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Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced Friday that she’s launching an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin of New ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Apr 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM PDT
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Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, dropped a bomb on the Trump administration when he published on March 24, 2025, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” Source:...
by KirkLC
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on Wed Mar 26, 2025 at 09:51 AM PDT
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They do this often. They will make a statement they think is a “gotcha” then get very angry when you correct them.
by babylonbros
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on Tue Feb 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM PST
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Congressman Tim Burchett, Republican of Tennessee, shared with Fox News on Monday his outrage over the release of the long-awaited Matt Gaetz investigative report from the House Ethics Committee. “I think it’s vindictive in nature,” Burchett said. “I...
by Oliver Willis
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on Mon Dec 23, 2024 at 05:00 PM PST
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I predicted in another article that Trump would try to skip appointees' background checks and/or use a private company to do the vetting. Seems I was right. In 1947, President Truman started the tradition of background checks by ordering it done for...
by Bill Addis
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on Fri Nov 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM PST
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Florida police have been showing up on citizen’s doorsteps to “investigate” signatures that appear on petitions for Florida’s Amendment 4, a proposal that would overturn the state’s abortion ban. The officer’s visit appears to be part of a broad — and...
by Olds88
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on Sat Sep 07, 2024 at 12:37 PM PDT
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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has raised a multitude of questions for authorities, namely “how” and “why?” Yesterday, July 24th, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress to answer a multitude of questions posed by members...
by Sinai
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on Thu Jul 25, 2024 at 01:56 PM PDT
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By Jasper Scherer , The Texas ...
by Texas Tribune
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on Fri Jun 28, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida—House chaos agent and primary attention seeker— asserted Monday that there are new “frivolous investigations” against him and that the Ethics Committee had already ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Jun 18, 2024 at 11:30 AM PDT
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For nearly a year, Head of the House Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer has used the power of his position to produce an evidence-free investigation into what he has called the “Biden family ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Jun 10, 2024 at 12:30 PM PDT
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While Trump is on trial for falsifying business records to conceal election fraud, more allegations of similar crimes have surfaced. Citizens for Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a complaint with the FEC demanding an investigation of the coverup....
by voidstuff
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on Sat May 11, 2024 at 08:46 PM PDT
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Republican Rep. Tim Burchett spoke with CNN’s Boris Sanchez on Wednesday in an attempt to defend�the House GOP’s bogus “investigations” into President Joe Biden and his family. Unfortunately ...
by Walter Einenkel
119 comments
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference�on Friday and used his time to attack his enemies—most of whom are fellow Republicans . After criticizing�President Biden’s ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 02:30 PM PST
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Rep. Jim Jordan spoke briefly to the press on Wednesday and tried his mightiest to pretend it’s no big deal that an FBI informant has been ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 08:30 AM PST
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On Wednesday, ABC News reported on texts House ethics probe investigators had discovered between Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and an unnamed woman. Those texts purported to show the Florida congressman propositioning the woman to come on a three-day...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 10:02 AM PST
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The Republican Party’s evidence-less investigation of Hunter Biden’s business affairs continues to reveal … nothing new or criminal on the part of President Joe Biden. Rep. Andy Biggs is on the Republican Hunter Biden fishing expedition committee,...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Feb 06, 2024 at 11:16 AM PST
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An ethics complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog group, is calling for a federal investigation into Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee. The complaint asks that Ogles be investigated for the more than “$1 million of...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 01:13 PM PST
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer went on CNN last Friday and gave a sad defense of his tax-dollar-wasting impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden. Host Jake Tapper’s willingness to ask about the glaring holes in Comer’s...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 11:20 AM PST
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Rep. James Comer put a considerable amount of product in his hair Monday before recording a video claiming to have new smoking-gun evidence of President Joe Biden’s corruption. Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, dramatically announced...
by Walter Einenkel
178 comments
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 12:44 PM PST
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Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo continues to tilt at Biden corruption windmills. On Tuesday, she had Republican Lisa McClain of Michigan on her show to dish the dirt on the Biden crime family! McClain is all-in on trying to prove President Joe Biden is...
by Walter Einenkel
92 comments
on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 08:56 AM PST
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