Laura Clawson
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Raskin: Oversight Chair Worked With Trump Lawyers To Kill Tax Probe
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer is putting up a perfect display of Republican priorities, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the committee, is on the case. → Read More
DeSantis Bill Mandates Political Control Of Public Colleges
After a series of teasers, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released his detailed legislation to turn Florida’s public colleges and universities into right-wing indoctrination factories, and it’s as bad as he promised it would be. → Read More
House Republicans Backtrack On China Balloon Attack
House Republicans have abruptly backed off after making a lot of noise about passing a resolution condemning President Joe Biden’s handling of the Chinese surveillance balloon. → Read More
Graham Says 15-Week Abortion Limit Is Step Toward Total National Ban
Sen. Lindsey Graham is not letting up on his national abortion ban, even though many of his fellow Senate Republicans wish he’d be quiet about that until after the election. Graham’s plan may help fire up the Republican base, but he clearly thinks it’s going to win swing voters despite → Read More
Graham Says 15-Week Abortion Limit Is Step Toward Total National Ban
“We see earlier gestational limits in Europe,” Katherine Mayall of the Center for Reproductive Rights told The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer, but “in practice, if somebody hits a gestational limit of 12 weeks, they’re still able to access abortion care, because the broad grounds after that limit option inc... → Read More
Graham Says 15-Week Abortion Limit Is Step Toward Total National Ban
In reality, “The science conclusively establishes that a human fetus does not have the capacity to experience pain until after at least 24–25 weeks. Every major medical organization that has examined this issue and peer-reviewed studies on the matter have consistently reached the conclusion that abo... → Read More
With Migrant Trafficking Stunt, GOP Governors Mimic Segregationist 'Uptown Klan'
Compare that quote from Guthridge decades ago with this one from DeSantis on Thursday: “Every community in America should be sharing in the burdens. It shouldn’t all fall on a handful of red states,” he told reporters. Other states “don’t like it as much when you get just a small, small, small amoun... → Read More
With Migrant Trafficking Stunt, GOP Governors Mimic Segregationist 'Uptown Klan'
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lured migrants onto a plane in Texas with promises that they would find jobs and work papers in Boston, then dropped them in Martha’s Vineyard, he was echoing an earlier history that shows exactly who he is. Massachusetts state Sen. Julian Cyr → Read More
House Republicans Introduce National Abortion Ban
Sen. Marco Rubio is—so far—the only Republican senator up for reelection who has signed on to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s national abortion ban. But there’s a House version of the bill, too, and Rep. Ted Budd, currently running for Senate in North Carolina, is one of that bill’s 84 cosponsors. → Read More
House Republicans Introduce National Abortion Ban
Sen. Marco Rubio is—so far—the only Republican senator up for reelection who has signed on to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s national abortion ban. But there’s a House version of the bill, too, and Rep. Ted Budd, currently running for Senate in North Carolina, is one of that bill’s 84 cosponsors. → Read More
Lindsey Graham Introduces Bill For Nationwide Ban On Abortion
It’s not hard to see what Graham thinks he is doing with this messaging bill that has no chance of passing in a Congress controlled by Democrats or being signed by a Democratic president. He’s trying to use the deceptive name of the bill to convince voters that Republicans just have reasonable goals... → Read More
Queen Elizabeth II, 96, Dies Peacefully In Presence Of Family
Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96 after a 70-year reign, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. Earlier in the day, the queen was reported to be under “medical supervision,” after months of declining mobility and missed engagements. Elizabeth’s family traveled to Balmoral Castle in Scotland → Read More
Most Americans See 'MAGA Republicans' As Threat To Democracy
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also showed how effectively the media is creating the narrative that both sides are divisive: “Fifty-nine percent of respondents said Biden's speech will further divide the country, though just about half of respondents said they didn't watch or follow the speech at all.” Got ... → Read More
Public Approval Of Unions At Highest Point Since 1965, Again
Public support for unions is at its highest level since 1965, according to Gallup’s annual pre-Labor Day survey. And if that headline sounds familiar, it’s because last year Gallup also found the highest public support for unions since 1965. → Read More
Public Approval Of Unions At Highest Point Since 1965, Again
Public support for unions is at its highest level since 1965, according to Gallup’s annual pre-Labor Day survey. And if that headline sounds familiar, it’s because last year Gallup also found the highest public support for unions since 1965. → Read More
Secret Service Ignored Threat To Pelosi Before January 6
The Secret Service knew about a threat to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi days ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol—but didn’t pass the information along to the United States Capitol Police until the attack was already underway, Citizens for Responsibility → Read More
Secret Service Ignored Threat To Pelosi Before January 6
This is far from the first indication that a host of law enforcement agencies fell down on the job in the lead-up to January 6. They had warnings. These social media posts filled with threats were … social media posts. They were available. What, though, is going on at the Secret Service?First, the S... → Read More
Feds Seeking To Shield 'Highly Classified' Papers Removed From Mar-A-Lago
In a Monday court filing, the Justice Department asked a federal court not to unseal the affidavit showing probable cause for the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, giving reasons that underscore the hot water Donald Trump appears to be in. → Read More
Feds Seeking To Shield 'Highly Classified' Papers Removed From Mar-A-Lago
In a Monday court filing, the Justice Department asked a federal court not to unseal the affidavit showing probable cause for the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, giving reasons that underscore the hot water Donald Trump appears to be in. → Read More
Maternal And Infant Mortality Highest In 'Pro-Life' Red States
Outcomes on which the 24 current or likely abortion ban states are worse than the 20 states unlikely to ban abortion:The infant mortality rate in states banning or expected to soon ban abortion is 6.3 per 1,000 births. In states that aren’t going to ban abortion, it’s 4.7 per 1,000.The maternal mor... → Read More