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Mar 23 2022
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GOP's 2024 contenders leap into Supreme Court spotlight
Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn are all grilling Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson this week. And how many of them will run for president in two years?
“I’d set the line at two,” guessed Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who serves on the Judiciary Committee with the four. “And bet the over.”
In a Senate where committee meetings often go unattended and
PoliticoFeb 05 2020
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Nadler: Bolton 'likely' to be subpoenaed by House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said he was ready to subpoena former Trump national security adviser John Bolton over the Ukraine military aid affair.
"I think it’s likely, yes," that the committee’s investigation would continue and that a subpoena for Bolton is "likely," the New York Democrat told reporters on Wednesday.
President Trump was impeached by House
Washington ExaminerMar 21 2022
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Jackson’s hearings could produce fireworks. These are the topics that’ll likely cause sparks.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson could face questions on divisive issues such as affirmative action, child pornography sentencing and her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
While President Joe Biden’s first high court pick so far seems to be on a glide path to confirmation — and doesn’t need GOP votes
PoliticoJul 27 2020
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Nadler Still Thinks Antifa Is a 'Myth'
New York Rep. Jerry Nadler on Sunday doubled down on his claim that antifa doesn’t exist, despite widespread evidence to the contrary in Democratic cities across the U.S.
The Democratic lawmaker made the remarks to journalist Austen Fletcher, who caught up with him in D.C. and asked if he disavowed the riots.
“Do you disavow the violence from Antifa that’s happening in Portland
TownhallSep 17 2020
Analysis
Cutting emissions, exporting gas: Does Biden’s climate plan make sense?
For more than a decade, Susan Jane Brown has been battling to stop a natural gas pipeline and export terminal from being built in the backcountry of Oregon. As an attorney at the nonprofit Western Environmental Law Center, she has repeatedly argued that the project’s environmental, social, and health costs are too high.
All that was before this month’s deadly wildfires in Oregon
Christian Science MonitorFeb 17 2022
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Multiple celebrities backing Kenyatta in Pennsylvania Senate race
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta has received donations from multiple celebrities, including actresses Halle Berry and Amy Schumer.
Kenyatta, a Democratic state representative, collected between $500 and the maximum $5,600 from Berry and Schumer, along with singer Robin Thicke and actresses Susan Sarandon, Tasha Smith, Debra Messing and Wanda Sykes, The Philadelphia
Yahoo NewsNov 09 2021
Analysis
Why Are the Media Treating 'Let's Go Brandon' Like Criminal Hate Speech?
Last month, NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown following his victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sparks 300 race when fans started chanting "fuck Joe Biden." But that's not what Stavast heard.
And so the "let's go Brandon" chant—a less vulgar way of signaling one's opposition to the current president—was born. Fans say it at sports gatherings.
ReasonApr 08 2021
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Chauvin Trial: Medical Expert Says George Floyd Died From A Lack Of Oxygen
Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonary specialist who works in critical care, testified Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, bolstering the prosecution's argument that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin caused Floyd's death last May.
Tobin is appearing as an expert witness for the prosecution. He said the state asked him to review documents and videos depicting the
NPR (Online News)Mar 24 2019
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Top GOP Judiciary Committee member: Trump 'proved right' on Mueller probe, as Nadler warns of 'cover-up'
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., speaking to "Fox News Sunday," vowed that congressional investigators will press on and continue to investigate President Trump while warning of a possibly unfolding Justice Department "cover-up," even as he acknowledged that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has apparently closed his investigation without indicting a single American for illegally
Fox News DigitalAug 12 2019
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On Ferguson, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris Told a Terrible Lie
Their falsehoods were immoral, divisive, and quite possibly unlawful. On Friday afternoon, two of the leading contenders in the Democratic presidential primary lied. There’s no other fair way to put it. They flat-out spread fiction, libeled an innocent man, and stoked American divisions — all for political gain.
Five years ago, a Ferguson, Mo., police officer named Darren Wilson shot a
National Review (News)