Charlotte Bennett, one of the women accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of sexual harassment, has said that she did not perceive the governor’s Wednesday remarks addressing multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct and workplace sexual harassment as an apology.
Cheney Scolds Gosar For Speaking At Conference Organized By White Nationalist
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) chided Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who was one of the leaders of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” cause that led to a violent insurrection, on Thursday for speaking at a conference that was organized by a white nationalist.
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Cuomo Aides Hid Higher Nursing Home Death Toll In Rewritten Report
Top aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) rewrote a report written by state health officials, removing a figure that reflected how many nursing home residents in New York had died in the pandemic by June.
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Trump Political Appointee Arrested Over Alleged Participation In Capitol Assault
Federico Klein, a then-political appointee at the State Department under former President Donald Trump, was arrested by the FBI in Virginia on Thursday over his alleged participation in the violent siege of the Capitol in January.
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An Inside Look At How Trump Scrubbed Obamacare From HHS Websites
There was no better symbol of the Trump administration’s plans for sabotaging the Affordable Care Act than how, soon after the inauguration, its Department of Health and Human Services prioritized erasing mentions of the law on its web page.
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Is a Jan 6 Commission a Bad Idea?
I’m really not sure whether I agree with this or not. I need to think it over. But TPM Reader JG is a sharp guy. And he makes some interesting and compelling points …
a couple thoughts about Jan 6: What was striking about yesterday’s Senate Comm Hearing was the non-presence of former senior Defense Dept officials who could answer the obvious questions about the delay in authorizing Nat’l Guard support despite urgent requests and the withdrawal of prior independent tasking authority for DC Guard authorities. Are they being investigated for criminal acts (sedition, eg) and thus their testimony would raise 5th A problems? The replacement of Esper et al with more Trumpist actings for the final few weeks certainly raise questions about anticipation and coordination of the Jan 6 events and call for investigation of communication with the WH on Jan 5 and 6.
More generally: pushing for a 1/6 Commission is a bad idea.
Meet Mary Anne and John
Meet Meet Mary Anne Clarkson and John Merlino, the two Senate employees who have to read out the entire 628 page text of the COVID relief bill because Sen. Ron Johnson and his colleagues thought it would be a cute delaying tactic. They’re two hours in and about 100 pages through.
When Will Violence Shape Our National Politics? Some Say We’re Already There.
The House of Representatives shuttered itself on Thursday amid threats of a violent far-right assault. The exact nature of those threats remain unknown, but it’s only the latest marker of what’s been true for months: threats of violence, credible and not, are intimidating the country’s political leadership.
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Senate Takes Step Toward Passing COVID Bill And GOP Begins Its Procedural Warfare
With Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote, the Senate took a procedural step Thursday toward passing the Democrats’ sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. Now begins the several hours — and possibly several days — of Republican parliamentary maneuverings that will delay the final Senate vote on the legislation.
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Alleged Capitol Attacker Who Sat In Pelosi’s Office Yells At Judge About Still Being In Jail
The alleged Capitol intruder best known for snatching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) mail and mugging for cameras with his feet up in her office blew up in anger at a federal judge Thursday.