“The actions of the January 6th committee, I believe, are a complete assault on Americans’ liberty.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who is more upset over subpoenas than an actual attempted insurrection
(Surely Jordan's opinion on this matter has nothing to do with the fact that he spoke to Donald Trump on January 6th.)
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) pivots to immigration during hearing about 1/6 and Steve Bannon’s obstruction, saying committee is investigating the insurrection because “they got nothing else to talk about.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who previously said he didn’t know if he spoke with President Trump before, during, or after the 1/6 insurrection:
“No, I did not speak to the president during the attack.”
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Major breaking news: Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from COVID complications, according to his family. He was 84 and fully vaccinated.
The Powell family: "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American."
“What is happening in Texas...is driven by the marketplace in politics, particularly on the Republican side, where ideological point scoring is the way you achieve...success within your party.”
Have you listened to this week’s deep dives from The Recount Daily Pod with @reenaninan?
Test your knowledge and catch up on the stories 👇
Q1: True or False: President Biden is the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Listen to Monday’s episode of #RDP with @NickA_Martin of @highcountrynews where he discusses Indigenous Peoples' Day and the fight over the Line 3 oil pipeline.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says vaccine mandate had “zero” contribution to airline cancellations this weekend:
“When you get behind, it just takes several days to catch up.”
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says opposition to vaccine mandate did not cause thousands of flight cancellations:
“That's not what was at issue with Southwest over the weekend.”
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says he’s “never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate,” but defers to President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for federal workers.
On this week’s #HHW, @jheil and @briankoppelman dive into season 5 of #Billions, how he discovered Tracy Chapman, and discuss Brian and David Costabile’s long friendship when “Wags” drops in.
This week on #JSAH, @jmpalmieri is joined by comedian and author @dopequeenpheebs for a lively discussion on what we can all do to be better allies and why we should be talking about school curriculums even though it’s not sexy.