#House, Senate Democrats rally behind expelled Tennessee lawmakers: ‘We all lost today’

#House, Senate Democrats rally behind expelled Tennessee lawmakers: ‘We all lost today’

Democratic lawmakers are decrying the expulsion of two Tennessee legislators Thursday, calling their removal a threat to democracy. “All of this in the wake of children—9-year-olds—being killed at school. Every American should be on the side of democracy. We all lost today,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) tweeted. The Tennessee Republican-controlled House voted Thursday on whether…

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#Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment

#Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment

Biden orders weekend door-to-door checks in Ohio after train derailment President Biden issued an order Friday directing federal agencies to check-in with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a train derailment earlier this month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency will go door-to-door, visiting homes to…

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#here’s REAL state of New York

#here’s REAL state of New York

“here’s REAL state of New York” Lee Zeldin lifted Republican turnout across New York, helping the GOP retake the House while coming closer than anyone had in decades to defeating a Democratic governor. Here is his response to Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address. The State of our State in New York should be…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 11, 2023

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 11, 2023

“Letters to the Editor — Jan. 11, 2023” The Issue: Republicans’ decision to allow Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become House speaker after 15 votes. What a disgusting display of disunity some in the Republican Party showed the nation and the world (“ ‘Argggh!’ of the deal for Kevin,” Jan. 8). When the new House convened the…

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#The lefty campaign against Hector LaSalle is bunk

#The lefty campaign against Hector LaSalle is bunk

“The lefty campaign against Hector LaSalle is bunk” New York’s lefty minds insist Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Court of Appeals chief pick Hector LaSalle is a fire-breathing right-winger. It’s utter garbage, if you simply look at the cases the critics cite as evidence. LaSalle is accused of failing to “understand” an alleged “threat to women’s rights”…

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#The liberal media’s cynical gaslighting on House probes into Hunter Biden

#The liberal media’s cynical gaslighting on House probes into Hunter Biden

“The liberal media’s cynical gaslighting on House probes into Hunter Biden” “It does sound personal”: NBC’s “Meet the Press” host’s words Sunday capture the new narrative in Washington as the House readies the long-delayed investigation into the Biden family’s foreign influence peddling. The media have spent months preparing to do damage control after falsely and…

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#Congress dithered while US withered

#Congress dithered while US withered

“Congress dithered while US withered” A line from legendary manager Casey Stengel fits the moment: “Can’t anybody here play this game?” He was talking about his hapless 1962 New York Mets, but the damning question can be fairly directed to both political parties and Washington itself. In one of the most worrisome signs of our…

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