• GOP lawmaker apologizes after telling fellow Republican 'go f--- yourself' at House hearing

    WASHINGTON — A congressional hearing Tuesday took an unexpected turn when the committee's Republican chairman cursed at a fellow GOP member under his breath. The exchange, caught on mic, came during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, with lawmakers posing questions to former military officials who were involved with the operation. At one point, when Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, indicated to Rep. Darrell Issa that his time for questions had...

  • GOP lawmaker caught on hot mic telling Republican colleague ‘go f--- yourself’ during congressional hearing

    A Foreign Affairs Committee hearing turned heated Tuesday, with one GOP lawmaker telling his Republican colleague: "Go f--- yourself."  The feisty words from Chair Michael McCaul of Texas were directed toward Rep. Darrel Issa of California during a hearing about the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.  Issa had gone over his allotted time, much to the annoyance of McCaul.  Ret. Gen. Mark Milley finished answering a question from Issa and the California Republican continued asking...

  • GOP lawmaker accuses fellow Republicans of plot to 'cripple' themselves

    Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) believes that members of her own party are part of a nefarious plot to destroy themselves.Appearing on Fox News Monday, Luna addressed the bitter infighting that's taken place within the House GOP in recent months and she accused Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of committing acts of sabotage by retiring in ways that significantly damaged House Republicans' already slim majority."There are members that I believe have intentionally designed this to...

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    Trump's plan for Republican National Committee donations could hurt state GOPs

    Over the last couple years, several local Republican Party chapters have fallen into financial ruin, in many cases after squandering their money promoting Donald Trump’s bogus allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. Now the former president’s new fundraising arrangement with the Republican National Committee could worsen the GOP’s financial woes at the local level, according to NBC News: So state parties will be last in line to receive funding. And that’s bad news for the many state-level GOP...

  • Republican Lawmakers Call for Removing Wolves From 'Endangered' List As Packs Threaten Ranchers

    Here in Alaska, we deal with a lot of wildlife that just doesn't appear in most of the United States: for example, we have bears that can run 35 miles per hour, bite through a moose's thigh bone, and rip the door off your truck to get to the sandwich in the lunch box you left in the cab.

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    Video Shows Diddy's House Trashed After Raid, Calls Case 'Witch Hunt'

    The army of federal law enforcement officers did a number on Diddy's L.A. home, and the video shows clearly the mansion was turned upside down.

  • Trump gave 'direct call' for violence on Jan. 6 — and he's doing it again: ex-GOP lawmaker

    Donald Trump intentionally called for violence on Jan. 6 and he's poised to do it again, according to a former Republican lawmaker. Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh appeared on MSNBC's Ayman on Sunday. He was asked if it's possible that Trump is preparing his supporters for a scenario in which he loses the upcoming election and seeks their help overturning it as he did in 2021."Now he has a much longer lead way to prepare his base of his for a hostile takeover," the host suggested.ALSO...

  • 'Fascist cosplay': Ex-GOP lawmaker shows how Trump reveals his true 'weakness'

    Former President Donald Trump is engaging in "fascist cosplay," wrote former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) in a scathing article on his Substack — and it only reveals what a hollow and weak leader he really is.Kinzinger, a longtime critic of the former president and of the direction of his party generally, was one of the only Republicans to serve on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack."As he campaigned for president last week Donald Trump turned up the volume on his...

  • Councilman resigns over video showing him and his boyfriend urinating on door of gay bar in California

    A member of a city council in California resigned his post after a video showed him and his boyfriend urinating on the door of a gay bar and getting into an altercation with a worker. Jeremy Lucido, the manager of the Precinct bar on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, told KABC-TV that he didn't know the man he confronted was an elected official when he posted video on the bar's Instagram account to shame him. Some of the commenters identified the man as Chris Kilpatrick of the Crescenta...

  • DeKalb County GOP Calls On Georgia Election Board Member To Resign Over Lobbying Conflicts

    The DeKalb County GOP unanimously approved a resolution on Saturday calling on Georgia State Election Board member Ed Lindsey to resign.

  • GOP lawmaker says Republicans talk a big game on impeachment but 'don't have guts' to vote

    According to a GOP lawmaker speaking to CNN Friday, the months-long Republican effort to impeach President Joe Biden will likely end without a vote because his fellow Republicans "don't have the guts" to follow through. “Yeah, that’s not gonna happen, but I wish we would vote on it regardless,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said when asked about the status of the impeachment effort. Critics of Republicans widely agreed that the eight-hour impeachment inquiry hearing that took place on Wednesday ended...

  • Republican lawmaker deals 'one final blow' to GOP leadership as he leaves Congress: report

    Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) just one day before he is set to leave Congress, sent a message to his party's current leadership.Buck, who previously said he is quitting Congress because Republicans have a "personal" grudge against him and the House of Representatives is "dysfunctional," has signed a discharge petition circulated by House Democrats that would force the chamber to hold a vote on military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan — which GOP leaders have broadly opposed."Buck, whose resignation...