The Hill: “Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he doesn’t know what happened late last week that resulted in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and nine other Senate Democrats voting to advance the GOP continuing resolution to keep the government open. In an interview on MSNBC this weekend, Clyburn said he thought Senate Democrats were “on board” with the…
Month: March 2025
“Houston Man Jailed for 18 Years Without a Trial”
Political Wire: ““Last spring, as local officials were taking a closer look at the thousands of inmates in the Harris County Jail, they discovered something shocking: a man who had been locked up for 18 years without a trial,” the Houston Chronicle reports.
“Texas charges midwife in first arrest under state’s abortion ban”
WaPo: “A Houston-area midwife was arrested for providing illegal abortions, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Monday, marking the first criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban and one of the few times a provider anywhere in the country has been charged since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Maria Margarita Rojas, 49,…
“Nancy Mace Sued for Defamation”
Political Wire: “One of the four men accused of being a sexual predator by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is suing the South Carolina congresswoman for defamation and libel, contending she knowingly made false claims about him both before and after she made her House of Representatives floor speech where she described herself as their victim,”…
TX Man Rationalizes Death of His Daughter from Measles Due to His Failure to Get Her Vaccinated: “Everybody has to die”
Futurism: “Thus far, there’s only been one confirmed death in the measles outbreak spreading across North America — and the father of the unvaccinated child who died of the preventable disease is expressing no regrets about failing to get her the jab. In a startling interview with The Atlantic, the father of the six-year-old girl who became the first…
“Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail”
NBC: “A Texas state bill could charge transgender people with “gender identity fraud,” making it illegal to identify as trans on official documents and potentially leading to jail time. The bill, which was filed last week by Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson, would make it a state jail felony if a person “knowingly makes a…
“GOP Lawmaker Wants to Force Vote on Proxy Voting”
Political Wire: “Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced a rare motion on Monday, seeking to force a vote on proxy voting after she struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a lawmaker and a new parent in the last legislative cycle,” The Hill reports. “Her discharge petition for House Resolution 164 is backed by 92 representatives but…
“Trump wants it known as the Gulf of America. How American is the gulf?”
WaPo: “The Gulf. How American is it, anyway? There are a few ways you can look at it. You can look to the borders, which means looking to history. “Do we wish to acquire to our own Confederacy any one or more of the Spanish provinces?” Thomas Jefferson mused to President James Monroe in an 1823 letter,…
“Trump Pardons Ex-GOP Lawmaker in Tennessee”
Political Wire: “President Trump has pardoned an imprisoned former Tennessee state senator who was two weeks into a 21-month sentence for his role in a campaign finance fraud scheme,” the New York Times reports. “Inmate records show that the former lawmaker, Brian Kelsey, a Republican, was released from a minimum-security satellite camp at FCI Ashland in Kentucky…
“Byron Donalds Clear Favorite in GOP Primary”
Political Wire: “A new Fabrizio Lee & Associates poll in Florida finds Rep. Byron Donalds (R) crushing Casey DeSantis (R) in a possible GOP gubernatorial primary match up, 45% to 23%.”