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11 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘Blue’ Suburban Moms Are Mobilizing to Counter Conservatives in Fights Over Masks, Book Bans and Diversity Education Washington Post – Annie Gowan | Published: 2/9/2022 Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session with the same goal – to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and diversity education have turned school board meeting rooms… [read post]
15 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts Yahoo News – David Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly (New York Times) | Published: 4/10/2022 Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Their actions stem from mounting frustration over the filibuster, which has thrown the passage of both the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act into jeopardy. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Lawmakers in 5 Days: New COVID-19 infections put spotlight on Congress’ loose guidelines USA Today – Christal Hayes | Published: 11/18/2020 As rampant nationwide coronavirus spikes force states to reexamine reopening efforts, Congress is still struggling to maneuver around the pandemic as it encroaches on legislative business and endangers its members. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Appeals Court Scrutinizes Trump Bid to Keep Jan. 6 White House Records Secret from Congress MSN – Spencer Hsu and Ann Marimow (Washington Post) | Published: 11/30/2021 An appeals court scrutinized former President Trump’s effort to keep White House documents secret from a congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives Seattle Times – Kenneth Vogel and Shane Goldmacher (New York Times) | Published: 8/22/2022 A new conservative group received $1.6 billion from one donor, which among the largest – if not the largest – single contributions ever made to a politically focused nonprofit. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Johnson agreed not to contest a list of allegations describing how he came to make the campaign contributions, several of which involve former Utah Attorney General John Swallow. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Chris Christie Cashes in On Coronavirus Lobbying Politico – Theodoric Meyer and Adam Cancryn | Published: 7/23/2020 Former New Jersey Gov. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 9:02 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
For the past five years, I have been writing columns and giving speeches warning that Donald Trump is an existential threat to constitutional democracy. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 5:07 am by Emma Snell
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31 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Inquiries He Sought, Bolton Book Says MSN – Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt (New York Times) | Published: 1/26/2020 President Trump told his national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the former adviser, John Bolton. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Prosecutors said John Pierce has been incommunicado for the past seven days, leaving 17 clients effectively without defense counsel. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Matt Gaetz Rents Office Space from Longtime Friend and Donor – at Taxpayer Expense Politico – Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan | Published: 4/17/2020 U.S. [read post]
5 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Corruption Scandal: Here’s the latest prominent figure to plead guilty MSN – Mallory Moench (San Francisco Chronicle) | Published: 5/2/2023 John Porter, a former executive at the Recology trash-hauling company, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit fraud, admitting he paid more than $55,000 in bribes to disgraced former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru, who was at the center of a web of corruption in multimillion-dollar contracts for… [read post]
25 Mar 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As GOP Lawmakers Push for More Election Fraud Charges, Prosecutors Find Few Cases MSN – Rosalind Helderman and Amy Gardner (Washington Post) | Published: 3/23/2022 Demands for criminal cases tied to the 2020 election continue to stress the political system and put pressure on prosecutors, particularly elected Republicans. [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am by Jim Sedor
In Senate Shake-Up, Sinema Changes Her Party Affiliation to Independent MSN – Liz Goodwin, John Wagner, Eugene Scott, and Leigh Ann Caldwell (Washington Post) | Published: 12/9/2022 U.S. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 12:00 pm by Barbara McQuade
Three of the six Plaintiffs – Timothy King, Marian Sheridan and John Haggard – signed the fake electoral documents on Dec. 14, 2020. [read post]