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Watch now   BREAKING: Republicans Just Picked Jim Jordan. They Learned Nothing!!! Plus: my interview with Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs on the first Democratic trifecta in the state since 1966 Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Nov 10 Breaking news… THIS JUST IN — House Republicans just got wiped out in the midterms. They lost the majority. They lost the Senate. And their answer, moments ago…was to make Jim Jordan their leader for the 120th Congress. The vote inside the House Republican Conference was 106 to 73, and Jordan beat Steve Scalise. That means Jordan will be House Minority Leader when Democrats take the gavel in January. After the biggest rebuke of MAGA we’ve seen, Republicans looked at the wreckage and said… give us more of that! Remember who Jim Jordan is. Before Congress, he was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State, where former wrestlers have said he knew about the abuse committed by team doctor Richard Strauss and did nothing. Jordan denies it. He then spent years running the House Judiciary Committee despite never becoming a licensed attorney, using it as Donald Trump’s personal defense firm. He is one of the least liked politicians in America, and Republicans just handed him the keys. The MAGA cheerleaders are thrilled. Rep. Brandon Gill posted that he “couldn’t be more thrilled” and called Jordan a fighter and a “convicted conservative.” I think he meant “conservative with conviction”? Talk about a Freudian slip. Meanwhile, Democrats are getting ready to work While Republicans were picking Jordan, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, the committee they’re about to control, put out a very different message. Save your screenshots. If a Trump administration official shook your company down over Signal, or your bosses asked you to purge records of deals with the administration, preserve the evidence and come to the committee. And people are coming. We’re hearing from congressional staffers that their phones are ringing off the hook with general counsels from companies that did business with this administration, saying, in effect, we may have screwed up, how can we help? Big Washington law firms are telling anyone who might be implicated to cooperate now, while there’s still a deal to be had. Rep. Robert Garcia, who will chair the House Oversight Committee in the new Congress, made clear that leaving the administration doesn’t end the accountability. He’s already looking at Susie Wiles, pointing to reporting about her being in the Situation Room with JD Vance discussing Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein files, and to any conversations about donors and money in exchange for policy. Former officials, he said, are being investigated, and there will be accountability. The rest of the GOP is falling apart in real time A few more scenes from a party in free fall: The NRCC chair was a no-show. At the conference meeting, Rep. Richard Hudson, the outgoing chair of the House Republican campaign arm, was called up to introduce the handful of new Republicans who actually won. He wasn’t there. He lost his own race. Mike Johnson is blaming the Senate. The outgoing Speaker says the House was among the most productive in history and the Senate “blocked it all.” Johnson also said the voters made the wrong choice. McGovern’s response on the House floor was perfect… you might disagree with their choice, but it’s not wrong. You just ain’t listening, bud! Thom Tillis is leaning toward convicting Hegseth. Tillis, the North Carolina Republican Trump pushed out (Trump’s handpicked replacement, Michael Whatley, then lost to Roy Cooper), told CNN’s Manu Raju he is likely to vote for the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if it reaches the Senate. His reasoning: it’s a no-confidence vote, and the best thing to do is move him along. He said he lays the struggle over defense funding at Hegseth’s feet. Ron Johnson says he won’t do business as usual. An election defeat of this magnitude, he says, demands change. Interesting. Trump’s judges won’t say the Capitol was attacked Trump is trying to jam district court nominees through the lame duck. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked a panel of them a simple question: was the Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021? One after another, they answered “ditto” to a scripted non-answer about “acts of violence, lawlessness, trespass and destruction of property.” Then nominee Todd Butler wouldn’t say who won the popular vote in 2020, repeating only that Joe Biden was “certified.” When Blumenthal read him Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s own words, that “a mob of rioters breached the Capitol,” and a Trump-appointed judge, Timothy Kelly, describing the attack on police officers, Butler still wouldn’t say the word attack. These are people asking for lifetime appointments to decide facts. They can’t state one. Hegseth’s impeachment, and the case against him Rep. Sara Jacobs represents San Diego, the largest military community in the country. Her floor speech on the Hegseth impeachment was personal: constituents shipped off to fight what she called a reckless war in Iran, sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln spending ten months at sea at times without enough food, hot water or health care, a girls’ elementary school bombed in Minab, and hundreds killed in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. “This isn’t strength, it’s recklessness,” she said. Her vote to impeach, she said, is for the service members she represents. And the news keeps adding to the case: A second UK base. The US has moved at least ten KC-135 refueling tankers out of RAF Mildenhall to Germany over a reported Iranian threat. This comes weeks after US bombers were pulled out of RAF Fairford over a suspected Iran-linked security incident. Cyber Command. Bloomberg reports that at least 11 NSA and US Cyber Command workers have died by suicide over roughly the past year, more than previously known. This is the same command whose four-star leader, Gen. Timothy Haugh, was pushed out by this regime. If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988. JD Vance’s response to all of it? He posted that the question of whether Hegseth committed impeachable offenses is “absurd.” Tell that to the families in Jacobs’ district. My interview with Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs If you want to see the opposite of what Republicans did today, look at Arizona. Governor Katie Hobbs won reelection, and Democrats now control the governor’s office, the state Senate and the state House for the first time since 1966. They won a supermajority in the Senate, nearly won one in the House, and swept most of the statewide offices. I’ve had the Governor on many times over the years, and she always told us Arizona had the most flippable legislature in the country. She was right. A 12-year project, not a one-night wave What struck me most is that this didn’t happen in one cycle. When Hobbs arrived in the legislature in 2011, Republicans held supermajorities in both chambers. Democrats in the Senate were so few, she told me, they joked they were “the one pizza caucus.” So she ran for leadership and, with then-House Minority Leader Eric Meyer, founded the legislative program that produced these wins. Twelve years of recruiting good candidates, staying disciplined, and showing up in places people said Democrats couldn’t win. Democrats even won the state Senate seat in Gilbert, in her Republican opponent’s own district!! This is what I keep telling you. Elections are existential, and you have to vote. But the authoritarian right spent decades building through state legislatures and school boards. We have to think generationally too, and Arizona just showed what that looks like. What the trifecta will do Hobbs said the first priority is costs, which Arizonans tell her are rising because of Washington. Some things she already did on her own as governor, but the Republican legislature refused to keep funding utility assistance and a first-time homebuyer program. Now those get done. The other big one is the state’s universal school voucher program, which she called out of control. With no income caps, she said, wealthy families are getting subsidies for private school, and with no checks on spending, money has gone to things like jewelry and lingerie. Now Democrats can rein it in and make sure taxpayer dollars are actually spent on education. And she was clear that none of this changes how she governs. She’ll keep working across the aisle on the problems Arizonans ran on. Immigration: you can get the bad guys without making everyone afraid I asked her about Trump’s use of ICE and Border Patrol, and whether it backfired with Latino voters. Her answer was that it backfired with everyone, across every demographic. She contrasted it with Arizona’s approach. When she took office, she said the border in Arizona was out of control, and she pushed the Biden administration on it repeatedly. Then she acted. She used state border funds to support local law enforcement, sent the National Guard to help with drug interdiction, and launched a statewide operation with local, state and federal police going after cartels. It’s working, she said, because it stayed focused on public safety rather than tactics that spread fear and mistrust. Her message to the White House: you can get the bad guys without making everyone afraid. Growing despite Washington With inflation climbing, a war in Iran, a trade war and Canada boycotting American tourism, I asked how a governor swims against that tide. Hobbs said Arizona has kept positive job growth, has inflation below the national rate, and has actually seen housing costs decline, crediting Maricopa County leading the nation in homebuilding two years ago. She was quick to add there’s a lot more to do. Labor at the table The AFL-CIO poster behind her wasn’t decoration. Trump tried to tell working people he’d fix things he was breaking, and labor rejected it. Hobbs said the across-the-board tariffs were simply taxes on Americans that helped no one. Her approach has been to bring labor and business to the same table, which produced agreed-upon heat safety guidelines for outdoor workers, something plenty of people said would never happen. She did the same with her Arizona Promise energy task force, getting environmental groups, utilities and experts to agree on recommendations. This can’t be a fluke Pundits are already saying this was just a wave and Democrats will overreach. Hobbs agrees the burden is now on Democrats to deliver. If they stay out of partisan games and focus on what Arizonans of both parties are facing, she said, this becomes the start of something, not a one-off. I told her what I keep hearing from people who don’t even consider themselves political. They say the other side was just so mean, so cruel and mocking, and they’re relieved to hear leaders talk about empathy and respect. She said the political environment is ugly and divisive, and she’s tried to stay above it. Arizona elected a lieutenant governor on a joint ticket for the first time ever, and she chose an independent, a lifelong Republican and longtime mayor of Mesa, because he shares her view that leadership is about solving problems. The contrast could not be clearer On one side, a Republican Party that lost everything and responded by electing Jim Jordan, promoting Stephen Miller, and telling voters they got it wrong. On the other, a governor who spent twelve years building, won, and is talking about delivering. The American people sent a message. Republicans aren’t listening. Democrats had better be, and in Arizona, it looks like they are. Watch the full video above, and please consider joining as a paid subscriber And WTF America?! is officially out now and is a NYT Best Seller. My brothers and I wrote it, but it’s really about you: the millions who refused to back down when it mattered most. Order it wherever books are sold! Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty! Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Tuesday night at 6:15 pm ET

Joyce Vance Nov 10

New articles of impeachment, this time for self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth, mean that it’s time to talk with an old friend. Before he was in Congress, Dan Goldman was a federal prosecutor. In 2019, he was the lead counsel for impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. His hard-hitting prosecutorial approach made an indelible impact.

Tonight, Dan joins us to discuss the articles of impeachment against Hegseth and also the prospects for another cabinet secretary: Todd Blanche. If you’ve been reading my columns this week, you know I believe that one is overdue. So I’m interested to hear Dan’s views.

If you’ve got questions, drop them in the chat. See you tonight at 6:15 p.m. ET.

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In 2024, while families in western North Carolina were still digging out from Hurricane Helene, Republicans passed a bill of more than 130 pages and called it hurricane relief. Thirteen of those pages were about the storm. Much of the rest took power away from the incoming governor.

Last Tuesday, voters ripped the state House right out of their hands. If someone you love would enjoy watching cheaters lose, gift them a subscription or upgrade to a founding member.

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Everybody Saw Congress Flip. Republicans Are Hoping You Didn’t See The Rest.

Trump spent a year telling Republicans to rig the maps. Four states just answered him.

Scott Dworkin Nov 10

For years, Republicans drew maps so they could never lose their statehouses. Trump has spent more than a year pushing them to rig even more. Last week, everyone saw them lose Congress anyway. That’s only half the story. This edition is about the other half.

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Wisconsin Voters Finally Got Their

 State Back

Fifteen years ago, Wisconsin Republicans rigged the state’s voting maps so they’d keep control of the legislature no matter how people voted. It worked. In 2018, Democrats running for the state Assembly won 53% of the votes across Wisconsin. They got just 36 of the 99 seats.

Republicans used that power to keep working people from getting health coverage. Gov. Tony Evers kept trying to expand Medicaid, and the GOP killed it every time. Wisconsin is still one of just 10 states that haven’t expanded it.

Then, in December of 2023, the state Supreme Court threw the rigged maps out. With fair maps in 2024, Democrats gained 14 seats. Last Tuesday, they finished the job. They flipped three seats in the Senate and eight in the Assembly, and won both chambers.

They won the governor’s race too. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley beat Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany 54% to 46%. Trump had endorsed Tiffany, saying, “He has always been at my side.” In January, Crowley will become the first Black governor in Wisconsin history, with a Democratic legislature behind him for the first time since 2010. And Republicans won’t be able to block Medicaid expansion anymore.

Republicans had to cheat to “win” in Wisconsin. Once the maps were fair, it took voters two elections to throw them out. As they should.

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Missouri Voters Threw Out Trump’s

 Map By 24 Points

Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has represented the Kansas City area in Missouri since 2005. Last year, Republicans chopped the city into three pieces to push Cleaver out and add one seat to the GOP.

Missourians fought back, led by a group called People Not Politicians. They gathered more than 300,000 signatures to put the map on the ballot. Donald Trump Jr. called the group’s leader, Richard von Glahn, a “leftist nut job.” But von Glahn didn’t back down, saying: “We’re not going to be bullied by these people.”

For most of the last year, Republicans were in court trying to stop that vote. They took it all the way to the US Supreme Court—and lost.

Last Tuesday, voters in the state finally got to choose. They threw the gerrymandered map in the trash—62% voting against.

Cleaver keeps his seat, and across the state, Democrat Fred Wellman beat Republican Rep. Ann Wagner, who’d been in Congress for seven terms. Trump wanted one more Republican seat from Missouri. He ended up with one less.

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Georgia Voters Shut The Door On

 Another Map Grab

Last Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp gave up on rigging Georgia’s maps. Republicans had been working on it since May, but one election night made them quit.

On May 13, Kemp called lawmakers back to the Capitol to redraw the maps for 2028. The likely target was Rep. Sanford Bishop, who represents one of the last rural Black-majority districts in the Deep South. Hundreds of Georgians packed the Capitol on June 17, the day the special session was set to begin. Less than an hour before lawmakers gaveled in, Republicans dropped the plan.

State Rep. Michelle Au warned that day, “Don’t get comfortable. If the GOP is too scared to redo maps now, they’ll call a lame duck redistricting session AFTER elections in November.”

Then Georgia voted. Keisha Lance Bottoms beat billionaire Rick Jackson, who dumped more than $200 million of his own money into the race. Bottoms became the first Black woman ever elected governor of any state.

Democrats also won the state House for the first time since 2004. Lt. Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin said the “resounding rejection of MAGA politics” killed Republicans’ appetite to keep fighting for the maps.

Starting in January, a Republican-rigged map would have to get past a Democratic House and Gov. Bottoms. That’s not going to happen. The people who packed that Capitol in June got the last word.

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North Carolina Took Back The

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On Election Day, North Carolina’s Republican House Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter, “I’m confident that we’re going to maintain the majority.” That night, Democrats flipped the House for the first time in 16 years. Unofficial results give them 71 of the 120 seats.

One of the sweetest wins belonged to Democrat Ken McCool, who beat Tricia Cotham by 14 points. Cotham was elected as a Democrat, then switched parties in 2023 and handed Republicans a supermajority.

They put it to work right after Democrat Josh Stein won the governor’s race in 2024. While western North Carolina was still digging out from Hurricane Helene, Republicans passed a bill of more than 130 pages and called it hurricane relief. Only the first 13 pages dealt with the hurricane. Much of the rest stripped power from Stein, including his power to appoint the state elections board. Stein’s predecessor, Gov. Roy Cooper, vetoed it, and Republicans overrode him. Stein called it “a power grab, not hurricane relief.”

Last week, Stein admitted he didn’t see a win this big coming. “Did I think they would get to 71 or 72 seats? Never did I think that was possible,” he said. He told Republicans to skip a lame duck this year, because “the voters spoke pretty daggum loud last night.”

Starting in January, a Republican power grab can’t even make it out of the House.

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JUST A FEW COMMENTS: 

MaximumCanes4h

Another thing that gets conveniently ignored by the media about that “hurricanes relief” bill theNCGA passed in the 2024 lame duck session is that even in those 13 pages that actually mentioned Helene, the number of appropriations to actually put dollars into use for relief efforts was ZERO. Not one dollar was applied — they just shifted money from one account to another. A legislative shell game to provide cover for what the bill was actually about — Phil Berger and Destin Hall stripping the few shreds of power off the bones of the governor’s office because the stood up possibly the most flawed candidate for governor in the entire state.

The NC Constitution intentionally created a weak executive, but there was an unrelenting effort to grind away as powers as possible from the governor from the time Berger and Tim Moore (and later Hall) took control. And honestly, it probably went back as far as Thom Tillis when he was Speaker, but he only had a couple of terms before ALEC got him promoted and Moore took over.

Speaking of Moore, his loss to Lakesha Womack, whose name I keep having to look up because where did SHE come from? in a district he drew bespoke for himself at the last reapportionment when NC got a 14th seat is probably the result that should have gotten more attention. There were other stunners in the US House races, but that one was especially sweet.

Gabe Vasquez in New Mexico should get more attention.

YES! The entire NEW MEXICO DELEGATION deserves more attention! 

NEW MEXICO in forced to fight DOJ COVER-UP of information regarding EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH! 

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?

Didn't last long-DonOld's “work with Democrats” line; he’s back to voter fraud again on TACO Tuesday of all days. Now we wait for him to TACO on Hogsbreath.

Thank you, Scott, for the good news and continuing the hard work to keep the regime from straying from the rule of law and the Constitution.

We need to stay together in solidarity and continue the process to return to sane government. 54 days!

None in Bama. Like Arkansas, we are still very much red. Our new Governor is the illustrious Tommy Tubberville. When running for Congress he made a promise. He promised that every dime he made in DC would be donated to Bama Vets. They never received one red cent. He lied. And now he’s our new lying Governor.

BUT - please allow me to point out our neighbor, GEORGIA. Of the 7 top political positions in Georgia, 6 of them went to black women!! Let’s all watch what wonderful things are being planned by Gov-Elect Keisha Lance Bottoms and her team. Viva Georgia !!

SORRY! He was a CLOWN in D.C.....voters clearly didn't pay attention!

I always called him Tommy TUPPERWARE! Useless! 

It is extremely frustrating for me as my state is controlled by Republicans in the state House and Senate. Democrats did win some, but not nearly enough to stop the destructive policies the governor and legislature have passed. I truly do not know if we will ever turn the tide here in Florida. They have gerrymandered the maps to ensure they never lose!

This post makes clear that something must be done to rationalize redistricting in this country.

I’m excited about the millionaires tax. They tried to repeal it but it didn’t pass the smell test.

Wow... those people were mad and they acted upon it and it got them their freedom and truer representation.

What a surprise, right ? not really ... That is what happens when you piss off enough people and think they don't notice that you have basically tried to kill their chances for a fair shake and stop them from gaining healthcare, hurricane relief and anything else that people should be getting but are not ... all that will be changing ... YES !

AmericanHistoryGeek

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Sent letters about making sure the Pardons are made public and under oath. The Majority have spoken and we are not backing down. 🗳️💙🌊

Sent them all! I’m not sure being under oath makes a whit of difference to trump, but legally, it gives us traction. He’s got no idea what the truth is because truth means nothing to him. But we do know and we care!

YES!

Every letter you sent, every restack you made, every person you pulled into this fight got us here. They’re counting on us getting tired. We won’t.

Absolutely right Ms Jonington! This Blue Wave has boosted my energy! And the GOP .. not so much. They are slogging through their own mud holes of disgrace and corruption! Our win has them running for the exits and trying to find cover. Let's keep cleaning this administration right out the door! :-)

You didn’t just win the House. You made real change possible. Now we finish the job they were hoping nobody would still be watching for.

What fresh ....?6h

When we fight, we win. 👊

When we field good candidates, we win.👊

When we support our universal rights, we win.👊

South Carolinas wins weren’t huge but the most remarkable was rejecting Darline Graham and replacing her with Dr. Annie Andrews (D). We also picked up a second Dem in the House and are now 5-2. To me Texas is the huge story and worth a celebration.

Patrick’s Newsletter6h

Go Blue Poems

Go Blue Poems

The dam in Congress has sprung a big leak

The one holding back Republicans willingness to speak

It started with a brave Senator from Kentucky

The first shot fired was at Hegseth, the unlucky

The Senator fired 8 shots of articles of impeachment

Aimed at Pete's mismanagement of the War Department

He is gunning for Hegseth for not being very wise

Pete's arrogance is no longer working as a disguise

Hegseth is looking for Trump to save his job

Donald acts tough but will give in to the angry mob

Even Pete's ass kissing won't save his position

He will be fired shortly after the first deposition

Arrogance only works when your side is in charge

The blue tsunami that swept it away was too large

Don't worry Pete you won't be lonely for too long

America wants change of the things that went wrong

Donald doubled down by appointing Steve Miller

The backlash was loud in this Republican thriller

We are tired of Trump's roller coaster of a ride

We can't wait for the end and our nausea to subside

America is sick of illegal wars and the corruption

We want to live our lives without all the disruption

The ICE cruelties don't represent our American values

We demand officials are charged for their abusive issues

The lawlessness and the killing of civilians

Unmask the agents and reveal these reptilians

We are better than this and we demand change

We don't recognize our nation acting this strange

Donald, it may have been different if you kept your promise

But we don't reward presidents for being dishonest

Our costs of living have gone through the roof

Stop evading our questions and stop being aloof

America wants answers from your administration

Gas prices are too high and need your consideration

Tariffs and wars have made everything more expensive

Our bank accounts are now leaking like a sieve

We are paying more for groceries and at the pump

All while your family's wealth has made a big jump

All the corruption and now a Chinese spy

Your ignoring the problem caught our eye

This Trump circus has gone on for way too long

Too much vulgarity and too many things went wrong

Please restack and share my poems on FB and elsewhere. Thanks, Packy Paules

From COMMON DREAMS NEWS ALERT: 

Days After Midterm Blowout, 22 Democrats Join GOP to Advance ‘Massive Giveaway’ to Big Oil

“It’s exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants,” one critic said of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.

The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water Act and other key environmental protections to make it easier for the federal government to streamline energy projects—including climate-wrecking gas pipelines.

The legislation, said one lawmaker who voted in opposition “is not a compromise—it’s exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants.”

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The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water Act and other key environmental protections to make it easier for the federal government to streamline energy projects—including climate-wrecking gas pipelines.

The 73-25 vote to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) sets the stage for what’s expected to be a contentious amendment process. The bill’s Democratic supporters—including Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, and Chuck Schumer of New York—argue it is a necessary compromise to accelerate construction of clean energy projects. Environmentalists, tribal organizations, and progressive lawmakers say the legislation is a gift to fossil fuel companies, tech giants, and other corporate interests at the expense of local communities and the planet.

The 22 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus who voted with Republicans for passage were:

Blumenthal (D-CT)

Coons (D-DE)

Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Fetterman (D-PA)

Gallego (D-AZ)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Heinrich (D-NM)

Hickenlooper (D-CO)

Kim (D-NJ)

King (I-ME)

Klobuchar (D-MN)

Ossoff (D-GA)

Peters (D-MI)

Reed (D-RI)

Rosen (D-NV)

Schatz (D-HI)

Schumer (D-NY)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Slotkin (D-MI)

Warner (D-VA)

Warnock (D-GA)

Whitehouse (D-RI)

“The Senate’s supporters of BAAJA just cleared an initial hurdle towards offering Big Oil and Big Tech a massive giveaway at the expense of our clean air, clean water, and communities’ right to protect themselves from polluting projects,” said Elizabeth Bast, executive director of Oil Change International. “Just days after voters demanded accountability and relief from soaring costs, 73 senators chose Trump’s energy policies over the American people.”

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FROM LEV PARNAS:

URGENT: They're Destroying the Paper Trail. Now They're Coming for the People Who Kept It.

Whistleblowers say records are disappearing before Democrats take power. What I'm hearing about what comes next is far more dangerous.

Overnight, House Democrats got news that should alarm every American. Several whistleblowers have gone to the House Natural Resources Committee with a warning: key records tied to Donald Trump’s construction projects around Washington have already been destroyed, before the new Congress can see them.

These are the projects Trump has been pushing through on our public land. The triumphal arch. The East Potomac golf course. The fencing at Lafayette Square. The Tidal Basin plan with his Garden of American Heroes. And the White House ballroom, where Trump signed the last steel beam the day after he lost the midterms. According to the whistleblowers, the Interior Department, the agency that oversees much of that land, is getting rid of paperwork because it knows scrutiny is coming.

Today, Rep. Jared Huffman, the committee’s top Democrat and its incoming chairman, is sending letters to the Interior Department, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Agriculture Department, and corporate donors like Lockheed Martin and John Deere. The letters demand that they preserve every record and stop any destruction. “Everything is coming,” Huffman said. “It’s all coming.” Meanwhile, the administration is rushing approvals so these projects can move forward over the next sixty days, before Democrats take the gavel.

As I always tell you: watch what they do, not what they say. People with nothing to hide don’t race the clock.

This isn’t the only fight Trump is picking. Since voters handed Democrats both chambers of Congress, he has called their requests for investigations “extortion at the highest level.” He says he is ordering the Justice Department to look into Democrats’ threats to impeach members of his administration. His Attorney General, Todd Blanche, says he is not ruling out criminal charges against Democratic lawmakers. On Monday, Stephen Miller became White House chief of staff, now free to sit in on every meeting and every policy decision. And when Republican Thomas Massie read articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth on the House floor, Trump walked into the briefing room and called him a “stone-cold loser.”

This is not a joke anymore, folks. Trump is a cornered rat, and a cornered rat lashes out. He is capable of doing anything.

A lot of what you end up reading in the major papers starts with people like me talking on background.

Now let me tell you what I’m hearing behind the scenes: who is giving the orders, what they’re destroying, and who they’re coming for next...