Lauren Boebert's teenage son, who is facing charges after being arrested for theft, told a judge that he was struggling to afford a lawyer and may apply for a public defender, according to Westword. read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to adamantly refuse to take up any legislation renewing defense funding for Ukraine as the Russian military runs roughshod over its people. Instead, he's going to hold a vote next week to stop refrigerators from using less electricity. According to congressional reporter Jamie Dupree, House Republicans have scheduled votes on a series of protest bills to roll back newly-proposed energy standards for various home appliances, including: the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, the Liberty in Laundry Act, the Clothes Dryers Reliability Act, the Refrigerator Freedom Act, the Affordable Air Conditioning Act, and the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards (SUDS) Act.
Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base." That acknowledgment from Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was echoed a few days later by Michael Turner, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee. "To the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as an authoritarian versus democracy battle." It has been two months since the Senate passed, by 70-29 (including 22 Republicans), a $95 billion foreign aid bill that included $60 billion for Ukraine. The Republican-controlled House, by contrast, has been paralyzed. This week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned Ukraine will lose the war if the aid is not approved. The Republican Party is now poised to let a brave, democratic ally be defeated by the power the last GOP presidential nominee, save one, called "without question, our No. 1 geopolitical foe. read more
When the questionably leveraged company that rescued Donald Trump with a last-minute $175 million court bond insured itself with its own parent company, it raised concerns about how the company was playing with its finances. read more
Republicans are struggling to control their guns in Colorado's State Capitol. "Beyond philosophical objections, they cannot actually seem to keep control of their guns," according to Colorado journalist Kyle Clark's tweet. read more
What is -------------- smoking?