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According to a new report, officials allied with Ethiopia’s government are accused of carrying out “ethnically targeted” abuses, displacing hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans.
@CrisLeeMaza
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer marshaled colleagues through hours of floor time to confirm so many judges that they have nearly run out of appellate nominees to confirm.
@Zachary_Cohen
reports:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez is calling on the Biden administration to pull back aid to Azerbaijan as hostilities flare up with ethnic Armenians in a disputed border zone in the Caucasus.
@CrisLeeMaza
reports (unlocked)
GOP officials who privately rail about Trump won’t publicly challenge him because polls show he’s so popular with the party base, but that may change if someone makes a strong case against his presidency from a Republican perspective, opines
@RonBrownstein
Kevin McCarthy stuck by President Trump even after a mob stormed the Capitol, killing a police officer. It’s not only a morally bankrupt position, but a politically perilous one.
@HotlineJosh
's latest "Against the Grain" (unlocked)
In his first prime-time address, Biden not only rebuked Donald Trump's pollyannaish view of the virus from a year ago. He also implicitly rebuked Ronald Reagan's view of big government from 35 year ago.
@georgecondon
's analysis
In the past 120 years, the Senate has only confirmed one life-tenured judge in a lame-duck session nominated by a president whose party lost the election. But for McConnell, it's full steam ahead on Trump's remaining nominees.
@Zachary_Cohen
reports
Retired Gen. Russel Honoré discusses his review of the security failures on Capitol Hill and recommendations to lawmakers for preventing another Jan. 6.
@HarrisonCramer
with our weekly Q&A
Both parties are trying to game the election rules to their advantage. But the Democratic effort in the House is being hailed as a reform, while GOP efforts are slammed as voter suppression.
@HotlineJosh
's latest "Against the Grain"
All five of President Biden’s nominees to the circuit courts have had public-defender experience. That doesn’t sit well with some Republicans.
@Zachary_Cohen
reports:
Retired Gen. Russel Honoré discusses his review of the security failures on Capitol Hill and recommendations to lawmakers for preventing another Jan. 6.
@HarrisonCramer
with our weekly Q&A
Democrats may end up squandering their advantage heading into the midterms if they continue to focus on polarizing social issues that will help Republicans turn out their voters, opines
@HotlineJosh
Yes, Biden's age is a potential problem in 2024. But enduring a messy nomination fight would be an even bigger problem for his party, writes
@CharlieCookDC
(unlocked)
Senators Cory Booker and Tim Scott have introduced a bill that would allocate a yearly sum of $4.5 million to researching sickle-cell disease, which has received far less attention and funding than comparable genetic diseases, writes
@HarrisonCramer
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In this interview excerpted from
@HotlineJosh
's conversation with Axiom Strategies Vice President
@KristinDavison
, they discuss education, the Trump factor and the luxury of having a self-funded candidate like
@GlennYoungkin
The former Polish foreign minister and current member of the EU Parliament talks to
@CrisLeeMaza
about EU-U.S. cooperation, regulating big tech, and democratic backsliding on both sides of the Atlantic.
So you didn't have to,
@georgecondon
read all 184,000 words spoken by Trump over the last week, plus his 300 tweets. His conclusion: Unlike 2016, Trump doesn't have much of a closing argument. (unlocked)
On the latest "Against the Grain" podcast,
@HotlineJosh
chats with Dem strategist
@Lis_Smith
about the need for the Democratic Party to moderate its message on crime, COVID, and education.