<p>An attorney leading an investigation of the 2020 elections for Wisconsin’s legislative Republicans has threatened to jail the mayors of Wisconsin’s second- and third-largest cities if they don’t meet his demands.</p> <p>The mayors, for their part, say the attorney is wildly distorting reality, and that their attempts to reach him have gone unanswered.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>Jan. 6 committee members on Thursday told <a href=”https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/02/meadows-book-executive-privilege-jan-6-523687″>Politico</a> that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows may have poked holes in his argument for withholding his contacts with former President Trump on the day of the deadly Capitol insurrection by revealing selected details in his book set to be released next week.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>House progressives are reportedly preparing a statement urging for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to be stripped of her committee assignments, following her refusal to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat is a terrorist, according to <a href=”https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/12-1-2021/got-omars-back/”>Politico</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban wasn’t on trial Wednesday. <em>Roe v. Wade</em> was.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>CNN on Tuesday announced that anchor Chris Cuomo has been suspended indefinitely from the network after the New York Attorney General’s office released documents that raised “serious questions” about his involvement in the defense of his brother, disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...The beef between Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t over. <p>On Monday, Omar hung up on Boebert after the far-right extremist repeated her <a href=”https://twitter.com/RepBoebert/status/1464289590282498050?s=20″>non-apology</a> to Omar over the phone after calling the Minnesota Democrat “the jihad squad.”</p> Talking Points Memo
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