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Peed myself silly reading this @emilyykennard story on the private bathroom used by House members
And — guess what — House dudes are not washing their hands washingtonsun.com/congress/h…
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JUST IN: Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority PAC registers a new affiliate SuperPAC, Texas Forever #TXSen
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Igor Bobic retweeted
New — The left’s biggest names helped direct millions to progressive candidates this year, but there's a major difference in when they handed out endorsements, my @washingtonsun analysis finds
Bernie Sanders’ donor network contributed $9.1 million to federal candidates he endorsed this cycle, an average of more than $433k per campaign. AOC’s endorsement netted campaigns an average of $257k from her network; Warren’s an average of $242k per campaign
But striking difference in timing. Sanders, Warren and Khanna endorsing more often and earlier — Sanders endorsements came a median of 103 day before primary day. AOC and Ilhan Omar have been much more cautious; AOC’s endorsements came a median of just 20 day before the primary
Julian Mulvey, an architect of Sanders’ 2016 prez campaign, told me Bernie’s been more aggressive in endorsements than ever before. He also said he doesn’t blame AOC for her “very careful, very judicious” endorsement strategy
More on how the left’s powerhouses are using their clout here:
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Right: Don Young and Virginia Foxx can be mean to staffers, but Mary Peltola cannot
Left: Mary Peltola can be mean to staffers, but Katie Porter and Amy Klobuchar cannot
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Disney export ban now
Disney+ is raising prices for the fourth time in four years.
Disney+ Premium (without ads) is increasing from $18.99 to $21.49/month, effective Wednesday (Sept. 23). The new pricing comes as “Toy Story 5” debuts today on Disney+.
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Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall tells Semafor he'd "love to see a good way to end this war where Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons" but said he's going to oppose the Iran War powers resolution this week
He said passing that resolution "would be a huge mistake. I think we need to make sure we take care of national security. We don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons"
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Armstrong says the law is “gray” but that ultimately Hern is wrong:
“I think the way he's reading the rule is as though there was a vacancy in the seat, and I don't think that's the case... It's not that critical to me one way or the other. As long as we get permitting reform done.”
New: An internal battle is boiling over between Rep. Kevin Hern and Sen. Alan Armstrong about who gets to serve out the remainder of the term after the election
Yesterday, Oklahoma state Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton requested an AG opinion on the matter.
Hern's team believes that state law says that if they win the election they get sworn into the Senate in November.
Armstrong's team believes they get to serve until January because they argue he was appointed to fill out the remainder of the term. Additionally he wants to stay until permitting reform is done.
Armstrong's attorney sent a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sept. 11 asking that he request an AG opinion on the matter. Sources say Stitt has not yet requested an opinion.
Hern has hired prominent Oklahoma attorney Glenn Coffee to help with any challenges.
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RT @SteveDeaceShow: Yesterday, Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you are in a +15 district you’re within…
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Asked Durbin, a senior member of the Approps committee, about ProPublica’s story on Susan Collins.
He says he gave to charity a donation he received from Navatek, the company at center of the story:
“It was a relatively small contribution, but we returned it years ago when this story first broke.”
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Igor Bobic retweeted
New: An internal battle is boiling over between Rep. Kevin Hern and Sen. Alan Armstrong about who gets to serve out the remainder of the term after the election
Yesterday, Oklahoma state Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton requested an AG opinion on the matter.
Hern's team believes that state law says that if they win the election they get sworn into the Senate in November.
Armstrong's team believes they get to serve until January because they argue he was appointed to fill out the remainder of the term. Additionally he wants to stay until permitting reform is done.
Armstrong's attorney sent a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sept. 11 asking that he request an AG opinion on the matter. Sources say Stitt has not yet requested an opinion.
Hern has hired prominent Oklahoma attorney Glenn Coffee to help with any challenges.
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Tall barricades going up on the East front of the Capitol, very near the building
Cap police officer says some kind of instruction
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EXCLU: Mitch McConnell and several Republicans are pressing Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio amid fears Trump will make concessions to Xi Jinping on Taiwan: Unfreeze $1.3B in military aid and $14B in arms sale. w/ @anna_c_kramer @jstein_sun @ahmadihamed_
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Moreno seemingly responding to Curtis and defending Don Jr. for accepting gifts from a Russian oligarch:
“I couldn’t care less who throws a private citizen a wedding after-party. Subpoenas of presidential family members must pass a high bar.”
Republicans allowed Democrats and their media allies to waste years of President Trump’s first term with the fake Russiagate hoax. As Democrats are once again waving the Russia canard, we can’t afford to make that same mistake again.
Let’s start with the facts. First and foremost, no president has done more to stand up to Russia and their allies in China and Iran than President Trump. Anyone attempting to call that into question is simply ignoring the facts.
Secondly, there is no equivalence between Donald Trump Jr, a successful private citizen, and Hunter Biden, a drug addict who was subpoenaed following a litany of well-documented evidence that he was directly selling access to his dad’s administration.
Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman. Like any other law-abiding American, he has the right to invest in companies. Despite the baseless media attacks, there is no evidence that Don has ever sold access to the President, abused his relationship on behalf of his business partners, or broken any law.
I couldn’t care less who throws a private citizen a wedding after-party. Subpoenas of presidential family members must pass a high bar. We can’t let the Senate become a partisan tool used to harass private citizens in pursuit of political points. Republicans must learn the lessons of the past, we can’t fall prey to Russiagate 2.0.
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Sen. Kennedy, answering reporter questions past 7pm on a fly in day, disagrees with Trump banning media from the White House:
“I think media organizations…have become more partisan. I agree with his diagnosis, but I don't agree with the cure. I don't like cancel culture.”
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Susan Collins calls ProPublica story “outrageous” and “completely false”:
“The Biden Justice Department concluded that, as did the current Justice Department”
She also blamed Schumer: “There was a very similar story involving the same person while he was awaiting sentencing six years ago, and it's very frustrating and unfair to have it brought up this close to the election.”
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Kaine says he believes war powers vote on Iran will succeed this week, pointing to defections from several GOP candidates:
“I think you're going to see more saying [the war] is a stupid idea.”
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Sen. CORNYN joins call for an investigation & issuing subpoena to Donald Trump Jr.:
“I would support Senator Curtis’ request”
Cornyn sits on Judiciary & President Trump helped oust him in his primary
News: @SenJohnCurtis is demanding that the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate and subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over a ProPublica report that his wedding after-party was paid for by a Russian oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. punchbowl.news/article/senat…
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