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Man Convicted Of Attacking Nancy Pelosi’s Husband With Hammer Gets 30 Years In Prison

David Depape, 44, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after having been convicted of attempting to kidnap then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer. Continue reading “Man Convicted Of Attacking Nancy Pelosi’s Husband With Hammer Gets 30 Years In Prison”

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Remembering ‘After Dark Magazine’ + More News

Some news items you might have missed: • The Caftan Chronicles: Tim Murphy takes a fascinating stroll down memory lane (complete with cover images) with one of the longest-serving editors of the “so gay but never billed itself as such” After Dark Magazine, published from 1968 to 1983. Continue reading “Remembering ‘After Dark Magazine’ + More News”

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Gaetz Announces He Will Attempt To Remove McCarthy As Speaker

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)

It was a lively day on CNN’s State of the Union this morning as far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced he will try and oust Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy from his position after McCarthy worked with Democrats to keep the federal government open on Saturday. Continue reading “Gaetz Announces He Will Attempt To Remove McCarthy As Speaker”

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Pelosi Attacker Calls Reporter: ‘I’m Sorry I Didn’t Get More Of Them’

David DePape, who was arrested by San Francisco police officers as he was beating Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, called a reporter at the local Fox News affiliate to say “I’m so sorry I didn’t get more of them” in regard to his attack on Pelosi. This is one of the stranger things I’ve heard of coming from someone charged with murder. Continue reading “Pelosi Attacker Calls Reporter: ‘I’m Sorry I Didn’t Get More Of Them’”

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Pelosi Will Step Down As House Dem Leader After 2 Decades

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)  announced today she will not seek re-election as the House Democratic caucus’s top leader.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (screen capture via MSNBC)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)  announced today she will not seek re-election as the House Democratic caucus’s top leader. Pelosi was first became leader of the House Democratic caucus in 2003. After Democrats gained a majority in the House following the 2006 midterm elections, Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House, making her the first woman ever to hold that office. Continue reading “Pelosi Will Step Down As House Dem Leader After 2 Decades”

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House GOP Leader Pulls Republicans From Jan. 6 Investigation

January 6 invasion of the Capitol building

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced his five Republican choices to participate in the select committee investigating the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol building today. And Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promptly vetoed two of McCarthy’s picks saying Democrats in her caucus had raised specific objections to “the impact their appointments may have on the integrity of the investigation.” Via Politico:

Pelosi rejected Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), who was tapped to serve as ranking member, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), both of whom voted to challenge certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral wins earlier this year. Her decision sent shock waves through the House and is likely to galvanize House Republicans against any participation in the investigation.

Another Republican, freshman Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), also voted not to certify Biden’s win, but Pelosi said she is “prepared to appoint” Nehls as well as Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), both of whom voted to certify the election.

McCarthy issued a scorching reply that made clear he would yank his other three picks if the speaker didn’t walk back her veto of Banks and Jordan, a move she’s highly unlikely to make.

You may recall Pelosi originally wanted to create an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the 9/11 commission. That measure was co-authored by Rep. John Katko (r-NY), and passed the House with the support of 35 GOP lawmakers. Republicans in the Senate, however, blocked that effort, which led to House Democrats creating the select committee in June. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who Pelosi has already chosen to be part of the committee, told reporters she agreed with Pelosi’s decision.

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Pelosi Angry Over QAnon Rep. Assigned To House Education Committee

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (screen capture)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is furious the Republican leadership of the House has assigned freshman QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to the Among other things, Greene has claimed that the killing of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. Greene has had herself recorded as she chased and berated 17-year-old survivor of the Parkland shooting, David Hogg, and then celebrated her behavior by posting it on social media. She’s also publicly endorsed violence against elected officials. From the Washington Post:

Top Democrats in Congress on Thursday blasted congressional Republicans for assigning to the House education committee Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who has identified with the QAnon cult and called deadly school shootings “false-flag” operations.

On Wednesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned the Republican leadership for giving her the committee assignment.

“What I am concerned about is the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives who is willing to overlook, ignore those statements,” she said. “Assigning her to the education committee when she has mocked the killing of little children at Sandy Hook Elementary school. When she has mocked the killing of teenagers in high school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

“What could they be thinking — or is thinking too generous a word about what they might be doing. It’s absolutely appalling.”

Read the full report at the Washington Post. In related news, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) has announced that he will introduce a resolution to expel Greene after recent news reports revealed that Greene had previously called for violence against Democrats on social media. A two-thirds majority is required to expel a member from the House, meaning Gomez’s resolution is almost certain to fail in a chamber where Democrats hold a razor-thin majority.

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Article Of Impeachment Will Be Delivered To Senate On Monday

The article of impeachment passed in the House will be delivered to the Senate on Monday
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York (D)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Friday that the Senate will receive on Monday the article of impeachment against Donald Trump for inciting the riot on the U.S. Capitol, clearing the way for the start of Trump’s second impeachment trial. From the Washington Post:

“It will be a full trial; it will be a fair trial,” Schumer said during remarks on the Senate floor. Shortly after his comments, Pelosi released a statement confirming the timing.

The House impeached Trump on a single article of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the Jan. 6 takeover of the Capitol by a violent pro-Trump mob.

“Make no mistake, there will be a trial, and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the insurrection against the United States,” Schumer said.

Read the full article here. In similar remarks, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporter, “Just because he’s now gone — thank God — you don’t get to say to a president, ‘Do whatever you want in the last months of your administration. You’re going to get a “get out of jail” card free because people think we should make nice-nice and forget that people died here on January 6.'”

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Pelosi: Trump Should Unify Our Country, Not Fuel The Flame Of Division

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on ABC This Week
During an appearance on ABC News’ This Week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was asked by George Stephanopoulos what President Donald Trump should be doing during the ongoing riots and protests over the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis. “The president of the United States should bring dignity to the office that he serves,” said Pelosi. “He should be a unifying force in our country.” “We have seen that with democratic and republican presidents all along. They have seen their responsibility to be the president of the United States, to unify our country, and not to fuel the flame, not to fuel the flame. “I think to take his bait time and time again is just a gift to him because he always wants to divert attention from what the cause of the response was.”