Tootfinder

Rumors flew in the hours after a shooting at Brown University killed two students on Dec. 13.
One falsehood had it that one of the victims, a leader of the college Republican Club, was “targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood.”
Another was that it had been a terrorist attack, a claim that made the rounds when a Palestinian student was identified as a possible suspect two days later and hounded on the internet.
⭐️A churn of disinformation after…

Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
called on Senate Republicans on Sunday
to move a government funding package
without funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.
Schumer urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House GOP leaders
to drop the Homeland Security appropriations bill,
which would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
from the …

Outside of Speaker Mike Johnson,
there is no bigger poster boy for the rubber-stamp Republican House majority than Jim Jordan.
Jordan’s purpose for running the House Judiciary Committee is to abuse its power to investigate those who tried to hold Donald Trump accountable for alleged crimes.
While Republicans in the House filled their committees with leaders who would be loyal to Trump,
Democrats filled their positions with experienced investigators and legislators who…

Jamie Raskin Outsmarts Jim Jordan And Sets Up A Big Jack Smith Headache For Trump
Jim Jordan wants to investigate Jack Smith, so Jamie Raskin is using Jordan's investigation to try to get Smith to publicly testify about evidence against Trump.

Elected leaders can tackle some of the biggest problems facing the nation
— energy supply in the age of artificial intelligence and affordable health care amid surging prices
— despite the partisan dysfunction stalling governance at the federal level.
As chairman of the Western Governors' Association, Utah governor Spencer Cox and governors from Arizona, Idaho, Hawaii and Montana explored solutions to these challenges during discussions withq Donald Trump's top advi…

Why Cox, Burgum and RFK Jr. think governors will save America
Three Republican and two Democratic governors gathered on Thursday under the leadership of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to send what he said was a vital message to the rest of the country.

Trump blows off Senate Republican leaders on critical endorsements (Stef W. Kight/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/21/trump-thune-senate-endorsements-cassidy-collins-cornyn
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p140#a260120p140

Donald Trump’s call to annex Greenland has roiled markets and flabbergasted half the world.
But the felon-president’s supporters in conservative communities
– to the degree that this issue has their attention at all
– are apt to accept his political argument as genuine.
Some conservative leaders have been critical of the Trump administration’s demands for Greenland,
but more often challenge the provocative process than the underlying rationale.
Knuckle-dra…

Donald Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,
saying he can either agree to the White House’s peace proposal by Thursday,
or “continue to fight his little heart out.”

The comment, made to reporters in Washington, is part of a White House push to get Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to end the war that began with Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
It has drawn criticism, including from Republican lawmakers,
for…

Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war.

Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026,
as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right.
Democrats have a track record of Black clergy running for office, but
when white pastors have run, it's usually been as Republicans.
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"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026
"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."

House Speaker Mike Johnson says
he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act,
effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year

House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

House Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal Friday
as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.

The legislation would codify and expand health plans for small businesses, fund reductions of premiums for low-income people in the individual health insurance market and increase transparency in prescription drug pricing, according to House Republican leadership aides.

The proposal …

House Republicans unveil health care plan, set up vote for next week
House Republicans unveiled a plan to address rising health insurance costs and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.