Arizona Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) was the target of swift backlash after his insulting comments about Republicans’ “cultural identity” during a campaign event. Gallego, who is running for the seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), claimed that Republican “culture” could ultimately be boiled down to firearms and “jacked up” trucks “with some cow nuts hanging in the back.” https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1691975011584581727 According to a report from Fox News Digital, Gallego was initially responding to a question from the audience about school shootings. “School shooting-level casualties happen every day in the streets of America,” Gallego claimed, adding, “We don’t focus on trying…
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Nancy Jackson
Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became an arts and culture writer for Athens Magazine where she enjoyed reporting on the eclectic music and art scene in Athens, GA. However, her desire to report on issues and policies impacting everyday Americans won out and she packed her bags for Washington, DC. Now, she splits her time between the Nation’s Capital and Philadelphia where she covers the fast-paced environment of politics, business, and news. In her off time, you can find Nancy exploring museums or enjoying brunch with friends.
Former Trump attorney John Eastman turned himself into the Fulton County jail Tuesday morning. Eastman, who helped lead efforts to overturn the 2020 election, was the second of 19 defendants to surrender to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. The lawyer faces nine charges linked to the Georgia probe, ranging from conspiring to commit false statements and writings, and forgery, to state Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. He was given a prisoner identification number Tuesday and is currently detained, according to The Hill. “I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought,”…
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly informed close allies that Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy made it clear he should pay to appear more on the network. Semafor reported that on a private phone call Ramaswamy “complained that the right-leaning network was sticking him in little-watched midday slots or ignoring him outright.” Ruddy’s response to Ramaswamy was to make clear that if he “wants to appear on Newsmax, he should pay to do it,” reported the article, citing two “ two people to whom the candidate described the conversation.” Newsmax spokesperson Bill Daddi vehemently denied the report to Semafor in a statement calling Ramaswamy’s…
Former Maryland governor and No Labels national co-chairman Larry Hogan (R) says the organization will likely launch a third-party “alternative” if former President Trump and President Biden win the nominations for their parties. During CNN’s “State of the Union” the former Republican governor said No Labels has an “obligation” to give the American people another option beyond the two senior politicians. “But if Trump and Biden are the nominees, it’s very likely that No Labels will get access to the ballot and offer an alternative,” Hogan said.” “And if most of the voters don’t want A or B, we have…
A young Australian woman living in the U.S. just learned a big lesson about American patriotism… In a video shared to TikTok, Mia Chloe wanders along a suburban street and expresses her objection to what she considers an excessive display of patriotism because of the number of American flags on display. “I’m just gonna say it… there are too many American flags,” she said. “They’re on houses, they’re on cars… saw them on couch cushions…” “You’re the only country that I know that does this,” Chloe remarked. The woman then remarked how little the Australian flag is displayed throughout the…
A nonprofit legal group sued Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) this week over a law that allows the state to hide child sex change surgeries from parents. America First Legal, led by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, filed the lawsuit over Senate Bill 5599, which was recently signed into law by Inslee. The bill was marketed as “protection” of trans-identifying youth and allows “host homes” to keep parents in the dark about their child’s sex change procedure. https://twitter.com/America1stLegal/status/1691920520504102919 “No state action more frighteningly illustrates the threat to our children than this law,” Miller said. “This sick, authoritarian law essentially allows…
A georgia state senator is moving to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over the charges brought against former President Donald Trump. In his push to impeach DA Willis, Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore says she’s weaponizing her political agenda against the former president. “As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis,” Moore said on social media Thursday. Moore also published a letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to demand a special session be called to address “the actions of Fani Willis.” “We, the undersigned, being duly elected members of…
Former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin was sentenced to 262 months in prison this week. On Thursday, Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, a 56-year-old dual citizen of Canada and France, was sentenced to nearly 22 years behind bars in Washington, D.C., for mailing a letter containing the poison to then-President Trump. According to Fox News, she pleaded guilty in January to violating biological weapons prohibitions. In the letter, Ferrier reportedly referred to Trump as “The Ugly Tyrant Clown” and laced it with the potentially deadly ricin, saying, “If it doesn’t work, I’ll find better recipe for another poison, or I might use my…
Government officials informed families of the thousands of victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack that the suspected architect of the attack and his co-defendants will potentially not receive the death penalty. According to The Hill, the notice to the families comes 11 1/2 years after prosecutors and the defense lawyers began examining the potential resolution to the case. “The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” the letter, which was first obtained by The Associated Press, read. The notice said that while no plea deal “has been finalized, and may never be…
A Texas judge has charged a woman with threatening to kill the judge overseeing former President Trump’s 2020 election case and a House Democrat who is running for Houston mayor. Abigail Jo Shry called Judge Tanya Chutkan’s chambers at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 5, days after Trump was indicted on charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (RELATED: Trump Indicted Again For Third Time – This One Could Be Serious) Investigators were able to trace the call back to her and she later admitted to making the threatening phone call, according to The Hill. When investigators showed up to…