Monthly Archives: October 2022

Oops: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s official Facebook page is filled with images insulting the lawmaker as a cavewoman, clown, and ‘whore’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican of Georgia, speaks at a news conference outside the US Capitol on June 14, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s official Facebook pages are filled with photos and memes that taunt her. One photo calls Greene “the whore of Congress.”  It appears the congresswoman didn’t adjust her…

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s the ‘last person that the RNC or the national party wants’ to be Trump’s 2024 running mate

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Marjorie Taylor Greene said she and Trump have discussed her being his 2024 running mate. But she also acknowledged that her candidacy could be divisive, even for Trump. The former president is a likely…

A quiet US move in the Mediterranean may help put more pressure on Russia, but not everyone in NATO is happy about it

US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters fly over the coast of Cyprus in January 2020. US Army/Maj. Robert Fellingham The US lifted its 35-year-old arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus in September. That could allow Cyprus to receive modern US arms and to send its Russian-made weapons to Ukraine. But the US decision has rankled…

Ted Cruz reimbursed himself $555,000 after successfully challenging a political spending law at the Supreme Court

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at the US Capitol on September 29, 2022. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Ted Cruz’s campaign paid him $555,000 to cover old personal loans to his Senate committee. It comes after Cruz successfully challenged a law that capped the amount candidates could repay themselves. Ethics advocates and…