Arnold Isaacs She’s one of far too many politicians of this moment who think and speak with no regard for truth or reasonable argument.
Who knew the end times would be heralded not with fire and brimstone but with solar eclipses, minor tremors, and cicadas? On Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend sat in his car — the modern MAGA prophet's pulpit — and babbled nonsense about his fear of eclipses, minor earthquakes, and cicadas. — Read the rest
Marjorie Taylor Greene once again spews stupidity wrapped in toxic anger as
It sure looks like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t bluffing. The MAGA firebrand from Georgia released a furious five-page letter Tuesday detailing why she filed a motion in March to oust Rep. Mike Johnson from his position as House speaker. At the time, she had described the filing as a “warning.” Her letter marks a new escalation. Capitol Hill observers see her missive as a serious threat to put Johnson’s speakership to a vote. At this point, it appears that if Johnson goes ahead in the...
Yuval RosenbergApril 9, 2024House Republican lawmakers returned from their two-week recess Tuesday and resumed their chaotic infighting right
President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his government must do more to minimize the harm to civilians in Gaza and protect aid workers if Israel wants Washington's continued support for the war against Hamas, the White House said. Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone on Thursday as outrage built over an Israeli airstrike earlier this week that killed seven workers with the international food charity World Central Kitchen. "President Biden emphasized that the...
A24American democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of collapse, and writer/director Alex Garland exploits that feeling for unbearably despairing suspense and censure with Civil War, a vision of a near-future in which the United States is no longer united. Less interested in devising one-to-one parallels with our present than with laying bare the catastrophic consequences of the division, hatred, and apathy that currently run amok from coast to coast, the Annihilation and Men auteur’s...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is finally speaking out about the ongoing threats to his job from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — and he is at once chastising her and pleading with her to work with him.Greene, a far-right lawmaker known for antagonizing fellow Republicans, and who was close to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy before he was booted from the gavel, has leveled constant warnings at Johnson to stop passing routine funding packages, and to not hold a vote on defense aid to...
CNN’s Manu Raju spoke to Republican lawmakers to discuss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) efforts to build support for potentially ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her war against Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday with a missive that will greet lawmakers returning to the Capitol for a tense two-week legislative burst.
Hard-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson and threatening his ouster. The Georgia Republican outlined her complaints in a lengthy letter Tuesday to colleagues and renewed threats of a snap vote that could remove him from the speaker's office. It comes as lawmakers return to work from a two-week spring recess and drags the still-new speaker back into the Republican chaos that has defined GOP House control. Johnson has little choice...
Israeli president Isaac Herzog called Tehran ‘an empire of evil’ and warned massive missile strike was ‘declaration of war’