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All Night Long

Friday, November 19, 2021

A Lot of Talk: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke on the floor for eight and a half hours overnight in an effort to block a vote on President Biden’s giant climate change and social policy bill. McCarthy started talking at 8:38 …

Censured and Not Sorry

Thursday, November 18, 2021

No Apologies: The House voted yesterday to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for his posting of an anime video that depicted him killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and assaulting President Biden.   Only two Republicans voted with the Democrats, Representatives Liz …

Tear Gas and Water Cannon

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Borderline Behavior: The crisis at the border of Poland and Belarus turned violent yesterday with Polish authorities using water cannon, tear gas, and rubber bullets to turn back a crush of desperate migrants. Despite that, the migrants continued overnight to crash …

Rittenhouse and Self Defense to Jury

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The Chaos Tourist: As the jury starts deliberations today in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two protesters in 2020 and wounded a third, what’s on trial as much as the 18-year-old defendant is the notion of self-defense …

Rittenhouse Case to the Jury

Monday, November 15, 2021

Lesser Included: As the case against the Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse goes to the jury today, the judge in the case says he will allow the jury to consider what’s called “lesser included” charges, including whether the defendant provoked the …

Trump Wins Document Delay

Friday, November 12, 2021

The Court Hits Pause: A federal appeals court has granted Donald Trump a delay for the release of presidential documents sought by the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection. The deadline had been today.   The court set oral arguments on …

Killer Cries on the Stand

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Tears for the Defense: Eighteen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse broke down in sobs yesterday as he testified about shooting and killing Joseph Rosenbaum, the first of two men he killed and one he wounded during street demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August of …

House to Get Trump Papers

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The House Wins: A federal judge yesterday overruled Donald Trump’s objections and ordered that hundreds of pages of the former president’s White House records must be handed over to the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection.   “The court holds that …

Hope Calls Trump Cronies

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

The Dirty Half-Dozen: The House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to a half-dozen more former Trump administration officials, organizers, and close associates involved with trying to overturn the election and the rally held before the siege. …

The House Finally Acts

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Democrats Act: After months of internal politics, the House last night passed President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure improvement and rebuilding bill. Thirteen Republicans voted in favor and six Democrats against, including New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar.   Although seriously …