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31 Dec 2020, 4:09 pm
” And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Pence asks judge to toss GOP lawmaker’s bid to overturn election results. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 2:48 pm
It will also want to put forward names that have local GOP support, where possible. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 12:20 pm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks all but died Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to fail. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 10:30 am
“Appellate Court Rules Minority Party in House Can Demand Records; Judicial decision, sought by Democrats in 2017, could boost GOP oversight of Biden administration”: Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal has this report. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 1:09 pm
And the old forms of the demon still remain potent--the incubus and the succubus (Matt Gaetz compares Eric Swalwell to this ex-congressman; GOP puts pressure on Pelosi over Swalwell; South African sport under scrutiny over handling of child sexual abuse claims). [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 4:20 am
As reported by Politico:The move comes after the $900 billion coronavirus relief deal ... that Trump signed on Sunday excluded many of the school choice provisions that his administration and GOP lawmakers had sought to include in that sweeping legislation.The Dec. 28 Executive Order on Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice (full text) provides in part:The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take steps, consistent with law, to allow funds… [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 12:44 pm
Their elected representatives are supposed to be among the chief guardians of Americans’ health interests, which is why President Trump’s excusing of the wrongdoing of a trio of onetime GOP congressman has infuriated many. [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 12:09 pm
The quartet — which includes Malliotakis and Reps. [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 11:35 am
While the GOP claims to be a party that values private property rights, Trump's border wall plan will—if ever completed—be one of the biggest federal-government land grabs in modern history. [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 3:11 am
But after a growing number of Republicans pushed back on Trump's reticence – and Democrats quickly embraced Trump's idea of larger direct payments and used it as a cudgel against GOP lawmakers – Trump relented. [read post]
26 Dec 2020, 11:35 am
via thehill.com GOP and Dems concur: it's fun to spend money you don't have. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
Trump Pardons 15, Commutes 5 Sentences, Including GOP Allies Associated Press News – Colleen Long, Kevin Freking, and Eric Tucker | Published: 12/23/2020 President Trump granted clemency to 20 people, including three former Republican members of Congress and two people who were convicted of crimes as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 11:30 am
But other GOP lawmakers including Sen. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 6:30 am
Taking a page out of the GOP playbook, Russian operatives and the Trump campaign both launched influence campaigns designed to target Black voters with misinformation that would “confuse, distract, and ultimately discourage” their participation in the election. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
Jail, a Candidate Fights for an ANC Seat” by Julie Zauzmer for Washington Post Ethics National: “Trump Pardons 15, Commutes 5 Sentences, Including GOP Allies” by Colleen Long, Kevin Freking, and Eric Tucker for Associated Press News National: “New Round of Trump Clemency Benefits Manafort, Other Allies” by Eric Tucker for Associated Press News Ohio: “Ohio Lawmakers Do Nothing on Scandal-Tainted House Bill” by Jessie Balmert (Cincinnati Enquirer)… [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 1:03 pm
I'm pretty sure the GOP is less deep than the Dems, but either one may be enough to doom us. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 10:32 am
“Trump pardon list including Blackwater and GOP allies clashes with federal execution spree; Trump’s corrosive use of the pardon power and his rush to execute federal death row inmates will cement his presidency as one of the most unjust in history”: Law professor Jessica Levinson has this essay online at NBC News. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 9:50 am
While several involved the more typical clemency for non-violent drug offenders, other recipients of a pardon have generated headlines and controversy: two were connected to the Robert Mueller investigation that resulted in the impeachment of President Trump, three more were former GOP congressmen convicted of financial wrongdoing, and four were former Blackwater contractors convicted of killing 14 civilians in Iraq.These latest acts of clemency have not yet been posted to the Justice… [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 1:00 am
Maddow and Preet also talk about the state of TV journalism and the difficulty of covering the GOP’s hypocrisy. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 7:03 am
The final version of the bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), not only funds the SEC and the CFTC, but it includes several GOP-led bills that had previously passed the House regarding SEC studies of smaller issuers and diversified companies. [read post]
