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'Say her name!' Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupts Biden's State of the Union address

Hecklers are gonna heckle.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) challenged President Joe Biden to mouth the name of slain nursing student Laken Riley.

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Joe Biden ignores MAGA-capped Marjorie Taylor Greene as she demands he say 'Laken Riley'

She was the lady in red and launched into President Joe Biden with a demand: "Say her name!"

When Biden entered the House chamber to make nice and mug with the lawmakers before taking the lectern to deliver the State of the Union address he encountered Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

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Marjorie Taylor Greene 'in direct violation of the rules of the House' at State of Union

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) turned heads and raised eyebrows at the State of the Union Address by wearing a red MAGA hat, along with a T-shirt bearing the name of Laken Riley, a University of Georgia student believed to have been killed by a migrant. She got very close to President Joe Biden as he entered the House floor, in full view.

This outraged a panel on MSNBC, which questioned whether she was even following House rules, and criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for allowing that conduct.

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Nobel-winning economist reminds voters of the worst parts of the Trump 'nightmare'

When they cheer four more MAGA years, they may want to look at how 2020 ended.

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's latest column, "Reminder: Trump’s Last Year in Office Was a National Nightmare" microscopes at how former President Donald Trump has turned to "portraying his entire presidency... as pure magnificence."

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Lauren Boebert ridiculed after saying she won't even 'hold back in church'

Despite the closed door efforts by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) asking his fellow Republican lawmakers to restrain from any kind of ugliness during this year's State of the Union, at least two mavericks are making no promises that they can help themselves.

“I don’t even promise my pastor I’m going to hold back in church," Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) told CNN's Melanie Zanona today.

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Joe Biden to call for marijuana justice in his first SOTU mention of the issue: report

President Joe Biden is expected to speak about reform to marijuana policy in his first time ever mentioning the issue in a State of the Union Address.

According to NBC News' Julie Tsirkin, the president will say in his speech that no one should go to jail for cannabis-related offenses — and he will also speak about his push for the cabinet to reschedule the drug so that it is no longer treated as a top-level illegal substance.

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Trump waged war against Pulitzer board to unmask those who approved Russiagate awards​

Former President Donald Trump wanted to reveal the identities of anonymous independent reviewers who upheld awards of Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the former president's campaign ties to Russia, as part of a lawsuit he filed against the Pulitzer board.

According to Business Insider, "In transcripts of four depositions obtained by Business Insider, Trump's attorneys had the opportunity to question journalists about a mystery that has vexed them for years: Who are the anonymous consultants who reviewed the Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times and The Washington Post for their coverage of Trump's connections to Russia?"

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Trump eliminates Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake from V.P. consideration: report

Trump's pick to become his plus-one as he marches toward November 5 as the presumptive GOP nominee is purportedly narrowing.

The search for former President Donald Trump's Vice President has been whittled down to three top (and young) lawmakers: Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are the top choices, according to GOP strategist and conservative blogger Ryan Girdusky.

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Judge Cannon sets docs hearing that 'could signal she plans to hold trial before election'

The judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case has scheduled a hearing to discuss the motions by former President Donald Trump and his body man Walt Nauta to dismiss the charges against them.

Judge Aileen Cannon "has now scheduled a non-evidentiary hearing on 3/14 at 10 am for Trump’s Motion to Dismiss for unconstitutional vagueness and Nauta’s Motion to Dismiss based on Presidential Records Act," reported MSNBC legal analyst Katie Phang on Thursday.

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Judge to issue bench warrant for Michigan lawyer pushing Trump’s voter-fraud scam: report

A lawyer for Donald Trump in Michigan is about to face a bench warrant, reported Detroit News reporter Craig Mauger on Thursday.

A 2022 Reuters report described Stefanie Lambert as "a defense attorney with financial woes before seizing on the election-denial movement for new business. Now she faces potential disbarment and a criminal investigation into voting-data hacks. Her journey highlights the key role lawyers played in a struggle shaking American democracy."

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Jack Smith slaps down Trump body man's dismissal demand: 'He gets the law entirely wrong'

Special counsel Jack Smith has slapped down a dismissal motion from Donald Trump's body man Walt Nauta in the classified documents case in which both face criminal charges, court records show.

Smith filed a response in Florida federal court contesting Nauta's demand that charges of concealing or withholding documents and taking part in a conspiracy to obstruct justice be dropped.

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'Trump's fault': Ex-president's Biden attacks expected to backfire during State of Union

Trump calls the president "Sleepy Joe" and "Crooked Joe" and has often pantomimed the 81-year-old POTUS having trouble walking and mocked his stutter.

But all of the slander to score political points has served President Joe Biden well.

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Matt Gaetz fears ‘raucous’ Republicans will make Joe Biden look ‘like a lion tamer’

President Joe Biden's could use the State of the Union Address to rebuke Republicans who have obstructed his agenda, and that makes Rep. Matt Gaetz scared, the Florida Republican admitted Thursday.

Gaetz appeared on Steve Bannon's show "War Room" before the national address to share his concerns that Biden might goad Republicans into heckling — and make himself look good in the process.

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