Sheldon Whitehouse Tag

A Family Affair: Sen. Whitehouse Accused of Authoring Legislation that Benefitted His Family

Posted by Jody Stone on March 02, 2025 29 Comments

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island since 2007, is once again facing an ethics probe due to allegations of “backing” legislation that helped his wife’s environmental nonprofit, Ocean Conservancy. Allegations suggest that his backing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) unethically benefited his wife's work. 

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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem “war machine” to stop Republicans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2024 50 Comments

While he didn't threaten to use nukes, like Eric Swalwell once did, the military imagery and war-like rhetoric were no mistake. It's a continuation of the type of rhetoric that almost got Brett Kavanaugh killed....

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Justice Alito Responds Accordingly to Democrat Demands to Recuse Himself From Trump/J6-Related Cases

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 30, 2024 48 Comments

“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal.”...

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All-Hands-on-Deck Coordinated Attack on Alito Flags Meant to Distract From Biden’s Failures

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 26, 2024 26 Comments

“And we will, if and when we win back the House and the Senate and the White House. We will look at the Supreme Court and figure out what can be done about that extremely corrupted and contaminated body.”...

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Sheldon Whitehouse Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Legislation That Allegedly Benefited His Wife’s Environmental Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 07, 2024 5 Comments

“Senator Whitehouse seems to have stepped over the line of standard environmental legislative advocacy and used his Senate office to advance his and his wife’s personal and financial interests”...

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IRS Auditing Conservative Group After Exposing ‘Radicalism’ of ‘Numerous Biden Nominees’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2023 5 Comments

“Attacking groups like ours has been a priority for Senator Whitehouse and it appears the Biden admin has heeded his calls.”...

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RI Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Has One of the Least Diverse Dem Staffs

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2023 2 Comments

"according to a report prepared by his Democrat colleagues"...

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Sheldon Whitehouse: Dianne Feinstein Should Not Resign No Matter What Because We Need Judges Confirmed

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 18, 2023 34 Comments

"The fact is simple: if Senator Feinstein resigns, Mitch McConnell gets to decide whether Democrats have a Senate Judiciary majority."...

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Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Gets Exposed as ‘Conflicts of Interest’ Hypocrite

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 17, 2023 24 Comments

"@SenWhitehouse attacks Supreme Court Justices on alleged conflicts of interests, but he’s taken significant action to benefit Ocean Conservancy (@OurOcean), where his wife has worked ...

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Unsolved Leak Benefits “the Sheldon Whitehouses of the world whose political goal is to delegitimize the Supreme Court”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2023 24 Comments

My interview on the Tony Katz Show about the SCOTUS announcement it hasn't found the leaker: "To delegitimize it because it's the one institution in government that has a majority conservative bent to it...

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Targeting Clarence Thomas’ Wife

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2022 60 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse's war on the Supreme Court just took a particularly insidious turn, but unlike his obsessions with Brett Kavanaugh's "boofing" and "ralphing," Whitehouse's latest obsession is nothing to laugh about. It's part of a rising tide of Democrat rhetoric inciting activists against the conservative...

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Hates ‘Dark Money,’ Except When It Goes To Democrats Like Sheldon Whitehouse

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 11, 2021 26 Comments

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Sheldon Whitehouse Leads Renewed Democrat Attacks On Brett Kavanaugh

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 18, 2021 55 Comments

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R.I. BLM Threatens Sen. Whitehouse: Dump All-White Club or Face Constant Protests

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 29, 2021 133 Comments

“We’ll go to his club, we’ll go to his office, we’ll go to his home, wherever we need to go.”...

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Sheldon Whitehouse Was Too Busy ‘Ralphing’ and ‘Boofing’ To Notice His Beach Club Was All White

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 51 Comments

Is it fair? An all-white club is not the same as a whites-only club. But the blowtorch of the Senate doesn't deserve nuance. Whatever it is, go ahead and mock him for this....

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Democrat Senator Wants IRS to Investigate Conservative Student Group Over Large Gathering

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 23, 2021 19 Comments

"In light of these actions, the IRS should review whether Turning Point USA should continue to enjoy its tax-exempt nonprofit status"...

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Blowtorch Sheldon Whitehouse fights Blowhard Dick Durbin for top Dem spot on Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2020 26 Comments

Dianne Feinstein recently announced that she would not seek to remain the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the next congressional term starting in January 2021.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Is A Conspiracy Nutter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2020 25 Comments

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is nutter. A conspiracy nutter. It's his personality, and it preceded the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

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