#Legislative

daniel smith

Bckrda

"You’ve probably never heard of Charles Faulkner. Turns out he’s Donald Trump’s Acting Assistant Secretary of State. It also turns out, he’s the reason Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lied

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Perfect example of cancel culture — by which I mean 1) forming a mob, to 2) seek to get someone fired (or disproportionately punished), for 3) statements within Overton window.

Andrew Prokop

awprokop

NEW: I profiled Joe Manchin. I cover his 4-decade career, and his improbable rise to become Democrats’ key 50th senator.I interviewed him about the filibuster, HR1, the minimum wage, whether

AlmostExMerc

AlmostExMerc

@TheRickWilson The interpretive power of justices and judges is negligible relative to the inherent power of constitution conforming and otherwise well-crafted law. McConnell's legacy will be made all but moot

Chris Walker

chris_j_walker

I'm not surprised that #SCOTUS decided to hear the Appointments Clause challenge to administrative patent judges at the USPTO, but I hope Congress will fix the issue before #SCOTUS has

BlackWomenViews Media

blackwomenviews

Thread: I really need y'all political Johnny Come Lately Black saviors to understand: a lack of good ideas & will power are NOT why we haven't made more advancements in

David Montgomery

dhmontgomery

So Andrew Johnson is widely seen as one of America’s worst presidents, remembered for being impeached and for his battles over Reconstruction. But on July 18, 1868, in the waning

Morgan Mckay

morganfmckay

Happening now: NYS Assembly Legislative hearing looking at the impact COVID-19 had on those with mental illnesses and those with developmental disabilities Office of Mental Health reported that due to

b-boy bouiebaisse

jbouie

one basic takeaway i’ve had from reading, at this point, a couple thousand pages on the writing and ratification of the constitution is that those bamas didn’t even agree amongst

Lee Chatfield

LeeChatfield

Governor, we need to cooperate more. A better message needs to be sent. And now that a couple days has gone by since the plot to attack us both has

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

I'll write more later, but one thing people get wrong about legislative parties is idea maxing seats is the primary goal. Parties are happy to trade seats for durable policy

Christine Marsh for Arizona

ChristinePMarsh

I'm looking at the awful scenes from Wisconsin where people were forced to vote in person in the middle of a pandemic. It's not right that people have to choose

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

1) “When MLB pulls its all-star game to protest Georgia’s voting law, that’s corporate free speech.”This is a good @DavidAFrench piece about the dark illiberal turn in attacks on MLB,

Kayla Ruble

RubleKB

Confused why we’re hearing so much abt this restaurant worker “shortage” in Michigan while fully ignoring the fact that we’re coming down from a brutal 3rd wave that started before

Ben Wikler

benwikler

NEW: A *great* Dem just announced for Wisconsin's perhaps most hotly-contested state legislative seat. Brad Pfaff, @pfaff4senate, lifelong fighter for farmers, led @GovEvers Ag Dpt until GOP fired him for

Elise Stefanik

EliseStefanik

TAXIN' TEDRA COPIED & STOLE legislation that I actually PASSED for "her veterans plan" Taxin’ Tedra is such a failed & desperate candidate that she literally steals my legislation that