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UPDATED: Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham addressed the release of text messages they sent to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as the January 6 siege on the Capitol unfolded, in which they each urged him to get the president to speak out and get the rioters to stop. Hannity insisted to viewers…

UPDATED, with additional comment: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Fox News for plans to air a documentary on the January 6 insurrection, as she said that the network was giving its top rated host “a platform to spread the same type of lies that provoked violence” on that date. Carlson introduced the trailer on…

Steve Bannon faces a potential criminal charge of criminal contempt of Congress after the House of Representatives voted Thursday to refer the matter to the Justice Department. The vote was 229-202. Nine Republicans joined with all of the Democrats in support of the resolution. Bannon has refused to comply with a…

The House committee set up to investigate the January 6th insurrection voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend that Steve Bannon be held in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena. Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, predicted on his podcast on January 5 that the next day would be…

The four police officers who testified before the first hearing of the January 6 select committee Tuesday gave House lawmakers harrowing, dramatic and unnerving accounts of what happened that day. Even when video clips were not being shown of the Capitol riot, their testimony made for riveting TV, showing that more…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to block two Republican congressman from serving on a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Pelosi announced earlier on Wednesday that she would reject Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), two of Donald…

Tonight on the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live, anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled new guidelines from the CDC, Rep. Liz Cheney’s ouster from Republican leadership, Tom Cruise’s recent decision to return his Golden Globes and more. “Guys, great news this week,” Jost exclaimed, as he kicked things…

UPDATED, with remarks from Kevin McCarthy: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who refused to stay silent about Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, was ousted from House Republican Leadership on Wednesday, as expected, with a big contrast in how the moment was covered by cable news networks. In the 9 am…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) gave a speech on the House floor Tuesday on the eve of her expected ouster from House Republican leadership, as she vowed to continue to speak out against Donald Trump and his false claims that the election was stolen. CNN carried Cheney’s six-minute speech live, and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes later…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said that she will vote to impeach Donald Trump when the House of Representatives takes up charges against the president on Wednesday. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is a member of the House Republican leadership. “The president of the United States summoned this mob…

Add Fox & Friends to the conservatives who are mad as hell about Vice star Christian Bale’s Golden Globes invocation of Satan: Co-host Brian Kilmeade called the speech “a real insult.” During a Fox & Friends segment titled “Hollywood Hate,” co-host Steve Doocy said, “There was Christian Bale being political – the show…