by Jim Heath | Jan 3, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump on Monday is expected to give Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. WAPO: Nunes is a close ally of the president, and one of Trump’s most vocal supporters in his quest to undermine the Justice...
by Jim Heath | Jan 3, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Far-right conspiracy theorists and ultra conservative members of the GOP—who have less and less daylight between them as the days go by—have gone into collective meltdown mode, apparently triggered, at least in part, by calls for violence by Congressman Louie Gohmert...
by Jim Heath | Jan 3, 2021 | 2020, Congress, Constitution, GOP, Headlines, Trump
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) today offered blistering criticism of a plan by at least 12 Republican senators to challenge the results of the election next week, warning that they “imperil” public trust. “The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 3, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Trump
Living in complete denial that President Trump’s one-term presidency is coming to a close, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro took to Fox News last night to falsely proclaim that President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20 can be delayed. It...
by Jim Heath | Jan 3, 2021 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
Defeated President Trump likely broke the law when he urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call yesterday. Election experts said the call raised...
by Jim Heath | Jan 2, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A federal judge has thrown out a loony lawsuit that had sought to give Mike Pence the power to overturn the presidential election during a formal count of the votes next week. Texas US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, on Friday dismissed the suit,...
