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Cuomo Could Be Compelled to Testify In Probe

March 2, 2021 at 2:07 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“When a team of outside investigators begins to examine sexual harassment allegations lodged against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, its scope may be far broader than first anticipated,” the New York Times reports.

“The team, which will be hired by Letitia James, the New York State attorney general, will have far-reaching subpoena powers to request troves of documents and compel witnesses, including the governor, to testify under oath.”

Insider: Impeachment is “almost unprecedented” in New York, but calls for Cuomo to resign are growing among Democrats.

Supreme Court Could Soon End Affirmative Action

March 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Vox looks at a Supreme Court case which could “end all race-conscious admissions programs altogether.”

“The Harvard case is the first major affirmative action suit to reach the Supreme Court since Republicans gained a 6-3 majority on that Court, and it’s the first such case to reach the justices since Anthony Kennedy’s retirement in 2018. Kennedy had unexpectedly cast the key vote to uphold an affirmative action program in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin in 2016.”

GOP Lawyer Admits Voting Restrictions Hurt Democrats

March 2, 2021 at 1:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A Republican attorney defending Arizona’s voting restrictions in front of the Supreme Court told justices Tuesday that the GOP was defending the measures because they disadvantage Democrats,” NBC News reports.

“The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over Arizona voting restrictions in a pair of consolidated cases challenging a state law banning ballot collection and a policy that tosses ballots cast in the wrong precinct. Democrats have sued, saying the rules discriminate against minorities and violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.”

The Washington Post and the New York Times report that justices “seemed inclined” to allow the voting restrictions.

Tennessee Moves to Ban Transgender Athletes

March 2, 2021 at 1:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Tennessee Senate voted 27-6 Monday night to approve a bill that would effectively ban transgender student athletes from participating in middle and high school sports under their gender identity,” the Tennessean reports.

Republicans Have Settled On Their 2022 Strategy

March 2, 2021 at 1:34 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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The Case for the Shy Trump Voter

March 2, 2021 at 1:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Emily Ekins: “But why are some Republican voters more reluctant to take surveys? As the director of polling at the Cato Institute, I, as well as other pollsters, am studying this and currently have two working theories for why this is happening.”

“First, Republicans are becoming more distrustful of institutions and society, and that may be extending to how they feel about pollsters. Second, suburban Republican college graduates are more likely to fear professional sanction for their views and are therefore self-censoring more, including in surveys.”

Murkowski Weighs Neera Tanden’s Fate

March 2, 2021 at 12:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Neera Tanden’s been in Senate purgatory for a week now as she and the Biden administration fight to convince Sen. Lisa Murkowski to back her bid to be White House budget chief. And Murkowski isn’t making any sudden moves,” Politico reports.

“The moderate Alaska Republican’s vote is ‘fluid’ at the moment, said Senate Republican Whip John Thune (R-SD). Murkowski met with Tanden on Monday and said she has more follow-up questions, and Thune said Murkowski also has bigger concerns about her home state of Alaska.”

Most West Virginians Back Minimum Wage Hike

March 2, 2021 at 12:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Although Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he doesn’t support a federal minimum wage hike to $15 an hour, a new poll suggests that 63% of West Virginians support raising the minimum wage to that level by 2025.

Kayleigh McEnany Joins Fox News

March 2, 2021 at 12:16 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany will officially join Fox News, NBC News reports.

“The news comes after weeks during which the network had equivocated about McEnany’s role at the network. It was not immediately clear what her role will be at the company.”

Daily Beast: Fox News insiders rage against hiring ‘mini Goebbels’ Kayleigh McEnany.

Oil Trade Group Poised to Endorse Carbon Pricing

March 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “The oil industry’s top lobbying group is preparing to endorse setting a price on carbon emissions in what would be the strongest signal yet that oil and gas producers are ready to accept government efforts to confront climate change.”

Israel In Talks to Form Alliance Against Iran

March 2, 2021 at 11:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jerusalem Post: “Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have discussed expanding cooperation in facing common enemies.”

“All four believe a nuclear Iran would be a major threat and have been eyeing the Biden administration’s plan to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal with concern.”

States Easing Virus Restrictions Despite Warnings

March 2, 2021 at 11:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Associated Press: “With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery.”

FBI Director Says No Evidence of Antifa on January 6

March 2, 2021 at 11:04 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asked FBI Director Christopher Wray whether there was any evidence of antifa involvement in the Capitol insurrection, NBC News reports.

Responded Wray: “We have not to date seen any evidence of anarchist violent extremists or people subscribing to antifa in connection with the 6th.”

Wray later said that white supremacists make up “the biggest chunk of our domestic terrorism portfolio overall.”

Pompeo Thinks He Was ‘Cancelled’

March 2, 2021 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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Relief Bill Won’t Extend Eviction Moratorium

March 2, 2021 at 10:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNBC: “In the latest stimulus package making its way through Congress, there’s no extension of the national ban on evictions that is set to expire this month, meaning millions of Americans could be at risk of losing their homes as the Covid-19 pandemic still rages.”

“President Joe Biden had called on Congress to keep the eviction moratorium in effect through September. However, because Democrats have decided to pass the legislation through a process called budget reconciliation, they can’t include the eviction ban in the relief bill.”

House Democrats Ready Ambitious Agenda

March 2, 2021 at 10:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Democrats are pursuing an ambitious agenda to approve several progressive bills supported by President Biden in the coming weeks, but these measures face an uncertain future in the evenly divided Senate, where most legislation will require support from Republicans to advance,” CBS News reports.

“Several of these measures have previously passed in the House but stalled in the Senate, as then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to bring them to the floor for consideration. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had referred to McConnell as the ‘grim reaper,’ overseeing the ‘legislative graveyard’ of the Senate. However, even with Democrats now nominally in control of the Senate, many of these bills still face an uncertain future.”

Suburban Voters Make Up Most of GOP Defections

March 2, 2021 at 10:25 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“More than 20,000 North Carolina voters have left the Republican Party to become unaffiliated since Election Day, and nearly 60% of them are from suburban areas,” Axios Charlotte reports.

GOP Freshman Flipped Her Staff

March 2, 2021 at 9:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) “has lost her chief of staff, communications director and legislative director already. And she’s only been in Congress for 57 days,” Punchbowl News reports.

“Van Duyne fired chief of staff Brendan Belair and legislative director Erica Barker. Van Duyne’s spokeswoman Amanda Gonzalez Thompson also quit last week.”

“Turnover isn’t uncommon on Capitol Hill, especially for a new lawmaker, but this level of churn this early in a congressional career is quite notable, and it’s very strange.”

But this is even stranger: “On Feb. 10, Christian Dillard, the former spokesperson for Van Dyune’s campaign and a longtime acquaintance of the congresswoman, shot and killed himself outside Van Duyne’s home. Van Duyne was home at the time of the incident.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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