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Former Prosecutor: Jordan May Be ‘In League’ With FBI Informant Arrested For Russia Ties 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) may be part of a larger conspiracy to spread Russian lies about President Joe Biden as part of a campaign to benefit Donald Trump, according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin, Kirschner was asked about the recent arrest of Alexander Smirnov, who was taken into custody after being accused of lying to the FBI.

“Were the Republicans in league or incompetent?” Kirschner asked. “It’s one or the other. And here’s the thing. There’s a lot to dislike, sort of every link of the chain here. First of all, the FBI writes down lots of things that human informants and confidential informants say. That doesn’t mean it is necessarily true. Yes, they record it in a form, 1023, but they write it down. It doesn’t mean it’s verified, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate, it doesn’t mean it’s reliable. Once they receive it, they have to go about the hard work of corroborating it, or debunking it. And it sounds like the FBI never corroborated, and indeed, ultimately debunked this disinformation.”

Kirschner added:

“So why this debunked Russian disinformation would then be handed off to Republican members of Congress to be used as the basis to impeach an American president is mystifying, Ayman. And look, let’s use Jim Jordan as an example. You played a clip of him appearing to double down, even though he now knows it’s Russian disinformation, and Smirnov has been indicted for lying to the FBI about the Bidens. Jim Jordan is a serial abuser of his position and his authority. This is the guy who refused to comply with a lawfully issued congressional subpoena because had he complied and testified he might have incriminated Donald Trump.”

Everywhere you look, the GOP has ties to Russia and Russian propaganda which they have tried to use to destroy President Joe Biden and boost Donald Trump. Is it really so hard to believe the Kremlin owns and controls them?

 

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‘Demoralized’ House Republicans Trying To Recover After Their Biden Impeachment Debacle

Six months ago, House Republicans announced they were starting an impeachment inquiry into alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors” committed by President Joe Biden which they claimed would result in his removal from office.

Now, however, it appears Republicans have nothing to show for their efforts except a hell of a lot of egg on their faces, with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) making it clear this week that he has no interest in bringing the matter to the floor of the House for an impeachment vote that would fail in humiliating fashion.

According to McKay Coppins of the Atlantic, the mood of GOPers in Congress has grown exceedingly dark.

Coppins was a guest on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” earlier today, and he explained,  “I think the White House smelled blood in the water, right? They saw Republicans were losing their will to continue with this.”

“I mean, you talk to Republicans on the Hill and they know that this is over, right?” he continued. “A lot of them knew it was a farce from the beginning but they were going along and saying what we can we dredge up? It was a fishing expedition on how to hurt President Biden during an election year but their star witness has fallen apart.”

Coppins added, “The impeachment has fallen apart in pretty embarrassing fashion. That’s why you see people like Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) just kind of completely demoralized. By all accounts, the [GOP] House conference was especially demoralized and embarrassed. You see Republicans wanting to retire and leave. I think the White House saw that.”

Just like everything they do in lieu of actually governing, today’s Republican Party is nothing but a vehicle for petty grievances, political payback, and childish whining. In other words, they’re just like the clown they’ve allowed to hijack their party and are preparing to nominate as their presidential candidate for the third time.

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GOP Congressman Pilloried For The ‘Worst Analogy In History’ On Voting Rights

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) proved his complete lack of understanding on the issue of voting rights in the United States during an appearance on the Fox Business show “Mornings With Maria,” suggesting that since you have to show an ID to rent a car, you should have to do the same when you cast a ballot.

Responding to comments made recently by Attorney General Merrick Garland, who vowed to fight attempts by “states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome and unnecessary” voting restrictions such as voter ID, Reschenthaler told host Maria Bartiromo, “It’s quite remarkable. You can’t rent a car in this country without showing an ID.”

“There’s office buildings in Washington, D.C., you can’t get into unless you show an ID. But then, to vote, you don’t need an ID?”

Talk about apples and oranges! The congressman seems to think that renting a car is analogous to casting a ballot, even though the right to vote is clearly enshrined in the Constitution. Virtually NO ONE has a right to rent a car if someone decides not to rent them one.

As for showing ID to get into a building, those laws were enacted for public safety, because government buildings make ideal targets for would-be terrorists, i.e. the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building by domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh in April of 1995. McVeigh was later executed by lethal injection for that horrific crime.

Online clapback to Reschenthaler’s comments was immediate and righteously harsh.

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Tommy Tuberville Gets Dragged On Social Media For His ‘Garbage’ Attack On Joe Biden

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is facing a social media firestorm of his own creation after he called President Joe Biden a “garbage human being” on the Twitter/X platform in response to comments the president made in February about a report from Special Counsel Robert Hur.

Mediaite reports that Tuberville sent the tweet from his personal Twitter account.

Tuberville’s tweet was sent after the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Hur regarding his findings on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. A point of contention was Hur’s assessment of Biden’s “poor memory,” including a claim that Biden did not remember when his son Beau Biden died. Biden lashed out to the press following the release of the report, saying, “How in the hell dare he raise that?”

According to Tuberville, Biden’s remarks make him a “garbage human being.”

Tuberville’s disrespectful and tasteless posting didn’t sit well with many and resulted in the senator being pilloried online.

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WATCH: Registered Republican Tells GOP Congressman He’s Voting For Biden ‘Because I’m Christian’

A registered Republican voter told Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) on Monday that he’ll be voting for President Joe Biden in November instead of Donald Trump because he’s a Christian and cannot see himself casting a ballot for the failed one-term former president.

The comment came during a call-in segment on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The man, named Nick, said he was calling from Connecticut.

“I just wanted to speak with Mr. Biggs about the concept of being a Republican. And I’ve got to say, the state of this union is tremendous. We’re strong. We’re doing well.”

“And the divisiveness that I’ve seen from my party in the past 40 years has got me kind of puzzled,” he continued. “I just registered as a Republican two months ago for the fifth time, Mr. Biggs.”

“And I’m just going to leave you with this comment, and that is that I register as a Republican because I’m a conservative, and I’m going to vote for Joe Biden because I’m a Christian.”

Rather than address what the caller had said, Biggs suggested that Nick shouldn’t call himself a Republican or be a part of the GOP.

“Well, I think that’s really interesting,” Biggs remarked. “He probably should re-register as a Democrat.”

“I think if you’re not voting for Donald Trump because you think he’s not a Christian or not a moral man, I’m not going to say look at Joe Biden,” the lawmaker added. “I would just say we should all look at ourselves and see who’s casting the first stone.”

Biggs also laughingly suggested that Republicans aren’t to blame for the divisiveness seen in politics.

“I also would not say that all the division starts because of Republicans, to be frank with you. I think that’s a bit of an absurdity to say that. But anyway, he’s free to do what he wants.”

All of us registered to vote are free to do what we want, Congressman Biggs, and millions of us will cast our ballots for Joe Biden because he’s a decent human being, which is something Donald Trump will never be.