By Louis Seagray – The US has some bills that get renewed every so often, and they are monsters. I’m sure you’ve seen me write about the Patriot Act (passed less than one week after introduction with almost no debate) and the Farm Bills when they come up for renewal. Read more…
By Eleanor Bartow – Scientists fear criticizing “gain-of-function” research or saying COVID-19 may have leaked from a lab because it would risk their careers and government funding, according to Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin. “People don’t want to think about the fact that our hero of the pandemic Dr. [Anthony] Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Rep. Devin Nunes blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday over what he said was the bureau’s “outright lies” regarding its surveillance activities against the Trump campaign in 2016. “The government used the Department and the FBI as weapons against the opposition party, a hallmark of Read more…
By Mary Margaret Olohan – The governor of West Virginia signaled that he will not veto a bill banning biological males from women’s sports. Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice discussed HB 3293 during a coronavirus briefing Wednesday saying that he would either “let it become law or sign it,” Read more…
By Andrew Trunsky – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she opposed a Democratic-led bill to pack the Supreme Court and that she had “no plans” to bring it to the House floor. The bill, introduced by Democrats Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers on Thursday that the intelligence community has seen “indications” that China is attempting to influence the World Health Organization’s assessment about the origins of the coronavirus. “We’ve certainly seen indications that China is trying to influence the Read more…
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By Mary Margaret Olohan – Democrats are planning to introduce legislation Thursday that would expand the size of the Supreme Court, sources familiar with the measure told The Intercept. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson, and Democratic New York Rep. Mondaire Jones are leading the bill Read more…
By Ben Garrison – Time To Take Out the Trash Rotund Nadler weighs in; “We’re not packing it, we’re unpacking it.” Rules for Radicals “Accuse your opponent of what you are doing, to create confusion and to inculcate voters against evidence of your own guilt” Led by House Judiciary Committee Read more…
By Andrew Kerr – A spokesman for the national Black Lives Matter organization said a New York-based Black activist continues to use its name despite sending him multiple cease and desist letters. The activist, Hank Newsome of the unaffiliated Black Lives Matter Greater New York, called for an independent investigation Read more…