TRAGIC: Reuters Cameraman Killed and Others Injured in Israeli Strike in Southern Lebanon (GRAPHIC VIDEO) Warning: This article contains graphic content that may be distressing to some readers. A female reporter hit by Israel shilling In a tragic turn of events, Reuters news videographer Issam Abdullah was killed on Friday while covering events in southern…
Kevin McCarthy said he backs Jim Jordan to be speaker of the House. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters Friday he’s backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as a successor even as he argues the acting speaker should have authority to act now. “I will support Jim Jordan in his race,” McCarthy told reporters. He argued…
Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Alameda Bribed Chinese Official, SBF Told Objector to ‘Shut the F*** Up’ – Recordings of Meeting of CEO Ellison With Team Is Played for the First Time The testimony from Alameda Research former CEO Caroline Ellison in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial was apparently just as consequential as it was expected. In her three…
BREAKING: Five White House Employees Involved in Biden’s Stolen Classified Docs Case – Biden Lied About Timeline! The House Oversight Committee this week revealed that five White House employees were involved in Biden’s stolen classified documents case. Joe Biden STOLE SCIF-designated classified documents and improperly stored them at the Penn Biden Center. Biden also stored…
Fear and loathing grips the House GOP The House GOP has entered an angrier and more bewildered phase in its leadership crisis. The fractious Republican conference has rejected a second speaker hopeful in eight days — this time, Kevin McCarthy’s longtime heir apparent, Steve Scalise. While Republicans appear to be turning next to Rep. Jim…
More On The Israeli And U.S. Intelligence Failure A good friend of mine, who retired from U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command aka INSCOM, and I had a long chat today about “intelligence failures” while puffing on a couple of fine stogies. I realized that I needed to do a better job of explaining what I meant…
Capitol Police brief the Squad, prominent progressives on security amid uptick in threats Prominent progressive members of Congress received a security briefing from the Capitol Police Thursday amid a major uptick in threats against them since the attack on Israel this weekend, according to three people familiar with the situation. The lawmakers, which included Reps….
‘America wants me’: How GOP Rep. Wagner recalls a private Scalise-Jordan conversation Several backers of Steve Scalise are opposed to Jim Jordan’s potential speakership bid out of frustration with how the Ohioan handled losing to the Louisianan after the House GOP’s internal election this week. Count Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) in that camp. Asked if…
New Polls Show Trump Beating Biden in Key Battleground States New polling is filled with good news for Trump and Trump supporters. Trump is leading Joe Biden in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan. People have become skeptical of polling and for good reasons, but when you consider that Trump carried these states…
Scalise drops out of speaker race The House GOP’s pick for speaker, Steve Scalise, announced Thursday he will no longer seek the gavel as he confronted a likely insurmountable vote shortage. While Scalise had won a majority of votes in an internal GOP ballot a day earlier, he faced an ever-growing list of Republicans who…