The House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon voted to strip newly seated Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments over her vile, conspiracy-laden and violent rhetoric. The vote was unprecedented in modern times and was largely passed along partisan lines with 11 Republicans joining all Democrats. Greene, in a speech on the House floor repeated her love for Donald Trump and echoed his hate-filled rhetoric against immigrants. She also refused to take responsibility for her views saying that she was “allowed to believe,” in dangerous lies and that the media was to blame. During Thursday’s House hearing over Greene’s violent rhetoric, top ranking Democrat Steny Hoyer displayed a photo of one of Greene’s own recent tweets: a picture of herself holding a rifle next to 4 young Congresswomen of color with the caption, “DEFEAT THE DEMOCRATS.” She called herself the “Squad’s worst nightmare.” One of those “squad members,” Rashida Tlaib spoke on the House floor directly explaining the impact of Greene’s hate and the threats she experiences from white supremacists like Greene.  New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been targeted by rightwing and even some leftwing media figures for speaking out about the trauma of surviving the Capitol riot, also spoke. 

Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to be unrepentant her after being exiled from House committees and in a Friday morning tweet said, “I woke up early this morning literally laughing thinking about what a bunch of morons the Democrats (+11) are for giving some one like me free time.” She made good use of her newfound fame by holding a press conference later in the day which she then promptly ended when a reporter asked her about her statements calling for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s death. Meanwhile the Senate Intelligence Committee has announced a special bipartisan investigation into anti-government extremists. 

The Labor department released its monthly economic assessment and concluded that fewer than 50,000 new jobs were created last month – a lower number than was expected. People of color are disproportionately impacted with the official unemployment rate for Black workers at a whopping 9.2% and for Latino workers at 8.6%. The overall official rate is 6.3%. The ranks of the those who are unemployed for more than 6 months continues to grow, worrying economists. The New York Times explained that,