Politics Corner May 23

 

photo mine (beware of Harlan)

We've got a lot to catch up on and my mind is out order so the stories will be too. Let's go!

Alito gets flagged again [CNN] https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/alito-flag-new-york-times/index.html

via CNN

It's unparliamentary to state a fact? [NBC] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrat-ruled-order-listing-trumps-legal-woes-house-floor-rcna153624

via NBC

Mifipristone and Misiprostol will become Scheduled drugs in Louisiana, effectively banning them. Expect more doctors to leave the state. I can give you a list of where they are NOT going to be moving to. [Associated Press] https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-louisiana-legislature-controlled-substance-06ea3e8df86b72b473efe8fc71054ddf

via Associated Press 

This should be a no-brainer - it shouldn't even be necessary at all - but it won't even reach the House floor. Dems are proposing legislation that would force enforcement of the emoluments clause of the Constitution which was conveniently ignored while Trump raked in millions from foreign governments. [Associated Press] https://apnews.com/article/congress-emoluments-trump-raskin-house-oversight-d7400a67dec40940fe76fbaa57feda9c

via Associated Press 

Neither the Secret Service nor the City of Milwaukee want to accommodate the RNC's ridiculous demand to move the protest zone across the river to a smaller park. It would expand the perimeter of the convention beyond any reasonable expectations of  safety. Pere Marquette Park is not across the street from either the convention center or the Fiserv Forum. If they are granted this demand then what's next? Will I be required to move out for the duration because I can see Fiserv from here? [NBC] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gop-secret-services-refusal-protesters-rnc-convention-rcna153109

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storywhile Trump whines and lies about the southern border, Biden has a plan to do something about it. [NBC] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-plan-shut-border-needs-mexicos-help-rcna153620

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RFKJ barely has a running mate and she's already scandal material. Is it a surprise that it involves ketamine and numerous other drugs, serial cheating including with but not limited to Elon Musk. [Mercury News] https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/22/new-affair-allegations-elon-musk-nicole-shanahan-took-ketamine-and-disappeared-at-miami-party-new-york-times-reports/

via Mercury News 

Another should be no-brainer that's unlikely to reach the House floor is the unlikely combination of Comer and Porter and presidential tax releases. [CNN] https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/comer-porter-bill-presidents-tax-returns-foreign-payments/index.html?sp_amp_linker=1

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Since no day would be complete without bad decisions from Netanyahu and Co., get prepared for more violence as Israel declares that they will build new settlement in the west bank for every country that recognizes Palestine as a nation. This will directly lead to more violence there which will in turn lead to more sympathy for Palestine and more antipathy for Israel building another cycle of death and despair. We'll never learn. [Times of Israel] https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallant-lifts-order-barring-access-to-evacuated-settlements-in-northern-west-bank/

via Times of Israel 

Political Discussion welcome.