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'Go back to work': Tommy Tuberville demands to 'start cutting' food stamps for poor people

Sen. Tommy Tuberville insisted that it was time to "start cutting" funds for food stamps because poor people should "go back to work." "Now, if we need to start cutting, and you know that DOGE group's gonna start looking at that, people gotta go back to work." Real America's Voice host Steve Bannon told Tuberville that he wanted to see …

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4 days, 23 hours ago

'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

Raw Story

A public health expert scorned Sen. Tommy Tuberville's analysis of vaccine mandates as illogical and unscientific. The Alabama Republican met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary, and came away saying that they agreed that children are required to get too many vaccines instead of just three, as both septuagenarians had gotten as children …

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5 days, 15 hours ago

GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine

Raw Story

A Republican senator launched into an anti-vaccine rant Tuesday when reporters asked about confirming noted health conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services. There is no evidence that the modern vaccine schedule "overwhelms" or "overloads" a baby's immune system. The senator then went on to baselessly suggest that "everybody" in …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Republicans Could Sink Trump's Labor Pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans don’t love President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Labor and it could spell trouble for her confirmation. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he was “surprised” by Trump’s pick and that her record would be a problem for Republicans. The fact that she's very pro-worker, you know?” - Sen. Josh Hawley …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Confused the United States with Russia’: Tuberville’s ‘genuinely odd’ claim mocked

Raw Story

A claim made by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, falsely characterizing the amount the United States military has spent on supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia's illegal invasion, is being widely mocked. "The United States has sent $211 BILLION of your tax dollars to Ukraine, 4X as much as the rest of the world COMBINED," Tuberville wrote on the social …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Confused the United States with Russia’: Tuberville’s ‘genuinely odd’ claim mocked

Raw Story

A claim made by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, falsely characterizing the amount the United States military has spent on supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia's illegal invasion, is being widely mocked. "The United States has sent $211 BILLION of your tax dollars to Ukraine, 4X as much as the rest of the world COMBINED," Tuberville wrote on the social …

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1 month ago

Will Pete Hegseth get Senate approval? Our experts are unanimous

The Telegraph

You’d have to be hopelessly naive – or Ann Selzer – not to predict that Trump’s nomination picks for Cabinet would run into trouble even before the official hearings. Democrats holding their breath in anticipation of more chaos might find themselves disappointed – there’s no guarantee that the pressure placed on Gaetz will transfer to Hegseth. Hegseth’s removal, voluntary or …

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1 month ago

'We've planned that': Tuberville spills on plot to confirm Gaetz before Trump is sworn in

Raw Story

Sen. Tommy Tuberville revealed this week that Republican senators had developed a plan to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominations, including former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, before the new president is sworn in. During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Tuberville vowed to overcome the objections of Democrats despite sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz and Defense Secretary nominee …

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1 month ago

'It's offensive': Multiple senators object to Trump's plan to usher in Pete Hegseth

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Some Republicans are trying to slow the rush to appoint President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks — particularly "Fox & Friends Weekend" host Pete Hegseth. While Ernst urges proper vetting, CNN reported last week that Trump's transition team isn't using the FBI to do background checks on the appointees, saying they believe that would take too long.Sen. “Come on …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Top Republicans begin push back on core Trump policy

Raw Story

Some Republican senators are being increasingly wary about Donald Trump's plans to impose aggressive tariffs on imported goods — and they're already showing signs of pushback States with large agriculture industries are especially vulnerable to foreign retaliation, and GOP senators from those states expressed concerns about the president-elect's broad tariffs targeting China and Mexico, reported Politico. “There is a place …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'You will face an immediate primary challenge': Another Trump ally threatens Republicans

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Another close ally of Donald Trump threatened fellow Republicans on Wednesday who are waffling — or outright rejecting — the president-elect's pick for attorney general. After Republicans including Sen. Tommy Tuberville fired warning shots at Republicans thinking of breaking rank on confirming Rep. Matt Gaetz as the nation's next top prosecutor, another MAGA ally joined the effort. "If you voted …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz

Raw Story

Sen. Tommy Tuberville delivered a threat to any Republican who might break rank on confirming Rep. Matt Gaetz as Donald Trump's next attorney general: MAGA will come for your job. “I don’t know, you’re finding all the swamp creatures coming out right now” to oppose Gaetz's nomination, Tuberville said Wednesday evening on Fox Business. He was investigated by the FBI …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s presidential power expansion plans are 'not going to happen': expert

Raw Story

One major element of the far-right Heritage Foundation's authoritarian Project 2025 document has been helping the next Republican administration dramatically expand executive power. Trump repeatedly promised to be a "dictator" on "day one" on the campaign trail, and the electorate rewarded him with both a convincing Electoral College victory and even the national popular vote. She opined that much of …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

43 members of Congress violated stock law

Raw Story

At least 62 members of 118th Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals. Raw Story reported in June that Allen was late in disclosing his spouse’s March 27 sale — valued between $100,001 to $250,000 — of stock in SouthState Corporation, a financial services company. "Sen. Hagerty did …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Tuberville pushes to tie voter ID bill to government funding

Raw Story

A handful of U.S. Senate Republicans called Wednesday for the chamber to pass a bill to keep the government open that would also require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections to deter voting by people who are not citizens, something that is rare and already illegal. Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Roger Marshall …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Alabama Sen. Tuberville blocks quick promotion of top aide to Defense Secretary Austin

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the quick promotion of the top military aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over concerns that he and other senior staff did not immediately notify President Joe Biden when Austin was hospitalized with complications from cancer treatment earlier this year. But Clark has faced criticism from Republicans over his role as one …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

We asked 10 Republican senators: ‘Is Kamala Harris Black?’ Things got weird fast.

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans weren’t ready for former President Donald Trump to wade into the realm of Vice President Kamala Harris’ race and ethnicity while speaking Wednesday to a room of Black journalists. ‘What?’ “Is Kamala Harris Black?” Raw Story asked Sen. Tommy Tuberville about Harris, who served in the U.S. Senate from 2017 to 2021. “You can question whether …

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7 months ago

'Oh, come on!' Tommy Tuberville dismisses Trump connection to 'unified Reich' video

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville doesn't believe Donald Trump's campaign published a video championing a "unified Reich" in his second term in office — despite screen captures. Zooming in on the article shows it When Raw Story caught up with Tuberville, who attended the hush money trial with Trump last week, the Alabama lawmaker implied it was all fake news. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Judge Merchan "visibly annoyed" by Trump's courthouse entourage of Republican politicians

Salon

Donald Trump is no longer attending his hush money trial alone, now enjoying a growing crew of GOP hanger-ons who are helping him circumvent his gag order by acting as "surrogates" outside the courthouse. As Alternet notes, Trump's entourage may be pleasing to the former president, but it's now annoying Judge Juan Merchan. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported that Merchan was …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Tommy Tuberville admits he came to New York to break Trump's gag order

Raw Story

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has admitted he came to New York City Monday to break a gag order for former President Donald Trump. MSNBC Anchor Nicolle Wallace reported Tuberville's public admission, made on the conservative channel Newsmax, as part of her coverage on Trump's ongoing criminal hush money trial and the gag order the former president has been fined for repeatedly …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Morning Joe heaps scorn on J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville for 'bizarre' courthouse stunt

Raw Story

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked and scorned Sens. Vance for their show of support for Donald Trump at the Manhattan courthouse where he's standing trial for falsifying business records to cover up illegal campaign contributions. The Republican senators attended portions of Monday's trial, which featured testimony from former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen, and the pair complained about the courtroom's dreary décor …

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7 months, 1 week ago

'Mental anguish is trying to be pushed' on Trump during trial: Tommy Tuberville

Raw Story

Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday complained about former President Donald Trump having to endure "mental anguish" by having to sit in court. And we got a courtroom that's the most depressing thing I've ever been in," said Tuberville about the nearly 100-year-old building. Read Also: Michael Cohen: Trump mastered the art of the dodge to avoid accountability — until now …

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7 months, 1 week ago

State trying to 'psychologically torture' Trump in 'depressing' courthouse: MAGA senators

Raw Story

Donald Trump is on trial for 34 felony counts in Manhattan, and his allies spent early Monday afternoon standing outside the courtroom and defending him by attacking the judge and his daughter, the jury pool, the state of the courtroom and how "boring" the trial is. I’m 39 years old and I’ve been here for 26 minutes and I’m about …

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8 months ago

Ukraine aid: Has Russian propaganda “infected” Republicans in Congress? The truth is more sinister.

Slate

Earlier this month, Republican Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Puck News that Russian propaganda had “infected a good chunk of my party’s base.” Several days later, another Republican, Rep. Michael Turner of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said he agreed. “When American journalists and congresspeople use Russian talking points, they’re …

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'Go back to work': Tommy Tuberville demands to 'start cutting' food stamps for poor people

'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine

Republicans Could Sink Trump's Labor Pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer

‘Confused the United States with Russia’: Tuberville’s ‘genuinely odd’ claim mocked

‘Confused the United States with Russia’: Tuberville’s ‘genuinely odd’ claim mocked

Will Pete Hegseth get Senate approval? Our experts are unanimous

'We've planned that': Tuberville spills on plot to confirm Gaetz before Trump is sworn in

'It's offensive': Multiple senators object to Trump's plan to usher in Pete Hegseth

Top Republicans begin push back on core Trump policy

'You will face an immediate primary challenge': Another Trump ally threatens Republicans

Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz

Trump’s presidential power expansion plans are 'not going to happen': expert

43 members of Congress violated stock law

Tuberville pushes to tie voter ID bill to government funding

Alabama Sen. Tuberville blocks quick promotion of top aide to Defense Secretary Austin

We asked 10 Republican senators: ‘Is Kamala Harris Black?’ Things got weird fast.

'Oh, come on!' Tommy Tuberville dismisses Trump connection to 'unified Reich' video

Judge Merchan "visibly annoyed" by Trump's courthouse entourage of Republican politicians

Tommy Tuberville admits he came to New York to break Trump's gag order

Morning Joe heaps scorn on J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville for 'bizarre' courthouse stunt

'Mental anguish is trying to be pushed' on Trump during trial: Tommy Tuberville

State trying to 'psychologically torture' Trump in 'depressing' courthouse: MAGA senators

Ukraine aid: Has Russian propaganda “infected” Republicans in Congress? The truth is more sinister.