February 8, 2022 Tlaib has paid out $170,000 to firm of anti-Israel activist who supports defunding the police The campaign of "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has paid out $170,000 to an anti-Israel activist who has called Israel an “apartheid state” and has called for defunding the police multiple times.
February 7, 2022 Biden, Democrats struggle to keep party on same page about 'defund the police' President Biden has sought to keep the unpopular "defund the police" movement at arm's length amid increases in violent crime, but some of his fellow Democrats aren't making it easy for him.
February 7, 2022 Dem Rep. Ritchie Torres decries Defund the Police movement as 'profoundly tone-deaf' Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., spoke out against the Defund the Police movement, breaking with progressive Democrats over their controversial efforts to redirect funding for police departments amid a drastic rise in violent crime in cities across the U.S.
February 1, 2022 'Squad' Dems spent over $325K on private security last year, despite defund police rhetoric Rep. Cori Bush and other members of the "Squad" spent over $300,000 on private security in 2021 despite promoting the defund the police movement during the George Floyd unrest of 2020, according to FEC records reviewed by ӣƵ Digital.
January 27, 2022 Rep. Cori Bush's car hit by gunfire in St. Louis Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said Thursday that "thankfully, no one was harmed," after her unoccupied vehicle was hit by gunfire Saturday in the St. Louis area.
January 26, 2022 Breyer's retirement from Supreme Court prompts 'Squad' to call for Black woman nominee: Biden, 'you promised' Members of the progressive squad called on President Biden to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with a Black woman.
January 17, 2022 Chuck Schumer's Georgia voting 'tall tale' shows desperation to avoid primary challenge from AOC: WSJ The Wall Street Journal editorial board called out Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for his "tall tale" about changes in Georgia's voting rules.
January 1, 2022 Ocasio-Cortez roasted after Twitter 'sexual frustrations' rant at Republicans: 'Bizarrely anti-feminist' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., got a Twitter roast to welcome in 2022 after she claimed "sexual frustrations" are why Republicans are so focused on her.
December 31, 2021 AOC claims Republicans motivated by 'sexual frustrations' in Twitter rant amid Florida trip controversy The New York Democrat made the claim in response to online criticism she faced after reports revealed she had traveled to Miami with her boyfriend before the new year.
December 31, 2021 Pelosi sees her power slip in chaotic 2021, with Democratic retirements, infighting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and House Democrats had high hopes in early 2021 after she secured another term as speaker of the House along with a very narrow majority in the Senate and President Biden in the White House, but she has seen her power slip through the fingers of her once iron-clad fist.