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New Texts Show Staffer Allegedly Groped by Matt Schlapp Contacted Friend in Real Time: CNN

The GOP operative working for the Herschel Walker campaign who alleges CPAC organizer, the highly-influential Matt Schlapp, “groped” and “fondled” his crotch without his consent has released a new set of text messages that appear to show he communicated with a friend in real time asking for advice on how to handle the unwanted advances. […]

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McCarthy: Santos Will Get Committee Assignments Because He Hasn’t Been Criminally Charged

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced embattled U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who lied his way into office and just hours earlier was denounced and called on to resign by numerous local Republican Party and elected officials, will get committee assignments like every other member of the House of Representatives. McCarthy, who very narrowly gained the […]

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Watch: George Santos Bragged He Was a ‘Star’ Volleyball Player at College He Did Not Attend, Says County GOP Chair

The George Santos lies keep coming. During the Nassau County Republican Committee’s press conference Wednesday calling for U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to resign, Chairman Joe Cairo told reporters at one point that the newly-elected  congressman had told him in their discussions that he was a “star” volleyball player at Baruch College, which a New York […]

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‘Get Out’: ‘Fraud’ George Santos Must Resign Say County GOP Officials – He Again Defiantly Refuses (Video)

The leaders of the Nassau County, New York Republican Committee, and elected local GOP officials banded together on Wednesday in a press conference calling U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) a “fraud,” and demanding his resignation from Congress. But as the press conference was being held reporters swarmed Santos in D.C., asking if he would resign. […]

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The Powerful GOP Oversight Committee Chairman Is Pushing a Baseless Narrative That Biden Is ‘Compromised’

U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee is repeatedly pushing a baseless narrative that President Joe Biden, who has served his nation for 50 years, is “compromised.” Chairman Comer, who has promoted the false theory of fraud in the 2020 election, blaming alleged “troubling reports of irregularities […]

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‘Strongest Statement Yet’: ‘Major Announcement’ About ‘Disgraced’ George Santos Coming From by Nassau County GOP

Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) may be about to get hit with more bad news this week. In a new press release flagged by Semafor reporter Kadia Golba, the Nassau Country Republican Party said it plans to make a “major announcement” regarding Santos, whom the party described as “disgraced.” The announcement will be made by […]

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Center celebrates Dr. King’s legacy with a weekend of arts events, unveils Spring 2023 exhibition of Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection

Exhibition examines March on Washington’s 60th anniversary; activities include a panel discussion with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater leaders, a Palefsky Collision Project youth theater performance, live Radio One broadcasts,… The post Center celebrates Dr. King’s legacy with a weekend of arts events, unveils Spring 2023 exhibition of Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection […]

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‘The Deep State’ Wants to ‘Wipe Out the American Cowboy’ Warns GOP Congressman in Conspiracy-Laden Rant (Video)

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), the disgraced former Trump Secretary of the Interior who literally rode into town on a horse but resigned amid numerous ethics allegations, on Tuesday declared the “deep state” is real and wants to “wipe out the American cowboy,” in a speech supporting a highly-controversial Republican committee to investigate the Dept. […]

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‘The Deep State’ Wants to ‘Wipe Out the American Cowboy’ Warns GOP Congressman in Conspiracy-Laden Rant (Video)

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), the disgraced former Trump Secretary of the Interior who literally rode into town on a horse but resigned amid numerous ethics allegations, on Tuesday declared the “deep state” is real and wants to “wipe out the American cowboy,” in a speech supporting a highly-controversial Republican committee to investigate the Dept. […]

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Watch: Democrats File Ethics Complaint Against George Santos After GOP Leadership Calls It an ‘Internal’ Matter

Two Democratic Members of Congress on Tuesday walked over to the House office of U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to notify their fellow New Yorker they have filed an official complaint against him with the Ethics Committee, alleging violations of the Ethics in Government Act. U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres […]

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GOP Congressman From Texas Calls for Defunding Homeland Security

During the Trump years some on the left issued calls to “abolish ICE,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, especially over over White House senior advisor Stephen Miller‘s program that separated young migrant children, even infants, from their parents and siblings. Liberals were not the only ones – groups like the American Friends Service Committee, a […]

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First Lady Jill Biden Is ‘Compromised’ and ‘Must Be Investigated’ Far Right GOP Congressman Baselessly Claims

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the former chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus and an extremist whose own family members called for him to be removed from office over his activities surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, on Monday labeled First Lady Dr. Jill Biden “compromised” and said she must be investigated. Congressman Biggs, […]