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January 21, 2021

House progressives caution against expanding security state after Capitol riots

Progressive members of Congress are urging their colleagues to exercise restraint in responding to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

January 21, 2021

'Squad' member Rashida Tlaib calls Ted Cruz 'dumba--' for tweet against Paris climate accords

Immediately after entering the Oval Office for the first time as president, Biden signed an executive order that authorizes re-entry into the climate accord in a 30-day process.

January 20, 2021

Biden barely sworn in as 'Squad' member, ally start pushing progressive agenda

Members of the progressive "Squad" have signaled their interest in pushing the Biden administration to the left as the president takes office on his first day.

January 15, 2021

Rep. Ayanna Pressley: 'no reset button' after coronavirus pandemic, Capitol riot

Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley called Thursday night for an overhaul of American society as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and the recent riot at the U.S. Capitol.

January 13, 2021

New 'Squad' member Cori Bush booed in House after calling Trump 'White supremacist in chief’

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., drew mixed reactions from her colleagues on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after calling President Trump a White supremacist.

January 13, 2021

'Squad' ally Jones deletes tweet demanding Boebert's expulsion based on misinformation

Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., called for the expulsion of Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., in a now-deleted tweet after a post falsely claiming a 2019 photo showed her with people who stormed the U.S. Capitol circulated online.

January 13, 2021

Panic buttons ripped out of ‘Squad’ member’s office before Capitol riot, aide says

Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff, Sarah Groh, said in the midst of last week’s Capitol riots, she came to find that the panic buttons had been torn out of the Massachusetts Democrat’s office. 

January 13, 2021

'Squad' member accuses VP of 'cowardice' for not using 25th Amendment to remove Trump

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said Vice President Mike Pence's decision not to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office is a show of "pure cowardice." 

January 12, 2021

'Squad' member Pressley says she left Capitol riot safe room because of 'white supremacist' congressmen

Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said Tuesday that she left the safe room with other members of Congress during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week because of her "treasonous, white supremacist, anti masker" colleagues.

January 9, 2021

Rep. Bowman introducing COUP Act to investigate ties between White nationalists, Capitol police ranks

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a new member of the progressive "squad," is introducing legislation to investigate whether alleged White nationalism in the U.S. Capitol Police factored into the deadly riot at the Capitol Wednesday.