A Texas museum has removed its wax rendering of former President Donald Trump after it was mercilessly vandalized, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
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Hints and Shadows
Yesterday Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced his support for abolishing or dramatically reforming the Senate filibuster. This comes after comments earlier this week from Joe Manchin in which he said he won’t budge from the Senate’s current 60 vote threshold for advancing legislation. That comes less than two weeks after Manchin expressed support for moving toward a so-called ‘talking filibuster’ and only a few more weeks after Manchin insisted he would support the filibuster no matter what and forever. Put this all together and at least on the surface you have a confusing mix of signals – often entirely contradictory – that makes it very hard to make sense of what is happening with the filibuster and thus whether there is any real chance of more legislation this year while Democrats have the slenderest hold on both the executive and the legislative branches of government.
McCarthy Fumes After Failed Effort To Boot Swalwell From Intel Committee
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) fumed late Thursday after the House voted against his resolution to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) from the House intelligence committee due to his contact over six years ago with a suspected Chinese spy who is alleged to have targeted American lawmakers.
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Another Dem Comes Out Against Filibuster, Cites Urgency Of Passing Sweeping Voting Rights Bill
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), one of the Democratic senators who previously threw their support behind preserving the filibuster, on Thursday evening joined the growing chorus of Democrats calling for the abolishment of the procedure.
The Coming Redistricting Cycle Will Test Just What Biden’s DOJ Can Do With A Gutted VRA
There’s no playbook for how President Biden’s Justice Department can protect minority voting rights in the coming round of redistricting.
GOP Rep Who Pushed Big Lie Gets Into Testy Exchange When Grilled On Biden’s Win
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) repeatedly pushed back on Politico reporters on Thursday when they asked whether he could unequivocally state that President Biden won the 2020 election. Continue reading “GOP Rep Who Pushed Big Lie Gets Into Testy Exchange When Grilled On Biden’s Win”
The Anti-KKK Statue Movement Is Winning, So Tennessee GOP Wants To Blow Up The System
There’s no doubt in Tennessee State Sen. Heidi Campbell’s (D) mind that Senate Republicans are retaliating against a state historical commission for voting to remove a bust of the slave trader, Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capitol.
Florida GOPer Charged In Scheme To Run A Fake Dem Candidate
A former Florida Republican state senator paid more than $40,000 over the course of a year to a sham candidate meant to siphon votes away from a Democratic politician in a state race last year, police say.
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‘Here We Go Again’: Paul And Fauci Butt Heads Over Masks For Vaccinated People
White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci once again found himself sparring with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday after the Republican senator complained about mask-wearing mandates amid the country hitting soaring levels of vaccinations. Continue reading “‘Here We Go Again’: Paul And Fauci Butt Heads Over Masks For Vaccinated People”
Josh Marshall Podcast Ep. 164: Biden His Time
On this week’s pod, we discuss the President coming out in support of filibuster reform and the former president giving a thumbs up to the COVID-19 vaccine. And yes, I’m wearing a stocking cap because fake spring has come and gone in NYC.
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