“House Republicans moved Tuesday to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress over claims he obstructed their investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021,” Politico reports.
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Bonus Quote of the Day
“Maybe we’ll pay off the $35 trillion US debt in crypto. I’ll write on a little piece of paper ‘$35 trillion crypto we have no debt.’ That’s what I like.”…
Hundreds of Women Prosecuted After Roe v. Wade Fell
“At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion,” Rolling Stone…
Johnson Again Turns to Democrats for Votes
“Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing to steer around a bloc of conservative opposition to a bipartisan short-term agreement to fund the government by relying — yet again — on Democrats…
Haitian Group Files Citizen Criminal Charges Against Trump
“The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio, filed criminal charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos…
Courage in Nebraska
Rick Wilson: “I may have a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of American politics, but with 7000+ elected officials in the country, no one knows them all by name. Until a few…
The Trump Campaign Wants Everyone Talking About Race
Adam Serwer: “The theory is that by supercharging the salience of race—a reliable winner with huge swaths of the electorate—they can compensate for the unpopularity of the Trump campaign’s actual…
Harris to More Fully Detail Economic Plans
“Kamala Harris is set to ramp up her economic message this week, with a speech reframing her policy vision and a lengthy new document describing her approach in more detail,”…
Giuliani Ordered to Pay Firm That Worked on Bankruptcy
“Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding,” CNN reports….
Ex-Trump Aide Made Teens Uncomfortable in Chats
Two women told Wired that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, former Trump aide John McEntee “behaved in ways they considered inappropriate in online conversations.” Save to Favorites
New Poll Gives Trump the Edge Nationally
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Donald Trump narrowly ahead of Kamala Harris among likely voters, 48% to 47%. Said pollster Tim Malloy: “On the backstretch of the race to Election…
Joe Manchin Won’t Endorse Kamala Harris
“Vice President Kamala Harris’ vow to gut the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass a bill codifying abortion rights has cost her an endorsement from a leading Senate moderate: Joe Manchin,”…
Making Sense of the Confusing Recent Polling
Dan Pfeiffer: “Riding the pollercoaster is an exercise in insanity. A few things to keep in mind (I like to reiterate these reminders every month or so): first, polling is…
New Poll Shows Harris Widening Her National Lead
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by seven points in the presidential race, 47% to 40%. Save to Favorites
Nebraska Governor Ends Electoral Vote Push
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said Tuesday that he has “no plans to call a special session” to change the way the state allocates electoral votes to a winner-take-all system,…
Hezbollah Urged Iran to Attack Israel
“Hezbollah urged Iran in recent days to launch an attack against Israel as fighting between the Lebanese militant group and the Israeli military dramatically escalated, but Iran has so far…
Biden Addresses the United Nations
“President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations for the final time Tuesday, defending his record and urging an expansion of alliances and democracy to steady a world buffeted by war…
Mike Johnson Pledges No ‘Christmas Omnibus’
“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is promising that the House will not approve a single, massive bill to fund the entire government in December — a scenario feared by conservatives —…
Trump’s Truth
Trump’s Truth is a searchable database of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts, including those that have been deleted. Charlie Warzel: “Even for Trump, this feed manages to shock. In the…
A Really Big Deal in Nebraska
It’s impossible to overstate how big a deal it is that three Republican lawmakers in Nebraska are unwilling to change how their state allocates electoral votes. Four years ago, had…
New Poll Shows Harris Narrowly Ahead
A new CNN poll finds Kamala Harris just ahead of Donald Trump nationally among likely voters in a multi-candidate race, 48% to 47%. A scant 2% of likely voters say…