Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday visited the Holocaust museum and apologized for “offensive” comments she made last month that compared policies requiring face masks during the coronavirus pandemic to the Holocaust.
Biden Blasts Trump’s ‘Phony Populism’ At NATO Summit
President Biden on Monday took aim at former President Trump during the first NATO summit of his presidency by accusing his predecessor of “phony populism” when pressed on Trump’s influence on the Republican Party. Continue reading “Biden Blasts Trump’s ‘Phony Populism’ At NATO Summit”
Jackson Confirmed To Garland’s Old Seat In Step Towards Potential Future SCOTUS Nomination
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Monday evening, replacing now-Attorney General Merrick Garland and positioning her well for a potential future Supreme Court nomination.
Will QAnoners Run Out of Patience?
The FBI has released an unclassified intelligence assessment that predicts that some QAnon adherents will soon decide they can no longer “trust the plan” after so many Q predictions have come up short and resort to acts of violence.
You can read the key part of the document here.
Senate Dems Demand Garland Briefing Over DOJ Leak Probe Of House Lawmakers
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding a briefing from Attorney General Merrick Garland on seizures of records belonging to high-profile Trump critics in Congress.
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Pelosi Hammers Message Aimed At Manchin: John Lewis Act Will Take Months To Finish
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) dug down on the distinction between the For the People Act and the John Lewis Act in a letter to her House colleagues, though the message seems tailor-made for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Judge Again Torches DOJ For Mueller Memo Handling, But Pauses Order To Release It
The Justice Department scored a temporary win Monday in its fight to keep secret parts of a key memo concerning the Mueller investigation. But that victory came with another blistering order from a federal judge, who has accused the department of misleading her in the litigation over the memo’s release.
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McConnell’s New SCOTUS Threat: Maybe We Won’t Confirm Any Justices For 18 Months!
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday previewed what could become the latest iteration of his “no Supreme Court justices for Democratic presidents” rule.
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Where Things Stand: McConnell Might Still Be Open To Having A Spine
Against Trump, that is.
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Two Thoughts on the Fall of Netanyahu
As you’ve certainly seen, Israel got a new government yesterday and the Prime Minister is not Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in a dozen years. He went out ugly. No storming the Knesset but a lot of heckling from Bibi’s dead-enders, a hot and wild speech from the man himself denouncing the new government as a danger to Israel, invoking the Holocaust, insisting no one can stand up to Biden like him. And then it was done.
I wanted to note two dimensions of the moment that stuck out to me.