Nelson Peltz apologized for supporting Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Now he’s hosting fundraisers to support the former president’s reelection. (Calla Kessler / Bloomberg / Getty Images) Many of the nation’s richest people said after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that they would never again back former … Read more
In the wake of the Murphy Brown uproar, Vice President Dan Quayle has delivered another double-barreled commotion. First, in the past 10 days, he has made two more fire-breathing speeches on family values, one to a convention of Southern Baptists and the other to a National Right to Life gathering. Second, he has demonstrated he … Read more
(J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Republicans are attempting to pass a new House rule to block materials compiled by the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection from immediately going to the National Archives. Although the House committee investigating the insurrection has released a trove of transcripts and underlying information backing up its … Read more
Eight anti-abortion protesters were arrested Sunday morning after they disrupted an inaugural religious service, denouncing Gov.-elect Pete Wilson’s pro-choice stance as they were led out of the church by state police officers. The standing-room-only congregation of 1,300 was startled when, during a stirring rendition of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by the choir of the … Read more
Lincoln Project founding member John Weaver acknowledges “inappropriate messages and conversations.” One reported recipient of unsolicited suggestive messages was 14. (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) The Lincoln Project, a pugnacious campaign by conservative strategists known for its broadsides against former President Trump, was plunged into disarray on Friday. Steve Schmidt, its most senior leader, resigned … Read more
At home Sunday, Jeff Wieler, the former mayor of Piedmont, a ritzy residential city in the Oakland Hills, talked about the events that led to his resignation from the Piedmont City Council. His conservative social media posts caused a citywide revolt. (Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times) After a few days of thought, Jeff Wieler … Read more
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) Monday night fired newly appointed House historian Christina Jeffrey, after it was revealed that she had critiqued a 1986 Department of Education teaching program on the Holocaust, saying that it failed to present the views, “however unpopular,” of the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. Monday’s controversy erupted just a … Read more
Despite warnings of a health hazard, Assembly Republicans and a handful of Democrats approved legislation on a 45-28 vote that would allow the continued use of the highly toxic pesticide methyl bromide by California farmers and home fumigators. The measure moves to the state Senate, where it is expected to pass, and then be signed … Read more
Supporters of single-payer healthcare march to the Capitol in Sacramento on April 26. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Don’t delude yourself that legislation to create a California universal healthcare system passed the state Senate last week. All that passed was authorization to keep yakking about it in dreamland. Or you can look at it this … Read more
John Eastman speaks at a news conference in April 2021 after the University of Colorado Boulder dismissed him as visiting scholar of conservative thought and policy. (Andy Cross / Denver Post) The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable: John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the … Read more
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