AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarTed Cruz Gets Blunt Reminder From Anderson Cooper Over ‘Emasculated' Military ClaimHuffPost - Lee Moran“When somebody doesn’t serve, I don’t know that it’s a great idea to be attacking people who did serve," the CNN anchor said of the Texas Republican. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faced backlash this week with a tweet promoting Russia’s military over what he described as America’s “woke, emasculated” …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarWyoming senator looking to unseat Cheney discloses impregnating 14-year-old at 18PBS NewsHour - Associated PressCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, disclosed that he …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarU.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Saysverified_publisherNPR - Brian MannA senior Drug Enforcement Administration official told NPR efforts to target drug cartels operating inside Mexico have unraveled because of a breakdown in cooperation between law enforcement agencies and militaries in the two countries. "We're willing to share [intelligence] with our counterparts in …
AvatarTerence ConnorsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTop Republicans are running scared — and relinquishing the GOP to the monster they helped createalternet.org - Kerry EleveldLike a bunch of lemmings, Republican lawmakers in Congress and across the country have clung to Donald Trump's Big Lie that the only reason he lost …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarThe single most damning quote about the state of the GOPverified_publisherCNNCNN — Ohio Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez hasn’t been in Washington long, but he’s been there long enough to understand his party is rotting from the inside out. Asked by The Hill newspaper about efforts to remove Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from Republican Party leadership because of her vote to …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarEx-Bush Speechwriter: A 'Loyal' Republican Is Now Either A Sucker Or A LiarHuffPost - Lee MoranMichael Gerson also named the group of Republicans who have “the most to atone for." Michael Gerson split Republicans loyal to Donald Trump and the ex-president’s 2020 election lies into two camps in his Washington Post column published Monday. “To be a loyal Republican, one must be either a sucker …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarCIA briefing to lawmakers on suspected energy attacks turned contentiousverified_publisherCNNWashington CNN — A briefing on suspected energy attacks on US intelligence officers turned contentious last week, two sources told CNN, as senators demanded more information about the mysterious incidents from the CIA and accountability for how the agency has handled them. Senators on the …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarCheney calls out Trump’s latest attempt to promote ‘BIG LIE’ amid criticism from within her own partyverified_publisherCNNCNN — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, publicly rejected former President Donald Trump’s most recent false charge that he would’ve won the 2020 election if not for “fraudulent” votes, her latest rebuke of the former president that has put her at odds with many members of her own …
AvatarTerence ConnorsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo‘It’s absolutely insane’: Swaths of trees cut after Oregon fires amid allegations of mismanagementcolumbian.com - Ted Sickinger, oregonlive.comAs the hazardous tree-removal program overseen by the Oregon Department of Transportation goes into high gear after last fall’s devastating …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarWhy so many people are skipping their second Covid shot — and why they shouldn’tverified_publisherCNNCNN — When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that almost 8% of the millions who have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine hadn’t returned to get the second shot they need, it raised concerns that the country might not be able reach herd immunity. But health …
AvatarTerence ConnorsAvatarAvatarDonald Trump saw it comingverified_publisherCNNCNN — Donald Trump saw it coming. Back in 2019, the moderate Joe Biden looked like a candidate uniquely suited to threaten his re-election as president. In a July 25 phone call, Trump asked Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky to have his government work with his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and with …
AvatarTerence ConnorsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”typeinvestigations.org - Kathryn JoyceOnce, Valee Taylor and Renee Stewart’s family was among the largest Black landowners in North Carolina’s Orange County, a rectangle of farm country …