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Social media users trashed Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, after she turned her gaffe about the moon being “made of gases” into a slam of Republicans on social media Tuesday. Reacting to the backlash she received for telling school children that the moon is made of gases ahead of Monday’s eclipse, the lawmaker said that her Republican critics are hounding …

Six Louisiana Democrats bucked their party line by supporting universal school choice after a bill passed the state’s House chamber on Monday. “I know the political ramifications for me for voting for this bill,” Louisiana Democratic State Rep. Jason Hughes said on the House chamber floor before the bill passed by a supermajority 71-32 vote. Democrats have historically voted against …

Disgraced former attorney Michael Avenatti joined MSNBC for a surprise interview from prison Tuesday and discussed the New York hush money case against former President Trump, which he said was “stale.” Host Ari Melber asked Avenatti, who rose to liberal media stardom in 2018 before flaming out spectacularly and landing behind bars, about the strength of the case. “I think …

CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover argued former President Donald Trump would lose the battleground state of Arizona because of a recent controversial abortion ruling there. The Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday reverting the state back to a 160-year-old, pre-statehood law that outlaws abortions in nearly all circumstances and criminalizes abortions. The ruling comes on the heels of …

NPR interviewed Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for its Russiagate coverage dozens of times between 2016 and 2019, so much so that he was characterized as the outlet’s “ever-present muse” by one of its own editors. In a bombshell essay published in The Free Press, veteran NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner said the 2016 election of Donald Trump quickly encouraged …

Some liberal journalists as well as law professors have started to publicly pressure Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to retire, so that President Biden could appoint a younger justice under a Democratic Senate. Journalist Josh Barro, who floated the idea in late January, said he was surprised Sotomayor hasn’t already announced retirement plans after she expressed concern over the political make-up …

Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to President Biden’s reported obsession with his legacy Wednesday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.” JESSE WATTERS: What do Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Reagan all have in common? America was at war or in a recession, and they put the people first. They didn’t worry about how history would judge them. … IMPRISONED ATTORNEY MICHAEL AVENATTI DOES …

Undecided voters from battleground states laughed at the idea of President Biden’s economic policies being better than former President Trump’s in a new focus group video. On Wednesday, the video platform 2WAY released the first installment of its new project “The Undecideds.” The first episode featured a focus group of eight undecided voters from Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who discussed …

The “Civil War” cast told the co-hosts of “The View” on Wednesday their new movie is a “love letter to journalism.” Co-host Sunny Hostin asked cast members Cailee Spaeny, Kristen Dunst and Wagner Moura, who play reporters in the film, about the movie and its focus on journalists. “At a time when many people are deeply skeptical of the press, …

The Biden administration’s new State Department diversity chief previously called America a “failed historic model” and demanded the destruction of tradition “at every juncture” on the altar of antiracism. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced last week the appointment of Zakiya Carr Johnson as their chief diversity and inclusion officer. Blinken touted Carr Johnson for bringing “expertise and a fresh …