Noam Chomsky

• GOP's Jim Jordan under investigation by FEC for campaign reports
  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has fallen under investigation by the Federal Election Commission for questionable campaign fundraising reports.The FEC has asked Jordan's campaign committee to explain large accounting discrepancies between reports filed several years ago and amended reports filed earlier this year, showing differences of hundreds of thousands of dollars, reported Cleveland.com."The campaign has filed […]
  Travis Gettys
• Mike Pence breaks his silence on the Jan. 6 insurrection
  Former vice president Mike Pence broke his silence on the Jan. 6 insurrection aimed at overturning his election loss.Supporters of former president Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol as Pence presided over the certification of President Joe Biden's election win, and rioters loudly proclaimed their desire to hang the vice president if he did not […]
  Travis Gettys
• Jim Jordan and other right-wing leaders spread debunked narrative that Pelosi rejected National Guard
  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress, recently earned four Pinocchios from the Washington Post's fact checker over his false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied a request for National Guard troops prior to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.But Jordan has been far from the only Republican […]
  Salon
• Bipartisan bill introduced in Congress could open the door for Puerto Rico statehood
  A new piece of legislation introduced in Congress by Rep. Darren Soto (D-Kissimmee, Fla.) and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González aims to finally grant Puerto Rico statehood. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the bipartisan effort seeks to transition Puerto Rico from a commonwealth into an official state. On Tuesday, March 2, Soto released a […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• GOP rep rips Hawley for his 'smug face' at CPAC after Capitol riot: 'There are five people dead'
  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was not pleased with the speech Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In fact, when Kinzinger appeared on CNN's "New Day," he wasted no time torching Hawley and he did not mince words. "All you had to do was see Josh Hawley's smug face at […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Americans slam Texas governor after he orders full reopening state at critical point in COVID pandemic
  After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) fully reopened his state, he received mixed reactions to the decision. The complaints started pouring in immediately after Abbott released his statement announcing the state could fully reopen on March 10. He even ended the state's mask mandate."Today's announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Reporters Without Borders files unprecedented suit against Saudis for Khashoggi murder, 'crimes against humanity'
  The international advocacy group Reporters Without Borders on Monday filed what it called a "groundbreaking" lawsuit in Germany against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accusing the heir to the Saudi throne of "crimes against humanity" in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and "widespread and systematic" abuse of journalists in the repressive kingdom. The group, […]
  Common Dreams
• Here's why Biden withdrew Neera Tanden's nomination
  During the five years that candidate and then President Donald Trump headed the Republican Party, GOP lawmakers almost daily told reporters they were unaware of the tweets Trump posted, attacking anyone and anything that he felt was an open target.But now that Trump is no longer in office – or in possession of a Twitter […]
  The New Civil Rights Movement
• The coming crisis for QAnon: Can it survive another 'great disappointment'?
  Richard Amesbury, Arizona State UniversityThursday could be a big day. On March 4, Donald Trump will be triumphantly returned to power to help save the world from a shadowy syndicate of Satan-worshipping pedophiles – or at least that is what a small fraction of American citizens believe.But before you circle the date and dust off […]
  The Conversation
• It's 'getting more dangerous': CNN reporter warns QAnon's March 4 delusion about Trump won't end well
  On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," correspondent Donie O'Sullivan warned of the potential danger of the new conspiracy theory tying together QAnon with the "sovereign citizen" movement to claim former President Donald Trump will be re-inaugurated on March 4th as the 19th "real" president."Is the language you're hearing for them now about March 4th similar […]
  Matthew Chapman