An "infrastructure bill" that isn't climate-focused is quite literally not worth passing because climate is the central infrastructure challenge we face, full stop.
US Capitol Police union statement tonight:
"The time has come for those in senior leadership who
failed us, to stand aside. It is not enough to scapegoat others. Those most responsible, including Acting Chief Pittman .... need to step aside for the good of the department"
Just in: House Judiciary chair Jerry Nadler says McGahn provided substantial new info re Mueller — “How dangerously close President Trump brought us to, in Mr McGahn’s words, the ‘point of no return.’”
The Trump administration continued to pursue CNN reporter Barbara Starr’s email records even after a federal judge said the reasoning was “unanchored in any facts” https://t.co/H5lM4XFFwV
Fallen cop's Trump-loving partner ready to go to war with Mitch McConnell and Republicans for protecting Trump: 'It's disgusting' Trump calls himself a patriot
https://t.co/ta7xfoP4Ep
Women in America earn roughly 82 cents for every dollar a man makes, and that gap is even wider for women of color.
The Senate will vote today on taking up the Paycheck Fairness Act to help fight this.
Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies tomorrow at 2pm before US Senate panel about funding for the US Justice Dept. I expect any number of questions about the Jan 6 investigation & prosecution
I'll be covering the hearing
Ret. Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré on the Jan. 6 report: "What the hell is going on in Washington? What are they doing between breakfast and lunch? Figuring out where they're going to lunch? It's time that they do their damn job."
Burger King trolls Chick-fil-A in new campaign vowing donations to LGBTQ group for every chicken sandwich sold "even on Sundays" https://t.co/OtqdslrFEj
🐾🐇 We made a new friend! Her name is Poppet, she is pawdorable and has a lovely personality. We really enjoy playing with her, even though she’s way faster than us. She will keep an eye on the WH Grounds fur us when we are away in DE or at Camp David with our parents.
Is that the same border that Trump was erecting a wall on and to be paid for by who? Oh yeah…Mexico. Really poor choice of topics to attack @VP@KamalaHarris on!
New audio obtained by @mchancecnn shows how Giuliani pressured the Ukrainian government to publicly announce investigations into Biden in Ukraine and false claims that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election to hurt Trump.
Given how Trump & Netanyahu describe political losses in apocalyptic terms, these were important words from Naftali Bennet:
“This is not a catastrophe, this is not a disaster. It is a change of government,” Bennett said, “An ordinary and usual event in any democratic country.”
Sen. Angus King to CNN on whether he's ready to kill the filibuster: "I'm very reluctant about it. But if it comes down to voting rights and the rights of Americans to go to the polls and select their leaders versus the filibuster, I will choose democracy."