Liz Cheney during a commencement speech at Colorado College: “After the 2020 election and the attack of January 6th, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie. They wanted me to say the 2020 election was stolen, the attack of January 6th wasn’t a big deal, and Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous.
I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership.
No party, no nation, no people can defend and perpetuate a constitutional republic if they accept leaders who have gone to war with the rule of law, with the democratic process, with the peaceful transfer of power, with the Constitution itself.”
The #HouseGOP passed a bill yesterday that effectively ends asylum, reinstates family detention centers, and targets migrant children. Rather than working to secure our borders they decided to target vulnerable people seeking a better life. I voted no.
Oh please! Let’s stop with the “liberal press” BS. I’m a conservative and I know like YOU do that this stinks. $500,000 of free stuff—and that was just one trip?! ANYONE in PUBLIC SERVICE knows that kind of spending is not just “hospitality”. #Ethics https://t.co/iXcZOnjkrO
Y’all can come arrest me, yes, it was my megaphone
no, @VoteGloriaJ & @brotherjones_ never used it
(Fun fact, Willie Nelson’s harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, gave me that megaphone back in 2020)
JUST IN: A federal judge has just ORDERED Llano County Texas to return "all books" that were removed from their libraries due to their content or viewpoint.
Library patrons successfully argued that "content-based restrictions" were likely unconstitutional.
The Texas judge is also prohibiting the officials from removing any more books while a lawsuit remains pending.
The books that were banned included a book for teens that calls the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist group, Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” and a comedic children’s book with three stories from Dawn McMillan’s “I Need a New Butt!” series.
The decision could set wide reaching precedent in light of recent book banning in Florida, supported by Ron DeSantis.
What a great victory for books! 💙
This #WomensHistoryMonth I'm honored to be part of this group of hardworking newly-elected Congresswomen. In fact, the 118th Congress has more women than ever in history 🎉
My son, Davis, was just as excited to be surrounded by these incredible women today!
The fact that there are ppl in this world willing to ship busloads of real, thinking, feeling, human beings around the country and leave them without a well defined plan-for a political stunt-hits me like a punch in the gut. Our humanity is in such rapid, steep decline.