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riversedge's JournalNeither Pelosi nor House Dems who helped negotiate China Trade deal are invited to Wed signing
petty of Trump!
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1222161303286042624?s=20
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
.@byrdinator
reports: House @SpeakerPelosi
has not been invited to @realDonaldTrump
’s planned Wednesday signing of the USMCA trade agreement, per a Pelosi spox. Democrats largely voted for USMCA, alongside Republicans, when it came to the House floor in December.
8:15 AM · Jan 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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2/ more from @byrdinator
: House Ways and Means Committee Chair @RepRichardNeal
and other members of the House Democratic USMCA working group, who negotiated with the administration for months before its passage in the House, have also not been invited, the Pelosi spox added.
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3/ Politico first reported that key congressional Democrats were not invited.
John Bolton sent one copy of his book to the White House, and then it was copied and leaked.
Trumpy must be getting real scared of his own workers. te he.
John Bolton turned over one copy of his book to the White House for review. The White House made copies,
and then somebody leaked it.
https://politicususa.com/2020/01/27/white-house-leaked-bolton-book.html via @politicususa
John Bolton sent one copy of his book to the White House, and then it was copied and leaked.
https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1221991702812073985?s=20
https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1221988298471759873?s=20
Kentucky doctors could be arrested for transgender youth treatments under a proposed bill
Source: courier journal
Published 7:35 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020 | Updated 7:39 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020
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The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Savannah Maddox, would make it a felony for medical providers to prescribe medications, including puberty-blocking or hormone treatments, or conduct surgeries, for anyone younger than 18 with the intent to alter their gender.
Ostensibly aimed at barring children who could still be grappling with their gender identity from undergoing body-changing treatments, the measure drew a sharp rebuke from LGBTQ advocates and families who say it would only heighten risks for transgender youth.
“These sorts of decisions need to be made by medical providers, not politicians,” said Chris Hartman, director of the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ-rights organization in Louisville. He said it represents a “coordinated political attack” on transgender people “for election-year purposes."
Maddox did not respond to messages seeking comment. But last fall she wrote on her Facebook page her intention to draft the bill, saying, "I am a strong advocate for parent's (sic) rights — but it is not the right of a parent to permanently alter a child's gender or identity, even when based upon certain behaviors or the perceptions of a child's mind which has not yet had time to fully develop."....................
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The measure joins several other proposed bills targeting transgender individuals in Kentucky’s General Assembly this year........................................
It's rare for transgender minors to get surgery, and most have undergone years of consultations with doctors, counselors and family, often first changing names or how they dress, before any medications are adopted, experts said..................
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2020/01/27/kentucky-bill-targets-doctors-who-help-transgender-kids-reassign/4589781002/
Same thing happening in SD. damn
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1221835276093358086?s=20
https://twitter.com/moonbreeze2/status/1221983491266695175?s=20
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#BoltonMustTestify Trends Amid Reports Trump Told Former National Security Advisor He Wanted to Free
Source: newsweek
#BoltonMustTestify Trends Amid Reports Trump Told Former National Security Advisor He Wanted to Freeze Ukraine Aid
By Chantal Da Silva On 1/27/20 at 10:30 AM EST
Calls are growing for John Bolton to testify at the impeachment trial amid claims President Donald Trump told his former national security advisor he was considering freezing aid to Ukraine unless the country's leadership agreed to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
On Sunday, The New York Times revealed the contents of an unpublished book by Bolton, who was fired from Trump's White House in September.
In his book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, which is expected to be released in March, Bolton claims Trump told him back in August of plans to withhold $391 million in aid to Ukraine until officials agreed to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, according to the Times.
Trump denied the accusation on Monday, claiming in a tweet that he "NEVER told John Bolton that aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens."
"In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book," Trump said.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/john-bolton-must-testify-trump-impeachment-trial-critics-claim-1484194
https://twitter.com/WordswithSteph/status/1221900177214255104?s=20
#BoltonMustTestify
https://twitter.com/JadedCreative/status/1221824047090192387?s=20
Mainers Care About Collins' Impeachment Vote. But Her Reelection Is About More Than That
Very interesting article.
Maine has a long history of, and appreciation for, independent legislators.
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 11: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
With the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is again in the national spotlight, as she looks like she just might vote to hear witnesses at the Senate trial. That impending Collins vote became especially crucial this morning, when new allegations against Trump’s involvement in the Ukraine pressure scheme surfaced in the unpublished manuscript of ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new book. Collins indicated on Twitter the news may sway her vote, arguing the accusations “strengthen the case for witnesses and have prompted a number of conversation among my colleagues.” If Collins votes to allow additional documents and witnesses, she’d be one of the few Republicans to do so. If it happens, it’s likely she’ll be lauded for her independence, and headlines in Maine will likely make this their focus.
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National and local reporters typically frame Collins’ sometimes departure from the Republican fold in terms of a tension between two constituencies. The basic narrative: Collins has to keep Republicans happy, lest she face a primary challenge, but she also has to appeal to the broader electorate. A more historically grounded variant points to the decline of Republicanism in New England, at least when it comes to Congress and presidential votes. This is a shift that has gotten far less attention than party shifts in the South. The upshot is that Trump won just one electoral vote in New England, in Maine’s second congressional district, and Collins is now the only Republican office-holder from New England in Congress.
But what both of those perspectives on Collins leave out is something central to Maine political culture, a model against which Collins often is judged. There’s a vision of leadership Mainers have long touted and from which Collins previously benefited politically. In that vision, the best political leaders are respected nationally, civil, not politically extreme, involved in working across the aisle, committed to principle and independent.
There’s a political pantheon of Maine, made up of elected officials who fit that model. Margaret Chase Smith is among the purest exemplars. Smith was the Republican senator who stood up to Joe McCarthy in inveighing against “character assassinations,” while defending “the right of independent thought,” and proclaiming that she didn’t “want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny — Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.” Smith is regularly cited in Maine and Collins has identified Smith as a role model.
Others in the pantheon include Republicans Bill Cohen and Olympia Snowe, as well as Democrats Ed Muskie and George Mitchell and independent Angus King. ................
Mitch McConnell is angry at White House over John Bolton manuscript, report says
Source: courier journal
Published 2:28 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020 | Updated 4:57 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not know that President Donald Trump's administration had a copy of an explosive manuscript by ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton, a spokesman said.
And Kentucky's longtime senator, who has said he's in "total coordination" with the White House on the Trump impeachment trial, reportedly isn't happy.
The New York Times reported Sunday that in his upcoming book, Bolton says Trump told him he did not want to release military aid to Ukraine until that country helped with investigations that could damage Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
Bolton's lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, told the Times he provided a copy of the book to the Trump administration on Dec. 30 to be reviewed for classified information.
A McConnell spokesman told The Courier Journal on Monday that the Senate majority leader "did not have any advance notice" that the National Security Council reportedly had possessed a copy of Bolton's manuscript for weeks...................................
CNN's John King said Monday that McConnell is the "leader in the middle of something incredibly delicate who does not like to be blindsided" and that he has questions for the White House.
You may like: SNL opens with Mitch McConnell, and then the skit goes to hell
Behind closed doors for a luncheon Monday, McConnell told his colleagues to "take a deep breath a......................................
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2020/01/27/trump-impeachment-mcconnell-angry-white-house-over-john-bolton-book/4589461002/
https://twitter.com/WordswithSteph/status/1221912303886635008?s=20
Supreme Court Gives Go-Ahead To Trump 'Public Charge' Immigration Curb
Source: huff post
POLITICS 01/27/2020 01:37 pm ET
The policy has been criticized as a “wealth test” that would disproportionately keep out non-white immigrants.
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Monday for one of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.
The justices, on a 5-4 vote, granted the administration’s request to lift a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the so-called public charge policy, which has been criticized by immigrant rights advocates as a “wealth test” that would disproportionately keep out non-white immigrants.
The court’s five conservative justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, carried the day. The court’s four liberal justices said they would have denied the administration’s request to put the injunction on hold. The action was announced even as Roberts sat as the presiding officer in Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.
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The administration had asked the high court to let the rule go into effect even before the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Trump’s appeal of Daniels’ injunction against the rule. The 2nd Circuit is considering the matter on an expedited basis, with legal papers to be submitted by Feb. 14 and arguments to be held soon afterward.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-trump-public-charge-immigration_n_5e2f2c33c5b6d6767fd9fa0e
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President Donald Trump walks to a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah
helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant & 8 got special approval to fly even though the foggy weather
I got as an email but I do not subscribe so can not post more of story.
Breaking News: The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others got special approval to fly even though the foggy weather conditions were below usual standards.
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The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others got special approval to fly even though the foggy weather conditions were below usual standards.
Monday, January 27, 2020 12:12 PM EST
According to audio records between the helicopter’s pilot and air traffic control at Burbank Airport, the helicopter was given what is known as Special Visual Flight Rules clearance, allowing the pilot and his passengers to continue on a foggy morning in Southern California.
Whether or not that was the right decision is likely to be at the center of the investigation into the cause of the crash.
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How GOP Lawyers Undercut Their Own Case Against Obamacare
Given the makeup of the SC, I am very skeptical the the ACA will survive.
01/27/2020 12:06 pm ET
How GOP Lawyers Undercut Their Own Case Against Obamacare
The lawsuit makes even less sense than it did before, which is saying something.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obamacare-mandate-texas-trump-constitutional_n_5e2dbcb7c5b6d6767fd6579f
The Trump administration lawyers trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act may have undermined a central argument of their case, thanks to an admission in their very own court papers.
The filings were part of a lawsuit, now called Texas v. U.S., that started with 20 Republican state officials and claims that a fatal constitutional flaw in Obamacare requires invalidating the entire program. President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to support the lawsuit, and if it succeeds, 20 million people could lose their health coverage.
It’s difficult to find respectable legal experts who think the case is persuasive, and it’s easy to find ones who think it is laugh-out-loud weak. But in the federal courts, the lawsuit has already won support from three Republican-appointed judges, which is why it seems destined for the Supreme Court.
The question now is when that might happen. In December, after the most recent ruling, Democratic attorneys defending the Affordable Care Act asked the justices to take the case right away. Republicans bringing the lawsuit said it was fine to wait and, last week, the justices said they agreed.
That likely pushes a hearing and ruling back until after the 2020 election, which is presumably why Republicans were hoping for the delay. Keeping the lawsuit in the news would probably hurt the Republicans politically, given strong public opposition to GOP repeal efforts.
But in the brief laying out the case for taking things slow, Trump’s Justice Department lawyers made a curious statement: They said the Affordable Care Act’s supposedly unconstitutional provision has no practical impact.
That raises the question of why courts should even hear the lawsuit, let alone end a program on which tens of millions depend for health care.
There doesn’t appear to be a good answer.
What The Republican Lawsuit Claims..............................
https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1221849832786141184?s=20
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