Progressive princess Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is calling to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after an investigation found he accepted previously undisclosed gifts from a prominent Republican donor. “This is beyond party or partisanship,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter. “This degree of corruption is shocking — almost cartoonish. Thomas must be impeached.” The New York congresswoman also said the report of Thomas’s alleged misconduct reflects negatively on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1643974216696442880 “Barring some dramatic change, this is what the Roberts court will be known for: rank corruption, erosion of democracy, and the stripping of human rights,” Ocasio-Cortez continued.…
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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.
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have violated Donald Trump’s constitutional rights according to Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett. On “Hannity,” Jarrett said that Bragg’s refusal to disclose the underlying crime the defendant intended to conceal through his alleged falsification of business records violated the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment provides in part for the right of a criminal defendant to “be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor…” When questioned by a reporter as to what the…
President Joe Biden’s pool of primary challengers is growing. On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, filed to run for the White House in 2024. Kennedy is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, a former U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator who was assassinated in 1968 as he ran for president. The Democrat teased a 2024 campaign on Twitter last month, asking people to visit his website and contribute. “If it looks like I can raise the money and mobilize enough people to win, I’ll jump in the race. If I run, my top…
Tech executive Bob Lee, the co-founder of the popular payment service Cash App, was killed Tuesday in a stabbing in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said in a release that officers responded to a report of a stabbing at 2:35 a.m. and found a 43-year-old male victim suffering from apparent stab wounds. Officers aided Lee and called medics to the scene, but he died from his injuries at a local hospital. While San Francisco officials seriously consider a $5 million per person reparations proposal, crime remains a severe problem for the city. A 2022 survey of 1,653 San Franciscans…
On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan declined to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump and his legal team despite the mounting speculation. During the Tuesday afternoon arraignment, Merchan warned Trump and his team, as well as the opposing counsel, not to make social media posts that could incite violence. Early reports indicated the judge was considering imposing the order on parties in the case which would have blocked Trump and his team from talking publicly about the trial at the risk of potentially being found in contempt of court. Criminal defense attorney Duncan Levin, who previously served as a…
Bad news for Wisconsin… Tuesday evening Wisconsin voters rushed to the polls to decide the balance of the state’s Supreme Court in what became one of the most expensive races in the state’s history. Democrat-backed Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the crucial seat, defeating Republican-backed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly. According to data from Fox News, over 36% of eligible Wisconsin voters participated in the highly-anticipated election, surpassing the previous high of 34% set in the 2011 state Supreme Court race. https://twitter.com/janetforjustice/status/1643447869838438403 “I feel great. I could not feel better,” Protasiewicz told The Associated Press after the win.…
The United States has successfully carried out a military strike to kill a senior Islamic State leader. The “unilateral” strike in northwest Syria, carried out Monday, killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM head Gen. Erik Kurilla said in the statement. The statement noted that al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and developing the leadership” structure of ISIS in Turkey. “ISIS continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond,” Kurilla said. “Though degraded, the group remains able to conduct operations within the region with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East.” https://twitter.com/BretBaier/status/1643207867871252480 He added that…
Multiple Tennessee state Democrats are on the brink of expulsion, an extraordinarily rare move in the Volunteer State Capitol. Last week, hundreds of protesters stormed the Capitol demanding the Republican-led Statehouse pass gun control measures in response to the Covenant school shooting that resulted in the deaths of six innocent people, including three children. (RELATED: Report: Nashville Elementary School Shooting Leaves Multiple Students, Adults And Gunman Dead) As the chants echoed throughout the Capitol, three Democrat lawmakers approached the front of the House chamber with a bullhorn. Democrat State Reps. Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson, and Gloria Johnson shared the bullhorn and…
The 2024 Virginia Senate primary field is already growing. On Monday, Club for Growth Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Parkinson announced his campaign to oust Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D). “Over the last three years, politicians like Tim Kaine and Joe Biden have ignored the middle class. Inflation has skyrocketed, parents have been locked out of classrooms, and crime rates remain at record highs,” Parkinson said in an announcement video posted to Vimeo. “Tim Kaine has run for office nine times and served in office for almost 30 years. He’s enabled all these liberal policies by voting with Bernie Sanders…
Is Democrat darling Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) planning to pursue higher office in the not-so-distant future? The progressive Democrat Rep. was modest when she was recently asked by Politico if she plans to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for one of New York’s Senate seats. According to Fox News, when AOC was asked about the possibility of a future Senate run, she replied, “don’t ask me that question,” before telling the publication to “print that” response. Gillibrand is up for re-election in 2024. In January, Ocasio-Cortez ascended to the No. 2 seat for Democrats on the influential House Oversight Committee, causing…