Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday declared a new partnership between the United States and Germany to combat Holocaust denial during a visit to Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, where hundreds of concrete slabs commemorating the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust stand on display. Both Blinken, the stepson of a Holocaust survivor who escaped both the...
House Republicans move to censure Biden and accidentally admit Trump broke the law
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert and 23 other House Republicans introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure President Joe Biden for ending his predecessor’s immigration policies. But in doing so they inadvertently admitted that former President Donald Trump broke the law when he tried to pressure Ukraine into announcing it was investigating his political opponents in 2019. The proposed...
New York bars Giuliani from practicing law for making ‘demonstrably false’ statements
Rudy Giuliani was suspended on Thursday from practicing law in New York State, after a panel of judges found he violated the professional rules of conduct in his effort to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. “We conclude that there is uncontroverted evidence that respondent communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the...
Nearly half of GOP voters think state lawmakers should be able to overturn elections
A study published on Thursday of support for the “Stop the Steal” movement found nearly half of Republican voters believe their state legislatures should simply be able to overturn the results of elections. The report, published by the Voter Study Group research collaborative, finds 46% of Republican voters believing “that it was appropriate for ‘Republican legislators in...
One America News host suggests ‘execution’ for ‘traitors’ who supposedly stole election
One America News Network host Pearson Sharp on Wednesday night promoted the idea that “execution” is proper punishment for those who purportedly stole the 2020 presidential election, highlighting comments from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in the context of that recommendation. There is no proof to back allegations of widespread voter or election fraud, as many...
New Senate bill would make it easier for states to punish workers who boycott Israel
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) want to make it easier for states to pass laws punishing workers for their support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The BDS movement calls for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank, grant Palestinians citizens full equality under the law, and promote what Palestinians call the right to return, or the idea that...
Bipartisan infrastructure deal omits climate, child care, and parental leave funding
A bipartisan group of 10 senators said Wednesday it had reached a tentative deal with the White House on an infrastructure plan. But while their verbal agreement includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new investment in transportation and water infrastructure, several Democrats are saying they will only support it if it is paired with investments in omitted infrastructure priorities such as...
Michigan GOP-led Senate report finds no fraud in 2020 election
A report on a Michigan Senate investigation into the state’s 2020 election procedures and results released on Wednesday found that they were not tainted by fraud and the race was stolen from Donald Trump, rebutting two claims Trump and his allies have made in an effort to steal the state’s 16 Electoral College votes. The review, conducted by the Republican-led Senate Oversight...
Cruz criticizes Harris for visiting border after criticizing her for not visiting border
After repeatedly complaining that Vice President Kamala Harris had not visited the U.S.-Mexico border, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) complained on Wednesday about Harris’ planned trip there. According to a press release from the White House, Harris will visit El Paso, Texas, on Friday along with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Appearing on Fox News, Cruz said...
Atheist groups say Mississippi license plate violates their First Amendment rights
Forcing Mississippians to display the motto “In God We Trust” on their license plates defies the First Amendment, several atheist groups claimed in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, claiming the phrase is historically “rooted in hostility toward non-Christians and atheists.” The plaintiffs — three non-religious Mississippi residents, American Atheists, and the Mississippi...