DeSantis says Black people benefited from slavery when questioned about new school standards
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that he “should’ve been more careful about what I said” after he received backlash for suggesting that Covid-19 could have been genetically engineered to reduce risks to Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
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Armed Individuals In Tactical Gear Are Showing Up At Arizona Ballot Boxes
The Maricopa County Elections Department said two people with weapons were spotted at a mail-in ballot drop box in Mesa on Friday. The two wore masks to obscure their faces and left the area after the county sheriff’s office responded.
And on Saturday night, four people ― two of them reportedly armed with handguns ― got into a confrontation at the same drop box when another individual arrived and attempted to record their license plate information.
Judge Michael Liburdi, appointed by former President Donald Trump, refused to issue a restraining order against members of a right-wing activist group gathering at ballot boxes in Maricopa County — arguing they had a First Amendment right to do so, were not a proven “true threat” and that their actions did not “fall into any traditionally recognized category of voter intimidation.”
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On Tuesday, Texas' attorney general filed a lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, alleging the states improperly manipulated voting rules.
Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton (R) is under investigation by the FBI over allegations of bribery and abuse of office in an effort to help a real estate developer and wealthy donor, two unidentified sources told The Associated Press.
Man sues for refund of $2.5m he donated to Trump election challenge group
True The Vote claimed it had a multi-part plan to "investigate, litigate and expose suspected illegal balloting and fraud in the 2020 general election," the lawsuit said.
The group claimed it also collected whistle blower complaints, supported GOP legislative fights in swing states and conducted "sophisticated data modeling and statistical analysis to identify potential illegal or fraudulent balloting."
In the weeks after the election, True the Vote filed four lawsuits, but dropped them all last week.
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Trump Flips Out At Reporter: 'Don't Ever Talk To The President That Way'
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Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement.
“A laser beam or light beam coming down to Earth I guess. Could that cause a fire? Hmmm, I don’t know. I hope not! That wouldn’t look so good for PG&E, Rothschild Inc, Solaren or Jerry Brown” —a narratively crucial passage from Greene’s now-famous about 2018 California wildfires.
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Lauren Boebert recently introduced a bill that would move the security fencing that currently surrounds the Capitol to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Rand Paul says coronavirus survivors should ‘throw away their masks’ while falsely claiming they’re immune
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Lead Mr Trump attorney William Consovoy accused Democrats of "assuming the powers of the Department of Justice" on a partisan crusade, arguing that "this is about the House being dissatisfied with the president, and wanting to prove by any means possible that he has done things wrong."
Douglas Letter, general counsel of the House of Representatives, replied that Mr Trump's claim of freedom from congressional oversight marked "a total, basic and fundamental misunderstanding" of the Constitution, saying he would pronounce Congress "a nuisance . . . getting in his way while he's trying to run the country."
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Senior House Democrat invokes Hitler and tells members of Congress to 'grow spines' as he warns Trump and his family are 'greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime'
Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat in leadership. said his colleagues need to 'grow a spine and confront' Trump about his rhetoric but stopped short of endorsing calls for the president's impeachment.
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Pence takes GOP punches for Trump
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State of the Union
'A Trump I can get behind': Eleven-year-old Joshua who was a guest of honor at the State of the Union because he was bullied for having the President's last name is hailed a hero on social media for falling ASLEEP during the speech
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In no way a concession; Trump insists wall will be built
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And the wall shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
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The day after the midterms:
Trump puts a happy face on House bloodbath, while Democrats threaten to probe his finances - as Florida remains in recount territory and votes are still being counted in Arizona and Montana.
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I'm not releasing my tax returns while they're under audit says Trump as Democrats make publishing truth about his finances their number one target
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Trump announces Sessions is no longer attorney general. Jeff Sessions has resigned as Attorney General, noting at the top of his letter he is doing so at the President's request.
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Trump fires Jeff Sessions and replaces him as attorney general with ultra-loyalist who could now oversee Mueller probe
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'Sit down. You are very rude. You are FAKE NEWS': Trump goes to war on the media and has shouting match with CNN's Jim Acosta as White House intern tries to grab the reporter's microphone
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'I have never used racist remarks!' Trump insists Michael Cohen and Omarosa are lying when they claim he used racial slurs but blasts black reporter for 'racist question' about white nationalism
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'Don't impeach Trump', McConnell tells Pelosi, because 'presidential harassment' will only make him stronger - and look what going after Clintons did to us Republicans in the 90s
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'Two can play at that game!': Powerful new Democratic chairman vows to investigate Trump for acting 'in his own financial self-interest' – as Trump counters with threat to probe Democratic senators for 'leaks'
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I own YOU, Trump tells Republican senators as they celebrate growing majority as he taunts allied candidates who kept their distance from him, writing: 'say goodbye!'
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Trump threatens 'warlike' response if Democratic House investigates him
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I'll work with Democrats but only if they DON'T investigate me says Trump as he claims he and Nancy Pelosi could have 'a beautiful relationship' after Republicans lose the House
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'Mia Love gave me no love': Trump goes down hit list of losing Republicans who he vents failed to 'embrace' him and lost their jobs
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Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support
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When you remove God almighty, the father, son Jesus and the Holy Spirit from out of your life, out of your society, out of your culture, out of your ideology, you get him out of the way, then look out because the murder is fixing to start.
Pat Robertson
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
St. Francis of Assisi
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NRA under fire for tasteless tweet titled '7 ways children can have fun at the shooting range' just hours after girl killed instructor with Uzi
But the pro-gun advocates added that, when done safely, there are benefits to teaching even very young children to shoot certain guns. Youngsters learn hand-eye coordination. They learn what to do if they stumble upon a weapon on the playground. And they learn how to defend themselves if they are ever attacked
