I know there is a lot of hurt and misery in the world right now but if anyone has any spare good vibes can they send them towards my dog Dakota. She had surgery today to remove a tumor and almost didn’t make it - but thankfully is hanging in there for right now. Jim
Last nights manchin shenanigans seems like eons ago but I just have to say one more time for the record that manchin negotiated a deal with senator Portman and then Portman voted against the whole bill. That folks is a really bad strategy
Shout out tonight to all the reporters and legal types who suggested- despite evidence to the contrary going back many years, that William Barr was a decent pick for doj. You suck
MCCONNELL: When factional fever runs hot and slender majorities are most tempted to ram through radicalism -- these are the times for which the guardrails exist. The nation needs us to respect the framers’ design and the Senate’s structure.
What really pisses me off about all this us that trump and his merry band of human scum are just laughing at all of this- just amazed that they are avoiding this kind of scrutiny
Shortly after he became leader I booked senator Reid on meet the press - cause that is what you did in the good old days . When asked about Thomas, the senator said he was “an embarrassment to the court “. Reid was just savaged by the savvy inside the beltway media (1-2)
The conservative lawyer John Eastman argued that mail ballots in Pennsylvania in the 2020 election could be culled in a way that would reverse Donald Trump’s defeat in an electorally critical state.
The amount of damage Jared kushner has done to this country and countries around the world is just staggering/ yet the media gives him a free pass . Amazing
Schiff on Kevin McCarthy possibly removing him from committees: "I suspect he will do whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene wants him to do ... he will adhere to the wishes of the lowest common denominator ... it's going to be chaos with the Republican leadership."
While multiple photos were released showing Trump in different locations and with different clothes, the metadata shows they were taken 10 minutes apart, implying they may have been staged to create the impression of a full day of presidential business
Hate to sound like a broken record but Capitol Hill reporters simply have to do a better job of holding house and senate republicans, especially the leadership , accountable for Jan 6
Can
@MSNBC
@chrislhayes
@StephenAtHome
@billmaher
stop having this 3rd party pusher on as if he speaks for Dems?
I’m so sick of fake Dems like
@MMFlint
thinking they know what’s best for us because of their extreme privilege! If u can’t get behind & fully support our nom, stfu!
NEW: President Trump has picked Eric Ueland, currently deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, to replace Shahira Knight as his top liaison to Capitol Hill, according two sources with direct knowledge of the decision.
With growing ambitions, a hit list: After 'dispatching' President Trump, the pro-Democratic Lincoln Project hopes to 'dispatch' others: Tucker Carlson, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, more. 'Our task won't be finished when Joe Biden takes the oath of office.'
The continued inability of reporters to push ivanka and Jared to explain their actions over the last 4 years on the record will never cease to amaze me. I mean it’s just a spectacular failure across the board, that touches just about every major media outlet
On the morning of Jan. 6, Ginni Thomas—wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—endorsed the protest demanding that Congress overturn the election, then sent her “LOVE” to the demonstrators, who violently overtook the Capitol several hours later. She has not posted since.
Based on 21 years in the senate I have been arguing for months that the Biden folks should focus on using the levers of executive action to get stuff instead of things dying in the senate. I DID NOT expect the Nytimes to disagree
I really find the idea that low life punk Jason Miller is walking around the halls of the senate and working out of the beautiful lbj room really upsetting
I got lots of questions about what just happened- including how much team Biden just war gamed what just happened- but Biden just stuck it to republicans so bad that mtg finally lasted out. Brilliant
2 things. He once described himself as David duke without the baggage.and more importantly- 2. most reporters won’t tell you this but his job is about counting votes . He is bad at it
SCOOP: Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House R, is beginning to reach out to members ahead of launching a speakership bid, three sources familiar tell me.
Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman is rightfully being hailed as a hero after singlehandedly holding back rioters from entering the Senate chambers last week.
An Iraq combat vet and member of this Corps, Eugene was a hero long before last Wednesday.
We celebrate his valor.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is impacting the Maine Secretary of State.
She is conducting election interference and unilaterally blocking Mainers from voting for their preferred candidate.
This type of rogue stuff usually only happens in the Third World!
Chuck Todd put Meghan McCain on his panel this morning and said "it's good to have a McCain back on Meet the Press" because we live in a constant state of right-wing propaganda
For 6 years I had to prepare senator Reid before he took questions after the caucus lunch on Tuesday . What in the Sam hell do you think I was doing to get ready
EXCLUSIVE: Biden's communications staff have already probed reporters to see what questions they plan on asking White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during briefings, according to three sources and written communications reviewed by The Daily Beast
McConnell tried to exclude the speaker of the house to the extent possible for 2 reasons. 1, he doesn’t have his own caucus under control 2, he wanted to stick it to the speaker. The end -30-
The Justice Department is seeking to take over the defense of President Trump in defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claims Trump raped her two decades ago.
That is simply not true. There was nothing to negotiate until you managed to lie cheat snd steal your way to passing a bill that will never pass the senate and or signed into law
Biden REFUSED to negotiate with
@SpeakerMcCarthy
on the debt limit for 100 days, and now he is leaving Washington, DC to enjoy a nice long weekend of hiding while Speaker McCarthy is staying in D.C. to work out a deal.
Meanwhile, the country moves ever closer to a default.
A Twitter spokesperson confirms that The Gateway Pundit's Twitter account has in fact been temporarily locked "for multiple violations of our Civic Integrity Policy."
As far as I am concerned McConnell conned the president to torpedo any Covid aide deal cause he knows that trump is going to lose -and
#MoscowMitch
is try to set up Biden for failure
CNN's
@mkraju
, one of the most widely respected reporters on Capitol Hill, asks
@SenMcSallyAZ
if the Senate should consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial. She responds by calling him a "liberal hack" and saying, "I'm not talking to you."
Rick Perry and his staff at the Energy Department worked to advance energy deals that were potentially worth billions of dollars to Perry’s friends and political donors, a six-month investigation by reporters from Time, WNYC and ProPublica shows.
Thrilled to be at Great Falls International Airport to announce the $9.5 million investment secured by my bipartisan infrastructure package.
I fly through this airport weekly, so I know firsthand how vital it is to growing the Electric City's economy and keeping folks connected.
NEWS: Rep. Jim Clyburn, who is credited with saving Joe Biden's campaign in the primary, tells
@mikememoli
that working with Republicans will "not be as hard as some people think. ... I don’t think Mitch will be as mean to Joe as he was to Obama."
Saudi deputy defense minister Prince Khaled bin Salman — a former ambassador to the U.S. — was urgently sent to Washington by his brother, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, via
@BarakRavid
My hot take. So the next attempt by republicans to steal the election on Jan 6, if it happens, will occur under the warm glow of the cspan cameras with the whole world watching- and not off camera in some courtroom or whatever.
"Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US intelligence agency, Reuters reported, citing five people familiar with the program."
2023 vibes: Biden’s first trip of the new year will be a joint appearance in Kentucky on Wednesday with Mitch McConnell to talk about infrastructure and jobs that don’t require 4 year degrees.
Going to pop on here one more time to say my mom, Sheila, passed away this am at the age of 86. I am saying this publicly not to get sympathy but to use this platform to thank everyone
@MHealthFairview
in Edina, Mn, especially the nurses, for taking such good care of my mom
This has now been confirmed by a Capitol official: Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) tried to bring a gun onto the House floor today.
(I also witnessed the whole thing and saw him try to give his gun to another member.)
Watching a whole bunch of house reporters come to the realization once again that the house freedom caucus types aren’t on the up and up really is a sight to behold. Just staggering
Whenever I am asked to pinpoint when I think the senate began its decline into hyperpartisanship I always point to the year Rick Santorum left the house to run for the senate. Dumber than a door nail yet very destructive
Former President Donald Trump is hosting an off-the-record dinner for reporters tonight at Mar-a-Lago, according to someone familiar with the planning.
I can honestly say that I wasn’t too upset that brian stelter was forced out but if the situation with john harwood is as bad as it looks, then I am going to be rattled. Both critized trump/ republicans, and now both are gone
Make no mistake—we will protect Americans with pre-existing conditions. The executive order
@realDonaldTrump
signed last night makes this federal policy & helps eliminate the surprise medical billing that is hurting so many American families.
Home Depot's co-founder endorsed Trump on the same day Trump posted this, in case anyone needs another reason to never set foot in a Home Depot ever, ever again. Also, please pay attention to how much deeper Trump is sinking into Hitlerian language and tone. The GOP owns this.
Fox News chief political anchor gives credence to Trump conspiracy theory Biden will have a secret listening device: "As far as the listening devices and the Biden campaign's response to that, I think that's interesting. We're going to have to follow that through the day."
i am going to do this slowly for you Ben. Judic committee rules require a quorum to be "actually" present to conduct business, ie to report out a nominee. I believe it is also a standing rule of the senate that requires committee quorums to be physically present to report out
The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works. My comments were making fun of Joe Biden and the Democrats, who have continuously made me a political target since January 6th.
1/5
New: Spokesperson for GOP Sen. Ron Johnson
@alexahenning
says he was not involved in the “creation” of fake election certificates — but that’s not the issue at hand. Johnson wanted to give falsified election documents to VP Pence team, per texts obtained by Jan. 6 committee.