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Schumer Set To Move Forward With Vote To End GOP Filibuster Of Voting Rights Legislation

January 19, 2022 Voting, Vote, Forward, Rights, Legislation, Move, Filibuster, Schumer0 comment

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is primed to have the upper chamber vote to end Republicans’ filibuster of voting rights legislation on Wednesday evening, likely followed by a vote to change how the filibuster functions. The plan is to offer a “talking filibuster” proposal to the floor, under which voting rights legislation would only require a simple majority to advance toward final passage following lengthy debate. Changes to the filibuster look ill-fated at the moment: Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have made clear that they won’t…

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

January 16, 2022 Points, Five, National, border, Guard, Greg, deployment, Abbott’s, Disastrous0 comment

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 <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-game-wardens-join-red-state-pilgrimage-to-southern-border”>state law enforcement officers</a> and <a href=”https://www.flgov.com/2021/07/17/governor-desantis-visits-southern-border-to-meet-with-deployed-florida-law-enforcement/”>National Guard troops</a> to Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem <a href=”https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/”>sent her state’s troops</a> as well — funded by a Tennessee <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/auto-scrap-billionaire-who-paid-to-send-national-guard-to-southern-border-sounds-off-on-why-he-did-it”>auto scrap billionaire</a>.  Talking Points Memo

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

January 15, 2022 Republican, voted, House, another, trumps, Bows, Impeachment0 comment

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.  Talking Points Memo

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

January 14, 2022 hits, Covid, DeSantis, trying, stop, Hard, administration, Quietly, Trump0 comment

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 <a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-attack-gutless-republican-politicians-booster-shot” target=”_blank”>oblique swipe</a> and raises him a challenge of who can be more pro-spread than the other. Talking Points Memo

Where Things Stand: Biden Deploys The Military To Fight COVID As SCOTUS Helps Pandemic Linger

January 14, 2022 SCOTUS, Pandemic, Covid, Linger, Fight, Biden, things, stand, military, helps, deploys0 comment

The White House’s latest COVID-19 mitigation efforts are a contrast to the Supreme Court’s ruling today. President Biden <a href=”https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/13/remarks-by-president-biden-at-virtual-meeting-on-military-deployments-supporting-hospitals-for-the-covid-19-response/”>announced Thursday</a> that his administration would double its previous promise to hand out free at-home COVID-19 tests, with plans to send out one billion to Americans’ homes. Along with that, the Biden administration will distribute N95 masks to the public as the country faces an unprecedented spike in COVID infections. Biden is also deploying more military personnel to hospitals. Speaking from the White House the President said that next week he…

Where Things Stand: Greene Tiptoes Up To The Line Of Arguing That Guns Should Be Used Against Dems

January 13, 2022 Tiptoes, Arguing, things, stand, against, Should, Dems, line, Guns, used, Greene0 comment

It may be the 21st century, but the QAnon congresswoman is urging folks to take up arms against their sea of troubles. During a <a href=”https://www.sebgorka.com/video/marc-elias-is-the-architect-of-the-fake-insurrection-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-with-sebastian-gorka-on-america-first/”>podcast interview</a> with none other than the bombastic former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) loudly nodded at the “Second Amendment” as a solution to the far-right’s problems — in this case the “tyrannical government,” aka (for her) Democrats. Greene suggested Democratic lawmakers are currently doing exactly what the founders feared when James Madison proposed the inclusion of Second Amendment rights in…