A majority of states have already legalized cannabis to some degree, and only some 10 percent of Americans believe it should remain prohibited in every form. Yet some Republicans have continued to oppose a decades-long effort to remove the drug from the federal list of Schedule I drugs — those considered to have “a high potential for abuse” and “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” And lately, we’ve started to see exactly which voters support this intransigence: religious “trad life” influencers.
Last August, the Department of...
Last August, the Department of...
- 2/8/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
House Republicans opposing sweeping reforms to the nation’s immigration law tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of border security.
Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.” The vote was 214-216.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on going forward with the vote despite...
Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.” The vote was 214-216.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on going forward with the vote despite...
- 2/6/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is furiously attempting to sink a bipartisan border and immigration package that the Senate unveiled on Sunday — so much so that he’s outright lying about having endorsed the bill’s author, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.).
During an interview on Monday with right-wing radio host Dan Bongino, the former president claimed that he had never endorsed Lankford, one of the chief architects and advocates for the legislation. “Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Senator Lankford, I didn’t do it,” Trump said. “He ran and I didn’t endorse him.
During an interview on Monday with right-wing radio host Dan Bongino, the former president claimed that he had never endorsed Lankford, one of the chief architects and advocates for the legislation. “Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Senator Lankford, I didn’t do it,” Trump said. “He ran and I didn’t endorse him.
- 2/5/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate has finally released its long-discussed, much-debated, bipartisan border package. Despite their demands for many of the increased security measures the bill would provide, House Republicans are setting aside their self-proclaimed commitment to border reform in favor of blocking a potential PR victory for the Biden administration.
Only hours after the 370-page document was released, House Republican leadership was already shutting the doors on its prospects in the lower chamber.
“I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending...
Only hours after the 370-page document was released, House Republican leadership was already shutting the doors on its prospects in the lower chamber.
“I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending...
- 2/5/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Ever the optimist, Jimmy Fallon tried to make Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell feel better after a recent Morning Consult poll revealed he is the least popular senator in the country, carrying an approval rating of just 28%.
In the Friday night bit, the “Tonight Show” host on NBC pulled together several fake quotes from other U.S. senators offering “words of encouragement” for McConnell — but really they just served to insult a handful of senators instead of just one.
Fallon’s writing team had each senator let McConnell know it could always be worse, revealing their own issues with feedback from their constituents. Be sure to check out the video above, as many of the hilarious digs are based on the politicians’ looks.
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First up, Sen. James Lankford...
In the Friday night bit, the “Tonight Show” host on NBC pulled together several fake quotes from other U.S. senators offering “words of encouragement” for McConnell — but really they just served to insult a handful of senators instead of just one.
Fallon’s writing team had each senator let McConnell know it could always be worse, revealing their own issues with feedback from their constituents. Be sure to check out the video above, as many of the hilarious digs are based on the politicians’ looks.
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Jimmy Fallon Jokes That Biden’s Easter Bunny Will Be ‘Different Than the Bunnies the Last President Hung Out With’
First up, Sen. James Lankford...
- 4/22/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
Even by the standards of the Maga fever-swamps, pastor Jackson Lahmeyer’s social media posts are extreme. A sampling of his outré takes:
“Alex Jones did nothing wrong”
“Fauci is a mass-murdering Luciferian”
“Speaker Pelosi is a Demon!”
“Jan 6 = FBI Inside Job”
“Bring out the tanks. Immigration Moratorium”
Yet far from making him politically radioactive, the Oklahoma church leader’s trollier-than-thou persona helps explain his rapid ascent in the orbit of Donald Trump.
Lahmeyer leads the newly created Pastors For Trump, a 50-state organization that aims to revive evangelical support for the disgraced,...
“Alex Jones did nothing wrong”
“Fauci is a mass-murdering Luciferian”
“Speaker Pelosi is a Demon!”
“Jan 6 = FBI Inside Job”
“Bring out the tanks. Immigration Moratorium”
Yet far from making him politically radioactive, the Oklahoma church leader’s trollier-than-thou persona helps explain his rapid ascent in the orbit of Donald Trump.
Lahmeyer leads the newly created Pastors For Trump, a 50-state organization that aims to revive evangelical support for the disgraced,...
- 12/27/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate passed legislation to extend health and disability benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of military engagement.
The 86-11 vote came after Republicans blocked the legislation last week, with a number of the lawmakers having previously supported it when it came before the Senate in June.
Jon Stewart, a longtime advocate for the veterans, blasted the opposition, speaking at rallies on Capitol Hill multiple times over the past week and making a series of media appearances on network Sunday shows, Fox News and Newsmax. Stewart was in the chamber for the Senate vote, and hugged veterans after it passed.
The bill, the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (or the Pact Act), is designed to address the inability of veterans to access healthcare as they reported a range of illnesses. It now goes to President Joe Biden for signing.
The 86-11 vote came after Republicans blocked the legislation last week, with a number of the lawmakers having previously supported it when it came before the Senate in June.
Jon Stewart, a longtime advocate for the veterans, blasted the opposition, speaking at rallies on Capitol Hill multiple times over the past week and making a series of media appearances on network Sunday shows, Fox News and Newsmax. Stewart was in the chamber for the Senate vote, and hugged veterans after it passed.
The bill, the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (or the Pact Act), is designed to address the inability of veterans to access healthcare as they reported a range of illnesses. It now goes to President Joe Biden for signing.
- 8/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. The law would have protected the ability to travel from states where abortion is banned to states where it remains legal to receive care. Senate Republicans, led by James Lankford of Oklahoma, have already blocked the measure, characterizing it a solution in need of a problem. “No state has banned interstate travel for adult women seeking to obtain an abortion,” Lankford said. “This seems to be just trying to inflame, to raise the what-ifs.”
Democrats on the ground in Texas,...
Democrats on the ground in Texas,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
It didn’t take long after the Maga-hat-wearing, Confederate-flag toting rioters were shooed out of the Senate Chamber for their suit-wearing counterparts with congressional pins to take their place and resume the conspiracy-fueled push to overthrow American democracy.
When Congress reconvened a little after 8 p.m., eight Republican senators held strong in the siege on democracy. Same goes for nearly 140 Republican members of the House of Representatives. They were justified, they said. It was in the Constitution. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), one of the ring leaders of the effort, stared...
When Congress reconvened a little after 8 p.m., eight Republican senators held strong in the siege on democracy. Same goes for nearly 140 Republican members of the House of Representatives. They were justified, they said. It was in the Constitution. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), one of the ring leaders of the effort, stared...
- 1/7/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
As D.C. police worked to clear a pro-Trump mob that had stormed Capitol Hill as Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election, President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation from Wilmington, Delaware. “At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” Biden said. “An assault on the citadel of liberty: the Capitol itself. An assault on the people’s representatives and the Capitol Hill police sworn to protect them and on public servants that work at the heart of our republic. An...
- 1/6/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
A number of Republican congressional elected officials announced their intent to vote against certifying the results of the Electoral College on January 6th. While this will not change the results of the election, it will lengthen the process of certifying them.
The group of Republicans who released a joint statement Saturday includes Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.
The group of Republicans who released a joint statement Saturday includes Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.
- 1/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The vulnerabilities of the United States’ election system are highlighted in the unnerving new trailer for the documentary, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections, debuting March 26th on HBO.
The clip starts by taking on one of the major misconceptions about American voting machines — that concerns about hacking are unwarranted because voting machines don’t connect to the internet. In fact, many machines do connect to the internet — very easily — and hacking them is really just one of several ways outside actors can tamper with the election process,...
The clip starts by taking on one of the major misconceptions about American voting machines — that concerns about hacking are unwarranted because voting machines don’t connect to the internet. In fact, many machines do connect to the internet — very easily — and hacking them is really just one of several ways outside actors can tamper with the election process,...
- 3/5/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“Shifty Adam Schiff is a Corrupt Politician, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday.
When asked by Meet the Press host Chuck Todd if he took the tweet from the president as a threat, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House intelligence committee chairman and lead impeachment manager said, “I think it is intended to be.”
Exclusive: @RepAdamSchiff: "Look at the president's tweets about me today saying I should pay a price.
When asked by Meet the Press host Chuck Todd if he took the tweet from the president as a threat, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House intelligence committee chairman and lead impeachment manager said, “I think it is intended to be.”
Exclusive: @RepAdamSchiff: "Look at the president's tweets about me today saying I should pay a price.
- 1/27/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Democracy has seen better days than November 6th, 2018. Though dozens of diverse new leaders were elected to Congress, several states were plagued by dysfunctional voting systems, effectively disenfranchising countless Americans. This was largely the result of voter suppression measures enabled by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that ravaged the Voting Rights Act, allowing states to change their election laws without federal approval. “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the decision, “and while any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it...
- 11/21/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Brian Kilmeade is not having any of Roy Moore’s denials. The longtime co-host of “Fox & Friends” sounded off against the embattled Alabama Senate candidate on his radio show Friday, telling Sen. James Lankford (R-ok) that he was disgusted by Moore’s behavior and that if it was his daughter, it would get ugly. “It’s not he said/she said. She’s in high school. She got a call in her trigonometry class to go to the general office at which time 30 year-old Roy Moore was on the other line asking her out for a date,” said Kilmeade. “That is obscene and I.
- 11/17/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
From Capitol Hill to Donald Trump’s Twitter feed, cyber-security is all the buzz this week, thanks to WikiLeaks, a self-described non-profit media organization that publishes leaked documents, news and classified information from anonymous sources. The man behind Wikileaks is Julian Assange and, although he’s been under fierce fire from American political leaders in the recent past, a few are warming up to him — starting with President-elect Trump, who once went so far as to say Assange should face “the death penalty or something” for his crimes.
Who is Julian Assange?
Assange is the Australian leader (and alleged founder) of WikiLeaks.
Who is Julian Assange?
Assange is the Australian leader (and alleged founder) of WikiLeaks.
- 1/5/2017
- by dianapearltimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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