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Greene blasted for 'parroting Kremlin talking points' after Biden visits Kyiv

President Joe Biden‘s covert trip to Ukraine, months in the making yet kept totally out of the press until he entered Kyiv Monday morning, has generated glowing headlines across the nation and around the world, and it’s making Donald Trump’s MAGA defenders, like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, go ballistic.

“Biden took a *10-hour* train ride from Poland to Kyiv as US fighter jets circled the Poland/Ukraine border,” MSNBC’s Ali Velshi tweeted Monday evening, “making him the 1st sitting president to enter a war zone with no active US military presence.”

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Bill Maher explains why incivility during SOTU addresses is 'the canary in the coal mine' for US democracy

Political comedian Bill Maher of "Real Time" on HBO, has been warning that U.S. democracy is in a state of crisis thanks to the MAGA movement and far-right Republicans who refuse to accept democratic election results they don't like. As Maher sees it, the type of authoritarian mindset one sees in figures like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan can also be found in MAGA Republicans who refuse to accept Joe Biden as a legitimately elected president.

Maher has been arguing that the U.S. dodged a major bullet when Republican Kari Lake (who lost to Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs) and many other like-minded election denialists were defeated in the 2022 midterms. But he also believes that U.S. democracy is far from out of the woods. During a commentary aired on Friday, February 17, Maher pointed to incivility during presidential State of the Union addresses as symptomatic of the threats that democracy is facing in the U.S.

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‘Civil war’ trends after Marjorie Taylor Greene tweets asks for national ‘divorce’

The Twitter hashtag “Civil War” was trending on Monday as people reacted to a tweet from Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. In the tweet posted to her personal page, Greene took President’s Day to call for a “national divorce” amongst red and blue states, citing irreconcilable differences. “We need a national divorce,” she wrote. “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”...

Republican lawmakers bash Biden's trip to Ukraine

Republicans Monday trashed President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine, claiming the visit to support Kyiv is an “insult” to Americans. Dumping the tradition of politics ending at the water’s edge, right-wing lawmakers said Biden was wasting American taxpayers’ money defending Ukraine against the Russian invasion. “The President of the United States chose Ukraine over America, while forcing the American people to pay for Ukraine’s government and war,” tweeted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. “I can not express how much Americans hate Joe Biden.” Greene also accused Ukraine Preisdent Volodymyr Zele...

Nikki Haley and Bernie Sanders clash over age competency test idea

Senator Bernie Sanders and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley are already going back and forth about Haley's suggestion that politicians age 75 and older should take mental competency tests.

In an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation" this weekend, Sanders said the idea is just another way to express hate.

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Liz Cheney smacks down Marjorie Taylor Greene for advocating secession

On Monday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took to Twitter to argue for secession of Republican-controlled states from the United States, an idea she euphemistically termed a "national divorce" — something a number of Southern states famously attempted in 1861 over the question of slavery, leading to the Civil War.

"We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government," wrote Greene. "Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done."

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'Incredibly insulting': Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Biden's Ukraine visit

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed President Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine Monday, on the eve of the anniversary of Russia's invasion, as “incredibly insulting."

“Today on our President’s Day, Joe Biden, the President of the United States chose Ukraine over America, while forcing the American people to pay for Ukraine’s government and war,” Greene tweeted. “I cannot express how much Americans hate Joe Biden.”

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'National divorce': Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to 'separate red states from blue states'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thinks "wokeness" is so out of control that red states and blue states need to "separate."

In a Twitter post Monday, the right-wing member of Congress said, "We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene fears GOP base believes too many 'liars and grifters'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Sunday lamented that too many people within the Republican base have fallen prey to "liars and grifters."

In a cryptic tweet, Greene teased that there was news breaking tomorrow that could disprove the claims of unnamed right-wing operatives who had apparently been misleading conservative voters.

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MTG says US should be 'bombing Mexican cartels' and 'Antifa BLM rioters' instead of 'aiding' Ukraine

Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green appeared on former President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, Triggered, this week to discuss top priorities for the House GOP, insisting her Democratic congressional colleagues allocate funds towards "bombing Mexican cartels" instead of providing aid to Ukraine, Mediate reports.

The Post Millennial first shared a video of Greene and Trump's conversation via Twitter, in which Greene states her belief that the Democrats are at fault for all federal debt.

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Majority of Republicans support Christian nationalism – less than three in ten Americans overall do: report

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) last summer proudly proclaimed, "I am a Christian and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists." Now a new study shows the majority of Republicans agree with her extremist view – while less than three in ten Americans overall support that belief.

The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), "a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and public policy," and the Brookings Institution surveyed over 6000 Americans, asking them their thoughts on these five critical statements:

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Texas man arrested for menacing diners with gun — after holding pistol to cat's head during court hearing

A man from a suburban community near Waco, Texas is in jail and faces a psychological evaluation after pointing a gun at patrons of a popular local restaurant where he used to work, reported KWTX on Wednesday.

"Bryan Bruce, 41, who has a history of mental health issues, is scheduled for a psychological evaluation Wednesday morning after his arrest Tuesday on a Class A misdemeanor deadly conduct charge," reported Tommy Witherspoon. "[The] arrest document allege[s] Bruce sat down on a lobby bench at George’s Restaurant and Bar No. 2, 1201 Hewitt Drive, on Jan. 31, pulled a pistol and pointed it at several customers."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at 'Bush in heels' Nikki Haley after 2024 announcement

It didn't take long for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to act as surrogate hit woman for former President Donald Trump and attack newly announced presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

In a tweet Greene, stated "Nikki Haley is just another George (or Jeb!) Bush," she continued. "If we wanted a 'Bush in heels,' Republicans would vote for Liz Cheney."

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