Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had full-blown meltdowns on Thursday after Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) held votes on two of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees without allowing debate on them, saying he was simply following the “new precedent” established by Republicans when they did the same thing to Democrats, twice. Durbin appeared to completely … Read more
In a bid to enhance transparency and accountability at the southern border, House Republicans, spearheaded by Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, are introducing two bills aimed at addressing the influx of migrants into the US, reported Fox News. The issue of border security is rapidly gaining prominence in Congress, with Republicans urging reforms to the asylum … Read more
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WASHINGTON ― Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) over the weekend promoted false conspiracy theories about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after House Republicans released hours of raw footage from that day. Lee said he couldn’t wait to ask FBI Director Chris Wray about an image of a man who was convicted … Read more
A Republican senator and the president of the Teamsters union nearly got into a fistfight Tuesday in the middle of a Senate committee hearing, until Sen. Bernie Sanders stepped in and broke it up. The exchange began when Sen. Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, read a tweet that Teamsters President Sean O’Brien had posted in June. … Read more
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Tuesday nearly started a fistfight with labor union leader Sean O’Brien in the middle of a Senate committee hearing, after the two traded ridiculous, high school-level insults for several minutes. Mullin, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, held up printed copies of past tweets … Read more
“That is him testing the political party that he says he’s going to lead” just “one year out from the election, to see what they will tolerate as an institution,” the MSNBC anchor explained Monday. It means that “every single member of that party will now have to answer whether this is who they are, … Read more
John Oliver excoriated Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) for his “disgusting” assertion that there are “very few innocent Palestinians” in the Israel-Hamas conflict. In a House floor speech earlier this month, Mast criticized “the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians” and said: “I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term ‘innocent Nazi civilians’ during … Read more
The New York Times sent a letter to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Friday condemning him for suggesting that its employees were involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel last month, calling him out for “parroting disinformation.” The message came in response to a letter that Cotton sent to Times leadership Thursday citing “reports” that the … Read more
Jimmy Fallon on Thursday joked about this week’s Donald Trump-less GOP presidential primary debate featuring “name-calling, wild rants and personal attacks.” “The Tonight Show” host imagined the former president’s response. “Game recognize game, game recognize game,” he said, imitating Trump who ditched the debate to hold a rally of his own. Fallon also suggested why … Read more