Confirmed Speaker: Clint Smith When election-denier Andy Biggs announced for re-election, Clint Smith took action. He ran a principled conservative grassroots campaign for Congress to defend the truth. We’re excited to have him at the Summit. Register: bit.ly/PFSummit23

.Barbara Comstock, Clint Smith, @michaelwoodtx and Lindsey WD on stage now for “Party as Institution: Can the GOP Survive?” Excellent discussion on the purpose of political parties and how we as citizens can hold them accountable.

The Principles First Summit was implicitly constructed as a counterweight to the MAGA-fied CPAC. But the programming also served to underscore the often-bleak, occasionally hopeless, existence that comes with being a modern day anti-Trump Republican. politico.com/news/2023/03/0…

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It’s tough to see some of the images coming out of Hawai’i — a place that’s so special to so many of us. Michelle and I are thinking of everyone who has lost a loved one, or whose life has been turned upside down. If you’d like to help, you can do so here.

This is a disturbing trend. Political leaders need to do more than just talk about it. Be kind. pbs.org/newshour/amp/s…

Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get some of longest sentences in Jan. 6 Capitol attack (from The Associated Press). “Politicians started spreading lies about the election, and I fell for it hook, line and sinker.” apnews.com/article/5c8bf8…

Andy Biggs isn’t very bright. Apparently today he tried to blame Merrick Garland for something that happened BEFORE Garland took office. AZ can do so much better than Biggs.

McCarthy: “This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. That doesn't work." ⁦Rep Andy Biggs⁩ doesn’t care. He is part of the problem with our paralyzed government. apple.news/A0-pB22GpQQuiY…

Fascinating. Led by our own Rep Andy Biggs and his favorite colleague, Matt Gaetz, this gang is facing the consequences of blowing up the speaker without having a replacement.

“Gaetz and [Biggs] blew up the House, destroyed …McCarthy, torpedoed .. Scalise, and watched Trump shiv Tom Emmer. They bullied. harassed, and exhausted the majority, and on Wednesday they got a full-throated election denier and coup-plotter as speaker.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…

Agreed. And ineffective is dangerous!

While Israel’s cause is just, this pause in fighting is needed for humanitarian reasons. Hamas must be defeated and held accountable for October 7 and the terror it brought on all Palestinians.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96 foxnews.com/politics/forme… Lots of good to say about this woman: humanitarian, “equal partner“ to her president husband, activist in promoting caring about others… Her life was Christianity in action.

via The New York Times Well at least enough Republicans did the right thing to remove this guy. Truth - and being truthful - matters. Except to Andy Biggs and his friends who voted otherwise. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Who has the best one word explanation of these two conflicting posts?

"I like a good game," GOP Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona told CNN. "They played a good game. I don't like that we lost." This isn’t pickleball, Congressman. It’s long past time to get serious about governing. abc7chicago.com/amp/house-repu…

Adam is right. As usual. The Russian dissident had the courage to stand up to Putin. Our REP reps can’t muster the courage to stand against autocrats. Like Putin. And Trump. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinzin…