Liz Cheney fires back at Trump after he calls Biden s victory the Big Lie
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House GOP leadership reportedly isn t pleased with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) these days and her job as GOP conference chair may be on the line, but the congresswoman remains undeterred in her efforts to combat former President Donald Trump s false claims about the 2020 election.
The Twitter-less Trump released one of his rare statements on Monday morning, a one-liner that reads: The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE! The statement appears to be an attempt to co-opt the term used by many Trump opponents to describe his claims that he really won the election, and Cheney seemingly wants to ensure that doesn t happen. Not long after Trump s words were made public, Cheney fired back, tweeting that, on the contrary, anyone who claims the election was fraudulent is spreading THE BIG LIE.
Even after over a year of the pandemic, congressional Zoom snafus haven t gone anywhere.
The House Appropriations Committee held a virtual meeting on Monday on energy and water development, but for over 20 minutes, it wasn t easy to make out what anyone had to say on the subject. For a while, audio from at least different movies, including the 1999 comedy
Galaxy Quest, could be heard loudly playing.
Zoooooom. Appropriations subcommittee just was forced to take a break after Zoom went off the rails, movie clips and disco playing over members remarks.
Happily, it was up long enough to make out that iconic Galaxy Quest line, By the sons of Warvan, I shall avenge you!
One of the world s best restaurants is taking meat off the menu. Does it signal a looming battle?
Eleven Madison Park, a three-Michelin-star New York City restaurant that in 2017 laid claim to the No. 1 spot on the World s 50 Best Restaurants list, announced Monday that when it reopens next month, meat and seafood will no longer be on the menu. It was becoming clearer that the current food system is not sustainable, in so many ways, Daniel Humm, the chef and owner, said in a statement.
Some people shrugged in response, viewing the move as a business decision from a high-end restaurant that most people can t afford to eat at anyway. But others, like
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The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a passionate eulogy at Andrew Brown Jr. s invitation-only funeral on Monday at Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina,
Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was killed by police who were executing search and arrest warrants on felony drug charges at his home in Elizabeth City last month. An investigation into Brown s death is ongoing, but authorities have not yet released body camera footage of the incident to the public (it would require a court order to do so). Release the whole tape and let folks see what happened to Andrew Brown, Sharpton said, the