Politics

South Korean Lawmakers Ban The Sale Of Dog Meat

The BBC reports: The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law. The legislation, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries-old practice of humans eating dog meat. Dog meat stew, called “boshintang”, is considered a delicacy among some older South Koreans, but …

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Dems Launch $35M Campaign To Woo Minority Voters

Axios reports: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it’s pouring $35 million into a campaign to engage with Black, Latino and Asian American and Pacific Islander voters ahead of this year’s elections. Democrats, including President Biden, have slowly been bleeding support among many of these voters. Latino voters specifically played a key role in several tight swing state races in …

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Judge Judy Endorses “Whip Smart” Nikki Haley

Fox News reports: Judge Judith Sheindlin, better known to fans as Judge Judy, is endorsing Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential race. “I’m proud to endorse Nikki Haley because she is whip smart, has executive credentials and was a superb governor,” Sheindlin said in a statement. “She has international gravitas as Ambassador to the United Nations. She is principled, measured …

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Freedom Caucus May Try To Oust Johnson As Speaker

The Washington Examiner reports: Conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are coming out hard against the top-line spending agreement reached between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Senate, claiming he sold them out and that the agreement doesn’t go far enough. “The speaker’s office and everyone in town are trying to sell everybody a bill of goods. It’s not …

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Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer To Seek 23rd House Term

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md), a titan of Maryland politics and the former No. 2 leader in the House of Representatives, will seek a 23rd term in Congress. Hoyer, 84, plans to file for reelection Tuesday in a deeply Democratic area he has represented in Congress since 1981, and before that the Maryland legislature starting in …

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Axios: Ramaswamy’s Campaign Is On Its Last Legs

Axios reports: Vivek Ramaswamy won’t be on the Illinois GOP primary ballot, some of his campaign staffers have begun looking for work elsewhere, and he hasn’t qualified for Wednesday’s final televised debate before Iowa’s caucuses. Ramaswamy jumped to political prominence in recent months with an anti-establishment, Trump-friendly message — but now there are signs that his long-shot campaign could be …

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Macron Appoints France’s First Openly Gay PM

Reuters reports: French President Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal [photo] as his new prime minister on Tuesday, seeking to breathe new life into his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. The move will not necessarily lead to any major political shift, but signals a desire for Macron to try to move beyond last year’s unpopular pension …

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7-Term Indiana Republican Rep Won’t Seek Reelection

The Washington Examiner reports: Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) won’t seek reelection to the House next year, making him the latest House Republican to retire from his seat as a growing number of lawmakers consider other jobs in government or an exit from politics altogether. Bucshon announced his resignation in a statement on Monday, making him the 39th House member to …

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There May Be Video Of Beetleboob Slugging Her Ex

The Denver Gazette reports: Silt Police Chief Mike Kite confirmed to The Denver Gazette that “Boebert and her ex-husband, Jayson, were involved” and said that there is surveillance video from the restaurant, as well as 911 dispatch records, though that information was not released because Saturday’s incident is an ongoing investigation. “We are treating this case no differently than we …

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Congressional Leaders Reach Deal To Avert Shutdown

The Washington Post reports: Congressional leaders reached a $1.66 trillion agreement Sunday to finance the federal government in 2024, preserving funding for key domestic and social safety net programs in the face of GOP demands to cut the government’s budget. Now lawmakers are up against a stiff deadline to pass legislation to codify the deal and avert a partial government …

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Cheney: Johnson Is Lying When He Says I Considered Signing Onto SCOTUS Brief On Overturning Election

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday pushed back against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)’s claim she considered signing an amicus brief on overturning the 2020 election results, noting she was only in communication with Johnson about the brief. In an interview that aired earlier Sunday with CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Johnson told moderator Margaret Brennan he …

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Appeals Court Strikes Down California Gun Ban Law

Reuters reports: A federal appeals court on Saturday allowed a judge’s ruling that barred California from enforcing a new law that bans the carrying of guns in most public places on the grounds that it was unconstitutional to take effect. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved an order by a different 9th Circuit panel from a week earlier …

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Michigan GOP Unveils Plan To End Primary Elections

Bridge Michigan reports: The Michigan Republican Party, under embattled Chair Kristina Karamo, is considering a plan that would effectively end primary elections by authorizing party insiders to select nominees for most political offices. The “Better Political Representation” motion, slated for a potential state committee vote at a Jan. 13 meeting called by Karamo, was announced Saturday in a video that …

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DeSantis Repeats Claim Legal Pot May Contain Fentanyl

Florida Politics reports: During an interview on The Big Show on KCPS, the Governor pointed to Colorado as an illustration of how legalized cannabis in that early adopter state didn’t destroy the illegal market for the product. Last month on the trail, he suggested that patients in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program use medical conditions as a “pretext” for getting high. …

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Steve Scalise Takes Leave For Stem Cell Transplant

CNN reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will undergo a stem cell transplant, his office announced on Friday, which is expected to keep him out of Washington and working remotely until February. In April 2023, the Louisiana Republican announced that he had been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer and had started treatment. “Last month, Leader Scalise successfully completed …

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9-Term CO Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn To Retire

Multiple political sources on Twitter are reporting that Colorado GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn will not seek reelection, with one reporter quoting him as saying, “I’m not getting any younger.” Now in his ninth term, Lamborn has a 0% rating on LGBTQ issues from the Human Rights Campaign. In December 2020, Lamborn was among the 126 House Republicans who signed onto …

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Haley On Slavery Flap: I Had Black Friends Growing Up

“I should have said slavery right off the bat, but if you grow up in South Carolina, literally in second and third grade you learn about slavery. You grow up and you have– you know, I had Black friends growing up. It is a very talked about thing. “We have a big history in South Carolina when it comes to, …

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Trump’s GOP Rivals Have Been Silent On Capitol Riot

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s Republican rivals are scrambling for every vote they can get in Iowa, where the first Republican presidential nominating contest is now just days away. But when it comes to his actions involving the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, they are largely giving him a pass. They are not alone. At campaign events and …

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Ex-Capitol Cop Harry Dunn Launches Bid For US House

The New York Times reports: Harry Dunn, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer who rose to prominence for his defense of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and for his emotional public testimony describing the attack, announced on Friday that he was running for Congress in Maryland’s third district. “On Jan. 6, 2021, I did my duty as a police …

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DeSantis: Haley Is “Phony Darling Of Never Trumpers”

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his attacks on former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, calling her “phony” and “a darling of the Never Trumpers” in a joint interview with NBC News and The Des Moines Register. “I’m just thinking to myself, you know, ‘She’s phony.’ You know, she doesn’t have a core set of convictions,” DeSantis said, …

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