Hillary Clinton slammed President Trump for undertaking modifications of the White House’s East Wing to build an added ballroom space for state dinners.
Said Clinton: “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
Elon Musk Calls Acting NASA Chief ‘Sean Dummy’
“Elon Musk lashed out at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a series of insulting posts on his social media platform X on Tuesday, after Duffy suggested NASA may sideline SpaceX from its moon mission,” CNN reports.
“Musk called Duffy ‘Sean Dummy,’ accused him of having a ‘2 digit IQ’ and posted sophomoric memes aimed at Duffy.”
Said Musk: “Should someone whose biggest claim to fame is climbing trees be running America’s space program?”
Trump Demands Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million
“President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit,” the New York Times reports.
“The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.”
This would be the most corrupt act in presidential history.
Trump Snubs Rand Paul
President Trump invited Republican senators to lunch at the White House but noted: “Everybody showed up. We’re just missing one person.”
Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) later posted on X: “I actually wasn’t invited to the White House lunch today, but that’s OK. I had a previously scheduled Liberty Caucus Lunch with Thomas Massie.”
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Trump Refugee Plan Seeks 7,000 Afrikaners
Washington Post: “If the administration succeeds, almost all people admitted to the U.S. as refugees — as many as 7,000 from a maximum potential pool of 7,500 — could be Afrikaners, a group not traditionally eligible for the program but one that President Donald Trump says has been tyrannized by South Africa’s Black majority.”
Tearing Down Trump’s Palace
Jonathan Last: “The stated policy of every Democrat seeking the presidency should be that the first thing they will do is demolish the Trump ballroom and restore the East Wing of the White House and the White House grounds to their pre-Trump state.”
“Period. It’s the easiest layup in the history of politics. Trump’s transformation of the People’s House into a presidential palace is undemocratic. Presidents are not kings. Erasing this monstrosity is fundamental statement about the right-ordering of our project in self-government.”
“Why is this so hard? Why haven’t Democrats already laid out a marker on this?”
Voters Narrowly Blame Republicans for Shutdown
An internal Democratic poll finds a very slim plurality of voters blame Republicans for the continuing government shutdown, 45% to 42%.
George Santos May Still Face State Charges
“Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was freed from prison last week thanks to his federal fraud sentence being commuted by President Donald Trump — but he may not be free from criminal prosecution on the local level,” ABC News reports.
“The district attorney’s office in Nassau County, which is home to part of the district Santos represented, declined to say what, if anything, prosecutors might be investigating that could warrant state charges.”
Harry Litman: It’s up to you, New York.
Trump-Putin Summit Called Off
There are no plans for President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” calling off a summit that was expected in Hungary in the coming weeks, ABC News reports.
Vulnerable Republicans Want Vote on Obamacare Subsidies
“Thirteen vulnerable Republicans are urging Speaker Mike Johnson to ‘immediately turn our focus’ to extending Obamacare subsidies after the government reopens,” Politico reports.
Mike Johnson Says He Won’t Block Vote on Epstein Files
“Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning he would allow a floor vote on a bipartisan bill compelling the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files — once the House comes back into session following the end of the government shutdown,” Politico reports.`
Graham Platner Has Nazi Tattoo on His Chest
A recently surfaced video shows Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) with a chest tattoo of the SS Totenkopf, the skull-and-crossbones emblem used by Nazi “Death’s Head” units, Maine State Press reports.
Platner says he got the tattoo while drunk as a young Marine and was unaware of its Nazi affiliation until recently.
New Illinois Map Would Target Darin LaHood
Punchbowl News: “House Democratic leaders have shifted their proposed new Illinois congressional map as they angle for a mid-decade redraw in the Land of Lincoln.”
“The latest configuration would target GOP Rep. Darin LaHood in the northwestern region rather than GOP Rep. Mary Miller in the center of the state.”
“The new map would likely elect 15 Democrats and two Republicans.”
More Voters Identify as Democrats
Gallup finds Democrats have retaken the lead in party identification, 48% to 41%, the party’s best reading since the first quarter of the Biden administration.
Exchange of the Day
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke to reporters:
REPORTER: Getting back to the threat to Hakeem Jeffries, this is one of a number of January 6 pardons that have been rearrested on various charges. Did Trump make a mistake?
JOHNSON: I don’t know any of the details of this at all. I will tell you this — the violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right. The rhetoric that you saw on Saturday plays into this.
Fetterman Would Support Nuking the Filibuster
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) told reporters that he would support Republicans using the so-called nuclear option to override the Senate filibuster to pass a bill to reopen the government, The Hill reports.
62% Say U.S. Government Has Too Much Power
A new Gallup poll finds 62% of Americans say the federal government has too much power, with most of the rest saying the government’s power is about right.
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