Politics

Ukraine President: Russia Is Plotting To Overthrow Me

The Washington Post reports: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a group of Russian and Ukrainians is planning to stage a coup d’etat in Ukraine next month and that the plotters are trying to enlist the help of the country’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Zelensky, speaking at a “press marathon” for local and international media, said that audio recordings, …

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Olaf Scholz To Be Confirmed As German Chancellor

The New York Times reports: For the first time in 16 years, Germany will have a center-left government and a new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, whose job will be to fill the shoes of Angela Merkel, the woman who made Germany indispensable in Europe and the world. Three parties have been haggling under strict secrecy to hammer out …

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Kinzinger: I’m The Only One Who Can Unseat IL’s Gov

Crain’s Chicago Business reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of former President Trump’s most vocal Republican critics in Congress, said he sees himself as “the only candidate” capable of defeating Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) in next year’s election. “If I ran for governor, I think I’m the only candidate that could win, at least that’s out there now,” Kinzinger …

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McConaughey To Decide “Shortly” On Texas Gov Bid

“I am not until I am — OK? Is this something I’ve been thinking about for 20 years, and I know what I want to do, but I’m just holding on to my answer? No. “It’s a new embassy of leadership that I have really been doing my diligence to study, to look into, to question what it is, what …

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Dem VT Rep. Peter Welch Launches US Senate Bid

Politico reports: Vermont Rep. Peter Welch announced Monday he will run for Senate next year to fill the seat held by retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy. “I’m running for the United States Senate to work for you, for Vermont, for our country, and for our imperiled democracy,” Welch, a Democrat, tweeted. In a roughly two-minute campaign announcement video, he lamented that …

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GOP Donors Are Backing Manchin And Sinema

The New York Times reports: Even as Ms. Sinema and Mr. Manchin, both Democrats, have drawn fire from the left for their efforts to shrink and reshape Mr. Biden’s proposals, they have won growing financial support from conservative-leaning donors and business executives in a striking display of how party affiliation can prove secondary to special interests and ideological motivations when …

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SNL’s Jeanine Pirro Hails “Lovable Scamp” Rittenhouse

The New York Daily News reports: “Lovable scamp” Kyle Rittenhouse was the real victim, according to the fake Jeannine Pirro on this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” The 18-year-old acquitted Friday of killing two people in Kenosha, Wisc., last summer and injuring another was “put through a nightmare of a trial just for doing the bravest thing any American can do: …

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Biden To Oust DeJoy Allies On USPS Governors Board

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden announced plans Friday to nominate two new members to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, a potential first step in removing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Biden is replacing two of DeJoy’s backers on the board, chair Ron Bloom and John Barger. However, the president would likely have to make additional appointments as …

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Harris To Become First Woman With Presidential Power While Biden Is Under Anesthesia During Colonoscopy

CNN reports: President Joe Biden on Friday will temporarily transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. The nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president will break yet another barrier when she temporarily steps into the acting role. Harris will …

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House Passes Build Back Better Act In 220-213 Vote

The Washington Post reports: More than a year after President Biden clinched the White House on a pledge to “build back better,” House Democrats delivered on that promise, voting to approve more than $2 trillion in spending initiatives that would overhaul federal health care, education, climate, immigration and tax laws. The measure adopted Friday amounts to a dramatic re-envisioning of …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On Build Back Better Act

The Guardian reports: The House had expected to vote last night on the Build Back Better budget bill but Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy threw a spanner into the works with an eight-and-a-half-hour overnight speech. House members are gathering now and will begin voting shortly on the bill, which comes in at almost $2tn in spending on social support programs …

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Politico: If Nancy Pelosi Retires, Her Daughter May Run

Politico Playbook reports: Speaker Pelosi has hinted strongly this will be her last term in the House. And back in her district, buzz is building over her potential successor — and the possibility that her daughter, Christine Pelosi, could make a play for the seat. But the competition will be fierce for a seat that hasn’t been truly up since …

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US Indicts Two Iranian Hackers Who Posed As Proud Boys And Threatened Dems: Vote For Trump Or Else

The Washington Post reports: Two alleged Iranian hackers were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department Thursday and accused of engaging in a hacking and disinformation campaign targeting American voters in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Seyyed Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, allegedly sent threatening emails to try to scare voters, attempted to break into several states’ …

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NC Dem Rep To Retire Due To Gerrymandered District

Politico reports: Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), a longtime leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, won’t seek reelection next year — another blow to Democrats’ efforts to keep control of the House after the midterm elections. Butterfield, first elected to an Eastern North Carolina congressional seat in 2004, saw his district undergo significant changes in redistricting. Under its current configuration, now-President …

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US Bishops Drop Effort To Deny Communion To Biden

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Catholic bishops Wednesday overwhelmingly passed their first document in 15 years on the meaning of Communion, emphasizing in the text the “special responsibility” of Catholic public figures to shape their own views based on “the Church’s faith and moral law.” The document did not mention politicians who support abortion rights or single out abortion in …

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Ethics Panel Rescinds Approval Of Cuomo’s COVID Book

The New York Daily News reports: New York’s ethics panel voted Tuesday to rescind approval of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics approved a resolution by a 12-1 vote reversing a decision made by staff last year allowing the disgraced governor to profit from his COVID-themed tome. The decision comes amid allegations …

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GOP Bill Would Decriminalize Weed At Federal Level

NBC News reports: Rep. Nancy Mace, a first-term Republican from South Carolina, introduced a bill Monday to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, which she hopes will garner more GOP support for the legalization movement. “This legislation, I believe, has something good for everyone, whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican,” Mace told reporters outside the Capitol, where she introduced …

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Dem Rep. Jackie Speier To Retire After Current Term

San Francisco’s ABC News affiliate reports: U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier of San Mateo County says she will not be running for re-election to the U.S. House. Speier has served California’s 14th District of San Mateo County and the Peninsula since 2013 as well as the 12th District of San Francisco back in 2008 to 2013. But her career really starts …

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POLL: 60% Want Supreme Court To Uphold Roe V Wade

The Washington Post reports: Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes a Texas law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The lopsided support for maintaining abortion rights protections comes …

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Progressive Jumaane Williams Launches Bid For NY Gov

The New York Daily News reports: New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Tuesday announced he’s running for governor, staking his claim as a progressive candidate in what is shaping up as a crowded race. Williams stressed his activism against racism and police brutality in tossing his hat in the ring for next year’s Democratic primary dogfight. “Without progressive …

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