Tag: Democrats

Smirnov arrest revives Democrats’ Russia conspiracy theories

Democrats have resuscitated claims that Republican lawmakers are colluding with Russia, this time in the GOP’s impeachment probe of President Biden. Republicans reject the allegations, which are based on the arrest of Alexander Smirnov, a paid FBI informant whom prosecutors say has close ties to Russian intelligence agents and whom they accuse of lying about […]

Democrats Cut US Defenses To New And Old Russian Threats

The timing of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner’s vague warning about a “serious national security threat” allegedly emanating from Russia strikes us as being most peculiar. Turner wants the Biden administration to declassify some of the information so that it can be discussed publicly, but that seems somewhat unnecessary since […]

With help from Democrats, House votes to overturn Joe Biden’s freeze on new LNG exports

The House passed legislation Thursday to overturn President Biden’s moratorium on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, marking the latest instance of centrist Democrats joining Republicans to buck the president’s green energy agenda. The bill, led by Texas GOP Rep. August Pfluger, passed 224-200, with nine Democrats joining the Republicans. It would lift the moratorium […]