U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican of Georgia, on Tuesday was the highest bidder among House Republicans for a cherry “chapstick” used by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Greene, who promotes herself as a culture warrior and fiscal conservative, made the winning bid for the lip balm after McCarthy sweetened the deal by promising to attend a donor dinner, according to reports.“During GOP conference today,” Politico’s Olivia Beavers reports, “House Rs did about a 15-min fundraising...
Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) was recently criticized for his attempt to invoke Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he pushed back against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) "travel advisory" for Blacks in the United States. According to The Daily Beast, Cruz took to Twitter with a link to a Washington Times story reporting on the NAACP warning to Black Americans planning to visit the state of Florida as summer approaches.“Please be advised that Florida is openly...
On March 21, 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed MAGA Republican Sandra Atkinson — who was chairing the Okaloosa County GOP — to the Florida Board of Massage Therapy, noting that the appointment was "subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate." Two years later, DeSantis' connection to Atkinson is drawing scrutiny — as Atkinson, according to USA Today reporter Will Carless, appears to have entered the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.Photos, Carless reports in an article published on May...
Dept. of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith has struck “gold” after obtaining the contemporaneous notes of a Trump attorney who counseled the ex-president on his possibly unlawful removal, retention, and refusal to return hundreds of classified documents from the White House, says a top legal expert and former special counsel.“Special Counsel Smith strikes gold,” tweeted NYU School of Law professor of law Ryan Goodman, the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an NYU website on U.S....
A new op-ed is challenging the U.S. Supreme Court to hold justices to the same judicial reforms that other nations are held to. Matthieu Chemin wrote the op-ed for The Scientific American where he began with an overview of the lavish gift controversy focused on Justice Clarence Thomas. Last month, ProPublica released a bombshell report that detailed Thomas' acceptance of opulent gifts from billionaire businessman Harlan Crow. Those gifts included lavish getaways, use of Crow's yachts and...
This Wednesday, May 24, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to officially enter the 2024 GOP presidential primary. DeSantis' ardent supporters — a group that includes firebrand author Ann Coulter and the Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro — will no doubt welcome the announcement, as they view DeSantis as the primary candidate who will have the best chance of defeating former President Donald Trump. But Never Trump conservative and Daily Beast opinion columnist Matt Lewis has a very different...
"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm cut a new ad questioning Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) courage on behalf of Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce, and panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" piled on.The actor narrated a campaign spot questioning the Missouri Republican's convictions and his ostentatious masculinity, which includes a book on the topic, and draws attention to his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection -- which he then fled as Donald Trump supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol."Obviously, when you have...
When former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced that he was bringing his show to Twitter, it may have been, according to media reporters, a violation of a noncompete clause he signed with the right-wing cable news outlet. But fighting Carlson in court may not be worth it for Fox News, as he has an incredibly devoted following on the far right — and those followers may be more loyal to Carlson than to the Fox News/Fox Business brand on the whole.In an article published by the Daily Beast on...
A new op-ed has unearthed a cringeworthy ad featuring Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) after his announcement to run for president in 2024. In the article published by MSNBC News, Ja'han Jones — a blog writer for The ReidOut — insists the Republican senator, like the ad, can be summed up in just three words. Jones recalled Scott's infamous cringeworthy remarks where he used a phrase that reeked of Ebonics: "KeepYoMoney." According to Jones, the clip features Scott "awkwardly reciting the #KeepYoMoney...
Anyone who watches a lot of MSNBC and CNN has been inundated with pharmaceutical ads, including pitches for semaglutide — which is known for treating Type 2 diabetes and is also used as an anti-obesity medication. Cable news largely appeals to older Baby Boomer and Gen-X viewers, who pharma companies reason are more likely to become semaglutide customers. Semaglutide is sold under brand names that include Rybelsus, Wegovy and Ozempic (whose jingle is based on the 1975 Pilot hit...
Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen on Monday signed into law a twelve-week exceptionless abortion ban and severe restrictions on gender-affirming care."Effective immediately," Heartland Signal reported of Legislative Bill 574, "anyone under the age of 19 will not be able to receive gender-affirming care under the new law, while the state’s chief medical officer will have the power to establish limitations on hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Abortion access will be restricted after 12...
California, Arizona, and Nevada on Monday struck a deal with the Biden administration in which the states agreed to take less water from the dangerously overdrawn Colorado River—an agreement cautiously welcomed by conservationists, who warned that the cuts are insufficient to stabilize a system upon which tens of millions of people rely. Monday's breakthrough agreement follows nearly a year of negotiations and missed deadlines and involves the Biden administration, the three states, Indigenous...