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The RNC edited a video of President Biden to claim that he was wandering off during the G7, but fact-checkers have been pounding MAGA for their lie. White House advisor Andrew Bates posted the real and edited versions of the clip: The Murdoch outlets are so desperate to distract from @POTUS‘s record that they just […]

The Department of Justice has notified Speaker Mike Johnson that it won’t prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland for contempt of Congress because Garland didn’t commit a crime. Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte, wrote to Johnson, “Consistent with this longstanding position and uniform practice, the Department has determined that the responses by Attorney General Garland to […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Democrats are to pass a bump stock ban, but it will be up to Republicans to supply additional votes. Schumer responded to the Supreme Court overturning the bump stock ban by saying: The far-right Supreme Court continues their unprecedented assault on public safety by reversing the commonsense […]

A judge has ordered that Alex Jones’s assets be liquidated and sold to pay the $1.5 billion that he owes Sandy Hook families for defamation. The AP reported: A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. … […]

CEOs who were described as Trumpish came away from a meeting with the ex-president concerned that he was meandering and couldn’t keep a straight thought. CNBC reported, “I will say I was surprised. I spoke to a number of CEOs who, I would say, walked into the meeting being Trump supporter-ish, or thinking that they […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have uncovered three new trips that Justice Clarence Thomas received from Harlan Crow that he never disclosed. The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats posted on Twitter: BREAKING: Sen. Durbin, Senate Judiciary Committee investigation reveals three additional gifted private trips to Justice Clarence Thomas from Harlan Crow, which Thomas failed to disclose. […]

A sign of Trump’s ongoing decline was that he held an event billed as a press conference with Republican Senators that lasted for less than five minutes, during which he took zero questions. Watch the whole sham: Donald Trump is clearly not well. The convicted felon former president held a fake press conference with Republican […]

Former 1/6 Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told Trump to go back to Mar-a-Lago and wait for his felony sentencing. Rep. Thompson said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, “After inciting a deadly insurrection that defiled the halls of Congress, how dare Trump show his face on these grounds? Congressional Republicans allow him to […]

The Biden campaign responded to Trump returning to the Capitol by reminding voters in swing states of his support for the 1/6 insurrectionists. Watch the ad: Transcript of the ad: NARRATOR: On January 6, Donald Trump lit a fire in this country. REPORTER: One hundred and forty officers were injured. The siege lasted for seven hours. NARRATOR: Stoking […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called out Republicans in Congress for inviting Trump back to the place that he tried to attack on 1/6. Rep. Crockett said in a statement provided to PoltiicusUSA, “Three years after waging a continual war on our democracy, Donald Trump, a convicted criminal, returns to Capitol Hill to hang out with […]

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that 18.1 million new business applications have been filed since Biden took office, the biggest boom in 25 years. Small Businesses Are Booming Under Biden The SBA announced in a press release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in […]

During the floor debate on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, Rep. Eric Swalwell called out House Republicans for not honoring 1/6 Committee subpoenas. Swalwell said, “Can we talk about subpoenas for one second? Because two of your last speakers are 750-plus days in defiance of a subpoena. So get real when […]

The New Jersey AG is investigating whether Trump is still eligible to have liquor licenses at any of his three golf clubs in the state after his felony conviction. NBC News reported: The New Jersey attorney general’s office is investigating the eligibility of the liquor licenses of three Trump-owned golf courses in the state following […]

President Biden promised to put the full weight of the federal government behind getting the Port of Baltimore reopened after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, and just 11 weeks later, the port is fully reopened. President Biden On The Port Of Baltimore Reopening The President responded to the news that the port is fully […]

Donald Trump admitted during an interview with a probation officer that he illegally had a gun in Florida in violation of federal and state laws. CNN reported: The New York City Department of Probation officials have questioned former President Donald Trump about an additional gun that had been registered to him in New York and […]

Vice President Kamala Harris announced that medical debt will no longer be allowed to be counted against people’s credit scores, as the Biden administration takes another step to improve lives. What Vice President Kamala Harris Announced On Medical Debt Harris told PoliticusUSA during a call with reporters: Today, more than 100 million Americans struggle with […]

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pointed out that he hasn’t heard a single Democrat attack the courts or cry fraud after the Hunter Biden verdict. Raskin said, “I’ve not heard a single Democrat anywhere in the country cry fraud, cry fixed, cry rigged, cry kangaroo court, or any of the many epithets that our colleagues have […]

President Biden issued a touching statement about being a father and supporting his son after Hunter Biden’s conviction. The President said in a brief statement: As I said last week, I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he […]