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Will Republican's stimulus vote count after he skipped Congress to attend 'white nationalist' convention?
February 26, 2021
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) played hooky from Congress on Friday to speak at a conference organized by white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
ABC News reporter Will Steakin reported Fuentes announced Gosar would be giving the keynote address at his AFPAC conference.
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5e6d58ad9ba113c965bc3a6471a3d850" id="41645"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365477831271198720"><div style="margin:1em 0">Far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes announces that AZ Congressman @RepGosar is giving the keynote address for… https://t.co/AYZpA47Mb2</div> — Will Steakin (@Will Steakin)<a href="https://twitter.com/wsteaks/statuses/1365477831271198720">1614390258.0</a></blockquote></div><p>As <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1365509861006602241" target="_blank">Congress voted 217-205</a> to advance Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, Gosar was on the stage in Florida. Gosar had designated Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-AZ) to cast his proxy vote, CSPAN's Craig Caplan reported.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f7fc2ad9b674dbae9dbece3d189769b7" id="f78a5"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365512062978453513"><div style="margin:1em 0">@StevenTDennis Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) authorized Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) to vote by proxy for him in the House t… https://t.co/tCtxnnmegs</div> — Craig Caplan (@Craig Caplan)<a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/statuses/1365512062978453513">1614398420.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Conservative author Bill Kristol explained why he did not think Gosar's vote should count after he cited a "public health emergency" for his absence. </p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a04c0f2b43608719642ec51319eaf836" id="39658"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365511146694926336"><div style="margin:1em 0">On the vote on final passage, @RepHerrell should refuse to cast a vote for @RepGosar, who's speaking at the white n… https://t.co/Xk1YA1Wrao</div> — Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol)<a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/statuses/1365511146694926336">1614398201.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p>
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Sitting… https://t.co/tPU36m445h</div> — Will Steakin (@Will Steakin)<a href="https://twitter.com/wsteaks/statuses/1365519244612501504">1614400132.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Why winter weather is no match for rats in America's 'rattiest city'
February 26, 2021
CHICAGO – Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that. Pest control experts told the Tribune a few more rats than normal might die this winter, but this spring we’ll still have a full crop of rattus norvegicus. After all, rats can survive a decade of bombardment by atomic bombs on Pacific atolls. What chance does a few extra inches of snow have? “Rats can survive in tough environments. They’re tough. They’ll burrow underneath the snow as deep as they can and they can survive thi...
Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly lashed out at two of her former competitors during a Friday night appearance on HBO's "Real Time."
Host Bill Maher asked about her about the direction of her former network.
<p>"There are personalities there that went hard right during the Trump administration," Kelly said. "Like, Maria Bartiromo sounded very different than when I was there. Lou Dobbs kind of sounded the same as he always did."</p><p>"But when I look at him, I don't think he's any more committed to his hard-right partisanship than Don Lemon is committed to his hard-left partisanship. The cable networks are doing that now, they're leaning into the far-right and the far-left."</p><p>The host pushed back on her comparison.</p><p>"Okay, I agree there's crazy on both sides, but that's a false equivalency, don't you think? Because what Lou Dobbs believes is that the election was stolen. I mean, I don't agree with Don Lemon on everything, but he's not living in an alternative reality," Maher noted.</p><p>"Well, I don't know about that," Kelly replied.</p><p>"But look at Rachel Maddow and Russiagate," Kelly said, using the framing Trump pushed while pretending it was a hoax.</p><p>"She went totally down the rabbit hole and was embarrassed by that," Kelly argued. "Lou Dobbs, same thing on the crazy election claims."</p><p>"So there's plenty of blame to go around," she argued.</p><p>Watch:</p>
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