'Never so scared': Furious pastor berates cops after witnessing tasing of MTG constituent

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s chaotic town hall earlier this month stunned constituents who witnessed two men tasered by local police, according to emails obtained by Raw Story.

The Acworth Police Department arrested three attendees at the Georgia Republican congresswoman’s town hall at the Acworth Community Center on April 15, prompting emails to the Chief of Police Mark Cheatham, which Raw Story obtained through a Georgia Open Records Act request.

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'This is our shot': Dems believe MTG's new job gives 'golden opportunity' to destroy GOP

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s path back to power runs through Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her made-for-TV Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) oversight subcommittee — or so Democrats increasingly hope.

To many on the left, MTG is the right’s slightly disjointed answer to AOC, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). They believe the two women represent the future of their parties.

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'Thin ice': How Trump's new pro-natalist stance threatens reproductive care

As the Trump administration considers ways to encourage Americans to have more children — from a $5,000 “baby bonus” to a “National Medal of Motherhood” — both anti-abortion and abortion-rights clinics face uncertainty about how such policies might affect their federal funding.

For groups like Planned Parenthood, which provide abortions, contraceptives, sexually transmitted infection testing and other health services, the outlook appears bleak. Clinics have started shuttering following a freeze of tens of millions of dollars in federal funds.

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'Clearly dangerous' Army reservist remains ready to deploy despite white nationalism probe

A former North Carolina National Guard member remains in reserve status — part of a pool of soldiers on standby for deployment — more than 18 months after the Army initiated an investigation into his extremist activities, Raw Story has learned.

The Army Human Resources Command opened an investigation on Christopher Woodall in September 2023 after Raw Story confirmed that while serving in the National Guard, he organized a “white nationalist” paramilitary group that held at least one weekend training in rural North Carolina. The report also revealed that Woodall used a Telegram channel to recruit for the group while claiming his experience included “running a state for the KKK”, or Ku Klux Klan, and demonstrating with the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group.

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'They can't hide': Democrats team up as they see weak spot — and GOP leaders laugh it off

WASHINGTON — Democrats are on offense, but Republicans are laughing. For now, at least.

Thursday the Democratic Party’s hosting a town hall in the North Carolina district of the GOP leader who coached rank-and-file Republicans to avoid town halls. But Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) — the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (or NRCC) — says he’s unfazed.

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Revealed: Far-right pressuring Johnson to join Trump in new attack

WASHINGTON — Dismantling the federal government won’t be complete without upending the judicial branch — or so many conservatives argue, which is why rank-and-file Republicans are pressuring party leaders to fall in line and join White House efforts to purge the nation’s judiciary.

Before Congress left town for its two-week Easter recess, Speaker Mike Johnson tried to placate his right flank by ushering a bill restricting national injunctions through the House. Party leaders have also promised hearings.

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'Dictatorship, not a town hall': Families 'distraught' as MTG disruptors tased and jailed

A chaotic town hall for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday ended in the arrests of two men — who were tased by local police — and a woman arrested on a "vulgar language" charge, all spending the night in jail, a protest organizer told Raw Story.

Andrew Russell Nelms, 40, and Johnny Keith Williams, 45, were arrested at Greene's town hall at the Acworth Community Center in Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday, on two charges — simple battery of a law enforcement officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer — and Kiyana Davis, 28, was arrested on a city ordinance charge for "vulgar language," according to a news release published by the Acworth Police Department.

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'Retribution or bust’: 'Secretary of Retribution' joins J6 leaders to demand mass arrests

Ivan Raiklin, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who calls himself the “secretary of retribution,” has circulated a so-called “Deep State target list” of President Donald Trump’s political enemies for more than a year now.

Although his promise of spectacular “live-streamed” arrests of hundreds of political figures up to and including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on fancifully concocted charges of treason and other purported violations of law has yet to materialize, Raiklin was able to enlist new allies after Trump vacated the convictions of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.

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'Alarming': Small colleges bullied into silence as Trump poses 'existential threat'

As the Trump administration freezes billions of dollars in federal funds at the nation's most elite universities, some smaller colleges serving large numbers of diverse and low-income students are watching with existential dread, fearing that the administration will come for their federal funds if they speak out against President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders.

Tribal colleges and universities and minority serving institutions are particularly vulnerable when it comes to potential federal funding cuts, threatening some schools’ very existence or, at the very least, leading to jobs cuts and the shutdown of research and student programs, current and former university administrators across the country tell Raw Story.

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'All hands on deck': Democrats unleash new strategy to derail Trump

WASHINGTON — Democrats are getting their groove back. Or, at the very least, desperately trying to.

After some party members faced heckling during recent town halls and even outright protests — including outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ district office — Democratic Party leaders are going on offense now that Congress gaveled out for lawmakers’ two-week-long Easter recess.

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Violent J6er who broke into Capitol announces run for Congress in East Texas

An East Texas man who broke into the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and stood on a window ledge holding a crowbar and a bullhorn while exhorting pro-Trump rioters to “get in the building,” wants to go back — this time, as a member of Congress.

Ryan Nichols, a Marine Corps veteran, announced his plan to run for the 1st congressional district seat in Texas, which is currently represented by Republican Nathaniel Moran, on Wednesday.

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'Promoted our tormenter': MAGA fans vent disgust at Trump official's latest move

Some of President Trump’s most ardent MAGA fans are questioning FBI Director Kash Patel’s decision to elevate an agency veteran who played a key role in coordinating the sprawling Jan. 6 investigation to lead the Washington Field Office.

Steven J. Jensen previously served as chief of the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Operations Section, and was recently named by Patel as assistant director in charge of the office, according to a report by the New York Times.

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'We’ve made a mistake': Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzy

WASHINGTON — Fear, trepidation and loathing are now, seemingly, America’s top exports. Just ask Senate Republicans.

A day after President Donald Trump slapped a 10% tariff on most every U.S. import from the Rose Garden, some in the GOP are freaking out.

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