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October 16, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib to endorse Bernie Sanders

Three members of the so-called “Squad” of far-left freshman members of Congress are lining up behind Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.

October 9, 2019

Rashida Tlaib calls for ban on facial recognition tech after telling Detroit police to hire only black analysts

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., on Friday responded to backlash after she told Detroit police to only hire black facial recognition analysts, writing in a scathing op-ed that her comments were neither “racist” or “inappropriate” and pushed further for a total ban of the technology used to identify criminal suspects.  

October 4, 2019

Tlaib: Democrats looking into how to arrest Trump officials

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) said Democratic lawmakers are exploring how to arrest White House officials who do not comply with congressional subpoenas.

October 2, 2019

Rashida Tlaib, in contentious tour, tells Detroit police chief to hire only black analysts for facial recognition program

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Detroit’s chief of police that he should hire only black analysts to run their facial recognition software because, she claimed, non-black people think they all look alike.

October 2, 2019

Tlaib has promoted four viral racial hoaxes in 2019

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D.-Mich., has promoted at least four racially charged hoaxes or debunked stories on Twitter in 2019 and failed to issue statements retracting or correcting her comments.

September 27, 2019

Tom Homan on explosive clash with Democrat Jayapal: I refuse to let them 'sit there and tell lies'

Tom Homan said Friday that House Democrats continue to push falsehoods about his former agency and illegal immigration, one day after an explosive clash between he and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wa., at a hearing on border detentions. 

September 27, 2019

Rashida Tlaib's campaign selling 'Impeach the MF' T-shirts

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s reelection campaign started selling “Impeach the MF” T-shirts Thursday, two days after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Congress is launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

September 25, 2019

'Squad' members call for impeachment after Trump releases Ukraine transcript: 'Worse than we thought'

The members of the progressive "Squad" amplified their calls for impeachment on Wednesday, rebuffing President Trump's attempts to quell concerns by releasing a transcript of his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from July.

September 24, 2019

Things get weird when Rashida Tlaib asks vaping advocate if she's a conspiracy theorist

A House Oversight Committee hearing on e-cigarettes took a strange turn Tuesday, when Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., questioned a witness’ politics and grilled her over a wink she directed at a Republican committee member.

September 19, 2019

Tlaib vows to display altered American flag with 51 stars in support of DC statehood

Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Thursday she wants to display an altered American flag with 51 – instead of 50 – stars outside her congressional office to demonstrate support for making the District of Columbia a state.