#Elise Stefanik blasts ‘outrageously sexist’ TV segment

#Elise Stefanik blasts ‘outrageously sexist’ TV segment

“#Elise Stefanik blasts ‘outrageously sexist’ TV segment” Rep. Elise Stefanik is blasting a local Vermont TV news channel for “outrageously sexist” remarks after the outlet aired a segment discussing her pregnancy. “Wow. It’s 2021. This is a real TV clip aired in #NY21 this evening,” the GOP conference chair tweeted on Friday, linking to the…

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#Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 commission is a partisan ploy

#Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 commission is a partisan ploy

“#Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 commission is a partisan ploy” The House voted Wednesday to approve Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But by prejudging its conclusions and insisting on picking the majority of members, Pelosi has made the only inquiry that Americans could trust — a truly bipartisan one…

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#The GOP still has the upper hand

#The GOP still has the upper hand

“#The GOP still has the upper hand” Republicans have had a brutal news cycle over the past month, between the ouster of Liz Cheney from leadership and the intraparty jousting over a Jan. 6 commission. The overwhelming sense of the coverage is that the party is descending into madness and civil war and is a husk of…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021” The Issue: House Republicans’ vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position. What are these Republicans thinking (“Mc­Carthy boosting Stefanik,” May 10)? Some of their comments about the 2020 election and, more importantly, COVID and the vaccines, are off the wall. Why do they think…

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#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary

#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary

“#GOP’s problem isn’t Liz Cheney and other commentary” From the right: GOP’s Problem Isn’t Liz Cheney Rep. Liz Cheney “has taken every opportunity to assail” President Donald Trump “and the stolen-election narrative,” so she has “likely talked herself out of a Republican leadership position,” predict the editors at National Review. But the problem isn’t that…

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#CNN’s Jake Tapper floats banning some Republicans from show

#CNN’s Jake Tapper floats banning some Republicans from show

“#CNN’s Jake Tapper floats banning some Republicans from show” There’s too hot for TV and then there’s too wrong for Tapper. The anchor of CNN’s two-hour mid-afternoon show “The Lead” suggested to his colleagues Tuesday that he would bar Republicans from appearing if they were “not willing to stick to standards and facts.” “How am…

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