Top Dems vs. McCarthy’s GOP firebrands on House Oversight Committee "I think I’m going to have a lot of fun on this committee,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Axios · Jan 29, 2023
Jackie Calmes: Will 19 dead in California alter the balance between your right to a gun and my right to live? Individualism has been a defining and admirable American trait throughout this nation's history on a vast, varied continent. But so has its opposite: communitarianism, collectivism — a focus on the common good, even if that means curbing some individuals' liberty. Los Angeles Times · Jan 28, 2023
More U.S. House elections decided by MOVs of five percentage points or less in 2022 than in 2020 In 2022, 40 U.S. House elections were decided by margins of victory of five percentage points (pp) or less, up from 37 in 2020. Ballotpedia · Jan 27, 2023
NBC should finally call time on Tony Dungy’s amiable right-wing zealotry The football analyst has consistently leveraged his ample platform and gravitas against reproductive rights and LGBTQ people – and it doesn’t seem like NBC or the NFL care The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2023
Commentary: Skeletons in your closet? No problem, you can be a GOP candidate On Jan. 16, Albuquerque police arrested Solomon Peña, a failed 2022 Republican candidate for the New Mexico state Legislature, for allegedly orchestrating shootings at the homes of four Democratic elected officials. Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023
Boebert targets Planned Parenthood Boebert's bill will block federal tax dollars from Planned Parenthood by redirecting funds to community centers Salon · Jan 21, 2023
Boebert fumes at "nasty" MTG over spat Boebert said in an interview that Greene was "nasty" to her during the restroom blowup Salon · Jan 20, 2023
Colbert to Jacinda Ardern: ‘We need you to come to America to run in 2024’ Late-night hosts discuss Ardern’s resignation as prime minister of New Zealand, George Santos’s past and Republican infighting The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2023
House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats Look who's in line for coveted House committee assignments The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023
White House slams far-right Republicans' committee assignments "[I]t appears that House Republicans may be setting the stage for divorced-from-reality political stunts..." Axios · Jan 18, 2023
GOP hardliners reap benefits of McCarthy speaker deal The plum postings for Republican rebels fulfill a key concession McCarthy made. Axios · Jan 18, 2023
MTG & Boebert rage in House restroom The two MAGA lawmakers were "nearly in a screaming match" over Kevin McCarthy, The Daily Beast reports Salon · Jan 17, 2023
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene got into heated fight in the bathroom during speaker vote The two former allies have made a dramatic split in the past year The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023
‘Shame on you for quoting Dr King’: Lauren Boebert sparks outrage with MLK day post ‘Your party is literally seeking to ban the teaching of his speeches in public schools, Lauren’ The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023 Cigar smoke, dogs and no metal detectors: The bizarre first two weeks of a Republican-controlled House Representatives will play when the Senate is away — but the party can’t last forever. Eric Garcia reports on a strange two-week period from Washington, DC
Reuters · Jan 11, 2023 U.S. House Republicans who bucked McCarthy are powered by small-dollar donors The U.S. House of Representatives Republicans who tried to block Kevin McCarthy's leadership bid last week share more than far-right political views. They also command powerful fundraising machines powered by small-dollar donations.
Salon · Jan 10, 2023 MAGA fans fume at MTG: "She's a fraud" Even callers on InfoWars are mad that Greene split with far-right colleagues over Kevin McCarthy
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Lauren Boebert sugarcoats House speaker vote chaos, calling it her ‘most productive week in Congress’ Ms Boebert and other Republicans are spinning the drawn-out speakership fight as a win for democracy
Salon · Jan 9, 2023 Lauren Boebert attacks "unhinged" MTG The rift between the two far-right congresswomen widened after the fight over Kevin McCarthy's speaker bid
Salon · Jan 9, 2023 Boebert's "confusion" led to GOP fight Boebert's move may have led to the standoff between Reps. Mike Rogers and Matt Gaetz
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Even Lauren Boebert’s supporters want her to stop ‘nasty rhetoric’ Voters who support Lauren Boebert are hoping the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Colorado tones down her brash style
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jan 9, 2023 Will Bunch: Exhuming McCarthy: How minority rule could implode US democracy in 2023 In the end, he couldn’t even get 218 votes, a simple majority. The GOP’s Kevin McCarthy gained the House speakership in the dead of night early Saturday, but the last winner of a 15-rounder who emerged this battered and bloody was Muhammad Ali, who told reporters after 1975′s “Thrilla in…
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Lauren Boebert appears to hurl obscenity at Marjorie Taylor Greene in video of tense speaker vote exchange Videos appear to show Colorado representative responding to her Republican colleague with expletive
The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023 Boebert's backers urge her to 'tone down the nasty rhetoric' Voters who support Lauren Boebert are hoping the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Colorado tones down her brash style
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2023 Matt Gaetz says he ran out of things to ask for as McCarthy kept caving to all his demands ‘Never Kevin’ holdouts were given a series of concessions before McCarthy could become Speaker