Maria whitmorre

I’m into Silicon Valley Realtor, Fashion Designer, Crypto & Forex Building wealth, Modeling style & balance in California.

[Thomas Marshall @tinkermight]

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[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Republican Senators up for re-election in 2028:

🟥 John Boozman (R-AR)
🟥 Katie Britt (R-AL)
🟥 Ted Budd (R-NC)
🟥 Mike Crapo (R-ID)
🟥 Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
🟥 John Hoeven (R-ND)
🟥 Jon Husted (R-OH)
🟥 Ron Johnson (R-WI)
🟥 John Kennedy (R-LA)
🟥 James Lankford (R-OK)
🟥 Mike Lee (R-UT)
🟥 Ashley Moody (R-FL)
🟥 Jerry Moran (R-KS)
🟥 Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
🟥 Rand Paul (R-KY)
🟥 Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
🟥 Tim Scott (R-SC)
🟥 John Thune (R-SD)
🟥 Todd Young (R-IN)

Only 2 of these Senators have agreed to cancel recess & remain in DC until the SAVE America Act is passed.

[DNI Pulte @DNIPulte]

Acting Director of National Intelligence announces 4th wave of layoffs

https://t.co/V3TA7lAbgn

[DNI Pulte @DNIPulte]

News forthcoming in the morning

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

My colleague from South Dakota suggests here that the talking filibuster hasn’t been used in a century, and that it was not used to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

He’s mistaken.

As I’ve explained to the entire Senate GOP on multiple occasions, the talking filibuster *was* used effectively to break the weeks-long filibuster mounted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Leader Thune and others point out that the Senate ultimately invoked cloture on the Civil Rights Act, and on that basis wrongly conclude that the talking filibuster was *not* the tool used to achieve that victory.

This argument ignores the fact that this is *how* the Senate closed a staggering 30-vote cloture deficit in 1964. After many weeks of fighting a losing battle, filibustering senators predictably started to lose their resolve to hold up the bill indefinitely, especially when they realized how hard they’d have to work to keep the effort alive.

So they started proposing and supporting amendments to the bill to make it more palatable and help them save face.

I still maintain that this is a viable approach that could work well—even better—in the context of the SAVE America Act, especially considering that the bill is less complicated and less controversial with voters than was the Civil Rights Act, and currently has a cloture deficit of only 10 votes—tiny compared to the 30-vote deficit faced by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

My colleague also mistakenly suggests that Senate Republicans would have to vote to enforce the talking filibuster. That simply isn’t true; no vote is required for this step. All we need is a majority leader willing to announce that we’re getting on the bill and that we will continue to debate it until it passes—all with the understanding that if filibustering senators fail to show up to debate it, we can “call the question” and pass it with a simple majority.

That understanding, in turn, is what motivates the filibustering senators to show up and speak, but it’s also what naturally causes them to tire of the exercise after a few weeks, at which point they start looking for a face-saving off-ramp.

Finally, Leader Thune suggests that the talking filibuster would be thwarted by being “reset” every time Democrats offered an amendment. There’s a valid point in there, but it’s not a good reason not to invoke the talking filibuster. It appears he’s referring indirectly to paragraph 1(a) of Senate Rule 19 (the two-speech rule). While offering a new amendment can create a new question under longstanding practice, the September 25, 1986 precedent narrowed how rigidly the two-speech rule is applied by clarifying that many procedural actions do not count as speeches at all.

Particularly in light of that 1986 clarification, it’s been a long time since I’ve suggested we consider rigid enforcement of Rule 19’s two-speech limit as part of a talking filibuster strategy for the SAVE America Act. We don’t need it!

Nor was that rule aggressively enforced during the Senate’s consideration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield correctly focused on requiring actual debate from filibustering senators rather than looking for technical ways to shut the debate down.

To give credit where it’s due, I appreciate what Leader Thune said in this interview about the possibility of passing some iteration of SAVE America using budget reconciliation—a procedure in which there is no 60-vote cloture hurdle. I’ve been skeptical of this approach in the past, but I’m starting to believe the SAVE America Act has more budgetary features than I initially considered possible.

That said, reconciliation is fraught with all kinds of problems, challenges, risks, and uncertainties. Also, failure can be far too easy to blame on the parliamentarian.

I’m open to considering the reconciliation path, but we should make this decision with our eyes open. To do that, we need to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the talking filibuster.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

We’re here to stand with our ranchers and farmers who are the backbone of our communities—and to say we’ve got your back!

New World screwworm is a serious threat, but one we've beaten before—with science, partnerships, and sustained investment. And, we we’ll do it again! Proud to co-sponsor this bipartisan bill.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

A lifeguard charged into towering waves to rescue a swimmer struggling in the powerful surf off Santa Cruz County.

After a brief struggle on the shore, another person rushed in to help as the pair battle the rough water to bring the swimmer safely ashore.

The act of heroism was one of at least 25 water rescues reported Saturday as massive swells battered the Santa Cruz County coastline.

[Sen. Maria Cantwell @SenatorCantwell]

The US Postal Service has no role in deciding who can vote. The Supreme Court should reject President Trump’s latest demand to allow him to interfere with the ability of Washingtonians to vote by mail. It’s unconstitutional and with primary ballots already in many voters’ hands, upending our voting system now would create chaos and threaten free and fair elections.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a message for Sen. Mitch McConnell: Explain your prolonged absence from the Senate and provide an update on your health, or resign:

“I am addressing this letter to Senator McConnell under the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition. If the Senator is unable to respond for either of those or other conditions, consider this letter a demand for his Senate staff to be honest and transparent with the people of Kentucky,” Beshear writes in the letter, written on state government letterhead and obtained by CNN.

“As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign,” he continued.

[Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) @TeamTrump]

MAGA Superstar @LisaForCongress: "THIS IS AN ELECTION BETWEEN COMMON SENSE AND COMMUNIST CRAZY!"

So true, Lisa! Get out and VOTE! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "It's amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors, and what the election has done ... the rest of the world doesn't love me, but that's ok"

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

DJ was the first entrepreneur I ever met & he taught me the importance of hard work, as he used to cut my hair in Sharonville back in the 90s. He gave my two boys a haircut today & imparted the same wisdom to them. 🙏

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

I think this is what Donald Trump is really after: immunity for his tax cheating. Dollar for dollar, Trump and his sons are raking in extraordinarily huge deals with foreign nations—while we have zero scrutiny, zero transparency right now. He knows if he can get this slush fund passed, it comes with a shield from any tax prosecution. We must stand against this corruption.

[Senate Republicans @NRSC]

ABDUL EL-SAYED: "I am not socialist."

Says the guy endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who wants to:

-Abolish ICE
-Defund the police
-Mass release dangerous criminals from prison
-Pass taxpayer-funded Medicare for All

[Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) @TeamTrump]

TRUMP-ENDORSED Michigan gubernatorial candidate @JohnJamesMI on bringing investment to Michigan:
"Mister President, we're going to make sure that we have an environment where we can bring that investment back to the state of Michigan to create jobs right here best auto workers in the world."

[Fox News @FoxNews]

NEW: The son of an NFL coach has now been charged with shooting his own mother in their family home.

Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, the son of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, has been arrested after authorities say he shot the coach's wife, Mia Bieniemy, multiple times at the family's Virginia home while Eric was away at training camp.

Authorities say Mia Bieniemy was critically injured and remains hospitalized.

Elijah has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and discharging a firearm inside a dwelling.

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Nobody believes Trump anymore.

Not "locked and loaded." Not that diplomacy is "going well." Not the bridge and power plant claims.

And the oil market doesn't believe him either. I told you prices would climb back up once those waivers got yanked. They did.

The gap between what he says and what's actually happening keeps growing. And the screams (in the form of leaks) are coming from inside the building!

[Senator Ashley Moody @SenAshleyMoody]

Democrats have told Americans voter ID is racist and illegals don’t vote.

Surprise! New Jersey was just exposed for having THOUSANDS of noncitizens on their voter rolls due to a “software error.”

I’m done with these nonsense excuses and this pathetic Democrat gaslighting.

Simple fix: keep the Senate here until we pass the SAVE America Act.