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Republican Party Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said Sunday that former President Donald Trump will be held accountable for the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Per Raw Story, speaking with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, Cheney said that she expects “many, many criminal investigations” into Trump’s role in the riots. On the day […]

Republican consultant Brad Parscale, who served as manager for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, predicted Saturday that the upcoming impeachment trial will backfire on the Democratic Party. In a tweet, Parscale argued that Democrats are making his former boss a “martyr,” which only increases his chances of winning again in 2024. “If Trump asked […]

Former President Donald Trump was the best thing to happen to the Christian Church in the United States since Jesus himself, an author and Newsmax guest said this week. Author and life coach Rachel Hamm appeared on American Agenda with host Heather Childers this week, discussing a recent Vox column that claimed Trump was a […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was sworn in just a month ago, but her presence in the U.S. Congress has already generated significant controversy, largely because of her association with the QAnon movement. According to a Saturday report from The Hill, some Republican insiders fear that the controversies surrounding Green could cost the GOP […]

The Wyoming Republican Party voted Saturday to censure one of its own members, Rep. Liz Cheney, for voting to impeach former President Donald Trump. As CNN reported, in the motion to censure the congresswoman, Wyoming GOP leaders said that the party intends to “withhold any future political funding” from her and urged her to repay […]

During an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel, Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, claimed the real estate mogul is eyeing his own social media platform. As reported by Breitbart, Miller said Trump would likely “reemerge on social media” in the near future. “Whether that’s joining […]

In an interview with The New York Times published on Friday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the QAnon movement. Some of the most controversial conspiracy theories associated with QAnon concern Clinton and members of her family, who the far-right movement portrays as part of the global Satan-worshiping elite former President Donald Trump spent […]

During an appearance on CNN on Saturday, Rep. Charlie Dent told anchor Fredricka Whitfield that a group of GOP lawmakers is discussing leaving the Republican Party to create a new alliance, Raw Story reported. “In fact, just yesterday I participated in a forum or a summit where we talked about the future of the party, […]

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday, Rep. Val Demings suggested that former President Donald Trump would sell classified intelligence if he could. As reported by Raw Story, the comment came in the wake of President Joe Biden asserting that the former head of state does not need intelligence briefings. “I believe this former president […]

In an interview with CNN on Friday, Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida explained why he voted to remove his colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees. Per Mediaite, speaking with host Wolf Blitzer, Gimenez said Republicans need to distance themselves from the QAnon conspiracy theory if they want to win in the 2022 midterms. […]

Fox News host Chris Wallace said Friday that former Vice President Mike Pence could win the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2024. Per Mediaite, speaking with fellow Fox News anchor Sandra Smith, Wallace argued that, if Donald Trump doesn’t run, Pence will walk away with the nomination. The two men drifted apart after the January […]

In an interview on Friday, former Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock said that Donald Trump is not the future of the GOP, Mediaite reported. Speaking with CNN host Anderson Cooper, Comstock argued that Republican lawmakers like Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and Ben Sasse could potentially become conservative leaders at some point, because they had the courage […]

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that President Donald Trump should use the upcoming Senate impeachment trial to his advantage. Speaking with Newsmax, Navarro argued that this could be a chance for Trump to prove that the 2020 presidential election was rigged for Democrat Joe Biden. “This is a political trial and […]

In an interview with Politico published on Friday, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said that Democrats have a “very compelling” impeachment case against former President Donald Trump. The House of Representatives impeached Trump last month, accusing him of inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government. According to Democrats, at a rally in Washington, […]

More than 60 progressive groups have signed a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to abolish the filibuster, The Hill reported on Friday. The parliamentary procedure, which allows the minority party to block legislation it opposes, has to be removed if Democrats want to deliver for the American people, the letter said. “The results […]

Since it became clear that Joe Biden would ascend to the presidency in the wake of his November victory over Donald Trump, questions have abounded regarding whether or not the latter should be eligible to receive regular intelligence briefings after leaving office. According to recent statements made by the current commander-in-chief, it would seem that […]

In a new interview, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci ripped into former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies. Speaking for the MeidasTouch podcast on Friday, Scaramucci claimed that Trump “poisons” his associates. The businessman pointed to Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas as best examples of what associating […]

On Friday, President Joe Biden defended his administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan and stressed that now is not the time for fiscal conservatism. Per CNBC, speaking from the White House, Biden said that he tried to work with Republicans but gave up on the idea because they insisted on a smaller package. “I’d like […]

In an interview with Fox New on Friday, Republican Party Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida praised Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for holding a fiery press conference, Mediaite reported. Greene held the conference in response to House Democrats voting to remove her from House Education and Labor and Budget committees. She was ousted for repeatedly […]

A newly surfaced video showed longtime GOP operative Roger Stone with the far-right militant group Oath Keepers before the January 6 riot at the Capitol, ABC News reported. Two members of the group have notably been charged with conspiracy in connection to the storming of the historic United States building. The video was allegedly posted […]

A Friday report from Business Insider spotlighted the current plans of former President Donald Trump, who is allegedly “shell shocked” but plotting a revenge tour in the near future. Notably, Doug Heye, a former spokesman for the Republican National Committee, spoke to the outlet about Trump’s current situation, per the Daily Mail. “Trump is clearly […]

In a Thursday piece for Time, journalist Molly Ball argued that a “secret shadow campaign” designed to secure the integrity of the 2020 election helped Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump in the presidential race. In particular, the writer suggested that the possible pushback against the electoral results by Trump and his supporters was stamped out […]

The FBI appears to have used a photoshopped image from the Capitol riot as evidence in an arrest warrant for Brian P. McCreary, The Daily Mail reported. The doctored image replaces a 19th-century painting of a Kentucky senator with the lewd meme called “Wood Sitting on a Bed,” which portrays a nude man exposing his […]

On Friday, controversial Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia slammed Democratic Party politicians for voting to remove her from House committees. In a tweet, Greene called Democrats “morons” and said that she she doesn’t mind being removed from her posts because conservatives “have no say on committees anyway.” “I woke up early this morning […]

In a piece for The New Yorker, Harvard Law School legal professor Jeannie Suk Gersen argued the possible acquittal of Donald Trump in the forthcoming impeachment trial could help the former president emerge stronger. “Given the importance of condemning Trump’s destructive actions, the message sent by an acquittal may be worse than no trial,” she […]

On Thursday, Susan Sarandon called out Democratic lawmakers and referred to the party’s push for coronavirus relief checks as a “bait and switch,” as reported by The Hill. The actress quote-tweeted a video of Democrats at campaign rallies ahead of the Georgia Senate elections in January. It showed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala […]

On Thursday, Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse released a five-minute video in response to efforts by the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee to censure him due to his criticism of former President Donald Trump, as reported by The Hill. Sasse told Republicans in the state that they must choose between “conservatism and madness” as he faces […]

After losing the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump reportedly told adviser that he would like to form his own political party. According to a new Hill-HarrisX poll, that would not be a bad idea. Released on Thursday, the poll — which was conducted online among 340 registered voters — […]

According to a poll from Quinnipiac University released Thursday, half of Americans think that the U.S. Senate should convict President Donald Trump. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeached Trump last month for inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government by allegedly ordering his supporters to storm the Capitol building and stop the certification of Electoral […]

In a Thursday piece posted on his Substack, attorney Seth Abramson said that Roger Stone might soon be arrested again for purported links to the January 6 storming of the Capitol. Abramson pointed to new federal cases against Proud Boys members Nicholas Ochs and Nicholas DeCarlo, who are facing conspiracy charges for their involvement in […]

Al Jazeera English’s senior White House Producer Chris Sheridan believes that President Joe Biden has made some concessions to progressives in the first two weeks of his presidency. “In first two weeks, some major nods to Bernie/AOC wing of the Dem party by the Biden admin,” Sheridan tweeted on Thursday. According to Sheridan, the nods […]

In the lead-up to the House of Representatives’ Thursday vote on a measure to remove Republican Party Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, commentator Scott Dworkin took to Twitter to criticize the controversial freshman congresswoman. “Just to be clear Marjorie Taylor Greene’s a trump accomplice who belongs in prison, not in Congress. Removing […]

In an op-ed for Common Dreams, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader speculated that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell might be planning to “break” with Donald Trump for the sake of the Republican Party. Notably, Nader used his piece to predict what McConnell is currently thinking in the lead-up to the next week’s Senate trial on […]

One of the 10 Republican House members to support the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is facing blowback for their vote in their home state. Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who has been one of the more vocal critics of the Trump administration in the GOP, has officially been censured by the LaSalle County Republican […]

Extremist paramilitary groups are joining forces in the wake of the attack on the United States Capitol, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. According to the publication, Justin Thayer, head of the Georgia III percent Martyrs — the group that provided security for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — said the groups are advocating for Georgia’s secession from […]

While taking part in the traditional National Prayer Breakfast, President Joe Biden called for opposition to what he described as the “political extremism” that led to events such as the riot at the U.S. Capitol. He also asked Americans to show their collective strength during this difficult period, as reported by the Associated Press. The […]

During a call with House Democrats on Wednesday, President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to boosting the second round of stimulus checks to $2,000 by sending out $1,400 in direct payments to the majority of Americans, as reported by The Hill. Still, the president did express a willingness to potentially tighten restrictions on income eligibility […]

During a GOP conference on Wednesday, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized to her fellow Republican lawmakers for her past remarks, which included endorsing violence against Democratic leaders and espousing conspiracy theories about mass shootings, as reported by The Hill. During the closed-door meeting, Greene told her colleagues that she did believe that school shootings […]

On Thursday, the House will vote on a resolution to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, as reported by The Hill. The decision follows growing criticism of the Georgia lawmaker in light of continued revelations of extreme and offensive comments she made prior to winning her congressional seat. House Republicans are coming […]

Almost a month after the Democrats gained majority power in the U.S. Senate following their two victories in Georgia, they will finally be able to exert functional control after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached a deal on Wednesday, as reported by The Hill. After weeks of negotiation, Schumer announced […]

In the release of their final financial forms, Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner reported that their annual income fell by more than 20 percent since the beginning of 2020, as reported by The Hill. For 2020 and the first 20 days of 2021, they reported an income […]

After seeing his personal and corporate Twitter accounts suspended over the past week due to false claims made about fraud during the 2020 presidential election, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell saw himself unexpectedly shut down once again on Tuesday in an interview with Newsmax, as reported by The Hill. During his interview on the cable network, […]

Salon commentator Chauncey Devega spoke to Forbes editor Dan Alexander in an interview published on Tuesday that suggested Donald Trump’s “trail of dirty money” could land him in prison, Raw Story reported. Alexander — who followed Trump’s money trail in his book White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business — […]

Former President Donald Trump’s team of lawyers filed their brief on Tuesday, ahead of his Senate impeachment trial next week, as reported by the Associated Press. As Trump faces accusations of inciting a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election over […]

The Monday report from New York University that found no evidence of Big Tech bias against conservatives was funded by Craig Newmark, a donor to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, The Daily Caller reported. The study found that conservatives are promoting “political disinformation” by accusing technology companies of bias against their ideology and called for Biden […]

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a scathing critique of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her efforts to promote conspiracy theories a “cancer for the Republican Party,” as reported by the Associated Press. While the Kentucky senator did not name Greene directly, he didn’t conceal his disdain for what he described as the […]

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will sign three executive orders focused on the issue of immigration. These include reuniting families that were separated after crossing the U.S. border, addressing shortcomings in the current asylum process and conducting a review on changes made to the legal immigration system during the Trump administration, as reported by CNN. […]

The fundraising committee formed by former President Donald Trump following his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential campaign raised $30.9 million in the final weeks of 2020, according to a report from The Hill. The number was disclosed on Sunday, following a filing with the Federal Election Commission. Trump’s leadership political action committee […]

Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said he received a very strong reaction after voting to impeach Donald Trump, with a family member even writing a letter claiming that Kinzinger was possessed by the devil. The Illinois representative spoke about his vote in an appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, standing by his decision and detailing […]

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a new legal defense team for his Senate impeachment trial, according to The Hill. It was widely reported on Saturday that Trump’s lawyers quit after he allegedly tried to force them to base his defense on the claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged for Democrat Joe […]