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Cricket48750

Resister to the core - love politics, animals, science, nature, sports Lions fan (I'm used to disappointment) Pistons, Redwings, Wolverines - dog mom, staff for 2 cats; Michigander Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR, Dune, Harry Potter Avid DDO player since 2008

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Jonathan Bernstein

Dems including Fetterman all hold on Jay Clayton; the so-called moderate and/or fed-up-with-Trump Republicans also hold, despite the many reasons they might not have. At least on cloture, presumably on confirmation. Maybe more of an inappropriate nominee than a wildly inappropriate one, but still.

Senate Press Gallery

By a vote of 51-43, the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Walter Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence. This was a party line vote with Senators Gillibrand, Kelly, McConnell, Peters, Ricketts, and Welch not voting.

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Jonathan Bernstein

Who knows but Fetterman sounds more like someone looking forward to being a pain in the ass to a majority Dem party for a couple of years than someone ready to flip to the GOP. Either way, agree with everyone that it's hard to see a path to him sticking around for another term.

Jamie Dupree

Trump can't even convince Sen. John Fetterman D-PA to get rid of the filibuster - this from a Fetterman op-ed in the Washington Post

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MeidasTouch

NEWS: Trump’s $10B BBC lawsuit just forced his own trust to open the books. A federal magistrate judge has now filed her written order demanding the production of financial docs on the 400+ businesses the trust owns.

Judge Orders Trump Trust to Turn Over Financial Records in $10 Billion BBC LawsuitThe judge filed the written order court after finding Trump's own allegations of massive financial harm opened the door to sweeping discovery into the trust that controls his business empire.meidasnews.com
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Robert Reich

Trump has ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian Museum “warning” visitors that it doesn’t portray American history correctly. Why is he so determined to take over the Smithsonian? It’s all part of his attack on the American mind.

Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS?It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, buwww.youtube.com
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Rachel Maddow

Top homeland security official resigns, citing "brazen corruption," as well as the Trump Administration's "war on immigrants... war on feds... war on facts": www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.www.wired.com
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Sanho Tree

“Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), defeated in May's GOP primary by a Trump-endorsed opponent, made clear Friday he plans to use his "newfound political freedom" to extract concessions from the White House – or blow up its plans in the process.” Now walk the walk.

Ousted GOP senator teases revolt against Trump: 'You ain't seen nothing yet'Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), defeated in May's GOP primary by a Trump-endorsed opponent, made clear Friday he plans to use his "newfound political freedom" to extract concessions from the White H...www.rawstory.com
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