The thing about Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith (R-Miss.) honoring Flag Day is that she voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) RTing another senator's tweet honoring Flag Day is that she voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The thing about Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.) honoring Flag Day is that he voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by people who wanted to kill his brother, VP Mike Pence.
The thing about House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) honoring Flag Day is that she voted to overturn the presidential election based on lies about voter fraud that fueled an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
I could go on.
A reminder of who the 147 Republicans are who voted to overturn the election based on a lie that, just hours earlier, drove a mob of white supremacist Trump fans to storm the Capitol to kill people to stop an election from being certified. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
It's hard to ignore how many GOP lawmakers are proudly celebrating Flag Day today who also voted to overturn the 2020 election based on lies that led to a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Here's another one.
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A thing that quietly happened last night was that the Texas governor signed a law aimed at stopping teachers from talking about racism and also current events or public policy or social issues considered controversial. huffpost.com/entry/texas-re…
This new Texas law specifies all kinds of things relating to racism -- structural, historical -- that social studies teachers aren’t allowed to talk about as part of a course.
Let's see what they are!
Social studies teachers in Texas can no longer make it part of a course to talk about the concept -- just the concept -- that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex."
NEW: 13 progressive groups call on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire to ensure that Mitch McConnell doesn't deny a court seat to President Biden huffpost.com/entry/supreme-…
Organizations including Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, Women's March and the Sunrise Movement are running a full-page ad in Politico to pressure Breyer to step down now "for the good of the country."
“With future control of a closely divided Senate uncertain, President Biden must have the opportunity to nominate a successor without delay and fulfill his pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court," they say.