A far-reaching bill aimed at barring products made with forced labor in China became law after President Biden signed the bill on Thursday. But the next four months — during which the Biden administration will convene hearings to investigate how pervasive forced labor is and what to do about it …
Read More »The NRA Could Be Toast As Wayne LaPierre Caught Lying Under Oath
NRA boss Wayne LaPierre lied under oath and strengthened NY Attorney General Letitia James’s case to dissolve the gun lobby. The Trace reported: Under questioning about the yacht trip, LaPierre did not disclose the wedding. Instead, he testified under oath that he used the boat that summer because his life …
Read More »Heir Apparent or Afterthought? The Frustrations of Kamala Harris.
WASHINGTON — The president needed the senator from West Virginia on his side, but he wasn’t sure he needed his vice president to get him there. It was summertime, and President Biden was under immense pressure to win the support of Senator Joe Manchin III, whose decisive vote in a …
Read More »Adam Schiff Points Out Why Jim Jordan Could Be In Big Trouble
1/6 Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) told Rachel Maddow that the committee wants to talk to Jim Jordan about offers of presidential pardons to coup participants. Video: Rep. Schiff told Maddow on the subject of Jordan and pardons: Well, there has been reporting about the potential of pardons for people that participated …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris was exposed to the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris was exposed to the coronavirus by a staff member who was close to her throughout the day on Tuesday and later tested positive, the vice president’s spokeswoman said in a statement on Wednesday evening. Ms. Harris tested negative for the coronavirus on Wednesday after …
Read More »1/6 Committee Drops The Hammer On Jim Jordan And Requests Testimony On Trump Coup
The 1/6 Committee has sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) requesting that he testify about 1/6 violence and his role in Trump’s coup plot. 1/6 Committee Wants Testimony About Trump’s Conversations With Jim Jordan And The Coup Plot 1/6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote to Jordan: The …
Read More »U.S. Eases Pressure of Sanctions on Afghanistan
The Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to ease the pressure that sanctions on the Taliban are having on Afghanistan as the combination of the pandemic, a severe drought, the loss of foreign aid and frozen currency reserves have left the country’s fragile economy on the brink of collapse. The …
Read More »‘We’re Still in It’: Biden Urges Calm as He Steps Up Omicron Fight
As Europe faced a new virus wave, Germany, Sweden, Portugal and Scotland imposed new restrictions on the movement and activities of their citizens. Omicron erupted at a precarious moment for the president, who ran on a promise to curb the pandemic, only to be confronted with a shape-shifting virus that …
Read More »Mike Flynn Is Trying To Get A Restraining Order Against Pelosi To Block 1/6 Subpoenas
Mike Flynn thinks that he can block 1/6 subpoenas by getting a restraining order against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Flynn has filed for a restraining order: Michael Flynn this morning filed for a Restraining Order in federal court in Florida against Nancy Pelosi to attempt to block …
Read More »Biden Sees Lowest Poll Numbers Yet Taken By Polling Group – 66% Of Independents Disapprove
President Joe Biden is making history after a fashion, but probably not in a way that he or the Democrats would like. A new poll taken by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist show Biden’s approval rating at a historic low for his young presidency. Biden’s handling of rising cases of COVID-19, inflation, and …
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