Liz Cheney secretly orchestrated Jan. 3 letter from 10 defense secretaries warning about Trump, friend says
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is almost certainly going to be ousted as No. 3 House Republican next week, even though she voted with former President Donald Trump more often (93 percent) than her likely replacement, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) â as Stefanik s conservative critics point out. While Stefanik has morphed from Trump skeptic to enthusiastic booster, Cheney has transformed from one of those hold-their-noses-and-deal-with-him establishment Republicans into, finally, Sen. John McCain s political heir, Susan B. Glasser writes in
After Trump tried to co-opt the Big Lie this week to refer to his false claims that he won the 2020 election, Cheney shot back that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen, and anyone who claims it was is spreading the big lie. Predictably, House Republicans turned against Cheney and sided with Trump, who has learn
India hits new COVID-19 infection and fatality records as pressure grows for lockdowns
India set another global COVID-19 record Friday, reporting 414,188 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours plus 3,915 new deaths. Both numbers are believed to be significant undercounts. With daily deaths remaining above 3,800 for the past 10 days and hospitals running out of beds, oxygen, and other critical supplies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing increasing pressure to put the country back under lockdown for 2-4 weeks or launch some other coordinated central response to the pandemic.
An earlier strict lockdown is credited with India s success, until March, in containing the coronavirus outbreaks, but it took a terrible economic toll on India and especially its poorest citizens. Modi so far has left it up to India s 28 states to set their own mitigation measures, and fewer than a dozen have instituted some lesser restrictions.
Views: House Bill 283, introduced Monday, calls for a ban on writing, sending or reading texts, viewing videos or taking photos, live streaming and using applications while driving.
State Senator Andrew Brenner thought it d be a good idea to participate in the video meeting while on the highway, but chose a background for the Zoom call that looked kind of funny.Probably the seatbelt did, too.
The video can be watched in full on the Ohio Channel website, here.
On the same day a distracted driving bill was introduced, state Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, participated in a government video meeting while driving.
Trump likes Elise Stefanik, but it appears his base still needs to come around
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has won over former President Donald Trump, but has some work to do if she wants to get his base on her side.
Over the last several months, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the House Republican Conference chair, has criticized Trump over his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and pushed back at his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. She s likely about to be ousted from her position, and Stefanik is considered the frontrunner to replace her. Trump on Wednesday endorsed Stefanik, but not long after, some of his biggest supporters publicly expressed their doubts about the congresswoman.