A little follow-up from my story earlier this week about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s coordination with We Build the Wall, the private border wall construction campaign whose leaders have since been charged with fraud and money laundering:
Republicans’ Flimsy Infrastructure Plan Is A Direct Reaction To Their COVID Relief Failure
A group of Republican senators unveiled a thin outline of their infrastructure counter-proposal Thursday, an attempt to give their members something to support rather than just opposing President Joe Biden’s expansive infrastructure package outright.
Report: Capitol Police Defend Jan 6 Instructions To Zero In On ‘Anti-Trumpers’
A Capitol Police officer instructed “all outside units” on the morning of the joint session of Congress ratifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory to solely zero in on anti-Trump demonstrators “who want to start a fight” rather than any “pro-Trump in the crowd.”
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Watch The New Episode Of The Josh Marshall Podcast: Guilty
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast just landed. You can listen to it here.
This week, Josh and Kate discuss the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial and take their first listener question.
Watch below:
Republicans Release Draft Version Of Plan To Vote Against Biden Infrastructure Package
Republican senators released their counterproposal to President Biden’s infrastructure package on Thursday, a $568 billion outline that is short on details but provides their colleagues with a way of not voting for the $2.3 trillion that Biden has proposed.
Where Things Stand: Bipartisan Agreement On Badness
The most obviously bad parts of the Georgia voting law are seen, by voters of both parties, as obviously bad, according to a new poll.
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Republicans Erupt After Dem Rep. Calls Their DC Statehood Arguments ‘Racist Trash’
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) took the floor Thursday morning, one of a long line of representatives getting a minute of floor time to make the case for D.C. statehood before the House passed it this afternoon.
Biden Laying Out Emissions Reductions Warns ‘Time Is Short’ To Avert Climate Disaster
President Joe Biden cast the fight to constrain climate change as both a moral and financial imperative on Thursday as he kicked off a two-day virtual summit with world leaders to address its dire consequences and attempt to reclaim the U.S.’s mantle of leadership on the global response.
Oklahoma Gives Criminal Immunity To Drivers Who ‘Unintentionally’ Run Over Protesters
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed state Republicans’ bill on Wednesday evening that will protect drivers who run over protesters from criminal and civil liability.
This comes amid mass demonstrations against anti-Black police brutality.
Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up
While Democrats’ sweeping democracy overhaul HR 1 has run into likely insurmountable obstacles in the Senate, attention has turned to the separate legislative push lawmakers are making to restore the part of the Voting Rights Act that was gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013.
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