Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Ore. smokejumpers skydive into illegal pot garden A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season. The six smokejumpers from a base in Redmond found the site Monday evening, when there was a rash of lightning strikes. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Will Bourne, who became editor in chief of The Village Voice in November, and Jessica Lustig, the deputy editor since January, are leaving the weekly publication. They met with the staff at 11 a.m. on Thursday and said that Christine Brennan, executive editor of Voice Media Group, had instructed them to lay off or drastically reduce the roles of five employees on the 20-person staff. More
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) revealed this week that Republican senators had developed a plan to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominations, including former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, before the new president is sworn in.
During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Tuberville vowed to overcome the objections of Democrats despite sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.
"We're in charge, and if we back up, it's like this Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, all these people that are being nominated," Tuberville said.
I can't believe this is real life but the time for denial is over. On Capitol Hill, Vice President-elect JD Vance and former Rep. Matt Gaetz are meeting with GOP Senators to try to win support for Gaetz as Attorney General of the United States.
The horror show of Donald Trump's second term is two months away.
During a segment of Fox News' The Five, co-host Jeanine Pirro launched into a hate-filled soliloquy on how much she hates the transgender community.
It was really disgraceful. Aaron Rupar xitted, "No coded language. Nothing subtle. Just straight up bigotry."
Democratic contributor Jessica Tarlov castigated Rep. Nancy Mace for knowing full well she's not afraid of Sara McBride, but trying to get 15 minutes of fame by attacking the first transgender woman in Congress.
MAGAts are claiming that since Trump won the election, all things gay and transgender must be vilified and then eliminated.
Pirro interrupted with her usual bombast but was more hateful and bigoted than usual.
PIRRO: Didn't you learn anything from the election?
Didn't you learn that the American people don't want this, that the majority of people don't want to be kowtowing to a .01% of people who want to enter into my bathroom?
I don't want a guy who's dressed as a woman, who thinks she's a woman, whether he has his thing or not.
I don't want him in my bathroom.
A convicted Jan. 6 rioter has been found guilty of plotting to murder FBI agents who were investigating the Capitol insurrection. Via ABC News:
Edward Kelley, 35, was convicted Wednesday in the federal case against him in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the Department of Justice.
[] Kelley made a "kill list" of FBI agents who were investigating the Jan.
Earlier Wednesday on Fox Business program Mornings with Maria, the host asked why Target had missed its revenue estimates and without any evidence or data supporting this reason, they blamed the LGBTQ community for its recent downfall.
If you recall, Fox News and the right wing MAGAts were the only people screaming when Target and other corporations decided to honor Pride month back in May of 2023.