American Politics: A Brand New Day

[sgamer82]

Day 825: "We thank him for his service."

1/ Fox News parted ways with Tucker Carlson, effective immediately. Carlson's departure comes a week after Fox News settled Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million. Although Fox News said that the network and Carlson had "agreed to part ways," Carlson found out he was fired about 10 minutes before the network announced his departure. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor," Fox News said in a statement. Excluding sports, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top rated prime-time show on cable TV. Carlson's last broadcast aired Friday, and he ended the show by saying: "We'll be back on Monday." (NPR / CNN / Associated Press / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Washington Post / New York Times / Politico)

https://apnews.com/article/tucker-carlson-out-fox-news-58a8421c55978f223b9c4b1d1cbe50be

2/ The Supreme Court protected full access to the most commonly used abortion pill in the U.S. In its first major abortion-related decision since overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court's ruling that had revoked the FDA's approval of mifepristone after more than two decades. As a result, mifepristone will remain widely available while appeals play out. Two of the nine justices – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – said they would have let part of District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling to suspend the FDA's approval of mifepristone take effect. (NBC News / CNN / NPR / Washington Post / New York Times)

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1170742958/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-lower-court-decision-in-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-c

3/ Chief Justice John Roberts declined to directly respond to a congressional request to investigate possible ethics violations by Justice Clarence Thomas. Instead, Roberts referred the request from Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin to the Judicial Conference. Durbin requested the investigation after a report found that Thomas had accepted luxury trips from a Republican megadonor for more than two decades. The trips were not disclosed on Thomas' public financial filings. (CNN / Bloomberg)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/22/politics/chief-justice-john-roberts-clarence-thomas/

4/ Trump's legal team discussed using data from a breached Georgia voting machine to try and decertify the state's 2021 U.S. Senate run-off election. In mid-January 2021, Jim Penrose, a former NSA official working with Sidney Powell, texted Doug Logan, CEO of Cyber Ninjas, which runs audits of voting systems: "Here's the plan. Let's keep this close hold. We only have until Saturday to decide if we are going to use this report to try to decertify the Senate run-off election or if we hold it for a bigger moment." In Jan. 7, 2021, Trump allies and contractors working on his behalf copied sensitive software and data from voting equipment in Coffee County. The data was shared with several Trump allies and operatives, including Logan, Penrose, Powell and Rudy Giuliani. Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis, who is investigating the scheme to breach voting systems, has subpoenaed Penrose and Logan, as well as Powell and Giuliani. The Coffee County breach is also under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/21/politics/trump-georgia-senate-breached-voting-data/

5/ Florida's surgeon general personally omitted information from a state study about Covid-19 vaccines last year to suggest that young men should not get vaccinated. Draft versions of the analysis show that Joseph Ladapo, a known Covid-19 vaccine skeptic, edited the document to say that men between 18 and 39 years old are at high risk of heart illness from Covid-19 vaccines that use mRNA technology – assertions that contradicted state data and go against guidance from the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics. The initial draft of the document stated that there was no significant risk associated with the Covid-19 vaccines for young men. Ladapo, who was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 to head the Florida Department of Health, later used the altered analysis to recommend that young men should not get the Covid-19 vaccine. (Politico / Tampa Bay Times / Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/florida-ladapo-covid19-vaccines-c498ffcb2393a1fffd692e1687e62e4e

6/ The Supreme Court rejected appeals from oil and gas companies facing nearly two dozen lawsuits by state and local governments accusing them of contributing to climate change. The lawsuits were filed by Rhode Island, as well as municipalities or counties in Maryland, Colorado, California, and Hawaii. The companies wanted the cases moved to federal courts, which the justices refused. Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that he would have taken up one of the cases, while Justice Samuel Alito did not participate because he owns stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66. (NBC News / Bloomberg / Washington Post)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-oil-companies-appeals-climate-change-disputes-rcna49823

poll/ 68% of Republican voters stand behind Trump despite his indictment and the other investigations into his conduct, saying the investigations are a politically motivated attempt to stop him from being president again. (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nbc-news-poll-nearly-70-gop-voters-stand-trump-indictment-investigatio-rcna80917

poll/ 51% of likely Republican primary voters prefer Trump to Ron DeSantis (38%) in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup. In December, Republican primary voters preferred DeSantis (52%) over Trump (38%). (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-tops-ron-desantis-in-test-of-gop-presidential-field-wsj-poll-finds-88c84663?mod=djemalertNEWS

poll/ 36% of young Americans approve of Biden's performance – a drop of three percentage points since last fall (39%) and five percentage points since last spring (41%). (Harvard Youth Poll)

https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/spring-2023-harvard-youth-poll

[Robby]

"Carlson's last broadcast aired Friday, and he ended the show by saying: "We'll be back on Monday."

One more lie from a man that couldn't stop lying.

[JulieYBM]

https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/5-arrested-at-capitol-in-protest-as-trans-legislator-again-blocked-on-house-floor/article_e7c44188-e2ee-11ed-a230-2382239a7a32.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Montana still won't let Rep. Zephyer speak. If this shit continues it'll probably put her on the national stage, which could be good for her future career.

[sgamer82]

Day 826: "The bridge."

1/ Biden formally announced his 2024 re-election campaign. Biden, who once pitched himself as "the bridge" to a new generation of Democratic leaders during his 2020 campaign, argued that "the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer," adding: "I know what I want the answer to be. This is not a time to be complacent. That's why I'm running for reelection." In a three-minute video announcing his re-election, Biden cast Republicans as a danger to democracy who want to cut "Social Security that you've paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. Dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote." Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, concluded his announcement by saying: "It's time to finish the job. Finish the job." (New York Times / Washington Post / Associated Press / NBC News / ABC News / CNN / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal)

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2024-president-democrats-trump-9c72115656855da89a41cac3f79aa65b

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[Analysis] Almost every recent poll shows a highly competitive presidential race. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/upshot/polls-biden-trump-2024.html

[Analysis] Biden vs. Trump 2024 would be the rematch nobody wants. (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-vs-trump-2024-rematch-nobody-wants-rcna80933

[Analysis] What young Democrats want from a 2nd Biden campaign. "Just a quarter of people under 45 said they would definitely support Biden in a general election, compared with 56% of older Democrats." (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/young-democrats-biden-2024-election

2/ Biden threatened to veto a House Republican debt ceiling bill that would require spending cuts in order to raise the debt ceiling, calling it "a reckless attempt to extract extreme concessions as a condition for the United States simply paying the bills it has already incurred." The Republican proposal would make cuts to discretionary spending, repeal the Inflation Reduction Act's climate change tax credits, impose new welfare work requirements, and cancel Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. The White House has insisted that Republicans "address the debt limit without demands and conditions, just as the Congress did three times during the prior Administration," saying Biden "has been clear that he will not accept such attempts at hostage-taking." Still, if the proposal were to pass the full House, Chuck Schumer has already declared it dead in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The U.S. risks defaulting on its national debt as soon as early summer without an increase to the debt ceiling. (Washington Post / Axios / NPR / CNBC / Politico)

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1171800296/debt-ceiling-bill-house-republicans-vote

3/ The Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week – 100 years after the measure was first introduced. Chuck Schumer said "the Equal Rights Amendment has never been as necessary and urgent as it is today," citing the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, efforts to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, and state-level actions to roll back women's rights. The proposed amendment to the Constitution would prohibit discrimination based on sex and guarantee that women have equal rights as men. Congress initially passed the ERA in 1972 and sent it to the states with a seven-year deadline for 38 states to ratify it. However, only 35 states had ratified the ERA by 1979 and the deadline was extended until 1982. Virginia eventually became the 38th state to ratify the ERA in 2020, after Nevada (2017) and Illinois (2018). Meaning, the Senate vote is largely symbolic since the deadline for ratification expired in 1982. (NBC News / Washington Post / The Hill / Axios)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-will-vote-equal-rights-amendment-week-schumer-says-rcna81314

4/ Washington State banned the sale of assault-style weapons, becoming the 10th state to prohibit sales of AR-15s and dozens of other high-powered semiautomatic rifles. House Bill 1240 bans the sale, transfer, distribution, manufacture, and importation of 62 different "assault weapons," imposes a 10-day waiting period on all firearms purchases, and allows consumers to sue gun makers and retailers for "irresponsible conduct." Several gun groups, however, have sued, saying the law violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. (Seattle Times / Associated Press / CNN)

https://apnews.com/article/inslee-gun-assault-weapons-ban-washington-c2f1efd5907ed3141d81b81c5bdfa77d

poll/ 70% of Americans believe Biden should not run for re-election. 60% of Americans, however, say Trump should not run for president. (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/2024-trump-biden-presidential-rematch

poll/ 54% of Democrats "accept" that Biden is running for re-election. 28% say they are "confident," 27% are "nervous," and 22% are "excited." (CBS News)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-biden-reelection-bid-acceptance-more-than-excitement-poll-2023-04-24/

poll/ 63% of Republicans want Trump to be president again, even if he's found guilty of a crime. Overall, 71% of Republicans said they think Trump should be president again. (NPR)

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1171660997/poll-republicans-trump-president-convicted-crime

[JulieYBM]

Call out their fascist, transphobic bullshit and they'll ban you from speaking or even being seen.

This is violence.

[sgamer82]

Day 827: "Mundane matters."

1/ Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Supreme Court's ethics practices, calling such testimony "exceedingly rare" for what he called "mundane matters." Instead, Roberts released a statement that was meant to provide "new clarity" to the public about the court's ethics principles and practices. The statement said all nines justices "reaffirm and restate foundational ethics principles and practices to which they subscribe in carrying out their responsibilities" as Supreme Court justices. The committee had planned to hold a hearing to examine "common sense proposals" to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary after it was reported that Justice Clarence Thomas hadn't disclosed several luxury trips he received from a Republican megadonor. (NPR / CNN / Politico / NBC News)

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1172083875/chief-justice-roberts-declines-to-testify-before-senate-panel

2/ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch neglected to disclose details of a nearly $2 million sale of property to the CEO of a prominent law firm executive in 2017. While Gorsuch did note on his federal disclosure forms that he made between $250,001 and $500,000 on the sale – which occurred nine days after he was confirmed for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court by the Senate – he left the identity of the purchaser blank. The purchaser was Brian Duffy, chief executive officer of Greenberg Traurig – one of the nation's biggest law firms that has appeared in at least 22 cases before the Supreme Court since Gorsuch joined in April 2017. Gorsuch sided with Greenberg Traurig clients eight times of the 12 times that Gorsuch recorded an opinion. (CNN / Politico)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/politics/gorsuch-property-sale-lawyer-ethics/index.html

3/ A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that requires the Supreme Court to implement a code of conduct – the only branch of government to operate without a code of conduct. The bill would require the court to establish its own code of conduct within one year and to make it available publicly, as well as appoint someone to handle any complaints of potential violations. "It's pitiful that we're having to introduce this bill—it's pathetic that the Supreme Court hasn't done this itself," Sen. Angus King said, one of the bill's sponsors. "The Supreme Court Code of Conduct Act is a commonsense step to restore and maintain faith in the high court by requiring the creation of consistent, transparent rules like the ones that apply to every other federal judge across our democracy. The other two branches of government already have codes of conduct, it is only reasonable the full Judiciary should as well." (The Hill / Wall Street Journal / ABC News / CNN / USA Today)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-bill-require-supreme-court-create-code-conduct/story?id=98870332

4/ The House passed a Republican bill to cut federal spending and roll back Biden's top legislative accomplishments in exchange for a one-year increase to the U.S. debt ceiling. The plan, approved 217-to-215 along party lines, cuts federal spending by nearly 14% over a decade, repeals Biden's climate change tax credits, his student loan cancellation plan, imposes strict new work requirements for welfare recipients, and expands mining and fossil fuel production. The Republicans' Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, however, has no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate. The White House, meanwhile, promised not to budge on negotiations over the debt limit, saying Congress should raise the ceiling without conditions. "I'm happy to meet with McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended," Biden said. "That's not negotiable." (Washington Post / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/26/house-gop-debt-plan-00093884

5/ E. Jean Carroll, in her civil lawsuit accusing Trump of battery and defamation, testified that "I'm here because Donald Trump raped me." In 2019, Carroll alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room at a luxury department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denied the allegation and called Carroll a liar, saying the incident "never happened" and called her case a "hoax," "scam," "lie," and "complete con job." Carroll subsequently sued Trump for battery over the alleged rape, as well as defamation for his claims that she made up her story. For about three and a half hours today, Carroll detailed the alleged incident on the witness stand. "He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back." Trump, meanwhile, posted on his personal social media network that the lawsuit was "a made up SCAM" and accused Carroll's attorney of being a "political operative." The judge overseeing the trial called the posts "entirely inappropriate" and warned that Trump could be "tampering with a new source of potential liability." (NBC News / Politico / New York Times / Washington Post / NPR / Bloomberg / Politico)

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172189592/e-jean-carroll-rape-lawsuit-trial-trump

[pariston_hill]

Nuclear subs in Australia, Nuclear subs in South Korea, it seems the only real choice american voters have is blue war or red war.

[MetaMario]

@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

The plan, approved 217-to-215 along party lines, cuts federal spending by nearly 14% over a decade, repeals Biden's climate change tax credits, his student loan cancellation plan, i

i'm glad i had 0 expectation this would come through in the first place

[pariston_hill]

[sgamer82]

@MetaMario said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

The plan, approved 217-to-215 along party lines, cuts federal spending by nearly 14% over a decade, repeals Biden's climate change tax credits, his student loan cancellation plan, i

i'm glad i had 0 expectation this would come through in the first place

You missed this part:

The Republicans' Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, however, has no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate.

[MetaMario]

i still don't have faith in any forgiveness happening lol, but it's fun to dream.

[sgamer82]

@MetaMario said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

i still don't have faith in any forgiveness happening lol, but it's fun to dream.

Cynicism is fine, just make sure to base it on something that might actually be a Thing. This isn't.

[MetaMario]

Heh, fair enough. I did legitimately misread it.

[sgamer82]

@MetaMario said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Heh, fair enough. I did legitimately misread it.

In that case, I apologize for the sarcasm in my "you missed this part".

[MetaMario]

@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

In that case, I apologize for the sarcasm in my "you missed this part".

And I apologize for being overly cynical; I do skim the thread for your headline posts, so I really appreciate when you compile them.

[sgamer82]

@MetaMario said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

In that case, I apologize for the sarcasm in my "you missed this part".

And I apologize for being overly cynical; I do skim the thread for your headline posts, so I really appreciate when you compile them.

Thank you. If you want to bookmark them the main sources I use are https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/, which updated Monday-Thursday, and its aggregator site, https://currentstatus.io/

Forgot to do today's but I'll probably get it tomorrow.

[sgamer82]

Kid 'Secret Service agents' steal show at White House 'Take Your Child to Work Day'

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kid-secret-service-agents-steal-show-white-house/story?id=98913262

Was a whole thing with Biden taking questions from kids acting as reporters while other kids were being his Secret Service agents.

[MetaMario]

@sgamer82 Thanks for the link, will check out!

[pariston_hill]

@sgamer82 In any other country this would be called indoctrination.

[sgamer82]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@sgamer82 In any other country this would be called indoctrination.

I thought it was cute, myself. I can easily imagine a kid being able to play reporter or secret service agent with the actual President of the United States of America would think it's cool AF. One of those childhood memories that'll stick with you.

[JulieYBM]

I...would not want my child near murderers and war criminals.

[pariston_hill]

@sgamer82 For one, I don't think is nice to put kids close to Joe "Personal Space is an alien concept for me" Biden. But that's just me.

Like @JulieYBM pointed is also better to not let kids interact with criminals (such as politicians in general).

Lastly, I'm fine with kids playing pretend. Even if the pretend is tied to a pretend job. I'm not down on the concept of "Bring your kids to work day", specially if it involves making them role play their parents profession in a way that somekind glamorizes it.

[JulieYBM]

Oh hey, someone leaked video of Steven Crowder (conservative Canadian political commentator) torturing his pregnant wife. Content warning for disturbing shit.

Begging my fellow women to never marry conservatives.

[pariston_hill]

More than a century and they still keep parroting cultural marxism

[sgamer82]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@sgamer82 For one, I don't think is nice to put kids close to Joe "Personal Space is an alien concept for me" Biden. But that's just me.

Like @JulieYBM pointed is also better to not let kids interact with criminals (such as politicians in general).

Lastly, I'm fine with kids playing pretend. Even if the pretend is tied to a pretend job. I'm not down on the concept of "Bring your kids to work day", specially if it involves making them role play their parents profession in a way that somekind glamorizes it.

Equating Biden's personal space issues (which, to my knowledge, haven't been a Thing for some time now) with making him a threat to children is QAnonsense and you know it. If he's a genuine threat to children in his proximity I'm sure you can do better than that to justify such a claim.

Not going into the "war criminal" bit. Mostly because I'm not sure you're wrong. Fact is nobody gets to a position like President by one ever being a nice guy 100% of the time.

Regardless, the event was not anything sinister. It was a photo op, at worst.

[pariston_hill]

@sgamer82 Oh I don't think Joe has sticky fingers on kidos, only that he might have them uncomfortable with breathing al over you distance.

All presidents (prime minister and monarchs also fall here) are criminals to some degree, and all american presidents are war criminals.

Yes, it's a photo op. A cringe one.

[pariston_hill]

[Medical Orbit]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

I can see now from quoting this post that there's a twitter link in it, but for some reason, the post itself just shows as a small gray line.

[pariston_hill]

It's been deleted, on discord you can still see the text description of the tweet.
But this little thing stayed up for close to 10h, and had a bunch of replies supporting the idea.

[JulieYBM]

Love to be called the worst thing imaginable simply because I don't want to subject children to the terrible life that is being forced to be the wrong gender.

What a fucking idiot.

[Jabberwok]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

It's been deleted, on discord you can still see the text description of the tweet.
But this little thing stayed up for close to 10h, and had a bunch of replies supporting the idea.

"Nazis were problematic but at least the organized mass genocide stuff was pretty inspired."

[sgamer82]

Day 832: "Hardship to American families."

1/ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. could default “as early as June 1” unless Congress raises or suspends the debt ceiling. A default could cause “severe hardship to American families, harm our global leadership position, and raise questions about our ability to defend our national security interests,” Yellen said. The revised estimate from the Congressional Budget Office comes less than a week after House Republicans passed legislation to raise the debt ceiling through 2024 in exchange for billions of dollars in spending cuts and the repeal of federal funds to fight climate change. Democrats in the Senate, however, have refused to take up the legislation. And Biden, who has threatened to veto the bill, said Republicans need to protect the economy by raising the debt limit without the “reckless hostage taking.” (Washington Post / New York Times / Axios / NBC News / CNN)

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/01/yellen-debt-limit-treasury-congress?stream=top

2/ Regulators took possession of First Republic Bank and sold most of its assets, marking the third major bank failure in the U.S. in less than two months. JPMorgan – already the nation’s largest bank – agreed to the takeover after a private-sector solution fell through and will assume about $173 billion of First Republic’s loans, $30 billion of securities, and $92 billion in deposits. As part of the agreement, the FDIC will share losses with JPMorgan on First Republic’s loans. When the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates last year to slow the economy and curb inflation, it hurt the value of bonds and loans the bank bought when rates were low and then customers began to move their money in search of better returns. First Republic is the second-largest U.S. bank to collapse after Washington Mutual, which failed during the 2008 financial crisis and was also acquired by JPMorgan. Three of the four largest-ever bank failures have happened since March. First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank held a total of $532 billion in assets – more than the 25 banks that failed in 2008 when adjusted for inflation. (CNBC / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Politico / Washington Post / New York Times / Bloomberg / NPR)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/1172868295/first-republic-bank-failure-fdic-jpmorgan-chase

3/ The Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates for the 10th time as part of its yearlong effort to fight inflation despite the collapse of First Republic Bank. Another quarter-point rate increase on Wednesday would lift the benchmark federal funds rate to a 16-year high to just over 5% and mark the fastest rate-raising cycle in 40 years. (Wall Street Journal / Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/interest-rates-inflation-prices-recession-federal-reserve-bb8f86329961acd30ccabb1136bbb9e3

4/ The Supreme Court will reconsider a 1984 precedent that directs courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous laws. Overturning Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council would limit the regulatory authority of federal agencies. The Biden administration defended the Chevron doctrine, saying “Federal courts have invoked Chevron in thousands of reported decisions, and Congress has repeatedly legislated against its backdrop.” Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, however, have previously questioned the doctrine, arguing that it insulates agencies from the usual checks and balances. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson heard arguments in the case when it was at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and will not take part in the decision. The case will be heard next term, with a ruling likely in 2024. (Washington Post / Associated Press / The Hill / Wall Street Journal / CNN)

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-chevron-government-regulations-9acb83915166d3bc7439dd4ae74af8a9

5/ The wife of Chief Justice John Roberts made $10.3 million over eight years matching top lawyers with law firms, including some that had cases before the Supreme Court. Jane Sullivan Roberts became a legal recruiter two years after Roberts’ confirmation as the chief justice in 2005. The disclosures were filed under federal whistleblower protection laws and were sent to the House and Senate Judiciary committees. (Insider / Forbes)

https://www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts-chief-justice-wife-10-million-commissions-2023-4?op=1

poll/ 74% of Americans blame the news media for political divisions in the U.S. 61% of Republicans say the news media is hurting democracy, compared with 23% of Democrats, and 36% of independents. (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/poll-misinformation-polarization-coronavirus-media-d56a25fd8dfd9abe1389b56d7e82b873

[pariston_hill]

Bolsonaro’s vaccine status falsified before he entered U.S., police say
We give full support for the FBI, the State Department, ICE, DOJ and whatever the hell you guys want to prosecute him.

[sgamer82]

Day 833: "Step up and fix this."

1/ Biden will send 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border ahead of an expected surge of migrants when Title 42 restrictions end. They will join the 2,500 National Guard members already at the border. The military members, however, will not serve in a law enforcement capacity and will not interact with migrants, but instead "fill critical capability gaps, such as ground-based detection and monitoring, data entry, and warehouse support," the Pentagon said. The troops will carry out this support for 90 days. Title 42, which was invoked at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, expires on May 11. It permitted the U.S., for public health reasons, to quickly expel migrants seeking asylum. (Politico / NBC News / New York Times / Associated Press / Bloomberg / CNN / ABC News / Wall Street Journal)

https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-troops-southern-border-68ec4d25fb87b41265019a0ffd20a784

2/ House Democrats took a procedural step to bypass Kevin McCarthy and Republican leaders to raise the debt ceiling and avert a federal default. Democrats would need at least five Republicans to support a so-called "discharge petition," which allows a majority of House lawmakers to bring a bill directly to the floor without the cooperation of leadership. Rather than trying to discharge the bill itself, Democrats instead would add the petition addressing the debt ceiling as an amendment to a placeholder bill from Democratic Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, which was filed in January. A possible default is now projected as soon as June 1. "House Democrats are working to make sure we have all options at our disposal to avoid a default," Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a letter to colleagues. "The filing of a debt ceiling measure to be brought up on the discharge calendar preserves an important option. It is now time for MAGA Republicans to act in a bipartisan manner to pay America's bills without extreme conditions." (New York Times / Washington Post / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / CNN / The Hill)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/house-democrats-debt-limit/index.html

3/ U.S. job openings dropped to their lowest level in nearly two years – a sign that demand for workers is cooling. The number of available jobs fell for a third-straight month to 9.59 million from nearly 10 million a month earlier. Layoffs, meanwhile, jumped to the highest level since December 2020. (Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/02/jolts-march-2023-.html

4/ Some Republicans dismissed a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Supreme Court's ethics as a partisan spectacle. Democrats called the hearing to discuss whether Congress has the authority to require the Supreme Court to adopt an enforceable code of conduct after reports detailed Clarence Thomas's failure to disclose luxury vacations funded by a wealthy Republican donor. Dick Durbin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "The Supreme Court could step up and fix this themselves," but "for years, they have refused, and because the court will not act, Congress must." Lindsey Graham, however, claimed Democrats were leading an "unseemly effort" to "destroy the legitimacy" of the Supreme Court, calling it an "assault on Justice Thomas." Although Chuck Grassley dismissed the hearing as a "relentless political battering," he did agree that "it does appear there needs to be better oversight" of the high court. Thom Tillis added that the court "could update, refresh and address the concerns without requiring any Congressional action." Chief Justice John Roberts, however, declined the committee's invitation to testify. (Politico / NPR / Bloomberg / Associated Press / CNN / ABC News)

https://apnews.com/article/clarence-thomas-trips-supreme-court-ethics-congress-746e0ca4b2b17ecb5fd8db581e149ac0

Day 834: "A national concern."

1/ The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the 10th time in just over a year but signaled that it could be done lifting rates. The quarter percentage point increase brings its benchmark rate to between 5 and 5.25% – the highest level in 16 years. Although inflation has cooled since last year's peak of 7% to 4.2% as of March, it's still more than double the Fed's target of 2%. Economists at the Fed, meanwhile, are projecting a mild recession later this year. (Wall Street Journal / CNBC / Bloomberg / NPR / Politico / New York Times / Washington Post)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173371788/the-fed-raises-interest-rates-again-in-what-could-be-its-final-attack-on-inflati

2/ Mexico agreed to accept non-Mexican migrants and asylum-seekers deported by the U.S. when pandemic-era border restrictions end. In a joint statement, Mexico said it will accept up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela for "humanitarian" reasons once the Title 42 restrictions expire on May 11. Since March 2020, Title 42 was used to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants without giving them a chance to seek asylum. (CBS News / ABC News / Washington Post / Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/border-immigration-biden-mexico-a0b8f4730521d90fd5ea305e2f2cbc5e

3/ Trump will not call any witnesses to rebut E. Jean Carroll's account of him raping and defaming her. Attorney Joseph Tacopina said Trump would not testify in the civil case because he was in Scotland to break ground on a new golf course, and the one expert witness he planned to call is unable to testify due to a health issue. The jury instead saw a videotape of Trump's deposition, which included footage from the "Access Hollywood" tape in which Trump brags about groping and kissing women without their consent. (CNBC / USA Today / New York Times)

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/trump-no-witnesses-e-jean-carroll-rape-trial.html

4/ New York state banned natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings – the first such law in the country. The new law will take effect in 2026 for buildings seven stories and shorter, and in 2029 for all other buildings. The ban on new natural gas hookups helps the state meet its goals under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which calls for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / CNN / USA Today / The Hill)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/us/new-york-natural-gas-ban-climate/index.html

5/ Test scores in U.S. history and civics for eighth graders fell to the lowest levels on record. The findings from the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card, show that about 40% of eighth graders scored "below basic" in U.S. history. 13% met proficiency standards for U.S. history. For civics, 22% of students were considered proficient. Peggy Carr, National Center for Education Statistics commissioner, said the scores were "woefully low in comparison to other subjects," calling it "a national concern" because "the health of our democracy depends on informed and engaged citizens." (NPR / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / The Hill)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173432887/history-and-civics-scores-drop-for-u-s-eighth-graders-on-national-test

[pariston_hill]

So any comments on the fact a guy chocked the life of a homeless with mental illness in NY subway?

[sgamer82]

Day 835: "An insidious plot."

1/ Four members of the Proud Boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and their use of force to stop the certification of the election. A jury deliberated for seven days before finding Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, and Zachary Rehl guilty on seditious conspiracy and other charges, including three separate conspiracy charges, obstructing the Electoral College vote, and tampering with evidence.  The men were convicted of at least one count punishable by up to 20 years in prison. (NPR / Washington Post / Associated Press / New York Times / NBC News / CNN)

https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-enrique-tarrio-seditious-conspiracy-trial-f8738f17552cda21eef6d89504da2a0e

2/ The special counsel investigating Trump's mishandling of classified documents sent new grand jury subpoenas to top Trump employees for information about the handling of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage. Trump Organization executives Matthew Calamari Sr. and his son Matthew Calamari Jr. are expected to appear today before the grand jury investigating. Calamari Sr. is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Trump Organization. He's overseen security operations for Trump and his properties. Calamari Jr. is the director of security for the Trump Organization. It was previously reported that footage captured a Trump aide and another Mar-a-Lago employee moving boxes containing documents out of a storage closet. (CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/politics/maralago-footage-trump-special-counsel-calamari/

3/ A New York Supreme Court judge dismissed Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times. In 2021, Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times and his niece Mary Trump, claiming the news outlet's 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into his tax records was "an insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records." New York Supreme Court Justice Robert Reed, however, said Trump's claims "fail as a matter of constitutional law." Reed ordered Trump to pay all legal fees associated with the case. (New York Times / Axios)

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/03/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-dismissed

4/ A Republican megadonor paid for two years of private school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's great nephew. Thomas did not disclose the gift from Harlan Crow, who also treated Thomas to lavish vacations for over two decades. Thomas had taken legal custody of the boy at the time and was "raising him as a son," but never disclosed that Crow was paying the $6,000-per-month bill for Hidden Lake Academy on his annual financial disclosures. (ProPublica / Washington Post / Associated Press / Politico / New York Times / USA Today / CNBC)

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-tuition-donor-bb1f59fc913fb3d70fd8bc913d8f7ef4

5/ Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina House approved legislation that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, sending it to the state Senate for approval. The Care for Women, Children and Families Act would restrict the state's ban on abortions from 20 weeks to 12 weeks, and includes exceptions for rape or incest, fatal fetal anomalies, and to protect the life of the mother. Although Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vowed to veto the bill, Republicans have a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. (The Hill / USA Today / Associated Press / CNN)

https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-abortion-restrictions-legislature-fec9ac42773412896c219ef6ac3cb9fe

[JulieYBM]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

So any comments on the fact a guy chocked the life of a homeless with mental illness in NY subway?

Just back from running errands. Jesus Christ, this is awful. The way the media is spinning this is atrocious, too.

The man who did it was apparently white, too, so, y'know, he won't get jail time.

[pariston_hill]

Tucker Carlson is coming to twitter

[sgamer82]

Day 839: "Calamity."

1/ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the only way for the U.S. to avoid an unprecedented default is for Congress to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling, saying there are "no good options" and "these negotiations should not take place with a gun […] to the head of the American people." Yellen urged congressional Republicans to drop their demand that Biden cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit, saying failure to raise the debt ceiling will cause a "steep economic downturn" and "economic calamity" in the U.S. The U.S. is projected to default on its debt as early as June 1. Some legal experts contend that the White House can ignore Congress and invoke the 14th Amendment, which says "the validity of the public debt, authorized by law […] shall not be questioned," to keep borrowing money past the limit, and to issue more federal debt to keep the government funded. Yellen, however, said invoking the 14th Amendment to get around the debt ceiling would risk a "constitutional crisis." Biden and the Democrats, meanwhile, say Congress should simply increase the borrowing limit, which Republicans have refused unless it also cuts future federal spending. Some 43 Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, say they oppose a "clean" debt limit bill and support the Kevin McCarthy's "spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling." Democrats do not have the votes to overcome a Republican filibuster on legislation in the Senate. (Washington Post / ABC News / Politico / NPR / CNBC / Washington Post / New York Times / ABC News)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174703720/debt-ceiling-standoff-economic-calamity-yellen

2/ The gunman who killed eight people and injured seven others in Texas was terminated by the Army three months after he enlisted for an unspecified mental health issue. Mauricio Garcia, who used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and was shot dead by a police officer, joined the Army in June 2008 but failed to complete his basic training. An Army official said Garcia was "terminated" due to "designated physical or mental conditions," without offering further details. A social media profile that appears to belong to Garcia, however, was filled with neo-Nazi content, a smiley face with a Hitler mustache, as well as rants against Jews, women and racial minorities. The profile also uploaded pictures outside the Allen Outlet Mall's H&M entrance – where Garcia would later open fire – on April 16, including a screenshot from Google Maps showing the mall's busiest hours. Garcia arrived at the mall wearing military-style body armor with a patch that said "RWDS." The Right Wing Death Squad phrase is popular among white supremacists and far-right extremist groups. In his final post, Garcia wrote that no psychologist would have been able to fix him. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Associated Press / NBC News / Daily Beast / NPR / Politico)

https://apnews.com/article/shooting-outlet-mall-allen-texas-a5148bc28d78c69ba0c59967427a2f85

3/ At least eight of the 16 Republican "fake electors" in Georgia have accepted immunity deals in the criminal investigation into Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said the meeting of Trump's electors on Dec. 14, 2020, Trump's phone calls to multiple state officials, and his campaign's involvement in a breach of election equipment are all key targets of her investigation. Willis secured eight cooperation agreements after notifying the 16 fake electors that they were targets in her investigation. (Washington Post / CNN)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/georgia-trump-fake-electors-immunity/

4/ A jury will begin deliberations in E. Jean Carroll's civil battery and defamation trial against Trump, who rejected his last chance to testify. "You must hold him to account for what he's done," Carroll's lawyer said during closing arguments, adding that Trump followed a "playbook" he had for kissing and groping women without their consent before he raped Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Trump's lawyer, meanwhile, called Carroll's case "a scam," arguing that she "abused the system by bringing a false claim for money, status and political reasons […] minimizing real rape and exploiting real pain and suffering and we cannot let her profit to the tune of millions of dollars." The jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday. (New York Times / Politico / CNBC / CNN / Wall Street Journal / NPR)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174777726/e-jean-carroll-closing-arguments-donald-trump

5/ The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 the global public health emergency over. The declaration was first issued more than three years ago, on Jan. 30, 2020. "That does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, noting that the official Covid-19 death toll was 7 million, but the real figure was estimated to be at least 20 million. The director of the CDC, meanwhile, resigned, saying the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency was a good time to make a transition. (Associated Press / NBC News)

https://apnews.com/article/who-declares-covid-emergency-over-pandemic-8b6445735df5218b5d9d6ec32fa047ca

poll/ 36% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president – down from 42% in February. 47% "strongly" disapprove. (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/07/biden-polling-approval-rating-trump-00095699

poll/ 68% of Americans say Biden is too old for another term as president. 44%, meanwhile, say Trump is too old. Trump is 76; Biden is 80. (ABC News)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/broad-doubts-bidens-age-acuity-spell-republican-opportunity/story?id=99109308

poll/ 47% of Democrats want the party nominate "someone other than Biden." Among Democratic-leaning voters, 58% want someone nominated other than Biden, while 77% of independents who lean Democrat want a different candidate. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/07/president-biden-post-abc-poll/

Day 840: "Absolutely no idea."

1/ A jury unanimously found Trump liable for the sexual abuse, battery, and defamation of E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages. The jury, however, didn't find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had alleged. In New York, sexual abuse is defined as subjecting a person to sexual contact without consent while rape is defined as sexual intercourse without consent. Carroll had accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, which Trump denied, calling her a liar. Carroll later sued Trump for battery and defamation. Since it was a civil case – not criminal – Trump has not been convicted of any crime and faces no prison time. Trump called the verdict a "disgrace," adding: "I have absolutely no idea who this woman is." It is the first time a former president has been found civilly liable for sexual misconduct. (New York Times / NBC News / Associated Press / CNBC / Bloomberg / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal)

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db

2/ A judge barred Trump from publicly posting evidence and other material related to the pending criminal hush money case. Judge Juan Merchan also barred Trump from reviewing evidence in the case other than in the presence of his lawyers and "shall not be permitted to copy, photograph, transcribe, or otherwise independently possess the Limited Dissemination Materials." Prosecutors had argued that the "risk" of Trump using the material "inappropriately is substantial." (CNBC / NBC News)

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/08/trump-barred-in-stormy-daniels-case-from-revealing-evidence.html

3/ The Senate Judiciary Committee asked Republican megadonor Harlan Crow to provide an accounting of the free travel and gifts he gave to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The committee also asked Crow to provide a list of real estate transactions, transportation, lodging, and more he might have provided. The Senate Finance Committee is seeking similar information from Crow, who declined to answer questions. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden accused Crow of "stonewalling," saying he would "explore using other tools at the committee's disposal to obtain this critical information." (Washington Post / Politico / NBC News / CNN / New York Times / The Hill / Bloomberg)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/harlan-crow-senate-democrats-clarence-thomas/index.html

4/ Biden met with Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders for the first time since February to discuss raising the debt ceiling. The Treasury Department has warned that the government will default on its obligations for the first time in history as soon as June 1 unless Congress raises the borrowing limit. McCarthy said he "didn't see any new movement" after the meeting, while Mitch McConnell blamed the White House for rejecting the Republican's proposal to cut spending in exchange for lifting the debt limit. Democrats and the White House have maintained that they want the debt limit and spending deals to be handled separately. There are seven days when the House and Senate are in session and Biden is in town between now and the June 1 default deadline. (Washington Post / NPR / NBC News / New York Times / Bloomberg)

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174780261/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-meeting

poll/ Between 34% and 38% of Americans say they have a "great deal" or "fair amount" of confidence in Biden, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Congress to do the right thing for the economy. (Gallup)

https://news.gallup.com/poll/505478/americans-lack-confidence-major-economic-leaders.aspx

poll/ 66% of adults say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market, while 24% say it should be taken off the market.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/09/mifepristone-abortion-poll/

[pariston_hill]

More fuck you local population, nothing more realistic than the town being called East Palestina.

[onemoment]

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Tucker Carlson is coming to twitter

The comment section on that post is painful, yet it's more weird to see CNN use such strong language against Tucker. I mean, it's right but it's weird to see them admit it.

Also, this sucks. This setting is perfect for Tucker, so after his firing he's moved onto what's probably a more versatile program for less money. He's going to be happy with this, and I hate it.

[Time Control Magician]

Guys I’m starting think CNN is really really not a good News Network

https://www.rawstory.com/cnn-town-hall-2660063574/

[JulieYBM]

We gotta stop letting business' function to be profitable.

[pariston_hill]

And Ronnie said:"Let them doctors break Hippocrates' Oath."

[Satsuki]

Why am I not surprised?

@Time-Control-Magician said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Guys I’m starting think CNN is really really not a good News Network

https://www.rawstory.com/cnn-town-hall-2660063574/

Why I prefer NPR.

[JulieYBM]

Well, guess I'm definitely, definitely never going to Forida.

[Satsuki]

Disney World or nothing. If you're going to give your money to something big and corrupt, give it to the place that at least can make happy memories.

That or we kick Florida out and make Puerto Rico a full state in it's place so we can keep 50 stars on our flag.

[Jabberwok]

DeSantis's whole plan is to dismantle Florida for short-term political posturing and escape to the presidency before he has to deal with any real fallout from it. He's causing economic harm that his idiot base is eating up because it owns the libs or whatever.

The only problem for Tiny Ron is that those "wins" aren't pulling any support to him from Trump. He won't be the Republican nominee and will be stuck instead reaping what he's sowed.

[Time Control Magician]

After the shit Rick Scott pulled it would be nice to see another Florida politician be fucked by their own stupidity and plain shittiness.

[Satsuki]

Who better to tear DeSantis a new one but Randy?