Politics

Second Dem Senator Calls For Menendez To Resign

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Monday joined calls for the resignation of his Democratic U.S. Senate colleague Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who has been indicted on bribery charges that allege he used his post on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for personal gain. “Senator Menendez has broken the public trust and should resign from …

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Fetterman Says He Plans To Return Menendez’ $5000 2020 Donation “In Envelopes Stuffed With $100 Bills”

The Messenger reports: John Fetterman, the first senator to call on Bob Menendez to resign, plans to give back the $5,000 that the embattled New Jersey Democratic senator gave the Pennsylvania Democrat’s Senate campaign in 2022. And Fetterman wants to do it in envelopes full of hundred-dollar bills. “We are in process of returning the money,” said Joe Calvello, a …

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DeSantis And Newsom Agree To Debate On Fox News

The Messenger reports: Fox News host Sean Hannity will moderate a “red state vs. blue state” debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, D, in November on Fox News. The network announced on Monday the debate will take place on November 30 at a to-be-determined space in Georgia. The debate will then air during Sean …

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Sinema To Donors: I’ll Get Lots Of Republican Support

NBC News reports: In a two-page prospectus obtained by NBC News, Sinema charts out a path to victory as an independent candidate in Arizona, with a glimpse of her possible campaign message and new details about the unique cross-party coalition she would seek to build in the competitive state. Under the banner “Kyrsten’s Path to Victory,” the document says Sinema …

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Gay Man Elected To Lead Greek Opposition Party

Bloomberg News reports: Members of Greece’s leftist Syriza party elected Stefanos Kasselakis to head the country’s second-largest political party after the resignation of former leader Alexis Tsipras in June following a free fall in support for his party in two general elections earlier this year. Syriza’s new president also becomes the first openly-gay person to lead a Greek political party …

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Dem Senators To Move First On Stopgap Funding Bill

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is ramping up the pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to avoid a government shutdown by moving first on a stopgap funding bill that will pass the Senate this week, a few days before the Sept. 30 deadline. The Senate’s plan is to send the bill to the House and put …

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Manchin Again Teases Third Party Presidential Bid

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin teased a potential third-party presidential run, threatening to throw the 2024 race into question by campaigning as an independent, while speaking at the closing remarks for the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival. Manchin also didn’t deny plans to run for reelection as a Democratic senator for West Virginia. Tribune co-founder Evan Smith attempted …

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Gaetz And Bartiromo Bicker About Shutdown Plans

Mediaite reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) went scorched earth on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and questioned what “wins” House Republicans have actually racked up since January when they have been in the majority. In a wild interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Gaetz battled Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo — who argued in her opening monologue that Gaetz is “disrupt[ing] …

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GOP Rep: Oust McCarthy If He Strikes Deal On Funding

“That would be something I would look strongly at ma’am. If we do away with our duty that we said we were going to do — they’re all talk about this promise that he made with Biden a year ago. “What about the promise that we made to the American public? That we were going to be responsible Americans? We …

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GOP Senator Begs Cultists To Ditch “Reality Star” Trump

“I’m still holding out hope that my fellow Republicans want to throw their support behind someone who has personal integrity, respects the rule of law, aims to unite rather than divide people and actually knows how to do the job well. Donald J. Trump’s signature professional achievement is as a reality television star and he’s lacking in every personal quality …

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Christie: No Interest In Running For Menendez’s Seat

NBC News reports: Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie said Sunday that he has “no interest” in running for the recently indicted Sen. Bob Menendez’s seat if his presidential run is unsuccessful. “No, I have no interest in being in the United States Senate,” Christie, who’s running for the 2024 GOP nomination, told NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet the …

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Buttigieg Urges GOP To Live Up To Their Funding Deal

“The American people don’t want a shutdown. From what I can tell, the Senate is ready to go. The administration is ready to go. House Republicans need to come to their senses and keep the government running. Look, Speaker McCarthy and the President made a deal. They made a deal earlier this summer. And by the way, it wasn’t an …

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McCarthy To Push Last Ditch Attempt At Funding Bills

Axios reports: House Republicans are gearing up for one last attempt to pass a spate of party-line government spending bills before government funding runs out on Sept. 30. Top GOP lawmakers hope that passing the bills will put them in a stronger negotiating position with the Senate as they try to avert a government shutdown without touching off a right-wing …

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Dem Rep. Andy Kim Launches Challenge To Menendez

ABC News reports: Congressman Andy Kim announced on Saturday he plans to challenge recently indicted Senator Bob Menendez to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. “After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him,” Kim said. “This is not something I expected to do, but I …

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WH Advises Federal Agencies To Ready For Shut Down

The Associated Press reports: The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services. A federal shutdown after Sept. 30 seems all but certain unless Speaker Kevin McCarthy can …

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Elena Kagan Calls For SCOTUS “Code Of Conduct”

USA Today reports: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she hopes colleagues will adopt an ethics “code of conduct,” while a new report details a relationship between Justice Clarence Thomas and conservative political activists. New ethics rules would “go far in persuading other people that we were adhering to the highest standards of conduct,” Kagan said during a Friday speech …

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Recently Reelected Dallas Mayor Switches To GOP

The Texas Tribune reports: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a longtime Democrat, is now a Republican — turning Dallas into the largest city in the country with a GOP mayor. “Today I am changing my party affiliation,” Johnson wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Wall Street Journal. “Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary. When my …

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Erdogan Complains He Saw “LGBT Colors” At UN

Reuters reports: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan complained on Thursday that he was uncomfortable with the use of what he described as “LGBT colors” at the United Nations, which is decorated this week with bright colors promoting the Sustainable Development Goals. “One of the issues that bothers me the most … is that when entering the United Nations General Assembly, you …

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India Suspends Visas For Canadians Over Killing Claim

Semafor reports: India said it would stop issuing new visas for Canadians, in the latest escalation of the diplomatic feud that began after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Narendra Modi’s government of being involved in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. Indian journalist Rahul Kanwal described the move as a “diplomatic ballistic missile,” saying …

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Sen. Bob Menendez And Wife Charged With Bribery

CNN reports: New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was charged with corruption-related offenses for the second time in 10 years, prosecutors will announce Friday morning. Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, were indicted on bribery offenses “in connection with their corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen,” the US attorney in New York tweeted. Prosecutors with the US attorney’s …

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