A vote in Kansas to preserve abortion rights was confirmed again Sunday evening, after a partial hand recount in select counties changed fewer than 100 votes.
Continue reading “Kansas Recount Does Nothing To Change Win For Abortion Rights”Fauci Will Step Down As Top Medical Adviser In December To ‘Pursue Next Chapter’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Monday said he plans to step down from government service in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career.
Continue reading “Fauci Will Step Down As Top Medical Adviser In December To ‘Pursue Next Chapter’”GOP Guv Nominee Shocked That Candidate She Endorsed Publicly Called Jews Evil
Jarrin Jackson, the Republican contender for an Oklahoma state Senate seat, is not shy about his views: He thinks Jews are evil and that being gay is disgusting. His public comments to that effect have been reported on extensively; it only takes a simple Google search to see them.
Continue reading “GOP Guv Nominee Shocked That Candidate She Endorsed Publicly Called Jews Evil”Paranoid
Rich Lowry, Editor of The National Review, has a guest opinion piece in the Times today, the gist of which is that Republicans are right to be “paranoid” about the search of the President’s Florida estate. We hear about Democratic criticisms of the Whitewater investigation, James Comey’s mishandling of the Hillary’s emails affair, etc. etc. All par for the course. But what I wanted to note is the central role of the Russia probe. It now serves as the baseless investigation, the hoax, the prosecutorial abuse that justifies everything from the Trumpian right that comes later.
This is no surprise from Trump himself: If Trump doesn’t like something, it’s a hoax. But here we see Trump’s relative success defining it as such not only for almost everyone on the right side of the political spectrum but in much of the journalistic world and even among many Democrats.
Continue reading “Paranoid”Cha-Ching! Leonard Leo Banks $1.6B Donation To New Conservative Nonprofit
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
The Judicial Kingmaker
The New York Times has an important story out this morning on an unusual and ginormous donation by a conservative businessman to a new nonprofit group run by Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the Federalist Society.
In his role at the Federalist Society and at the nexus of the conservative dark money network, Leo is the judicial kingmaker on the GOP side.
Now Leo’s vast influence will be boosted by the $1.6 billion donation to his new group: the Marble Freedom Trust.
The Times explored the series of transactions in which the electronics manufacturing mogul Barre Seid donated 100% of the stock of his company to Leo’s group right before the company was sold to an Irish conglomerate.
Leo has been deeply involved in the nomination and confirmation of every Republican-appointed Supreme Court justice since Clarence Thomas.
Lindsey Graham Succeeds In Stalling His Grand Jury Testimony
A federal appeals court has handed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at least a partial victory in his effort to quash a Georgia grand jury subpoena in the state criminal investigation into 2020 election subversion.
Will Mike Pence Testify?
Some signs the Jan. 6 committee may yet hear from the former vice president.
Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds?
A good rundown at the contradictory, internally inconsistent grab bag of defenses, rationales, and justifications Team Trump has come up with attack to the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago.
Good One
The NYT Is Well Conditioned To Bogus GOP Attacks
An otherwise helpful story on the massive $350 billion in loans and guarantees for clean energy and automobiles included in the Inflation Reduction Act gives way to pearl-clutching over the kind of bogus narrative Republicans might come up with to attack the program. So well-conditioned is the Times to GOP bad faith attacks that it goes ahead and preemptively draws the comparison to Solyndra:
But like all government efforts to aid industry and advance new technologies, the expansion of the loan authority carries risks for Mr. Biden and the Democrats, who passed the bill without any Republican votes. About a decade ago, conservatives seized on the failure of Solyndra, a solar company that had borrowed about $500 million from the Energy Department, to criticize the Obama administration’s climate and energy policies.
Oh noes! It “carries risks.”
LOLOL
NYT: The gambit to get Rudy Giuliani a pardon AND a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Must Reads
WaPo: ‘It’s a rip-off’: GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue
Politico: White coats in the state capital: OB-GYNs become political force in abortion wars
Kansas Recount Preserves Win For Abortion Rights
Results of the Kansas vote against a constitutional amendment targeting abortion is confirmed in partial hand recount.
A Sneak Peek At How Abortion May Play In November
Dave Weigel takes a close look at tomorrow’s special House election in New York’s 19th Congressional District.
How Corporate America Responds To Dobbs
Walmart expands abortion coverage for employees.
Leading The News This Week
Two Arkansas sheriffs deputies have been suspended after a sickening video of a police beating of a suspect on Sunday.
Remember This One?
Closing arguments are set for Monday in the retrial of two men charged in the 2020 kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
CNN’s New Look
CNN’s Reliable Sources signs off after three decades.
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Jan. 6 Panel Members Say They’re In Talks With Pence’s Counsel About Testifying
Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), who serve on the Jan. 6 Select Committee, on Sunday said that the panel has been in discussions with former Vice President Mike Pence’s counsel about his potential testimony. Last week, Pence said he would consider testifying before the committee if he was invited to do so.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Panel Members Say They’re In Talks With Pence’s Counsel About Testifying”Schiff: DOJ Concerns With Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Are ‘Very Legitimate’
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee and member of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, on Sunday outlined what information the public can learn from the release of a redacted affidavit that led to the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month.
Continue reading “Schiff: DOJ Concerns With Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Are ‘Very Legitimate’”Appeals Court Delays Graham’s Testimony Before Fulton County Grand Jury
A federal appeals court on Sunday delayed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) testimony before a special grand jury in Fulton County that was initially scheduled for Tuesday, following an appeal by Graham’s lawyers that pushed back at a district court judge’s rejection of a motion to quash his subpoena.
Continue reading “Appeals Court Delays Graham’s Testimony Before Fulton County Grand Jury”Book: Giuliani Associate Sought ‘General Pardon’ After Capitol Insurrection
An associate of Rudy Giuliani attempted to ask then-President Trump to grant his personal lawyer a “general pardon” and the Presidential Medal of Freedom shortly after the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, according to an advance copy of a new book obtained by the New York Times.
Continue reading “Book: Giuliani Associate Sought ‘General Pardon’ After Capitol Insurrection”Vos’ Trump-Backed Rival Launches Write-In Campaign After Just Barely Losing
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) fended off his Trump-endorsed primary challenger by the slimmest of margins – and now said challenger’s taking another shot at Vos’ seat.
Continue reading “Vos’ Trump-Backed Rival Launches Write-In Campaign After Just Barely Losing”