Wealthy Americans are trying to secede Scores of wealthy white communities have separated from more diverse school districts Salon · Mar 21, 2023
MTG warns MAGA not to protest for Trump Republicans fear another Jan. 6 as Trump calls on supporters to take to the streets Salon · Mar 20, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene makes rare split with Trump over his call for indictment protests The right-wing firebrand said ‘we don’t need to protest’ the former president’s potential arrest The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Secession is here: States, cities and the wealthy are already withdrawing from America Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries. The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023
Kevin McCarthy says Trump’s calls to protest indictment are not ‘harmful’ but says Americans shouldn’t do it Republican leader broke rank with the former president after he claimed his arrest in the Stormy Daniels hush money probe was imminent and called on the American people to ‘take our nation back’ The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Patricia Murphy: How transgender bills became the new abortion issue in Georgia I always get worried in a committee hearing when a member of the state Legislature presenting a bill doesn’t seem to know exactly what he or she is talking about. Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023
McCarthy calls for no protests or violence if Trump is arrested "We want calmness out there," McCarthy said. Axios · Mar 19, 2023
How Rep. George Santos uses MAGA playbook to survive amid lies and scandals Rep. George Santos has a plan to survive — and it’s straight out of the MAGA playbook. Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2023
‘Let’s make these folks famous’: the leftwing push to raise 18 Republicans’ profiles Indivisible is targeting little-known GOP House members in swing districts for the 2024 election. Co-founder Ezra Levin says: ‘They are basically Marjorie Taylor Greenes in how they vote’ The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene says claims that Putin wants to extend invasion further into Europe are ‘lies’ Georgia congresswoman has previously been accused of parroting ‘Russian propaganda’ The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023
"Woke" means nothing — that's the point MAGA can't explain what "woke" is, but that's the point — it's a "choose your own bigotry" term for Republicans Salon · Mar 16, 2023
Russia disinformation looks to US far right to weaken Ukraine support The Kremlin is deploying new tactics by drawing on favorite themes and conspiracy theories of rightwing Republicans The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2023
Trump's VP? Some in GOP already jockeying for consideration The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is unsettled The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene explains why she claimed dirt-filled bag found on border was a bomb Controversial Georgia congresswoman suggested that the ‘bomb’ was an attempt to harm Americans, which was later denied by US Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene sells T-shirts claiming monkeypox is a hoax Recent outbreak saw more than 30,000 cases and 26 deaths
The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2023 Republican response to the January 6 Capitol attack divides party Line are drawn between the extremist wing and those who distance themselves from portraying the rioters as ‘sightseers’
The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2023 Republicans try to reframe January 6 as a sightseeing tour – will it work? Now in control of the House, Republicans are making light of the violence of the day and assailing the investigation into the Capitol attack
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene and House GOP want to visit January 6 defendants in jail Oversight Committee Republicans are investigating Washington DC’s jail but activists say their years of warnings about the prison’s mistreatment of its mostly Black population fell on deaf ears
The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2023 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Ukraine endures the largest missile barrage in weeks; casualties mount in the battle for Bakhmut; a draft law in Georgia stirs anti-Russian sentiment
Salon · Mar 10, 2023 McCarthy won't let GOP "move on" Some Republicans want to forget January 6 — but many House Republicans can't stop celebrating the Capitol riot
Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023 ‘De-transitioner’ rally against gender-affirming care being held Friday in Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento will become the latest front in the conservative culture war on transgender people Friday, as the Capitol is the site for a “De-transition Awareness Day” rally.
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023 ‘Beyond parody’: Outrage after Marjorie Taylor Greene briefly handed Speaker’s gavel by Kevin McCarthy Former Ted Cruz staffer calls the moment a ‘free campaign commercial for Democrats’
Salon · Mar 8, 2023 What MTG's "safe space" would look like When Marjorie Taylor Greene talks of a "safe space" of civil war she is making an existential threat to the nation
The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023 GOP calls for military intervention in response to murdered American tourists in Mexico ‘I would put Mexico on notice,’ Sen Lindsey Graham says