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Trump’s ‘horrible city’ comment on Milwaukee was about ‘policies,’ says NY congresswoman who provoked response

WATERTOWN, Wis. — Republican lawmakers offered differing accounts of former President Donald Trump’s alleged comment Thursday that “Milwaukee is a terrible city,” but the congresswoman who asked the question that prompted the comment told The Washington Post that the context was clear. The internet went crazy on Thursday morning. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News report […]

Why was a black congresswoman not criticized for her racist comment about white men?

It was quite contentious in the House of Representatives last week. Discussions about fake eyelashes, “bleach blonde” hair, and (supposedly) homophobic slurs were part of the heated exchange between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) that received much of the country’s scrutiny and attention. Yet before that chaos ensued, a black Democratic congresswoman […]

Congresswoman with brain disorder uses text-to-voice app to deliver House speech

Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) is utilizing a text-to-voice application in order to speak on the House floor as she navigates a degenerative brain condition she was recently diagnosed with. Wexton was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy which affects her ability to speak, hear, and move. When she testified before Congress on Monday, she used the […]

Bottom Line: Press freedom nonprofit signs former congresswoman to push PRESS Act

media of Freedom of the Press Foundation hired Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz Lobbying for passage of the Protecting Reporters from Exploitative State Espionage (PRESS) Act. The Press Act, which has bipartisan, bicameral support, prohibits the federal government from forcing journalists or wire services to disclose information sources or records that journalists obtain or […]

Democrat congresswoman suggests black people be exempt from paying taxes

Democratic lawmakers have called for black Americans to be exempted from paying taxes as part of reparations, but the plan may not work because many poor blacks “don’t actually pay taxes in the first place.” acknowledged. When Jasmine Crockett, a freshman lawmaker from Texas, heard a celebrity (she couldn’t remember who) propose exempting black people […]

DOJ Criminal Probe of ‘Squad’ Congresswoman Cori Bush Echoes Prior FEC Investigation

The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) over allegations of misuse of private security funds is similar to an earlier Federal Election Commission investigation. according to punch bowl newswho first report According to the story, the Justice Department subpoenaed the House Sergeant-at-Arms for records related to President Bush’s improper spending of taxpayer […]