Marjorie Taylor Greene

Ron DeSantis' Ukraine remarks 'landed like a thud' among Hill Republicans: reporter

Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman told MSNBC on Wednesday that what Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said about Russia's invasion of Ukraine hasn't gone over well among Republicans on Capitol Hill.

DeSantis, who is assumed to be readying to announce his run for president in 2024, dipped his toe into foreign policy only to have it bitten off by retired generals and other military experts along with Capitol Hill Republicans.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's claim that cartel planted bomb at border is false, 'high-level' source tells Fox

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday morning posted a photo on social media of what appears to be an explosive device found at the border that she alleges was planted by the cartel. But the object was actually filled with dirt, according to a Customs and Border Protection source who spoke to a Fox News journalist.
The far-right Republican congresswoman from Georgia called for military action against the cartels before her claims were deemed false by a Fox News journalist.
“Explosive found by Border Patrol Agents Jan 17th.Agents have surveillance of who brought it in and when and confirmed it was the Cartel,” Greene tweeted.

“This changes everything.”

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Idaho GOP lawmaker called out for associating herself with 'extremists'

According to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Idaho state Sen. Tammy Nichols has been "associating publicly" with "several extremists" in recent weeks.

The SPLC cites examples such as a recent Twitter post showing Nichols standing alongside conservative comedian Alex Stein, who went viral for a video he shared showing him shouting at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and referring to her as a his "favorite big-booty Latina."

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From Marjorie Taylor Greene to Ro Khanna: Several members of Congress could personally profit from Biden-backed fossil fuel drilling project in Alaska

ConocoPhillips is the big corporate winner after the Biden administration this week approved the massive Willow oil and gas project.

The project will open massive amounts of public land in Alaska’s North Slope to new drilling by the Houston-based petroleum company.

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Georgia grand jurors heard another phone call of Trump trying to pressure state official: report

Former President Donald Trump tried to convince Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the nearly 12,000 votes he would need to overtake President Joe Biden.

And as it turns out, that was far from the only call Trump made to officials in Georgia in a desperate attempt to remain in power.

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The View cracks up at Trump lawyer's defense in hush money scheme

"The View" panelists cracked up at the defense offered by Donald Trump's attorney in the alleged hush-money payoff scheme involving Stormy Daniels.

Manhattan prosecutors appear to be closing in on the former president's payment to the porn actress ahead of the 2016 election, but defense attorney Joe Tacopina insisted the money was completely unrelated to his presidential campaign and was instead made to protect his wife from rumors of his affair.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene blurts out potentially classified info: 'I'm not going to be confidential'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) exposed what one border patrol official said could be classified information about explosives found near the U.S. border.

At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Texas, Greene asked U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz about the alleged incident.

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'Seditionist square': Trump allies gobbling up properties two blocks from the US Capitol

The Washington Post is reporting that allies of former President Donald Trump have been gobbling up residential properties in a Washington D.C. neighborhood located just two blocks from the United States Capitol building.

According to the Post, the Conservative Partnership Institute, an organization led by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, recently went on a $41 million property buying spree that left it in possession of "four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley."

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'Definitely stupid': GOP lawmakers at war with each other over defending Jan. 6 rioters

Attempts by some Republican lawmakers to dismiss the actions of supporters of Donald Trump after they stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 are causing a rift within the GOP, leading some lawmakers to call out their colleagues to the press.

Led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) -- with the controversial Greene and Comer planning to visit some of the accused rioters in jail as they await their trial dates -- the Guardian is reporting that some GOP lawmakers are worried that the defenders of accused rioters will continue to haunt the party.

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How the 'whacked out' Colorado GOP is doing everything it can to alienate the center

Colorado was once a red state, but in 2023, it has two Democratic U.S. senators (Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper) and a Democratic governor (Jared Polis). The last Republican to carry Colorado in a presidential election was George W. Bush in 2004.

In a scathing article published by The Bulwark on March 13, Never Trump conservative and former Republican strategist Tim Miller analyzes the condition of the Colorado GOP. And he argues that instead of reaching out to the center, Colorado Republicans are marginalizing themselves by moving more and more to the extreme right.

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GOP lawmaker changes subject to her house being spray-painted by vandals when asked about Jan. 6 videos

During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) refused to condemn plans made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to visit with accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists who are currently being held in jail and then, moments later, complained that law enforcement officials have failed to apprehend whoever it was that vandalized her home.

Speaking with fill-in host Kaitlan Collins, Mace asserted that visiting with accused rioters who stormed the nation's Capitol is a matter of "civil rights" before the CNN host asked about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) handing over to Fox News tens of thousands of hours of Capitol footage on the day supporters of Donald Trump sent lawmakers fleeing for their lives.

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'A question of honesty': Fox News host asks Kevin McCarthy about giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 tapes

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggested that Fox News host Tucker Carlson proved there is a two-tier system of justice in the United States that discriminates against conservatives by airing deceptive coverage of the Jan. 6 attacks.

During an interview on Fox News, Bartiromo noted that McCarthy "gave" over 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to Carlson. She said the coverage was "a question of honesty."

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'A total and complete phony': Steve Bannon slams Elon Musk

Steve Bannon offered a blistering opinion of Elon Musk describing the billionaire businessman as a “complete phony” who is bound to the restraints of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Bannon's remarks came on Friday, March 10 during Tim Pool’s podcast where he was asked about the Twitter CEO's tweet suggesting he'd be “open to the idea” of a Silicon Valley Bank acquisition. The tweet came as the bank made history by suffering from the second-largest financial institution failure in American history.

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