Republican party calls January 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’

Party censures Cheney and Kinzinger, the only Republicans on the Capitol attack House panel, as Pence says ‘Trump is wrong’ In an extraordinary move, the Republican party officially said Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat and the deadly attack on the US Capitol were “legitimate political discourse”. A leading Democrat on the

Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Nemesis Is an Oath Keeper Who Was at Capitol Rally

Frank Eathorne, chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party, is a leading figure in the campaign to unseat Liz Cheney. He’s also a member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group. When the Department of Justice indicted members of the Oath Keepers last week for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, one Republican official might

Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan. Almost all of it came from this one billionaire.

Timothy Mellon is the Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon Andrew Mellon. He is responsible for nearly 98% of the donations to Texas’ border wall fund. An out-of-state billionaire who has previously bankrolled attempts to defend controversial immigration laws is responsible for nearly all the donations to Gov. Greg Abbott’s $54 million border wall fund. A member of one

Undercover GOP operatives trained by former spies infiltrated liberal groups to try and compromise them from the inside, report says

GOP operatives trained by ex-spies embedded themselves in Democratic operations across the West, NYT reported. The operation was spearheaded by a hardline Trump ally and a former British spy. It highlights the GOP’s push to dominate national politics by taking over at the state and local level. An ultrawealthy Republican donor and a former British

‘Surreal’ and ‘Distressing’: Climate Experts’ Predictions Come True With US Heatwave

“The current heatwave and drought leave no doubt, we are living the dangerous effects of the climate crisis.” As what the National Weather Service described as “dangerous and record-breaking heat” affects 50 million people across the Western United States even before the first day of summer, climate experts and activists are using the hot conditions to reiterate warnings

No. 3 Senate Republican John Barrasso vows to make Biden a ‘one-half-term president’

The No. 3 Senate Republican, John Barrasso of Wyoming, told a group of voters that he wants to make President Joe Biden a “one-half-term president.” “Mitch McConnell’s come under a lot of criticism for saying, at one point, he wanted to make sure that Barack Obama was a one-term president,” Barrasso said last Thursday at

Liz Cheney won’t link Trump’s election lies to restrictive Republican voting laws

Representative insists measures on voter ID and more needed Georgia, Texas, Florida lead states passing restrictive measures The Republican pariah Liz Cheney has repeatedly refused to admit a link between Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud and restrictive voting laws being introduced in Republican states, telling an interviewer on Sunday night she will “never understand the resistance

Donald Trump Jr.’s Bid To Oust Liz Cheney Rejected By Wyoming Senate

The state senate of Wyoming has rejected a bill pushed by Donald Trump Jr. that would increase pressure on Rep. Liz Cheney. Cheney has been a target of the alt-right since speaking against President Donald Trump during his impeachment proceedings, which has his son making rounds to cut off her chances of reelection, CNN noted. The bill