Pfizer, George Soros and Robert Mueller: GOP’s ‘weaponisation’ hearing goes after an array of conservative boogeymen A committee hearing held as payback for probes into Donald Trump quickly devolved The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
Matt Gaetz confronted by activist he body-shamed at State of the Union “Just want everyone to know I just shook @mattgaetz hand and thanked him for helping me raise two million dollars,” Olivia Julianna tweeted The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene shouts ‘liar’ at Biden during SOTU after disrupting last year’s speech by heckling Greene’s own far-right colleague suggested such an idea just days ago The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene spent almost four times as much as she raised in last fundraising period The Georgia Republican’s fundraising deficit comes despite her Twitter being reinstated The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
Right-wing Reps Promote Racist Conspiracy Theories In ‘Border Crisis’ Hearing GOP lawmakers accomplished nothing substantial except create a platform for nativist propaganda and debates about the Pledge of Allegiance. Texas Observer · Feb 6, 2023
House panel votes to recite pledge, but not without a partisan quarrel first WASHINGTON — What started as an amendment about the Pledge of Allegiance devolved into a heated and prolonged debate Wednesday between members of the House Judiciary Committee during their first meeting of the new Congress. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023
House panel can recite pledge, but not without a partisan quarrel first What started as an amendment about the Pledge of Allegiance devolved into a heated and prolonged House Judiciary Committee debate Wednesday. Roll Call · Feb 1, 2023
Why does Ilhan Omar attract so much Republican ire? Republicans accuse her of antisemitism, but Democrats see something far more sinister at hand, Eric Garcia reports The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023
Recent infighting raises the question: How conservative is the GOP? Republican Party divisions over who would lead the House, debates over the debt ceiling and other conflicts have revived a years-long conversation about what it even means to be conservative. WEKU · Jan 30, 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
A Tea Party takeover: GOP goes full MAGA The new MAGA establishment: The former gadflies and bomb throwers are the Republican Party now Salon · Jan 27, 2023
At the Races: Citizens, disunited - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter. Roll Call · Jan 26, 2023
Matt Gaetz claims Democrats are trying to push out Biden The Florida congressman speculates that the ‘deep state’ is plotting to prevent Joe Biden from running The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023
How the US far right and progressives ended up agreeing on military spending cuts Progressives and ‘America first’ Republicans in Congress both want to re-examine US military budget – but for vastly different reasons The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2023
Roll Call · Jan 17, 2023 Parties dig in for protracted fight over debt ceiling - Roll Call Top House Republicans want to talk to President Joe Biden about the debt ceiling, but Democrats are in no mood to negotiate.
The Guardian - US · Jan 15, 2023 George Santos a ‘bad guy’ who did ‘bad things’ but should not be forced out, top Republican says New York congressman’s résumé is largely fiction and campaign finance questions abide but support is vital for speaker McCarthy
Tribune News Service · Jan 15, 2023 Heated speaker contest shows high stakes of Rep. Tom Emmer's U.S. House leadership role WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer spent the longest speaker election in more than a century trying to mend a bitter divide within the Republican Party.
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
The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2023 Seth Meyers on Trump and Biden documents: ‘A false equivalency is very silly’ Late-night hosts discuss comparisons between classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago and at Biden’s private office
Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023 Legal woes grow for George Santos as another watchdog files FEC complaint WASHINGTON — The troubles keep piling up for serial prevaricator George Santos, the freshman representative whose alleged misuse of campaign funds now has another government accountability group asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate.
Roll Call · Jan 13, 2023 Legal woes grow for George Santos as another watchdog files complaint The troubles keep piling up for serial prevaricator George Santos, including new allegations filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Salon · Jan 13, 2023 Gaetz claims McCarthy bartered J6 tapes Republican lawmakers have been demanding the release of this footage for almost a year
Salon · Jan 12, 2023 "War Room": Gaetz and Santos talk money Filling in for Steve Bannon on Thursday's "War Room," Rep. Matt Gaetz had questions, but didn't get many answers
Salon · Jan 12, 2023 Two years after Jan. 6: Is reality gone? Joe Biden's reality-based presidency now faces a Congress run by cosplay insurrectionists. It won't be fun
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.