As the Jan. 6 insurrection at Congress worsened, Capitol police and D.C. officials began to scramble for help.
New Docs Show Trump Pressuring DOJ To Boost False Election Claims
New emails show how former President Donald Trump raced to begin a pressure campaign on the eventual replacement to then-Attorney General Bill Barr, pushing the new top official to boost his false claims of election fraud even before announcing that Barr would step down.
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On Infrastructure, What’s the Plan?
One of my subsidiary frustrations in the infrastructure debate and legislative process is how difficult it is even to make sense of what’s going on. I’ve mentioned in a few posts that this is not only a research or reporting problem. It’s hard to have good messaging for what you’re trying to do, build public support or keep supporters engaged, if even those whose job it is to make sense of things, who understand a lot of the jargon and technicalities, struggle to make sense of it. I’ve read a fair amount and discussed it with various people at the highest levels of the process. And I can barely make sense of it.
With that introduction, a few thoughts.
Greene Finally Apologizes For ‘Offensive’ Holocaust Comparison As Dems Threaten Censure
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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