Comment on Iowa House debates whether proposed constitutional amendment could derail future gun laws

Traitor Trump's notorious MAGA spokesman Steve Bannon failed at his attempt to overturn his four-month prison sentence. Bannon's conviction was upheld by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. BREAKING: Steve BANNON's conviction for defying the Jan. 6 committee has been upheld by a unanimous three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

Joyce Vance: “The jury doesn’t have to believe Stormy Daniels to convict Donald Trump. Even if her story was just that—a made up story, as the defense claims—the crime happened when Trump paid her off and concealed the payments with false business records. But Daniels came off as believable. At one point, under pressure from Necheles to concede she’d never had sex with Trump, Daniels fired back that if she was going to tell a story that wasn’t true, she ‘would’ve written it to be a lot better.'” “Trump’s lawyers staked their case on Stormy Daniels’ story being a lie.

Former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is endorsing Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz’s primary challenger, former naval pilot Aaron Dimmock. “Gaetz is the Hunter Biden of the Republican Party,” McCarthy said in an interview with Politico. “He’s got an opponent who is pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, trained at Pensacola, went to the Naval Academy, and flew jets to defend us while Gaetz was getting kicked out of high school, buying coke, and paying minors for sex.” McCarthy is alluding to the ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation into Gaetz, after reports alleged he was involved in illegal and somewhat salacious activities with his former associate Joel Greenberg.

by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Arizona Mirror May 6, 2024 A Glendale Republican lawmaker is no longer allowed to access legislative broadcast equipment after the Arizona Mirror reported on May 3 that he used the Senate’s broadcast studio to appear on a far-right talk show last week with a host who has declared Adolf Hitler a “hero.” On May 1, Sen.

Washington Post: “While the threat to oust Johnson was put to rest after 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voted to stop Greene’s effort, many House Republicans left the Capitol on Wednesday evening quipping that the menacing move was only over for now. They do not believe Greene and other agitators are going to ‘move on’ as Johnson hopes.” “What sows that doubt among most House Republicans is that their conference is fundamentally broken.

“After pleading guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, the globe-trotting political consultant and former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge five years ago that he was nearly 70 years old, struggling with health concerns and remorseful for his actions,” the Washington Post reports. “The judge rejected his entreaties in the spring of 2019, ordering Manafort to remain behind bars for more than seven years.