Every year, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation bestows an award meant to honor acts of political courage. The criteria include strength of character, sound judgment, decisiveness ("particularly during periods of crisis") and determination "in the face of adversity." David Hume Kennerly, a member of the foundation board, had in mind the perfect candidate: Liz Cheney. The former Wyoming lawmaker sacrificed her political career and was effectively excommunicated from the Republican Party...
Ford’s White House photographer resigns from board, alleging it refused to honor Republican over fear of retributionGerald Ford’s White House photographer resigned from the board of the 38th president’s eponymous foundation and alleged it refused to honor Liz Cheney, the anti-Trump former Republican congresswoman, for fear of reprisal should Donald Trump return to power next year.The honor in question was the Gerald R Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Recent recipients include the...
By now the cowardice of the hollow men of the GOP is an old story, from the flip-flopping of Lindsey Graham to the opportunism of Kevin McCarthy. But what happened this week with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is still worthy of note, because of what it tells us about the politics of retribution and intimidation. David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Ford’s White House photographer, resigned from the foundation’s board of trustees on Tuesday with a scathing...
Liz Cheney unleashed an attack Friday against Marjorie Taylor Greene for what she suggested was parroting Kremlin propaganda.In an interview with the far-right streaming station "Real American Voices," Greene claimed there was no genuine concern that Russia's President Vladimir Putin had plans to invade the rest of Europe if he took over Ukraine.She used the interview to repeat her criticism of U.S. funding for Putin's war.Read Also: Mention ‘Liz Cheney 2024’ and things get very, very awkward on...
Liz Truss is back – kind of. The former PM of just 49 days has published a book, Ten Years to Save the West. The Guardian’s political correspondent Eleni Courea and breaking news correspondent Martin Pengelly discuss her seeming lack of regretDespite just 49 days in office during which the British pound reached an all-time low against the dollar in reaction to Liz Truss’s mini-budget, Truss remains defiant and has published her views on how to “save the west” in a book.Today in Focus host Helen...
Former PM Liz Truss says she hopes Donald Trump wins the next US election.
I thought I would let my idea of marriage lie dormant for a little bit. I am so busy with buying the vicarage, packing, organising utilities.
Ten Years to Save the West is published by Biteback in the UK, which is owned by major Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.
Jeremy Hunt refused to say "anything negative" about Liz Truss as she "appointed him as chancellor." When asked by Sky News if he thought the former prime minister, who has been critical of government policy, is currently being helpful for the Conservative Party, the cabinet minister would not cast aspersions on his colleague. "I think Liz will be the first to accept that during her time as prime minister, mistakes were made," Mr Hunt said of Ms Truss's 49 days in office, in which the pound hit...
Truss has said that she would like to see the United Nations abolished in her latest attention-seeking outburst.
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason on what the former prime minister has to say about the state of conservatism.