US Republican politician must resign after pleading guilty to sexual assault
Indiana county commissioner John Jessup won re-election while on house arrest, but will not be able to serve in office
#News #LawAndCrime #Indiana #Politics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/indiana-john-jessup-sexual-assault
McBride responds
“This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing,” McBride said. “We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars. Delawareans sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible and that’s what I’m focused on."
House passes major veterans care act
The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, known as the Dole Act, passed on a bipartisan 389-9 vote.
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), chair of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said a big provision is that the VA will no longer “get to decide where veterans should get their health care.”
#News #VeteransHealth #DoleAct #Politics
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4996796-house-passes-major-veterans-care-act/
Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms
The resolution, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using single-sex facilities that correspond to their gender identity, comes just a week after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) made history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
#News #Politics #HumanRights #LGBTQIA
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4997024-mace-introduces-bill-transgender/
'60 Minutes' Opening Prompts MAGA Meltdown
Oklahoma is getting ready
Oklahoma governor says he wants to deport undocumented immigrants in state prisons
Gov. Kevin Stitt says Oklahoma will have a plan to deport undocumented immigrants in the custody of state prisons as soon as President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
‘Tell me to my face’: Women veterans react to Trump Defense pick’s disparaging comments
Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in combat roles and that men are more capable.
#News #Politics #Military #Defense
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/women-veterans-react-trump-pete-hegseth-combat/
Senate must protect our intelligence community from Assad ally Tulsi Gabbard
Senate Republicans shouldn’t be distracted: Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination is by far the most dangerous Cabinet pick for America’s national security.
#News #Politics #NationalSecurity
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4990947-gabbard-syria-controversy-dni-nomination/
Skipping FBI background checks for Trump's cabinet in the vetting process 🤔
Auchincloss: Trump nominated Hegseth because ‘he wants yes men around him’
“He does not want to make that mistake again. He wants yes men around him, so I’m actually not that interested in the character of Hegseth, because he’s not going to actually have control over the levers of power there,” Auchincloss stated. “This is clearly going to be run by the White House.”
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to start DOGE cuts by eliminating funding for unauthorized programs - including veteran healthcare
Who dis?
Trump selects Jay Clayton, a business-friendly former regulator, as top federal prosecutor in Manhattan
Colorado’s Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he was “excited” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA,” Polis wrote in a post on X.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4991544-democratic-governor-excited-by-rfk-jr-pick-for-hhs/
GOP looks to shake up US-China trade
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, proposed revoking China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR).
The policy has been in place for more than two decades, but both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have accused Beijing of unfair trade practices.
#News #Politics #Economy #China
https://thehill.com/newsletters/business-economy/4991643-gop-looks-to-shake-up-us-china-trade/
Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore
Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew Doyle
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/new-college-of-florida-wokeness-course
McCarthy says Gaetz won’t get confirmed: ‘Everyone knows that’
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Trump’s pick for attorney general, will not get confirmed by the Senate.
Asked for his response to Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, McCarthy told Bloomberg Television in an interview, “I think the choices are very good, except one.”
“Look, Gaetz won’t get confirmed,” he continued. “Everybody knows that.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4990312-kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-feud-donald-trump-cabinet/
They still HATE you idiot.
Ramaswamy: ‘We want to go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4990434-ramaswamy-says-doge-will-slash-burn-bureaucracy/
Sounds like a "bully" threat to me. This MF
Tuberville: ‘We’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate’ if you vote against Trump
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a staunch ally of President-elect Trump, warned his Republican colleagues Wednesday that “we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate” if they vote against Trump’s nominees and legislative agenda.
#News #Alabama #Politics #Vengence
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4990414-tommy-tuberville-warns-republicans-donald-trump-agenda/
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) urged the House Ethics Committee to “preserve and share” its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after Trump tapped the Florida congressman to serve as attorney general.
#News #Politics #LiarsAndCheaters #LawAndCrime
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4990433-durbin-gaetz-house-ethics-report/
1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target
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