Today in "Pelosi Never Forgets:" referring to Rep. Bob Barr, the ex-Ga. congressman who introduced the Defense of Marriage Act in '96, Pelosi notes he was married three times. "We don't know which marriage he was defending."
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- Has no one mentioned the reason this impeachment trial is starting after Trump's term is because the GOP Leader said he would not allow it to begin until then?
- Asked for his reaction to the Gaetz nom, Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho): "Are you shittin' me?"
- Prospects for Elizabeth Warren's bill to prohibit lawmakers from owning/trading individual stocks may be looking up.
- 1: Vought is still, by law at least, a private citizen as he has not been confirmed to head OMB yet; 2: the law about not impounding federal spending doesn't say it depends on whether the funding is in line with a White House's agenda, only whether Congress has approved it.Asked how organizations that rely on federal funding should make payroll, Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says they should call Russ Vought and make a case
00:00 - If I understand Senate rules correctly, with the change in power in there, Patrick Leahy as the most senior Democrat becomes the new Q Shaman.
- Reminder: when he's scared, Trump tries to convince people they are in jeopardy of something bad if they do not do what he wants. Recall he told Raffensperger he would be in legal jeopardy unless he manufactured the 11,000-plus votes Trump needed to win Georgia.Trump tells a Jewish group the Jews will be to blame if he loses: "I will put it to you very simply and gently: I really haven't been treated right, but you haven't been treated right because you're putting yourself in great danger."
00:00 - Lot of Trump defense on right-wing outlets is "another witch hunt, just like Russia." Earlier today, Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort disclosed he passed polling data to Russian intel asset Kilimnik.NEW: In an interview with @thisisinsider, Paul Manafort made his 1st public admission that in 2016 he shared polling data from the Trump campaign w/ Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime business associate w/ suspected ties to Russian intelligence. by @Schwartzesque
- A bit on sanewashing: there was, as far as I could tell, ZERO new information from Trump today on his economic proposals, despite the speech being touted as an economic address. But that didn't stop some orgs from trying to dress it up:Replying to @atruparCNN gets busy sanewashing Trump's speech before its even over
00:00 - A little more than two years ago, who thought Gaetz would outlast Tucker?Replying to @atruparGaetz again bizarrely implicates Tucker Carlson in his own personal peccadillo, then says, "providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you're dating who are of legal age is not a crime"
00:00 - CBO: Trump budget would NOT reach balance in 10 years, would see a $720 billion deficit in 2027. WH had claimed $16B surplus in 2027.
- Not every Hill staffer is some unctuous, 24-year-old Capitol Lounge denizen (though, tbf, many are). Some are incredibly nice, smart, middle-aged and older folks who refused to cash in on their expertise because their passion is making public policy.
- You can almost see Mike Pence's soul leave his body as he hears Trump joke about models at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.Replying to @atruparTrump has jokes: "The models show hundreds of thousands of people are going to die and you know what I want to do? I want to come way under the model. The professionals did the models and I was never involved in a model. At least this kind of a model."
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