When we hear the names of the following Republican figures, I won’t categorize them as politicians because up until now, I see little evidence of any worthwhile efforts at writing legislation that behalf their constituents as a whole - I am talking about Republicans such as Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, Matt Gaetz, and a few others.

I am increasingly becoming more convinced that Trumpists did not campaign to win their respective offices then come to D.C. to work for their constituents; However, I am more convinced they became members of Congress simply for no other reason than to be members of Congress.

Glenn Youngkin won the race to be Virginia’s Republican governor, he won the race on a somewhat sketchy platform, extremely light on actual policy positions, all lumped into something he termed “The Game Plan” on his website. It can best be described as leaning into various culture war issues and toeing a delicate line, attempting to appeal to both Virginia’s deep-red, Trump-loving GOP base and suburban centrists.

However, there are some tangible policy issues, Youngkin’s positions appear somewhat unclear — and a mixed bag.

Today’s show is about a very distressing accusation coming from a Republican Senate candidate over the weekend that Michael Flynn - Head of the Department of Dirty Tricks - if there ever was one - the retired general and former national security adviser no less, was seeking damaging information on certain elected officials in a number of states. The apparent goal in this scheme was to blackmail them into supporting conspiratorial election audits meant to reinforce Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and to reinstall Trump as president.

Everett Stern, is a businessman who owns a private intelligence firm called Tactical Rabbit - he is running for the open U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania and he was the individual who held a press conference on Saturday to share his purported findings, and later tweeted out a link to the video of his remarks which is titled, "Everett Stern Releases New Evidence of Ongoing Domestic Terror Threat Links to General Michael T. Flynn."

Normally, I don’t make it a part of my day to tune in to Fox News because I expect to hear hosts and correspondents exchange diatribes mostly on unhinged, next-level crazy conspiracy theories. It’s cringeworthy when I do and today I will talk about Fox News host Harris Faulkner, who was interviewing Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

The conversation stems from Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo which directed the Justice Department agencies to hold meetings nationwide because of the constant criminal threats against school board personnel all across the country. From Washington state to Georgia, strong feelings about COVID-19 policies have driven most of the debate, but in some places, disagreements over schools’ policies on race, history, and equality have been just as vehement.

Earlier today Adam Schiff voiced concerns about not only Marjorie Taylor Greene and some individuals in the Republican Party may be mentally ill. Now before we right dive in and analyze this further, for some time, many of us on the Left and perhaps those sane enough on the Right, have wondered what is going on within the Republican Party, particularly its elected members.

Certainly, Adam Schiff isn’t the first person from within the left or the right to notice that there is an unmistakable level of insanity being demonstrated by some members of the Republican Party.

Welcome back to another episode of the Politico Buzz Show, I have a story for you today. This story was reported on just a few days ago in some of the various media outlets, although, with not too much fanfare probably because it falls into the category of amateur sleuthing, a story that proposes to report hard facts about the 2020 Presidential election that will blow everything wide open.

There is a Trump-loving Republican Sheriff from Wisconsin who is at the center of this mess by the name of Christopher Schmaling. He announced on Wednesday that he plans to present yet more of "proof of state-wide election law violations'' at a news conference on Thursday.

Being held in contempt of Congress didn't stop “Sloppy” Steve Bannon from making an appearance at the Adams County GOP's annual dinner Thursday night. “Sloppy” Steve Bannon is refusing to comply with a subpoena from the nine-member House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

The House of Representatives has voted to recommend criminal contempt of Congress charges against Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House official who thus far has refused to honor a subpoena to give evidence before the House committee investigating the 6 January Capitol insurrection.

It seems that every other hardcore conspiracy theorist and crazy right-wing politician can’t spread enough toxic and vehement lies or propaganda these days. Breitbart, NewsMax, OANN, and Fox aren't giving these people enough airtime, and social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube are censoring their posts, so the next best thing is to create one’s own social media platform from which to do so.

Everyone, from former Trump adviser Jason Miller, who is essentially a Nazi in a suit, started GETTR, another Twitter-like conservative platform; and not to be left behind, MyPillow CEO and former crack addict, Mike Lindell, started a site in April called Frank, and now another psychopath has joined in on this crazed obsession: yes, Donald Trump.

Welcome to another episode of the Politico Buzz Show, I am your host Rene Hinojosa. Today we are going to talk about US Representative Jim Jordan. Over the course of the past year, Jordan, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has engaged in a systematic effort to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. He was also behind the efforts to create an image in the minds of Trump supporters of Jan. 6 as the “ultimate date of significance” in his own words. He was also one of a number of individuals who spearheaded the effort to oppose certification of the election in Congress and thus far has continued to promote the “Big Lie” even after the events on Jan. 6 and subsequent FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warnings that this conspiracy is propelling domestic violent extremists.

The death of Colin Powell is the subject of today's conversation, his death sparked some controversy, not only because it involves the Coronavirus but also because it has stirred a reimagination of the Republican Party a “what if scenario” so to speak, well explore that in more detail later on in this podcast.

First, it didn’t take long for Fox News to turn the death of former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell into a justification to cast doubt on the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines; just the sort of reporting which Fox News is known for these days. Powell had the underlying health conditions doctors have been warning us about when pressing everyone to get vaccinated to protect the immunocompromised.