Backstabber Watch

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."

In an essay for the Wall Street Journal, the Texas senator explicitly linked campaign contributions to policy.

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.

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

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

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) was among those boycotting.

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. 

In Georgia, Republicans are removing Democrats of color from local boards. In Arkansas, they have stripped election control from county authorities. And they are expanding their election power in many other states.

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.

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

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.

After a mammoth afternoon, evening, and night of Senate clerks being forced to read the entirety of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan—10 hours and 43 minutes—Sen. Ron Johnson got bored with his delaying tactics meant to drag out the process. Philip Bump at the Washington Post did some calculations: "Given the current rate at which people are dying of covid-19, that means that about 880 Americans likely succumbed to the disease during" the reading of the bill forced by Johnson. 

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. 

Sometimes the answer is really simple.