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Up close without a vote: Delegates weigh in on speakership mess - Roll Call

As the donnybrook over a House speaker drags on, the delegates from territories and the District of Columbia are frustrated they can't vote.

Roll Call · Oct 19, 2023

Don't Censor RFK Jr.

After its spectacular screw-ups on COVID-19 "misinformation," the government shouldn't be so quick to squelch dissenting voices.

Reason · Jul 26, 2023

RFK Jr. denies making antisemitic comments as congressional Republicans give him a platform

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cites First Amendment in defending himself after suggesting COVID may have been ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Ashkenazi Jews, Chinese people.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 21, 2023

FBI veterans admit to taking money from ex-Trump aide Kash Patel at GOP hearing on government ‘weaponisation’

Democratic representative Daniel Goldman asks the role of Kash Patel

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Former FBI employees testify on GOP politicization claims after losing clearances

Several FBI employees accused the bureau of politicization in congressional testimony Thursday, a day after the agency announced two of them had seen their security clearances revoked over concerns about how their views of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capital attack affected their work

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony

Weaponization of the federal government, indeed

Reason · Apr 20, 2023

Dem throws docs back at GOPer at hearing

Plaskett blew up after Chairman Jim Jordan refused to let Democrats question witnesses

Salon · Mar 30, 2023

Republicans defend quick use of subpoenas in House panel probe - Roll Call

Republicans defended their use of subpoenas Thursday in their first subcommittee hearing on the “weaponization” of the federal government.

Roll Call · Feb 9, 2023

GOP senators testify on FBI in first 'Weaponization' panel hearing - Roll Call

Republicans rehashed grievances against the FBI during the first hearing of a House panel on the federal government's “weaponization."

Roll Call · Feb 9, 2023

House ‘weaponization’ hearing to take aim at Justice Department

WASHINGTON — The House special subcommittee probing the federal government’s “weaponization” will hold its first hearing Thursday with testimony from two Republican senators and a focus on the Justice Department and an alleged bias against conservatives.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023