https://twitchy.com/category/politics/feedWho Said Whaten-usMon, 20 Apr 2026 08:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Life comes at you fast. Democrat Eric Swalwell is no longer running for California governor and has resigned from Congress. Swalwell’s political crash and burn stems from women coming forward accusing him of sexual misconduct, one even claims he raped her. That’s news to Swalwell’s best friend, Democrat Representative Ruben Gallego of Arizona. He says he was blindsided by the accusations, despite claiming that he and other lawmakers had heard rumors about Swalwell for years.]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[Warren Squire]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Ruben Gallego]]>https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/04/20/reporter-tries-to-get-az-gov-katie-hobbs-to-answer-question-about-ruben-gallego-n2427291<![CDATA[Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani ran on taxing the rich and creating ‘equity.’ New Yorkers, both gullible and ignorant of history, propelled the always-grinning madman Mamdani to the highest office in the Big Apple. Now, Mayor Mamdani is laying out his and Governor Kathy Hochul's plan for wealthy property owners, and he is downright giddy about it.&nbsp;A pillar of this ‘tax the rich’ scheme is a ‘pied-à-terre tax,’ which is a tax on non-primary residences. In other words, wealthy people who live outside of New York will pay a tax on their second residences within NYC and the state of New York.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:00:24 -0400<![CDATA[Warren Squire]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/04/19/zohran-mamdani-says-its-exciting-to-tax-wealthy-new-yorkers-its-important-to-tax-the-rich-n2427289<![CDATA["Americans didn't like this war from the start," tweets David Axelrod.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:44:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jacob B.]]>https://twitchy.com/jacobb/2026/04/19/david-axelrod-americans-didnt-like-this-war-from-the-start-n2427294<![CDATA[If anyone knows about public stunts backfiring spectacularly, it is Texas Rep. Greg Casar.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Grateful Calvin]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/04/19/oof-hunger-strike-hero-greg-casar-tried-taking-on-rfk-jr-and-that-was-a-huge-mistake-n2427288<![CDATA["Thirty-one years ago today, Oklahoma City experienced the worst act of domestic terrorism in US history," Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) tweets. "Please join me in remembering those who died, those who survived, and those who were changed forever."]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jacob B.]]>https://twitchy.com/jacobb/2026/04/19/oklahoma-city-bombing-remembered-31-years-later-n2427293<![CDATA[Sen. Mike Lee cites a CBS/YouGov poll result on the topic of "requiring a valid photo I.D. to vote."]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jacob B.]]><![CDATA[Mike Lee]]>https://twitchy.com/jacobb/2026/04/19/sen-mike-lee-cites-poll-about-voting-identification-n2427292<![CDATA[Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) delivered one of those forehead-slapping moments on national television Sunday that Democrats will probably spend the next 48 hours pretending didn’t happen.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Abigail Spanberger]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Tim Kaine]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/oops-tim-kaine-accidentally-explains-why-virginia-redistricting-is-unfair-while-arguing-for-it-n2427287<![CDATA[Bill Maher is slowly but surely coming to the realization that the Democratic Party has left HIM.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/sullivan-bill-maher-dem-allies-in-senate-n2427277<![CDATA[We're not entirely sure what's going on with TMZ, but they are suddenly pretty interested in reporting on politics. For example, they've been offering large sums of money for stories from people who have been sexually assaulted by a member of Congress or other politicians.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Ilhan Omar]]><![CDATA[IRS]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/even-tmz-isnt-buying-ilhan-omars-cya-claims-about-her-wealth-n2427285<![CDATA[While MSNBC (now MS NOW) is truly the network for leftist nutballs and weirdos, CNN is working hard to keep up with the crazies. They can't have another outlet out-crazying them, right? For example, you'd think a panelist claiming O.J. Simpson represents the black community because he killed white people would be a MASSIVE red flag. And yet ... it's not.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/girdusky-woman-who-had-him-fired-oj-simpson-n2427281<![CDATA[From what we understand, POLITICO had the goods on Eric Swalwell clear back in 2019, but then decided (for whatever reason) to drop the story when he dropped out of the Democratic Presidential Primary.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Politico]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/politico-deep-dive-swalwell-n2427276<![CDATA[As Twitchy readers know, The Atlantic dropped a garbage-y hit piece on FBI Director Kash Patel sourced entirely on nameless, faceless people. It's astonishing how many anonymous people have just the right gossip to support the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party, aka the mainstream media.]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam J.]]><![CDATA[Fake News]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Justice Brett Kavanaugh]]>https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/19/patel-hit-piece-writer-at-atlantic-has-a-history-of-famous-hit-pieces-n2427278<![CDATA[Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed a new $1-per-ride tax on Uber and Lyft, with the money marked to go toward the Philadelphia school district. Not surprisingly, the rideshare companies, as well as many residents, are against the tax. Parker held a press conference where she scolded Uber and Lyft for trying to tell her who to tax.]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:00:45 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/04/18/unhinged-philly-mayor-asks-uber-and-lyft-how-dare-they-tell-her-how-to-tax-them-n2427274<![CDATA[It's a time-honored tradition for Democrats to go overseas and talk s**t about the U.S. and its leaders if they're from the other party, and Sen. Chris Murphy solidified his place in that particular pantheon of jackasses when he did that very thing this week in Spain.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:24:37 -0400<![CDATA[Doug P.]]>https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/04/18/repugnant-d-bag-chris-murphy-went-overseas-to-say-us-is-in-midst-of-totalitarian-takeover-from-trump-n2427275<![CDATA[Newsweek reported on Thursday that a student from Bangladesh had wisely chosen to self-deport after enduring "inhumane" conditions in ICE detention. Joytu Chowdhury, a 24-year-old former student at Illinois Wesleyan University, alleged "inconsistent access to drinking water, saying detainees sometimes had to wait extended periods for necessities. He also described food as repetitive and lacking nutritional value and said overcrowded, noisy conditions made it difficult to sleep, with lights often left on and little sense of privacy." Sounds like self-deportation was the way to go.]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:00:58 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Turkey]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/04/18/university-graduate-returning-to-turkey-citing-hostility-in-the-us-n2427265<![CDATA[Spain's socialist government is getting ready to give more than half a million "undocumented" migrants legal status. &nbsp;]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Spain]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/04/18/spain-plans-to-grant-legal-status-to-500000-undocumented-migrants-n2427262<![CDATA[Late in the 19th century, May 1 came to be known as International Workers' Day or just plain May Day. As you know, it's turned into a day of protest for communists and their Marxist allies in groups like Antifa, the pro-Hamas movement, and the Chicago Teachers' Union. That's the same union that famously tweeted in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, “The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny.”]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:00:03 -0400<![CDATA[Brett T.]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Education]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/04/18/chicago-public-schools-will-hold-official-civic-day-of-action-on-may-1-n2427266<![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar has updated congressional disclosure documents to make a small adjustment to the amount of money she's worth.]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:11:04 -0400<![CDATA[Doug P.]]>https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/04/18/heres-a-dramatization-of-ilhan-omar-and-her-accountants-discovering-the-rounding-error-n2427268<![CDATA[Former Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell is in some serious hot water after sexual misconduct accusations and also the way he allegedly spent donor money:]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:14:09 -0400<![CDATA[Doug P.]]>https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/04/18/jimmy-kimmel-should-have-bill-maher-on-to-compare-notes-about-eric-swalwell-n2427260<![CDATA[If New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announcing his hope that the city-run grocery stores he hopes to have open by 2029 (that will be ten times more expensive per square foot than a Whole Foods) wasn't enough proof of the kind of efficiency we've come to expect from socialists, we've got another example.]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:32:21 -0400<![CDATA[Doug P.]]>https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/04/18/the-manhattan-project-mamdani-promotes-visionary-idea-to-have-new-yorkers-using-trash-bins-by-2031-n2427261