Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 80-year-old Democrat won a close vote over Republican Kevin McCarthy. The vote was 216 to 208, in favor of Pelosi. This is her fourth time serving as Speaker. She was elected in 2007, 2009, and 2019. This is the second time Pelosi …
President Donald Trump spoke with the GA Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger and his attorney, Ryan Germany, and they discuss the results of the election in Georgia. President Trump suggests that there was election fraud and the others appear to disagree. Someone leaked the recorded phone call and Washington Post released a four minute cut …
Numerous GOP senators plan to object to the certification of the election results on January 6. This movement is lead by Sen. Ted Cruz, as the group claims that the November 3rd presidential election “featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud and illegal conduct” per a report on Fox News. Those who plan to object to …
President Donald Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), but his veto was overridden by the House who took a vote on it. The NDAA previously passed the Senate with a overwhelming majority vote of 84-13, said to be “veto proof” (happened earlier in the month) but that appears to not be the case. …
Mitch McConnell does it again. The Senate Majority Leader has blocked a quick vote on $2,000 stimulus checks and also referred to them as “socialism for rich people” in another strike down of the request by President Trump and numerous Democratic supporters. McConnell blocked the quick vote on the Senate floor and clashed with Democrat …
PA Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has officially objected to sending Americans a stimulus check for $2,000. He stated on Tuesday he would do that, and today, he did that despite the House approving the legislation and then passing it off to the Senate. Toomey, whose salary is about $174,000 per year, suggests the money would …
Whomever was running the Twitter account for Walmart today called Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) a “soreloser” after the Republican said he would object to the Electoral College results coming up next week, in support of President Donald Trump. Hawley stated he would object to some of the states in which President-elect Joe Biden had won. …
United States District Judge Leslie Gardner, sister of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has blocked two counties in Georgia from removing over 4,000 voters and not permitting them from voting in the upcoming runoff elections on January 5th. This is a runoff election that will help determine which political party takes control of the …
President Donald Trump posted a video on his Twitter feed that says “Trump stands for peace” and shows what appears to be the medal used for the peace prize. This part of the video seems like an attempt to either imply he won the Nobel Peace Prize or simply indicate that he was nominated. It’s …
Those hoping for the $2,000 stimulus check in a time of need will be sadly disappointing. However, stimulus checks for $600, half of the previous check that was $1,200, were slated to begin shipping out last night, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. He posted the following message on social media, stating that “@USTreasury has …
Mitch McConnell has now blocked the efforts to unanimously pass the House measure that would increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000. The Republican Senate Majority Leader offered no reason why he rejected the idea that was previously supported by the House and pushed ahead by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Many Democrats and some Republicans …
The time has come for Lori Loughlin to be released from federal prison and she was set free today. She served two months in the slammer after she was busted for paying about $500,000 in bribe money to get both of her daughters into college and the role in a big bribery scheme for college …
President Donald Trump has now signed an enormous spending package giving relief to the pandemic situation and funding the government agencies until at least September. The cost comes it at $2.3 trillion with $900 billion going to pandemic relief and $1.4 trillion to spend on the government agencies, transit system, and even giving an increase …
While the United States government bickers over a relief bill that includes direct payments to most Americans, it was Hollywood actress Kirstie Alley who came up with a solution that was only two sentences long. This was quite the decrease from the 5,000+ pages in the Congress version of the relief bill. The famed Cheers …
Merry Christmas to anyone looking for a mysterious gingerbread monolith to mysteriously appear, because that’s exactly what happened in Corona Heights Park in San Francisco. Instead of it being a messy creation put together by family and friends, this one is gigantic and probably edible, but not exactly suggested because it’s been sitting outside for …
President Donald Trump has made another call for $600 stimulus checks to be increased to $2,000. This is at least his second public call for the stimulus amount to be increased for the American people. The president posted his message on Twitter, saying: “Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, …
President Trump as caused a bit of confusion after telling White House staffers to ignore an email regarding their departure as Joe Biden’s administration prepares to take over. White House officials had emailed Trump’s staff members about the proper procedure for leaving their job after January 4th, because Biden’s campaign will be taking over on …
Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is facing a defamation lawsuit and demands to retract her claims about Dominion Voting Systems. Powell, a conservative pro-Trump attorney, has made what Dominion believes to be “wild, knowingly baseless, and false” allegations based in conspiracy that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of Joe Biden and essentially stolen from …
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to “abolish the Electoral College” and select presidents with only the popular vote, she Tweeted. The former first lady wrote in a message that “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. …
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now referring to Joe Biden as the president-elect after previously not doing so. This comes shortly after the Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as the future president and handing a loss to President Donald Trump. McConnell referred to the Electoral College moving forward in favor of Joe …
Attorney General Bill Barr will resign and it goes into effect on December 23, 2020, as announced by President Donald Trump. The head of the Justice Department’s resignation was somewhat anticipated by many, but the exact date was never clear, nor was there a guarantee of his departure. This happened on the same day when …
Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton cast the first formal ballots for the Electoral College in New York. The famous political pair shared support for President-elect Joe Biden and his choice for Vice President, Kamala Harris. There are 29 state electors in New York’s state Capitol to cast their votes and participate in their …
President Donald Trump and his hopes to be reelected were stifled as he lost a federal lawsuit this weekend during a rare Saturday session in Wisconsin. Trump wanted the court to name him the winner over Joe Biden, but it did not happen. Trump’s latest loss came at the hands of United States District Judge …
President-elect Joe Biden is considering New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo for the job of attorney general, per a report by the Associated Press. Cuomo is one of four potential candidates for the position. The others are Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, Merrick Garland who is a federal appeals court judge, and Sally Yates who is …
YouTube has announced that it will now remove videos that dispute the Joe Biden victory in the 2020 election over President Donald Trump. The video platform will target videos that suggest widespread voter fraud had played a part in the election, causing Biden to win, and in many cases, sharing false statements and false claims …
Majority Whip and Rep. James Clyburn has now stated on CNN’s “New Day” that claims of President Donald Trump trying to change the results of the election in his favor are an attempt to overthrow the government and an attempted coup. This was during a conversation with host John Berman who mentioned GOP officials trying …
Jason Bateman was back on Saturday Night Live with a new monologue and he describes the time he hosted SNL and was attacked by a monkey 15 years ago. The Ozark star stated that he was in a weird sketch that involved a real monkey back in 2005 and “things were loose” back then, suggesting …