To restore DOJ integrity, arrest Trump Are you listening, Merrick Garland? Protecting the DOJ means keeping Trump's stubby fingers off it Salon · Jun 23, 2022
Jan. 6 panel reveals new details about GOP lawmakers' role in Trump's DOJ schemes Rep. Scott Perry repeatedly connected the White House with Jeffrey Clark Axios · Jun 23, 2022
Trump ignored lack of election fraud, pressured DOJ officials to ‘just say’ election was ‘corrupt’ - Roll Call Former President Trump pressured Justice Department officials to push his own political goals, conjuring memories of Richard Nixon. Roll Call · Jun 23, 2022
Supreme Court rules on part of North Carolina’s voter ID case RALEIGH, N.C. — The constitutionality of North Carolina’s voter ID law is still up in the air — but on Thursday, Republican lawmakers won a related legal fight at the U.S. Supreme Court. Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022
Jan. 6 panel airs evidence of more GOP lawmaker pardon requests - Roll Call Five GOP members of Congress requested pardons following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to evidence presented at a hearing Roll Call · Jun 23, 2022
Supreme Court makes it harder for states to restrict guns — but ruling shouldn’t affect Texas’ loose rules The high court found that states can’t require people to show “proper cause” for a gun permit. Texas allows people to carry handguns without a permit. The Texas Tribune · Jun 23, 2022
At the Races: Not too pumped - 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 · Jun 23, 2022
Gun bill on road to passage as Senate overcomes GOP delays The Senate has pushed a bipartisan gun violence bill to the brink of passage The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
MI GOPer wants holiday honoring rioters "The violent insurrection has been orchestrated by the radical left," state Rep. Steve Carra falsely claimed Salon · Jun 23, 2022
Georgia Democrats aim to shift conversation from Biden ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock are trying to shift the political conversation away from President Joe Biden's economic record and toward their own proposals to curb higher energy prices, rein in crime and preserve abortion rights. Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022
Donald Trump posts favourable poll in response to rumours of challenge from Ron DeSantis Florida governor is seen as only competitive rival to Trump The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Greitens RINO video spurred threats to family, lawyer says The lawyer for the ex-wife of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens says the family has been subjected to “serious threats” in the days since Greitens released a violent campaign video in which he declares he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Supreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case The Supreme Court is giving Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win in an ongoing fight over the state’s latest photo identification voting law The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
George Skelton: California has long been a voice for abortion rights. But there’s a political ring to it SACRAMENTO, Calif. — People often ask me how things have changed at California’s Capitol over the last 60 years. One answer: Politics today is a lot more knee-jerk partisan. Los Angeles Times · Jun 23, 2022
Salon · Jun 23, 2022 DOJ unleashes fake elector subpoenas "Sure doesn’t feel like a ‘nothingburger,’” tweeted former FBI investigator Peter Strzok
Salon · Jun 23, 2022 Betrayed by Trump, Brooks will testify Rep. Brooks' about-face comes just days after he lost his Senate election bid in Alabama
Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022 Pennsylvania’s far-right, Trump-endorsed candidate was nominated for governor. Is Maryland’s next? BALTIMORE — Sixteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line, Dan Cox was celebrating.
The Texas Tribune · Jun 23, 2022 Texas is unlikely to adopt key provision of bipartisan gun bill — a red flag law to take guns away from people deemed dangerous Red flag laws likely remain a nonstarter among Republican leaders in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott already faced a conservative backlash after he asked the Legislature to consider them four years ago.
Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022 Melinda Henneberger: MAGA secessionists versus the Republicans who really did save our country after 2020 MAGA was always supposed to be about “taking our country back.” But do Donald Trump’s most ardent soldiers even want to be part of the United States of America?
Salon · Jun 23, 2022 Bush strategist: GOP a toxic waste dump Former George W. Bush campaign strategist Matt Dowd weighed in on the current GOP state of affairs
Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022 Carl P. Leubsdorf: Compromise is difficult to find The prolonged negotiations among four senators that produced this week’s compromise on a modest gun control bill show how hard it is to reach bipartisan agreement on contentious issues in a time of sharply partisan politics.
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022 In Colorado, a GOP rarity: An abortion rights candidate A U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, Joe O'Dea, is a rarity in the Republican Party as a supporter of abortion rights
Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022 GOP lawmaker floats new abortion ban with 10-year penalty; Gov. Whitmer calls it 'scary' LANSING, Mich. — A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy that would make the provision of an abortion equivalent to manslaughter, a 10-year felony carrying an up to $100,000 fine.
Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022 Ex-Michigan elections director: False electors' actions should be reviewed LANSING, Mich. — The actions of 16 Republicans who signed a false certificate claiming Donald Trump won Michigan in 2020 deserve a "close look" from law enforcement investigators, a former state elections director said.
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022 Ghastly shootings, political forces align to prompt gun deal Last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have produced a groundswell for change in Congress