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We got a belated Christmas gift this year. Welcome to the world, Samuel!
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Matt Ford retweeted
Left-hander Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a five-year, $182 million contract, pending physical, sources tell me and @jorgecastillo. The World Series champions get the two-time Cy Young winner in the first nine-figure deal of the winter.
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Gaetz withdraws from AG nomination:
I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.
I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history. I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I'm certain he will Save America.
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Students for Life is seeking a meeting with Gaetz to discuss prosecuting abortion providers w Comstock.
Texas Right to Life is planning new lawsuits filed by male partners of women who had abortions.
The election is over — and antiabortion groups feel emboldened by the results.
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New fear unlocked: Just saw a guy on the Metro drop his phone between the train and the platform while trying to board.
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Wow -- Alaska Top 4 + RCV hangs on by a gossamer wisp of 664 votes. alaskapublic.org/2024/11/20/…
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I’m more in the @jmart school here — Biden put Harris in the position to be the next nominee, then didn’t give her tasks that could help her in that role.
Imagine a Harris who got the “go talk to unions” portfolio in 2021, not the “fix the migrant inflow” portfolio.
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“Tuition reimbursement” is the guiltiest-sounding thing he could’ve written. “Sex” would’ve been less suspicious.
Exclusive: Gaetz sent over $10,000 in Venmo payments to 2 women who testified in House probe, records show
New details on what House ethics obtained—including a signed cash check allegedly from Gaetz to witness w. “tuition reimbursement” in memo
More: abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k-…
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Matt Ford retweeted
Quite a stat for California.
Californians also rejected this month a referendum to bar 'involuntary servitude', when many other states in recent years have approved similar provisions.
AP call: California Prop 32, to raise the minimum wage to $18/hour, has FAILED 51–49%. It's the first time a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage has failed **in any state** since 1996.
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Yes. As they were already proscribed and the period is after the time they were proscribed. (The current law is the Terrorism Act 2000, but it grandfathers in a bunch of earlier proscriptions)
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The “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA” disclaimer at the end of each Say Anything episode is art.
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Mea culpa. I’m not deleting it because @legalstyleblog had some good explanations about the disclaimer in the replies.
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Any discussion of DOGE should start with the fact that it has no legal or constitutional authority to do anything itself. newrepublic.com/article/1885…
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Wrote about DOGE and how it’s shaping up to be all hat and no cattle: newrepublic.com/article/1885…
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Utah is an interesting one.
Smallest swings towards Trump, by state (w/ several million ballots still to be tabulated):
1. Washington 0.7%
2. District of Columbia 1.0%
3. Utah 1.0%
4. Oklahoma 1.2%
5. Wisconsin 1.5%
6. Kansas 1.5%
7. Nebraska 1.8%
8. North Carolina 1.9%
9. Oregon 1.9%
10. Maine 2.3%
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if it's not this exact look and pose, the people of Los Angeles should riot
The Lakers announce that Pat Riley will get a statue outside Crypto.com Arena. The unveiling date is TBD.
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A notable commentary on Trump’s recess appointment scheme and how the courts could reject it:
The House Has No Authority to ‘Disagree’ with Senate’s Decision to Remain in Session nationalreview.com/bench-mem…
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A Jan. 6 defendant’s lawyer says he’s spoken with “a high member of the future Trump Administration” and a pardon is almost certain.
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The phrase “thousand-yard stare” gets thrown around a lot, but Burrow genuinely looks like he just got back from the Somme right now.
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