Backstabber Watch

Appearing on CNN on Friday morning, ex-Rep Denver Riggleman (R-VA) said new conspiracy theories being pushed by some of his former colleagues in Congress...

On a leaked conference call, leaders of dark-money groups and an aide to Mitch McConnell expressed frustration with the popularity of the legislation—even among Republican voters.

It’s been amply established that Sidney Powell bears a large measure of moral responsibility—at the very least—for creating the poisonous environment that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

On Tuesday, a fossil fuel executive falsely suggested that oil and gas companies don't receive special treatment.

Republican leaders looked to turn down the temperature Tuesday night with former President Trump amid a back-and-forth with the former president over the party’s use of his image and likeness in its fundraising efforts.

Senate Republicans fumbled the ball on yet another impeachment trial Saturday, this time regarding former President Donald Trump’s reported efforts to incite a riot at the U.S. Capitol. 

Donald Trump’s reelection campaign was the biggest 2020 political advertiser on Fox News, spending nearly $22 million on his losing effort for a second term, the most of anyone on the three major cable news networks, according to data from AdImpact.

Joe Biden has spent the last week on the first major foreign visit of his presidency. The reviews, so far, have been very good. Boris Johnson called the new president a "breath of fresh air."

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) went on Fox News to lie about President Joe Biden.On Monday, Fox News reporter John Roberts conceded that Joe Biden's climate plans do not actually limit consumption of meat. CNN's fact checker described it as "completely imaginary." 

Fox's Tucker Carlson and Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz are very upset that the military is finally attempting to do something about their white supremacist problem.

Conservative Bill Kristol reminded the mainstream media who are playing up the "border crisis" that is a recurring problem that Trump made worse.

States run by Republicans are far more dependent upon the help of the federal government than their Democratic-run counterparts, based on the latest annual study from Wallethub.com. In ranking the 50 states, the financial website listed 11 red states among the 12 most dependent upon Washington D.C

In the second half of 2020, Republican-led states had higher Covid-19 case rates and death rates than Democrat-led states, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on Tuesday. 

The Conservative Political Action Conference began Friday and continued Saturday with a series of false claims about the 2020 election and many other subjects. The CPAC schedule made clear in advance that the conference — taking place in Orlando instead of its usual home just outside Washington, DC — would feature election-related lying. 

Several bills have been introduced in the Ohio House and Senate to tackle the controversial nuclear power plant bailout bill, HB6. 

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, is out to prove there is a GOP voter base that wants to give up the division and conspiracy theories.

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Energy companies stand accused of trying to downplay their contribution to global warming.