A quip by Jane Fonda sent the ladies of “The View” into a tizzy Friday. During a panel discussion, Fonda emphatically stated that “we’re not going back,” a reference to pre-Roe America. When asked by Joy Behar about what activists can do to create the change they want to see in the world, Fonda said, “I’ve thought of murder.” https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1634278112321212416 Per Mediaite: Fonda joined The View with comic co-star Lily Tomlin. The two star together in the new film Moving On and during a discussion about that film’s writer/director, Paul Weitz, another collaboration between the filmmaker and Tomlin was brought up. In the 2015 feature Grandma, Tomlin…
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Patrick Houck
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C. metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
The House of Representatives has spoken. In a rare sign of bipartisan unity, members of Congress voted 419-0 to declassify all intel on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. President Biden must sign the bill before the intelligence on the pandemic’s origins can be made public. The development comes two weeks after the Energy Department concluded with “low confidence” that the pandemic most likely leaked from a Chinese lab. Wuhan is home to a Chinese government Level 4 Biosafety Lab (BSL-4). As our very own Paul Crespo reported at the time: We have…
Back in January, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office dramatically escalated its investigation into former President Donald Trump. At the time, D.A. Alvin Bragg began presenting evidence to a New York City grand jury on Trump’s role in paying for porn star Stormy Daniels’ silence before the 2016 presidential election. Now, the former president is being told that he could appear before the grand jury and testify next week if he wishes to — a strong indication he will face criminal charges. Per The New York Times: The Manhattan district attorney’s office recently signaled to Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that he could face…
Congressman Darin LaHood, R-Ill., has made a startling revelation with the potential for far-reaching repercussions. It involves Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). LaHood, a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) member, chairs the committee’s FISA Working Group, overseeing Section 702 and deciding whether the provision should be renewed before it expires on Dec. 31, 2023. Section 702 empowers federal agencies to compel internet and technology companies to hand over private communications about suspected foreign terrorists and spies without a warrant. Critics argue intelligence agencies have used the program to conduct mass, warrantless surveillance. LaHood made clear…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is in the hospital this morning. McConnell tripped at a private dinner held at a Washington, D.C. hotel. Fox News has more: The 81-year-old politician was taken to an area hospital to be treated. The extent of his injuries, if any, were not immediately known. The full statement from McConnell’s camp read as follows: “This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment.” The senator suffered a fractured shoulder during a fall in August 2019. Popp at the time said McConnell…
A new report in The Washington Free Beacon outlines, in excruciating detail, how an ISIS terror attack that killed at least 183 people — including 13 U.S. service members — during the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan might’ve been prevented. According to gripping testimony on Capitol Hill, given by one of the soldiers who was there. Snipers positioned near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021, had a window of opportunity to kill a suspected suicide bomber as he approached one of the crowded airport gates with an explosive belt. Instead, they were not given the…
Gigi Sohn has withdrawn her nomination to serve on the Federal Communications Commission amid a bruising battle on Capitol Hill. Republicans — and some Democrats — had voiced concerns about Sohn, Biden’s pick for FCC telecommunications regulator. Critics painted her as a partisan activist, not the type of impartial figure who should oversee the nation’s airwaves. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told her explicitly that he had significant concerns about her record and that she “demonstrated a hostility to conservative speech.” https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1633191927016292353 Biden first nominated Sohn in October 2021. He tried three times to secure her nomination. On Tuesday, West Virginia’s…
“Disgusting” and “bullsh*t” were two responses to Tucker Carlson’s claim that the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, was “mostly peaceful.” From prominent Republicans. Carlson showed selected clips from the thousands of hours of CCTV footage that day on his top-rated cable news program last night. They included officers escorting Jacob Chansley, the so-called QAnon Shaman, who went to prison for his role in obstructing the 2020 Electoral College certification. Carlson claimed that the actions of the mob of Trump supporters weren’t particularly violent and that lawmakers and journalists who claimed otherwise lied. Several GOP senators, who were at…
Tucker Carlson aired newly released footage on his show last night, igniting a maelstrom of speculation and controversy. The top-rated Fox News news host aired the first snippets of the more than 40,000 hours of surveillance footage he obtained from Jan. 6, 2021. Carlson called the events of that day “mostly peaceful chaos.” Footage showed officers closely escorting Jacob Chansley, aka the “QAnon Shaman,” as he walked through the Capitol Building. https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1632915746165780480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1632915746165780480%7Ctwgr%5Ea5fade50a81cdd31afae53f45724f182c8718ffe%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftucker-carlson-releases-january-6-footage-that-raises-new-questions As the New York Post reports: In a statement, the Capitol Police suggest that one of the officers with Chansley was trying to “de-escalate” the situation because he…
Geraldo Rivera’s latest comments about former President Donald Trump are igniting controversy. The cable news fixture warned of a “danger to America” if Trump loses another run for the White House. Rivera, a longtime supporter of the 45th president, grew increasingly critical after Trump lost reelection and failed to concede, culminating with the January 6th riot. Referring to the U.S. Capitol attack, Rivera wrote, “The danger of Donald Trump running for president is not if he wins (he wasn’t a terrible president and until his attempted coup he was even underrated). The danger to America comes if Trump again loses.…