Tag: Republicans

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House Republicans poised to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from leadership for Trump criticism

Cheney warned that Trump could incite more violence over the election results. May 12, 2021, 9:01 AM• 6 min ...

Republicans accuse Democrats of ‘rigging’ elections as divided Senate to consider voting rights bill

A sweeping voting rights and campaign finance reform bill is headed for a vote in the Senate, after Republicans ...

Over 100 Republicans, including former officials, threaten to split from G.O.P.

More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to ...

How Republicans decided they needed Donald Trump’s ‘big lie’ more than Liz Cheney’s ‘truth’

Two paths diverged in a wood.In one direction lay Donald Trump and his millions of energised, in-your-face supporters, who ...

Republicans are getting another chance to get on board with an independent Jan. 6 commission

In essence, they want a commission that looks past the attack on the Capitol to pretend that antifa is as much ...

Mississippi Republicans explicitly define ‘normal wage levels’ as below a living wage

In Mississippi, businesses “report that they cannot get employees to return to work because they can earn more from ...

The Big Lie was born in a hanger where a con man told Republicans exactly what they wanted to hear

As The Washington Post reports, the origin story of Powell’s mythology doesn’t start with Giuliani, Powell, or anyone else ...

News Roundup: Republicans to punish Cheney for opposing election hoax; Arizona ‘audit’ continues