Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who’s said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party…
Daily Archives: February 4, 2021
Rep. Phillips says he did not truly understand white privilege until the Capitol riot
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) gave an emotional address on the House floor Thursday evening, saying he had not fully understood privilege until the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
‘We have no option’: Kirin, parent company of Australian beer company Lion, cuts ties with Myanmar military
Human rights groups welcome the move, but some asked why it took a coup to cut ties when the military had already been accused of genocide against the Rohingya.
Ding-Dong, the Gun-Loving Witch Has Been Removed From Her Congressional Committees!
The problem is that most of the public did not watch live reporting or will see unbiased reporting of this person’s horrific beliefs. If they saw their Representative in a campaign ad carrying an assault rifle pointed at other elected Representatives, they might be revolted… but most will never see it, so will not understand why Greene should not be in Congress. 
That’s right folks, on Thursday evening the House of Representatives voted to remove Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. Finally! A recent CNN investigation into Greene, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who had been appointed to the House Education Committee and the House Budget…
Myanmar coup: Crackdown tightened with Win Htein arrest
Win Htein, a senior figure in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, was taken by police in a pre-dawn arrest.
‘This is the road to dictatorship’. Here’s what some of Russia’s top experts expect in the aftermath of Alexey Navalny’s imprisonment
Sentencing Alexey Navalny to nearly three years in prison appears to be a watershed moment in Russian politics — an event many are comparing to the jailing of billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the Kremlin’s assault on dissent among the nation’s elites, which defined much of Vladimir Putin’s early presidency. To get a better sense of what Navalny’s incarceration means for the future of the country’s political system, Meduza spoke to a handful of Russia’s top political analysts and historians.
Rep who made antisemitic comments, backed QAnon: ‘I am a sinner’
The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of two high-profile committee assignments.
Hoyer floor drama: Top Democrat says Greene endangering ‘Squad’
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) made a point of displaying a poster of a social media post from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) holding a gun next to three progressive Democrats during floor debate on a reso…
GOP-Led States Still Mad About The 1619 Project, Considering Legislation to Dictate How Slavery Is Taught
Seriously? They want to glorify or sanitize slavery? 
It’s Thursday, so you know what that means: Another round of Republicans being unwilling to face the fact that slavery was the horrific, violent foundation upon which this country was built. In several states with GOP leadership, legislation is being considered to ensure that the brutal reality of slavery isn’t taught…
Desperation grows as Mexico runs out of vaccines
Desperation is mounting as Mexico runs out of vaccines, a government registration website crashed for a third straight day and restaurant workers protested virus restrictions driving them into poverty
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