Politics

Mullin Tosses Cold Water On Impeachment Attempt

The Messenger reports: Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested that President Joe Biden may not qualify for impeachment in the House GOP investigation because if he did commit a crime, he isn’t holding that same office anymore or wasn’t even in office at the time. “The bar is real high. There’s not question about it,” Mullin said in an interview …

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Argentina’s Milei May Use Troops Against Protesters

Bloomberg News reports: President Javier Milei is moving preemptively to curb protests against his austerity measures in Argentina, which include deep budget cuts and reduced subsidies for energy and transportation. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced that Argentina’s federal forces will intervene in any protests or street blockades conducted without a permit. “The law is not obeyed in part. The law …

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DeSantis Backs Death Penalty In Florida Child Sex Case

The Messenger reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday voiced his support for prosecutors in the state’ decision to seek the death penalty for a man indicted for the sexual battery of a child. He noted it’s the first case to challenge Supreme Court decisions concerning rape since DeSantis signed legislation to “make pedophiles eligible for the death penalty.” The top …

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Aide On Pence Backing Trump: Don’t Hold Your Breath

The Hill reports: Marc Short, once the chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, said Thursday that Pence isn’t likely to endorse President Trump for the 2024 election. “I don’t think President Trump should be holding his breath for that,” Short said of an endorsement, in an appearance on The Hill on NewsNation. “I certainly would not anticipate …

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GOP Tries To Elbow Out Extreme Senate Candidates

Axios reports: Former President Trump is mostly keeping his distance from key Senate races in GOP primaries. But privately, Trump’s team is working closely with the Republican Senate campaign group, which is trying to avoid fielding extreme, scandal-plagued candidates in 2024. It’s a strategy shift for Trump and the National Republican Senatorial Committee from last year, when several far-right, Trump-backed …

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Texas AG Moves To Unseat Judges Who Defied Him

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton is turning up the heat in the Republican primary for Texas’ highest criminal court, where three judges are up for reelection. Paxton has long made clear he would be going after the Republican judges over their 2021 ruling that struck down the attorney general’s ability to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud, saying that …

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McCarthy Delivers Farewell Speech To House [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed fellow lawmakers on the House floor on his final day in Washington as a member of Congress on Thursday afternoon. “I had the privilege of being a leader for five years and I think about did I leave this place better than I received it?” McCarthy said. The former Speaker of the …

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NY GOP Taps Israeli Veteran To Run For Santos’s Seat

The New York Times reports: Republicans battling to hold onto the New York House seat vacated by George Santos chose on Thursday another relatively unknown candidate with a remarkable biography but a thin political résumé to run in a special election next year, according to three party officials briefed on the decision. After extensive vetting, Republican leaders selected Mazi Melesa …

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Four-Term GOP Georgia Rep Won’t Seek Reelection

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: A Georgia congressman whose district covers much of the southern part of metro Atlanta has announced that he is not running for reelection. In a statement posted to social media, Rep. Drew Ferguson said at the conclusion of this Congress, he will be retiring from the House of Representatives. “Serving the wonderful constituents of Georgia’s Third …

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Florida GOP Advances Bill To Loosen Child Labor Laws

Florida Politics reports: A bill that would remove all work hour restrictions on 16- and 17-year-olds — including the prohibition on overnight shifts on school nights — received lawmakers’ approval at its first committee stop over Democrats’ objections. Rep. Linda Chaney’s bill (HB 49) went before the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee. It proposes to roll back decades …

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DeSantis: I’ll Move The Dept Of Agriculture To Iowa

“So it potentially could be the whole thing to make these agencies more reflective of the people that they’re intended to serve is to take them out of Washington D.C. And so, instead of having the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department in D.C., you know, you can have it in Oklahoma. “Instead of having the Department of Agriculture …

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Texas Senators Dodge Questions About Abortion Case

NBC News reports: Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas dodged questions Tuesday about Kate Cox, a mother of two who has drawn national attention after their state’s Supreme Court blocked her from getting an abortion after her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Cruz and Cornyn were notably skittish when they were asked to weigh in on Cox’s …

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DeSantis: My Wife Had To Fight To Get A Mammogram

“My wife, she just had a sense. She felt something, she went to see the doctor. The doctor cleared her and then she came back to me and she said, ‘You know, I don’t know.’ “And I was like, ‘You’re fine’ because like for me, if a doctor told me I’m fine, I would never think twice. I’d be off …

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GOP Pressured To Push Contraception Not Abortion

Politico reports: Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with a message for Republicans: promote contraception or risk defeat in 2024. The former senior counselor and campaign manager for President Donald Trump is part of a group set to brief Republicans on how they might get ahead of Democrats’ attacks that the GOP is anti-woman by talking more …

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DeSantis Blames Trump For Satanic Temple Display

“So it’s interesting, I heard this and then I was like, well how did it get there? Is that even a religion? And lo and behold, the Trump administration gave them approval to be under the IRS as a religion. So that gave them the legal ability to potentially do it. “So I don’t know what the legislature– what they, …

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FL Opens Antitrust Probe Into College Football Playoffs

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody writes: I’m a lifelong Gator, but I’m also the Florida Attorney General, and I know injustice when I see it. No rational person or college football fan can look at this situation and not question the result. The NCAA, conferences, and the College Football Playoff Committee are subject to antitrust laws. My Office is launching …

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Good News For Dems: NY Must Redraw US House Map

The New York Times reports: New York’s highest court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map on Tuesday, delivering a ruling that immediately threw New York’s political landscape into chaos and reopened a process with sweeping national implications. State Democrats are now widely expected to try to shift anywhere from two to six Republican-held seats, from Long Island to …

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GOP New Hampshire Gov To Endorse Nikki Haley

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: Republican presidential candidates have been competing for Gov. Chris Sununu’s endorsement for months. Sununu has said he does not think Trump can win next year and wants the Republican Party to turn the page. Now, sources tell WMUR that Sununu has made his decision. He’s going to be backing former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and …

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New Polish PM Declares End To Right Wing Nationalism

The Washington Post reports: In a cathartic moment for many in Poland, centrist political veteran Donald Tusk got the nod on Monday to be the country’s next prime minister, marking the end of eight years of right-wing nationalist rule and a dramatic shift in the European political landscape. Tusk’s alliance secured a majority in October elections with a promise to …

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Texas Woman Flees State To Seek Emergency Abortion

Reuters reports: A woman who had asked a court for an order allowing her to get an abortion under the medical emergency exception to Texas’ near-total ban will leave the state to receive care while the state’s highest court considers her case, her lawyers said in a court filing on Monday. Lawyers for Kate Cox said in a filing with …

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