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2 days, 11 hours ago

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

Rep. Jamie Raskin warned CNN's Jim Sciutto that Republicans could very well slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare in the next Congress — but Sciutto wanted to know what exactly Democrats plan to do about it. "So let's talk about what comes next, because Republicans in their private meeting, they made a handshake agreement to cut $2.5 trillion …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

'Stopped them from blowing up the debt ceiling': Dem jabs GOP as House OKs spending bill

Raw Story

Rep. Jamie Raskin took a moment to cheer Friday night on the steps of the Capitol following a much-anticipated vote in the House on what turned out to be a contentious back-and-forth on a spending bill to avert a holiday shutdown. Raskin jabbed his GOP colleagues, telling reporters he wanted to take a moment to "appreciate the fact that we've …

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1 week, 3 days ago

GOP chairman says he’s a ‘big AOC fan,’ supports her bid to be top Democrat on Oversight Committee

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said on Thursday that …

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1 week, 3 days ago

'I'm a big AOC fan': James Comer has surprising take on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Raw Story

Rep. James Comer sounded happy to be rid of his Democratic nemesis, Rep. Jamie Raskin, on the House Oversight Committee. Raskin is seeking to become the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, which clears the way for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or another candidate to replace him as the top Democrat on the oversight panel that Comer chairs. "I'm a …

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1 week, 4 days ago

After Party Losses In November, Younger Democrats Reach For Power In Congress

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A group of House Democrats is making moves to fill leadership roles typically taken by older and longer-serving members, a sign that some believe the message from the November elections is that Americans want fresh faces in charge. Ocasio-Cortez is running for the ranking member spot on the House Oversight Committee, which Rep. Jamie Raskin …

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On pardons, Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden faces a stark choice as he contemplates broad preemptive pardons to protect aides and allies from potential retribution by Donald Trump: Does he hew to the institutional norms he’s spent decades defending or flex the powers of the presidency in untested ways? Clyburn said he told Biden’s team, only half jokingly, that because the Supreme …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Jamie Raskin ready to battle Trump 'assault' 2.0 in new role

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — After leading the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump and then serving as a member of the select Jan. 6 committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin is readying for a new role come January: Democrat’s lead constitutional watchdog in Congress. “It's like they tell the little kids in soccer, ‘don't bunch, spread out’ — we need people everywhere, …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

You call this populism?

Politico

You call this populism? On Wednesday, hedge fund billionaire KEN GRIFFIN called Trump’s tariff threats “small ball” compared to other geopolitical concerns — a line that’d be unthinkable if Lighthizer was set to run Treasury. One such contract, obtained by POLITICO, outlined that the influencer would post during “peak posting times,” that “content must appear genuine,” and it could not …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

Politico

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY UNITING THE TRIBES — JONATHAN COWAN, co-founder and president of Third Way, is endorsing Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair BEN WIKLER to lead the DNC, he writes in a buzzy, just-posted POLITICO Magazine piece — a notable …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

AOC mulls run to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee

Salon

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told reporters on Tuesday that she is considering a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, a panel with broad powers of investigation over the federal government. The current ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., 61, is fighting to wrest the top Democratic post in the House Judiciary Committee from Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Jamie Raskin runs to be top Dem on House Judiciary in face of 'emboldened MAGA movement'

Raw Story

Rep. Jamie Raskin announced Monday that he was officially running to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler as the ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee. "But this time the MAGA movement has not only a trifecta but a complicit Supreme Court waiting in the wings and a dominant media propaganda system parroting all the lies," he warned. "New generations of …

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3 weeks ago

Playbook: How the pardon happened

Politico

Playbook: How the pardon happened Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY From the moment Hunter Biden was indicted nearly a year ago until Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden and his deputies vowed over and over he wouldn’t pardon his son. As his father wrote last night, “once I made this decision …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

'No one gives you power – you take it': Democrats seek younger leaders to challenge Trump

Raw Story

House Democrats are considering a shakeup to their leadership that would elevate younger lawmakers to push back against Donald Trump and the incoming Republican majority. Dozens of Democrats have been privately urging Rep. Jamie Raskin to challenge Rep. Jerrold Nadler for the top Democratic spot on the House Judiciary Committee out of concern the New York Democrat might not be …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Already Setting Up A Potential Constitutional Crisis Over His Appointments

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Four years after sending a violent mob to the U.S. Capitol to coerce Congress into giving him a second term despite his election loss, Donald Trump is again trying to bully lawmakers, this time by demanding they adjourn and let him bypass their constitutional role if they will not quickly confirm his choices for his …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

COMMENT Clement dropped Tavernier to the bench for this test of character... and Rangers didn't miss their skipper at all

Daily Mail

Like much of the architecture dotted around Athens and the Port of Piraeus, there have been many clubs whose European ambitions have been left in ruins in the Greek capital. Yet, in this bearpit of a stadium, Philippe Clement felt that Rangers’ best chance of success was to start with club captain James Tavernier on the bench. Rangers skipper James …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'100 percent fabricated': Jamie Raskin calls out viral new election certification lie

Raw Story

Rep. Jamie Raskin took to social media to fact-check a fake quote he said is going around that is being falsely attributed to him. "So, it's going to be up to us on Jan. 6, 2025, to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he's disqualified and that we need bodyguards for everybody," the short excerpt says. The full quote from …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mike Johnson Can’t Stop The House From Certifying The Election — But He Can Try

Huff Post

House Speaker Mike Johnson has repeatedly insisted that he would perform his constitutional duty — if he deems the 2024 election “free and fair.” Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images When he was slinging french fries for a photo op at McDonald’s last weekend in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump fielded a question from a reporter who asked him if he would accept …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dems fear Mike Johnson has laid the groundwork for a nightmare scenario on Jan. 6, 2025

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Democrats are bracing for Jan. 6, 2025, which is why many are making post-election security a central plank in their pitch to voters ahead of November’s elections. “Democrats have two main objectives,” Raskin told Raw Story on the Capitol steps in September. “As you know, we did revise the Electoral Count Act to prevent mischief,” Lofgren told Raw …

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3 months ago

Melania Trump’s nude modeling makes Republicans blush — and threaten reporters

Raw Story

WASHINGTON —While most Republicans are now fanboys of former President Donald Trump, talk of the former first lady’s nude modeling makes many in the GOP contort, even if she started the conversation on social media this week ahead of the release of her new memoir, “Melania”. “I don't know how to answer that.” Tuberville may not have heard of Melania …

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3 months ago

From moderate to manipulator: Behind the unmasking of Chief Justice John Roberts

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — John Roberts may have a robe. New illustrious, behind-the-scenes reporting from the New York Times reveals Roberts personally directed the court’s three historic Jan. 6, 2021 rulings, including the one granting presidents sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for their “official acts.” Democrats are now redoubling their efforts to make the high court a centerpiece of this year’s elections …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Raskin to introduce first suicide prevention legislation since his son’s death

Raw Story

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, whose personal life and political career were incalculably upended by his son’s suicide, is introducing his first major mental health and suicide prevention legislation since Tommy Raskin died on Dec. 31, 2020, at the age of 25. But while Raskin has spoken about mental illness and suicide prevention since his son’s illness, and was active in …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Did Trump's DOJ cover up an alleged $10 million Egyptian bribe? Dems aim to find out

Raw Story

Congressional Democrats on Tuesday launched an investigation in response to recent Washington Post reporting on a closed federal probe into whether Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi gave former U.S. President Donald Trump $10 million to illegally help his 2016 campaign. In addition to generating suspicion about a cash bribe from el-Sisi, Raskin and Garcia wrote to Trump, "this detailed news …

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4 months ago

Jamie Raskin prosecutes the case against Trump's MAGA allies with humor

Raw Story

CHICAGO — During his first campaign for public office in 2006, when he ousted a 32-year state senator in the Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin called his scores of youthful volunteers “the democracy corps.” That loose amalgamation of youthful energy has morphed through the years into the Democracy Summer, a robust program But “Democracy Summer” could also describe part …

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4 months ago

The Woodstock of politics: Democrats strike all the right chords — and scare Donald Trump — with DNC

Salon

CHICAGO — I sat down Wednesday to indulge in my morning ritual of an espresso; this time at the Gallery Café just a couple of miles from the United Center in Chicago – the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. It’s all about President Joe Biden not being on the ticket and the hope that now “we can finally …

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'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

'Stopped them from blowing up the debt ceiling': Dem jabs GOP as House OKs spending bill

GOP chairman says he’s a ‘big AOC fan,’ supports her bid to be top Democrat on Oversight Committee

'I'm a big AOC fan': James Comer has surprising take on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

After Party Losses In November, Younger Democrats Reach For Power In Congress

On pardons, Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways

Jamie Raskin ready to battle Trump 'assault' 2.0 in new role

You call this populism?

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

AOC mulls run to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee

Jamie Raskin runs to be top Dem on House Judiciary in face of 'emboldened MAGA movement'

Playbook: How the pardon happened

'No one gives you power – you take it': Democrats seek younger leaders to challenge Trump

Donald Trump Already Setting Up A Potential Constitutional Crisis Over His Appointments

COMMENT Clement dropped Tavernier to the bench for this test of character... and Rangers didn't miss their skipper at all

'100 percent fabricated': Jamie Raskin calls out viral new election certification lie

Mike Johnson Can’t Stop The House From Certifying The Election — But He Can Try

Dems fear Mike Johnson has laid the groundwork for a nightmare scenario on Jan. 6, 2025

Melania Trump’s nude modeling makes Republicans blush — and threaten reporters

From moderate to manipulator: Behind the unmasking of Chief Justice John Roberts

Raskin to introduce first suicide prevention legislation since his son’s death

Did Trump's DOJ cover up an alleged $10 million Egyptian bribe? Dems aim to find out

Jamie Raskin prosecutes the case against Trump's MAGA allies with humor

The Woodstock of politics: Democrats strike all the right chords — and scare Donald Trump — with DNC