Clyburn: Voting Rights Bills ‘May Be On Life Support’ After Sinema And Manchin Oppose Filibuster Carveout

Posted on by Summer Concepcion

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday acknowledged that voting rights bills continue to appear ill-fated in the Senate, but said that he hasn’t lost hope for their eventual passage.

The remarks came after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) reiterating their loyalty to the filibuster last week as Democrats looked to change Senate rules to push their election reform legislation through the evenly split chamber.

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GOP Senator Who Fauci Called A Moron Now Has Something Called The ‘FAUCI Act’

Posted on by Summer Concepcion

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) won’t let go of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s hot mic moment, in which the President’s chief medical advisor grumbled that the senator was a “moron” after he demanded that Fauci’s already public financial disclosures … be made public.

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Five Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment

Posted on by Matt Shuham

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced in March last year that he would be sending hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, he spurred a wave of posturing from Republican governors over “securing” the border. Following Texas’ lead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent Florida state law enforcement officers and National Guard troops to Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sent her state’s troops as well — funded by a Tennessee auto scrap billionaire. 

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Conservative Justices’ Disdain For Agency Power Could Have Implications Far Beyond Vaccine Mandate Decisions

Posted on by Kate Riga

The Supreme Court struck down a Biden administration vaccine-or-test rule for large employers while upholding a mandate for health-care employers — not an outright win for the administration, but a better outcome than the hostility at oral arguments forecasted. 

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DeSantis Quietly Hits At Trump Administration For Trying To Stop COVID Too Hard

Posted on by Cristina Cabrera

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who’s been waging war on COVID-19 safety measures in a clear bid to be the next MAGA king ahead of 2024, sees ex-president Donald Trump’s oblique swipe and raises him a challenge of who can be more pro-spread than the other.

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Another House Republican Who Voted For Trump’s Impeachment Bows Out

Posted on by Kate Riga

Rep. John Katko (R-NY) announced his retirement Friday, making him the third House Republican who voted to impeach ex-President Donald Trump to leave the chamber. 

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COVID Notes #9 (Special Antigen Test Edition)

Posted on by Josh Marshall

So many people are getting COVID, trying to figure out whether they have COVID or trying to figure out how long to isolate whether they have COVID or suspect they might. So I wanted to share with you some examples of positive and negative antigen tests. There’s nothing surprising or groundbreaking about what I’m going to show you. But it can just help to see some examples if you’re trying to make sense of this stuff in your own home, workplace or family.

These are six tests from a COVID infection that was antigen positive for 9 days.

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Texas DA Finds AG Paxton Violated Public Records Law By Withholding Jan. 6 Texts

Posted on by Cristina Cabrera

The Travis County District Attorney’s Office (TSCDO) in Texas has found that state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) violated the state’s public records law by refusing to release his texts from the time when he was in D.C. for a Trump rally on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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‘They’re Trying To Indict Me’: Rhodes’ Attorney Recounts Pre-Arrest Convo With Oath Keeper Leader

Posted on by Josh Kovensky

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes was worrying about federal indictment minutes before the FBI showed up to arrest him, an attorney for Rhodes told TPM.

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Pennsylvania Republicans Float A Plan For A Gerrymandering Power Grab

Posted on by Matt Shuham

New district maps for Pennsylvania’s state legislature have received preliminary approval from a state commission — and prompted outrage from Pennsylvania House Republicans, for whom the maps are not red enough.

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