Today's Top Stories:
Mark Meadows Jan. 5 email indicated National Guard on standby to "protect pro Trump people," investigators say
The context for the message is unclear, but it comes amid intensifying scrutiny of the Guard’s slow response to the MAGA insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jen Psaki torches Lindsey Graham with brilliant clapback
Republicans trying to move the goal posts to score cheap points were thoroughly taken to task by Biden's White House press secretary.
Republicans' secret plot to rig election FINALLY exposed
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.
Chris Wallace ditches Fox News for CNN+
The right-wing news outlet issued a terse statement, noting, "The legacy of FOX News Sunday will continue with our star journalists, many of whom will rotate in the position until a permanent host is named."
GOP senator says he was elected fair and square in 2020 but won't admit Biden was
In today's Republican Party, narratives matter. Facts clearly do not.
Extreme storms, December tornadoes will be "new normal," FEMA head warns
"The effects that we’re seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said.
Chris Christie dings Trump again, says events leading up to the Capitol riot were "driven from the top" by "C-team players"
To be fair, the disgraced ex-president has no A- or B-team players to begin with.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, and Lauren Boebert's extremism costing them support from their voters
United Rural Democrats: New extremists in Congress are taking their districts for granted while delivering nothing for them. United Rural Democrats are organizing on the ground to shock Republicans by winning back Middle America. But they need your help!
Hillary Clinton predicts Trump will run for president in 2024, says a win by him "could be the end of our democracy"
She's not wrong.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton refused to confirm US attorney nominees in Democratic states until Sen. Dick Durbin apologized for interrupting him nine months ago
The world's supposed "greatest deliberative body" is being held hostage by adult Republicans behaving like petulant children.
Dems hustle for year-end deal as child tax credit cliff looms
Months of grueling negotiations and a wall of Republican obstruction have forced Democrats right up against the Dec. 31 deadline that could blot out one of their biggest political wins this year.
New Zealand man vaccinated up to 10 times in ONE day
Authorities believe the man received as many as 10 COVID-19 vaccinations on the same day on behalf of other people trying to cheat the system.
Seriously?
Yes. Seriously.
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