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A 65-year-old Connecticut woman was arrested for tagging several locations with graffiti that referenced socialism, President Joe Biden, and the “United States of China.”  WFSB reports that Emily Winters turned herself in last week after a superior court arrest warrant was issued. She is facing the charge of criminal mischief. On January 12, …

A Texas teenager who tipped off the FBI about his father’s involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol is speaking out to let others know “it’s OK to come forward.” In an interview on Tuesday with ABC News’ T.J. Holmes that aired on Good Morning America, Jackson Reffitt said that he is …

As part of his efforts to address racial injustice, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to end its contracts with private prisons. “This is a first step to stop corporations from profiting off of incarceration,” Biden said. According to Susan Rice, President Biden’s domestic …

Before being elected to Congress, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted about executing prominent Democrats on her social media in 2018 and 2019. CNN KFile took a deep dive into Greene’s Facebook page comments and found that she posted far-right conspiracy theories, including QAnon conspiracies, frequently. In January of 2019, she liked a …

During a Saturday appearance on CNN, Freshman Congressman Madison Cawthorn said that he accepts the presidential election results, despite voting to overturn Joe Biden’s win. The North Carolina Rep. has been supportive of Donald Trump’s claims of alleged voter fraud, according to The Daily Mail. During the interview, he focused …

In a new report published by Axios on Sunday night, Donald Trump reportedly referred to his lawyer Sidney Powell as “crazy.” Despite that, he still promoted her to his legal team. In November, Trump took a call from Powell in the Oval Office that he placed on speakerphone for everyone in the room to hear.  “Ugh, …

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Donald Trump was hoping for a grand farewell from the White House, complete with a military-style parade and surrounded by his supporters. In breaking with recent tradition, the Pentagon has decided against granting the outgoing president’s request. It’s not clear where Trump wanted the parade to occur, whether at the White …

One week after his supporters laid siege to the US Capitol, Donald Trump released a video statement condemning the riots and called for peace. “I want to make it very clear: I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week,” Trump said in the video. Without social media, the video was …

A source told NBC News that Donald Trump has not spoken to Mike Pence since the DC riot on Wednesday. As the pro-Trump demonstrators descending on the Capitol building where Congress was in session, Pence was evacuated to a secure location. While in lockdown, Trump never checked on Pence’s wellbeing.  Before the attack on the Capitol, …

Newly released security footage shows a Republican state legislator opening a side door, which allowed protesters of Oregon’s COVID-19 restrictions to enter the Capitol building. CNN reports that according to spokesman Timothy Fox, Oregon State Police have opened an investigation into state Rep. Mike Nearman. Tina Kotek, Oregon Speaker of the House, said …

As part of the pro-Trump rioters that forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, a newly elected member of the West Virginia House of Delegates was seen on video joining the mob. During the November election, Del. Derrick Evans, a Republican from Wayne County, West Virginia, won his first term …

As of Yesterday evening, Facebook has blocked Donald Trump from posting on their site for 24 hours. The decision comes after FB removed a post he made supporting the pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol. The statement reads: “We’ve assessed two policy violations against President Trump ’s Page, which will …

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser called in the DC National Guard to assist local agencies during the pro-Trump rallies set to take place this week. The demonstrations are scheduled around the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election win over Donald Trump. CNN reports that acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller approved the mayor’s request on Monday. In her letter, Bowser …

Georgia Senator David Perdue thinks it was “disgusting” for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to record a phone call with Donald Trump in which Trump asked him to “find votes.”  “I guess I was raised differently,” Perdue said on Fox News, according to Politico. “To have a statewide elected official, regardless of party, tape without disclosing …

On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi received enough votes in the House of Representatives to win a fourth term as House Speaker. Pelosi is the first woman to be the speaker and led the House from 2006 to 2011, and then again when the Democrats took back the House in 2018. With …

Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Reese (R) died of an apparent brain aneurysm on Saturday.  According to The Hill, Reese, 42, had recently been re-elected to a seventh term in the state House in the November 3 election. He was initially elected into office back in 2009. In a statement from Pennsylvania House …

Donald Trump has given us some epic tantrums this year, with most of them coming in the latter part of the year, following his loss in November’s election. He spent most of 2020 campaigning for the Presidential Election and has spent the days since denying the results, being the sore …

As 2020 ends, everyone is on edge for next year. No one predicted 2020 would have played out how it did. We’ve endured nine months of a pandemic, ongoing racial injustice, and a political sh*show. Sadly, a lot of this has no choice but to spill into 2021. It’s no …

According to an explosive report by Business Insider, Jared Kushner helped create a shell company that secretly paid Trump family members. Kushner, married to Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, is a senior adviser to the president. He helped to launch the company in 2018. The company, called Media Consultants Corporation and American Made …