The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.
Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, #Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory #voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
In the years after the undisclosed trip to #Alaska, #Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. #Alito has never recused himself.
News of money previously given to #House Speaker Mike #Johnson's congressional campaign by #Russian nationals has re-emerged after the #Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate.
In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the #Texas-based American Ethane company.
"We don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ,” the House speaker said. His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.
Some folks at the “Take Our Border Back Rally” went to Eagle Pass to check out the border and are confused because they can’t find that invasion they were told about.
They can't find the invasion they were told about.
#BestBuy is caving to threats by #christofascist#Republican investors, and will stop contributing to #LGBTQ non-profit organizations — including blocking their employee resource groups from making donations to those groups.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intel Committee, tells CNN that Russian propaganda has taken hold among some of his #Republican colleagues.
"We see directly coming from #Russia ... communications that are anti-#Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor."
Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidential nomination from the Republican Party of the USA, who is in the top three in terms of popularity among Republican supporters, promises to recognize the Russian occupation of Ukraine and block its path to NATO if elected president.
Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession.
“A judge ruled that the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted 9 times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence”
"Trump suggested a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deserves execution... And in an utterly disturbing, profanity-laced speech last week in #California, he said we should shoot robbers in the back...
A man who participated in the #insurrection by storming the #Capitol to interrupt the Congressional certification of the electoral vote is, himself, running for Congress. This week, he was convicted of his #January6th crimes. Yet he claims to have no idea Congress meets at the Capitol.
The House seat he's running for is now vacant because #Republicans' last choice there was a now-indicted lying conman named George Santos.
The LA Times is asking if Republicans are now so anti-government, they can no longer govern. The answer is obvious. At this point, we must ask: has the GOP become so anti-democracy, it no longer wants America to exist?
Jared Kushner said he wants to develop "waterfront property" in Gaza
He's inking multi-billion dollar deals with Serbia and Albania
He got billions from MBS
He extorted a billion from Qatar to save 666 5th Ave
His corruption is a 5-alarm fire and
The GOP just shrugs
That Jared Kushner has the nerve to blithely talk about building luxury condos on the backs of murdered Palestinians and pushing the survivors out is just absolutely beyond me.
Any American supporting or coddling putin disgusts me to my core. The GQP aka Republicans are implicit in not only his death, but the deaths of every Ukrainian who has died to russian aggression. Thousands of rapes, tortures, murders of innocent Ukrainians. They're responsible for every child stolen from their parents and "reeducated" with russian propaganda. And they're responsible for trying to put someone just like putin in the White House.
One of Susquehanna’s richest bets was purchasing a 15 percent stake in TikTok’s parent company, #ByteDance, in 2012;
according to the Wall Street Journal, Yass’ personal stake in the company is about seven percent.
#Republican-appointed judges raise alarm over #Trump attacks on #law
Federal DC Judge #ReggieWalton warned Trump’s attacks on #HushMoney trial judge & others could lead to #violence.
The Republican-appointed judge denounced Trump’s attacks against the judge presiding over his hush money trial in Manhattan & his daughter, calling them assaults on the #RuleOfLaw that could lead to violence & #tyranny.
"The Capitol Visitor’s Center has reported Rep. Rich McCormick to the House sergeant at arms accusing him of “unsafe actions” while on a tour of the Capitol’s dome & doing pull-ups on railings suspended 100s of ft above the ground.
#Trump currently has senior #elected officials, including a possible future VP nominee, sitting in the courtroom listening to a recording of him, as a candidate, talking w/his lawyer about paying for material from The #NationalEnquirer. Trump has completely got the party under his boot.
2 #Republican senators, a congresswoman & 2 state AGs are listening to a now-disbarred lawyer advising Trump on a #HushMoney payment.
Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged (www.nbcnews.com)
"We don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ,” the House speaker said. His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.
Trump's competitor promises to give part of Ukraine to Russia and block Kyiv's accession to NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidential nomination from the Republican Party of the USA, who is in the top three in terms of popularity among Republican supporters, promises to recognize the Russian occupation of Ukraine and block its path to NATO if elected president.