Alex Jones’ texts have been turned over to the January 6 committee. The “Alex Jones’ texts” were handed over to the committee by Mark Bankston, the attorney representing the Sandy Hook parents who successfully sued Jones in Texas and won nearly $50 million in a civil trial that concluded last week. Bankston would only tell …
Opinion: Trump has sickened America by attacking its institutions. Remember when Donald Trump declared in his 2016 Presidential campaign that “We’re going to win so much that you’re going to be sick and tired” of winning? Sadly, his prediction has come true, but at the expense of American democracy. When “winning” equals The Sickoning oF …
The House’s Jan. 6 committee has split behind the scenes over what actions to take after the public hearings: Some members want big changes on voting rights — and even to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting proposals to overhaul the U.S. election system, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Televised hearings …
Mulvaney resigned from his position as special envoy to Northern Ireland in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. He previously served as former President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff until March 2020, when the President replaced him with Mark Meadows. As he left the interview Thursday evening, Mulvaney told …
We have a deal…maybe. After upending negotiations with his party on a reconciliation bill two weeks ago, seemingly dooming the possibility of any legislation addressing climate change for the foreseeable future, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin pulled another about-face Wednesday: He and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have reached an agreement, he said, on a …
Senate Democrats’ newly agreed $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act not only doesn’t live up to its name, but could actually cause a slight increase in prices over the next two years, according to an analysis by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. The Friday report by the Penn Wharton Budget Model estimated that …
What Did Joe Manchin Get for $433 Billion? The Inflation Reduction Act is passing, what did Joe Manchin get for 433 Billion? He answers that Democratic leaders have “committed to advancing a suite of commonsense permitting reforms this fall that will ensure all energy infrastructure, from the transmission to pipelines and export facilities, can be …
July 27, 2022 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he has reached an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to vote on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will address record inflation by paying down our national debt, lowering energy costs and lowering …
WASHINGTON ― Republicans are furious at Senator Joe Manchin. The West Virginia Democrat on Wednesday announced a surprise deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to revive much of President Joe Biden’s domestic policy agenda. “It was obviously a double-cross by Joe Manchin,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on Fox News Wednesday evening. “Just …
Biden at the White House on Thursday. He outlined the benefits to Americans during his remarks. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP Biden: ‘Most significant legislation in history to tackle climate crisis’ Joe Biden hailed the Inflation Reduction Act as “the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis” in a White House address welcoming the …