“All of them, with one exception, picked up the phone and called me.”
— President Joe Biden, quoted by Politico, saying he’s talked with all but one of his living predecessors since taking office.
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Prosecutor Investigating Russia Probe Resigns
John Durham, the federal prosecutor who Attorney General William Barr assigned to investigate possible criminal wrongdoing in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, announced he was resigning. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare…
Don Jr. Sees ‘Plenty’ of Incumbents to Be Challenged
Donald Trump Jr. told Fox News that there are “plenty” of Republican lawmakers who should get primary challengers. Said Trump: “I don’t think we have to blindly support, you know,…
Trump Loyalists Remake GOP Around His Grievances
“One month after Donald Trump left office, thousands of his conservative allies and other far-right leaders on Friday began trying to center the Republican Party around the grievances of his…
Battle for D.C. Statehood Moves to State Houses
Washington Post: “In less than two months, lawmakers in at least eight states have taken formal steps to support or oppose D.C. becoming the 51st state, an unprecedented nationwide response…
North Dakota Blocks Wind Power to Save Coal Jobs
Minnesota Public Radio: “North Dakota has lots of coal. It also has strong and consistent winds. It might be the perfect spot to showcase the long-awaited ‘energy transition’ from climate-warming…
A Look Back at CPAC 2016
Philip Bump has a telling look at some of the big-name CPAC speakers from — and what happened to them in the years to come. “Trump was followed by Rep….
North Dakota Legislature May Expel GOP Lawmaker
North Dakota House Republicans are calling for state Rep. Luke Simons (R) to resign after legislative staff reports of threats and sexual harassment came to light this week, the Bismarck…
Rick Scott Sits Out the GOP Civil War
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who heads the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, told the Wall Street Journal that he did not ask Donald Trump to refrain from endorsing primary challengers to…
Michigan GOP Moves Far Right
Associated Press: “The rightward lurch has altered the GOP’s image to one unrecognizable to its pragmatic 20th century standard-bearers, and the direction of the state party here could be an…
Khashoggi Report Leads To New Sanctions
“Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation that led to the brutal 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a long-withheld U.S. intelligence report made…
Ron Kind Mulls Wisconsin Senate Bid
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) is mulling a U.S. Senate run, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has not yet announced if he’ll seek a third term next…
Why Is the Murder Rate Spiking?
Stephen Mihm: “In recent months, statistics on violent crime have confirmed a troubling trend: Homicide rates in the U.S., long on the wane, shot upward in 2020. Early signs suggest…
Potential Challengers See a Weakened Cuomo
“As Gov. Andrew Cuomo confronts one of the most seemingly perilous moments in his decade as governor, private conversations are beginning to unfold about what it would take to mount…
A Cult of Losers
Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump has refused to follow the script. He has moved into a role of opposition leader and president in exile, a sort of hybrid between a parliamentary…
South Dakota AG Was Reading When He Hit Man
According to his cell phone records and police interview, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) was reading Joe Biden conspiracy theories at John Solomon’s Just The News website while…
Arizona GOP Leads Way In Pushing Voting Restrictions
“The national battle over voting restrictions was, for one sluggish February afternoon, waged in a cramped hearing room of Arizona’s House of Representatives. Separated by plexiglass barriers, Republican lawmakers steadily…
Golden Statue of Trump Is Perfect Metaphor for GOP
Vox: “The Golden Calf is one of the most famous stories in the Old Testament. The Israelites, newly freed from Egyptian slavery, have a crisis of faith while God is…
QAnon Backs Off Claim Trump Will Return on March 4
Vice News: “For weeks, QAnon followers have been hyping March 4 as the date when Trump would return as the rightful president of the U.S. But in the last couple…
The Real Problem the GOP Has With the 1/6 Commission
Jennifer Rubin: “The problem is that the GOP has transformed into a cult of the person who instigated the attack, fed propaganda to radicalize his party and refused to denounce…
Senate Leaders Mull ‘Plan B’ on Minimum Wage Hike
Senate Democratic leaders are weighing including a tax penalty on large corporations that refuse to pay wage workers at least $15 an hour and passing it through reconciliation, the Washington…
