A top Republican fundraiser who has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for political candidates over the last decade says he’s ditching the world of political giving in order to focus on a new business providing medical supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Gula sent an email to clients of his fundraising firm, Gula Graham, on Thursday informing them that he would be leaving […]
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Joe Scarborough lashed out at President Donald Trump and his Republican allies that have suggested that the lives of elderly Americans might be more expendable in the name of saving a US economy teetering on the brink of disaster as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump recently caused as stir when he expressed hope that the US Economy, ravaged by the self-quarantine in effect […]
In a scathing floor speech dripping with sarcasm, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tore into a few of his Republican colleagues who have publicly objected to the negotiated coronavirus stimulus bill because it provides an additional $600 a week in unemployment benefits. As the massive $2 trillion relief package came up for debate on Wednesday night, Sanders fired one snarky salvo after another at Senators Tim Scott […]
It’s revolting to watch these Trump press conferences. The President of the United States standing up there in the midst of this crisis—we started March with 89 cases; as I write, on March 19, we’re above 11,000—picking fights with the press, still insistently saying “Chinese virus,” taking credit for things he didn’t do, bragging about how it would all be much worse if he hadn’t banned […]
House attorneys for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the Intelligence Committee he chairs asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to toss out a lawsuit against them for obtaining phone records of high-profile conservatives which resulted in the ‘doxing’ of their non-public private information. The impeachment-related subpoenas resulted in the publication of the private phone numbers for Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), […]
The Lincoln Project, led by anti-Trump conservatives such as George Conway and Rick Wilson, released a new ad amidst the coronavirus outbreak Wednesday calling President Donald Trump a “virus.” The new ad targets the president over his lack of action in response to Covid-19 while mimicking President Ronald Regan’s famous campaign ad, “Bear in the Woods.” Ahead of the new ad release Wednesday, the organization has run a series of critical ads aimed […]
Senate Republicans are divided over how to structure the coronavirus stimulus package that looks like it may cost nearly $1 trillion, according to The Hill. Disagreements range from whether to only hand cash to Americans who miss paychecks due to the pandemic, or distribute money to all adults in a bid to stimulate the economy. Another point of contention is whether economic aid should be delivered […]
House Democrats’ coronavirus package which was passed on Saturday has become a point of contention, as Republican lawmakers continue to pick apart the bill negotiated between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker Nancy Pelosi which garnered a late endorsement from President Trump, according to The Hill. The bill faces two primary hurdles. First, technical changes had to be dealt with between House Democratic leadership and the […]
GOP communications director Michael Ahrens released a statement via Twitter on Saturday announcing that Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is being tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. McDaniels and her family are under self-quarantine on Saturday as they await the results of the test, which was recommended by her doctor based on her symptoms. “Last night, Chairwoman McDaniel began experiencing a fever and flu like symptoms, […]
Donald Trump’s makeover of the GOP in his own image has now come even to the blue state of New Jersey. Look no further than the Facebook page for the Camden County Republican Party. It’s a celebration of all things Trump, from attacking the media as liars, to viewing the coronavirus as a hyped-up “hoax” to, of course, spewing anti-Muslim bigotry. And this is all apparently […]
Last week, Republican members of Congress heard a sober warning in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill: There’s a good chance most people in the United States will be exposed to the novel coronavirus within two years, according to one former official. The assessment, from a former White House public health official who now works in the pharmaceutical industry, did not suggest that most people will […]
The Georgia Republican Party was clearly not happy with Georgia State University College of Law decision to hire professor Anthony Michael Kreis, calling the decision “disgusting” after Kreis posted a tweet Tuesday morning telling President Donald Trump to “F*** off and get to work.” “WOW. It’s disgusting that Georgia taxpayers will be paying for this clown!” the official Twitter account of the Georgia Republican Party said–including […]
During Thursday morning’s Morning Joe, NBC contributor Kurt Bardella brought up the infamous Benghazi investigation that hounded Hillary Clinton, charging that Republicans are trying to do something similar to former Vice President Joe Biden now. “Well, clearly they’re trying to make Burisma the new Benghazi for 2020,” he said, adding that it was “it’s interesting that all of a sudden Senate Republicans believe that congressional subpoenas […]
A path out of the political wilderness has opened for Jeff Sessions. On Tuesday night, he came one step closer to reclaiming his old job—U.S. senator for Alabama—with a top-two finish in the state’s Republican Senate primary. With no candidate hitting 50 percent of the vote, Sessions and former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville will duke it out in a head-to-head runoff election scheduled for […]
Democratic strategist Donna Brazile lashed out at GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after the latter said a brokered convention in July would be “rigged against” frontrunner Bernie Sanders. Brazile told her to “go to hell” – twice. McDaniel told Fox News that it looked like the Democratic process was “leaning towards potentially a brokered convention which will be rigged against Bernie if those superdelegates have their way.” […]
As the competitive Maine Senate race heated up last summer, the conservative news outlet Newsmax blared a warning to its audience: Democratic moneymen were pouring cash into an effort to flip one of Republicans’ most endangered Senate seats. “Progressive big-money donors are stepping up their crusade against centrist Sen. Susan Collins,” Newsmax senior editor David Patten wrote. “Advertising Analytics reports none of the $1.3 million spent […]
Liz Cheney and a bloc of her Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives this week expressed “serious concerns” about the Trump administration’s newly revealed deal with the Taliban and urged the White House to disclose unreleased details about the agreement. However, in light of the D.C. Circuit Court’s Friday ruling dismissing the House’s lawsuit against former White House counsel Don McGahn, Cheney and her colleagues […]
During his second run at the U.S. Senate this year, Michigan businessman John James has enjoyed the support of a deep-pocketed dark-money group that appears to be effectively operating as an extension of the James campaign itself. The group, Better Future Michigan (BFM), is ostensibly independent from James’ political team. But it’s run by James’ former campaign manager, who was drawing checks from the campaign just […]
Chad Wolf, a Trump appointee serving as acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, appeared rattled over questions relating to the novel coronavirus spreading and the government’s readiness while being questioned by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA). When asked by Kennedy, “You can’t tell us how many your models are anticipating?” Wolf stated, “No, senator.” “Don’t you think you ought to check on that, as the […]
Fox News’ Chris Wallace today warned that the Republican excitement over Bernie Sanders could easily backfire, given what happened four years ago… Wallace spoke Friday with Ed Henry and said that it looks like Michael Bloomberg is tanking and likely won’t be the nominee. “Now, Republicans are salivating at the prospect of Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist, as the Democrqatic nominee,” Wallace noted, before offering a […]
Former GOP congressman Dana Rohrabacher is denying a bombshell claim from an attorney for Julian Assange — who alleged that Rohrabacher visited the Wikileaks founder and saying that he was under instructions from President Donald Trump to offer a presidential pardon in exchange for Assange publicly stating Russia did not have anything to do with the DNC hack. In a statement posted to his website, the […]
Joe Scarborough called out Republicans’ apparent double standard when it comes to White House interference with the Department of Justice Wednesday morning, on the day that followed President Donald Trump’s controversial pardoning or commuting of a number of individuals including Michael Milken, Rod Blagojevich, Bernard Kerik, and others. Scarborough said “This is Donald Trump numbing everybody to the future pardons of his co-conspirators, Roger Stone and […]
Frank Polich / Getty Images Illinois Republicans are really not happy with President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of former Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich. Last year, when this idea came up, the Illinois House GOP delegation — Adam Kinzinger, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, and Rodney Davis — issued a statement saying a commutation of Blagojevich’s sentence would set “a dangerous precedent”: “It’s important that […]
Representative Doug Collins (R-GA) is taking some pretty harsh swipes at fellow Republican, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA, both of whom seek the Republican nomination for US Senate race in the state of Georgia. The latest beef originated after Loeffler tweeted out a video claiming she is “Pro 2nd Amendment Conservative” picturing herself with a gun in hand and donning hunting gear. Since coming to the Senate, […]