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'I don't know how this party can survive': George Conway says conspiracy theories are tearing apart the GOP

On CNN Tuesday, conservative attorney and Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway said that the Republican Party is mortally threatened by the rise of conspiracy theories within its ranks.

"So this new Congress has been in session for almost a month," said anchor Anderson Cooper. "What does it say that Republicans can't decide if they're the party of Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney, or the party of Donald Trump and QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene?"

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Republicans are sick of the 'loudmouths' 'dead-ending' their party into supporting extremists: Ex-GOP Rep

On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) expressed her confidence that pro-QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will be stripped of her committee assignments — and urged the GOP to go further and expel her from the caucus altogether.

"I don't think it's going to be a tough vote tomorrow," said Comstock. "I think Marjorie Greene will be gone and kicked off her committees, whether it's done by Republicans or Democrats, and I'm confident that Liz Cheney will retain her leadership position. So I wouldn't — the loudmouths that are out there all of the time attacking Liz or attacking others, they don't represent the entire conference, and I think a lot of the conference is sick of these loudmouths intimidating them into this dead-end policy of supporting people like Marjorie Greene."

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Newsmax anchor Bob Sellers walks off after MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell goes off on another conspiracy rant

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was kicked off of Twitter for spreading conspiracy theories about the election. So, he turned to his company Twitter account to spread the conspiracies. So, Twitter shut down that account too.

Newsmax welcomed him on the air and immediately he began spouting the conspiracies that are drawing expensive defamation lawsuits from the Dominion Voting Systems company.

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Nicolle Wallace: Trump’s lawyers are arguing the attack was already planned so he didn’t start it

One of the many arguments from former President Donald Trump's lawyers defending him in his second impeachment trials is that he couldn't possibly have caused the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

At the top of her show Tuesday, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace read the case against Trump released by House Impeachment Managers. In response, Trump and his attorneys filed their response, which Wallace found particularly puzzling.

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'Marjorie Taylor Greene is the David Duke of this day': Democratic congresswoman

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is continuing to draw criticism from Democrats after her slate of conspiracy theories were exposed by CNN and other media outlets.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) explained that of all things, Congress is a "collegial body" above all else.

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Right-wing militants try to storm hospital to protest 'medical kidnapping' of woman who refused COVID-19 test

Right-wing militants activated by Ammon Bundy stormed a Washington state hospital where a woman was quarantined after allegedly refusing a coronavirus test.

Bundy, who led the 2016 occupation at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, claimed a 74-year-old woman was being held at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center after refusing the COVID-19 test, and a group of anti-government activists showed up at the hospital Friday to protest what they called a "medical kidnapping," reported the Seattle Times.

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West Virginia’s Gov. Jim Justice begs for COVID stimulus — despite Joe Manchin’s refusal to support it

In interviews with MSNBC and CNN on Monday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, begged for help for his state as the COVID-19 crisis raged.

West Virginia has been one of the hardest-hit states in the country when it comes to the economic impact of the crisis. The state desperately needs the additional COVID stimulus funds that President Joe Biden is asking Congress to support, but the state's Democratic senator is refusing to agree to it.

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The View's Whoopi Goldberg calls Joe Manchin's attack on Kamala Harris 'bigoted'

The Black co-hosts of "The View" couldn't help but notice that the feud between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Vice President Kamala Harris wasn't a good look for the white leader.

Harris gave an interview with a West Virginia station where she advocated for President Joe Biden's proposed COVID stimulus package directly to the members of Manchin's state. He was furious, saying "I couldn't believe it. No one called me. We're gonna try to find a bipartisan pathway forward. I think we need to. But we need to work together. That's not a way of working together, what was done."

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The View's Meghan McCain promptly schooled after blaming the media for Marjorie Taylor Greene

The women of "The View" began their Monday "hot topics" with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who had more videos come out over the weekend of her saying irrational things and spouting conspiracy theories.

Republican Meghan McCain, whose mother was just censured by the Arizona Republican Party, maintained that the new congresswoman was not representative of the GOP as a whole. Instead, she explained, it's the media who is making Greene into an icon.

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GOP leaders were afraid to challenge Qanon congresswoman before she was even elected -- here's why

MSNBC's Kasie Hunt explained why Republicans never pushed back against conspiracy-mongering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) before she was elected.

The Georgia Republican has been a magnet for controversy since her election, but her support for the right-wing Qanon conspiracy theory and outspoken bigotry were widely known since she ran unopposed in her congressional race -- but Hunt said GOP leadership was afraid to challenge Greene during her campaign.

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Washington snowstorm leads zoo pandas on their own sledding adventure

Amid the horrific world that residents of Washington, D.C. have faced over the past few months, something beautiful has finally happened: the first large winter storm in years has blanketed the city in fluffy, sparkling snow.

Over the first 24 hours of the storm, the city has seen about 5 inches of the winter precipitation and streets are being quickly cleared ahead of the second round of the storm. As the next storm approaches, there is a fear that it will bring ice that will shutdown the city on Monday.

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Arizona governor tells GOP to shut up and stop losing

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey was asked about the censure from his own party last week, but he seemed unfazed.

Speaking to CNN's State of the Union, Ducey played down the recent vote to censure him, Cindy McCain and former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) for saying that President Donald Trump didn't win the election.

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'Out for blood': Black Lives Matter activist warns Pence and Cheney to watch their back for MAGA attacks

A longtime activist in the Black Lives Matter movement is well acquainted with the threats that come from former President Donald Trump's supporters. After refusing to support the Trump cult, former Vice President Mike Pence and Minority Whip Liz Cheney (R-WY) are experiencing such threats for the first time.

Speaking to Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday, WokeAF co-host Danielle Moodie and GOP strategist Shermichael Singleton both explained that people of color have been fighting the war against far-right radicalism for many years and it isn't a light matter.

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