To be clear, Roy is not a hard-liner on every issue. He has found common cause with Representative Abigail Spanberger, a moderate Democrat from Virginia with whom he shares a birthday (they shout “Happy birthday” when they walk past each other), to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. And unlike Boebert, […]
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To be clear, Roy is not a hard-liner on every issue. He has found common cause with Representative Abigail Spanberger, a moderate Democrat from Virginia with whom he shares a birthday (they shout “Happy birthday” when they walk past each other), to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. And unlike Boebert, […]
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Of course, Cruz either still somehow doesn’t know, or more likely, willfully ignores basic history to whip up outrage amongst any impressionable followers. Wallace was among the slate of 20th century Democrats who deployed the “Southern strategy”: increasing support among white voters by whipping up racist sentiment against African Americans. Sounds familiar to exactly what […]
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Ted Cruz is best known these days for the constant stream of Cancun jokes that he even inflicts upon himself, but he’s still the master of the self own on other subjects. Recently, he’s stepped in it while attempting to outwit Stephen King and clutching his pearls over Sam Smith. Now, Cruz is wading into […]
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O’Rourke probably got closer than anyone in a similarly unwinnable race so far (looking at you, Jaime Harrison). It’s tempting to use O’Rourke’s poor showing against Abbott last year as more proof of Cruz’s singular distastefulness, but that margin is also an indication that the GOP is getting even better at using voter suppression to […]
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Cruz, McCarthy say Biden bending to ‘radical left’ on debt talks | The Hill Skip to content File – President Joe Biden speaks about the debt limit talks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed […]
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It’s been two years since Ted Cruz abandoned his freezing constituents for a sunny trip to Cancún. It might be the most notable thing he’s has ever done. Any time the Texas senator does anything that might even faintly prompt a Cancún joke, social media takes the bait. Every now and then he makes a […]
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On CNN tonight, Trump spent an hour talking about: – What he did or didn’t do on January 6, 2021 – Whether he will pardon people who harmed police officers – How the 2020 election was rigged – Whether he supports terminating parts of the U.S. Constitution or the whole thing… — Never Back Down […]
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From there, he castigated his colleagues in direct and personal terms. “Four of the nine are natives of New York City,” he noted, claiming the justices were unrepresentative of the nation. “Eight of them grew up in east- and west-coast States. Only one hails from the vast expanse in-between. Not a single Southwesterner or even, […]
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It can be hard to keep up. With each passing day, some new piece of culture-war detritus ends up receiving the full force of the conservative movement’s ire. One week, they’re angry because a cartoon depiction of a candy isn’t sexually desirable enough. The next, they’ve dreamt up some weird “woke” collaboration between Wall Street […]
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Acting FAA head announces planned departure as travel picks up: report | The Hill Skip to content FILE – Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Billy Nolen, testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the implementation of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, […]
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Christie’s theory of the case isn’t entirely uncompelling. In 2016, Trump received the kid glove candidate from his rivals for months—Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Jeb Bush were terrified of alienating Trump’s rabidly loyal base; each worried that pissing off Trump would mean that the real estate mogul would offer the nominee scant support or encourage […]
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Biden nominee to lead FAA withdraws amid GOP criticism | The Hill Skip to content FILE – Phillip Washington, the nominee to become administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Washington, President Joe Biden’s choice to run the […]
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A few months ago, Stephen King pretty much ignored Ted Cruz when the much-maligned senator attempted to outwit him over banned books. That move blew up in Ted’s face, and the same goes for his attempts to tweet about Fight Club and, as a The Princess Bride superfan, rumble with Cary Elwes. Yet Ted, never […]
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Ted Cruz generally doesn’t let the world know whether he’s upset about being dragged, but the Internet might have struck a nerve this week. He’s endured (well deserved) Cancun jokes and a merciless dragging by the star of one of his favorite movies, The Princess Bride. Ted even left his much maligned Fight Club take […]
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Whether one sees Knowles’s distinction or not, the fact is that Republican lawmakers have begun the slow, steady policy march to undermine transgender rights in the United States. In February, Hawley introduced the Protect Our Kids From Child Abuse Act, which would make medical practitioners liable to “any individual who suffers bodily injury or harm […]
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More recently, Houston police responded to a call at Ted Cruz’ address about a young woman with self-inflicted stab wounds. In initial reports, both police and the local media scrupulously avoided saying that wounded girl was Cruz’s teen daughter Caroline; later, the Cruz family issued a statement, “This is a family matter, and thankfully their […]
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McCain, a six-term GOP Senator from Arizona and a longtime tenant of the Russell building, which houses the Armed Services Committee that McCain chaired, remains an icon of public service and bipartisanship in the Senate. “McCain would be great,” said Democratic Senators Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico and Ben Cardin of Maryland, using the […]
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At any rate, primaries are not head-to-head contests. When they start a year from now, Donald Trump will most likely face several rivals, possibly more than a dozen. Trump may enter the race with a diminished standing, but what he currently lacks in ceiling he more than makes up for in floor: A large portion […]
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Ted Cruz has been in the Senate for a long, long time — a decade as of last month. If you were to go by the legislation he introduced last month, which would cap Senate term limits at two, you would think he’d be planning for his next gig. Thing is, he’s not. He’s running […]
Read More“This is about vengeance. This is about spite. This is about politics,” Representative James McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Ultimately, Republicans are not getting “payback,” as that would imply some level of equal give and take. Democrats voted to punish members notorious for inciting violence […]
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