The 80-year-old Senate president pro tempore was taken to a local hospital and is under observation after he complained that he did not feel well after overseeing the swearing-in of senators as jurors in the trial earlier Tuesday…
45 Republican Senators Vote Against Trump Impeachment Trial, Say It’s Unconstitutional…
The 55–45 decision suggests that Trump will not be convicted in an impeachment trial…
Rand Paul Blasts Democrats for ‘Incitement to Violence’ Hypocrisy…
“No Democrat will ask whether Maxine Waters incited violence when she literally told her supporters, and I quote, that ‘if you see a member of the Trump administration at a restaurant, at a department store, at a gas station, or anyplace, you create a crowd and you push back on them.’ Is that not incitement?”…
SEN RAND PAUL ON STUPID IMPEACHMENT: UNITY IS THE OPPOSITE OF THIS TRAVESTY WE ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS…
“Rand Paul will make a point of order to dismiss the impeachment trial this afternoon. It’ll get Republicans on the record for how they might vote in a trial…
Sen Rand Paul Says Chief Justice Roberts Won’t Take Trump Impeachment Trial…
Paul claimed Roberts has “privately said he’s not supposed to come unless it’s an impeachment of the president.”…
Liz Cheney Should Step Away from Leadership for the Sake of GOP Voters…
There is no reason to leave Cheney in her leadership position. In fact, it’s negligence for Republican leaders to keep her there…
War-Hawk Liz Cheney Was Excoriated by Wyoming GOP for Her Vote for Trump Impeachment…
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs, one of the lawmakers responsible for kicking off the petition circulating the conference demanding she resign, told Fox News on Saturday that Cheney’s statement related to Trump’s impeachment is more problematic than her vote for the measure…
GOP Rep. Farenthold Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal…
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) announced Friday that he is resigning from Congress immediately after facing a backlash over using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim. “While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it’s time for me to move along and […]
Don’t Bet on a Democratic Congress in 2018…
Popular punditry predicts a Democratic wave in the upcoming midterms. As I usually have, I will be betting against them. Here are a few reasons why. First, historically, wave elections of the size and scale needed for the Democrats to retake Congress are exceedingly and exceptionally rare. Second, the measurements relied upon by the political […]
House Unanimously Votes to Protect Little Girls with Strong Penalties for Female Genital Mutilation…
People who mutilate the genitals of young girls in the name of religion or culture in the U.S. may soon face tough new penalties. The House of Representatives voted unanimously for the “Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act” or SAFE. The legislation triples the federal penalty for female genital mutilation from five to 15 years in […]