million Americans Have Enrolled In The Affordable Care Act Since February
President Biden announced on Tuesday that one million people had enrolled so far in Affordable Care Act coverage during a special sign-up period his administration created. The president opened a special enrollment period in February, shortly after taking office. Former President Trump had declined to open enrollments back up, even as …
Read More »Glenn Youngkin Wins Virginia’s GOP Nomination For Governor
Virginia businessman Glenn Youngkin has won the Republican nomination for governor after six rounds of counting ballots cast at Saturday’s drive-through unassembled convention. I am prepared to lead, excited to serve and profoundly humbled by the trust the people have placed in me. Virginians have made it clear that they are …
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