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Yellen rules out GOP plan to avert default on government debt

Technically, it's not even possible

Axios

Operative jumps from Haley PAC to Pence's amid 2024 jostling

The executive director of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s political action committee is leaving to help run PAC efforts for former Vice President Mike Pence

The Independent UK

Texas GOP launches radio attack ads against Republican state House speaker

The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.

The Texas Tribune

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Manchin pitches GOP Social Security deal

Advocacy group condemns Manchin for "negotiating with legislative terrorists"

Salon

Iowa GOP wants SNAP ban on fresh meat

The list also restricts purchases of bread, cheese, oil, salt and other food staples

Salon

In Pennsylvania, Hopes Rise But Questions Remain About New Governor’s Environmental Agenda

Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.

Capital & Main

Colbert to Jacinda Ardern: ‘We need you to come to America to run in 2024’

Late-night hosts discuss Ardern’s resignation as prime minister of New Zealand, George Santos’s past and Republican infighting

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Democracy in peril in US state of Ohio due to gerrymandering

In the United States, the electoral map is redrawn every 10 years in order to better reflect population changes. But often it's the party in charge in each state who oversees the remapping, giving them a chance to redraw districts to their advantage in future election outcomes. This practice is…

France 24

Rejected Republicans now seek revenge

From the Big Lie to Twitter to their families, Republicans refuse to peacefully admit that they're unpopular

Salon

Editorial: Once again, Republicans are threatening to tank the economy to get their way

Like the hockey-masked villain in some cheesy horror flick, the GOP’s debt ceiling caucus just keeps coming back. Once again, the party’s more radical members are threatening to hold America’s full faith and credit hostage by refusing to raise the nation’s debt limit. The Treasury hit that $31.4 trillion limit…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Commentary: Ron DeSantis symbolizes that it’s Richard Nixon’s Republican Party now

Commentators portray Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a more organized and calculating Donald Trump. In reality, DeSantis most resembles Richard Nixon — disciplined, stiff and intense. Both lack Trump’s charisma and ease before voters. Also unlike Trump — but very much like Nixon — DeSantis effectively deploys powers of the…

Tribune News Service

Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

WEKU

Francis Wilkinson: Sinema will have to be partisan to be independent

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

Tribune News Service

George Skelton: Have no Prop. 1 water projects been built in California? No, but they are moving slowly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters approved a ballyhooed $7.5-billion bond issue eight-plus years ago thinking the state would build dams and other vital water facilities. But it hasn't built zilch. True or false?

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New gun restrictions are coming in states where Democrats reign

Illinois lawmakers wasted no time in the new legislative session, taking just five days to pass major gun safety measures that include a ban on semi-automatic rifles, high-capacity magazines and gun attachments that simulate automatic fire.

Texas Observer

Meet the Latest Wingnuts to Join the State Board of Ed

Highlights of the new Texas State Board of Education include: Seditious Texiters. Conspiracy theorists. And a January 6 insurrectionist.

Tribune News Service

As Roe anniversary approaches, Republicans debate next moves

WASHINGTON — Political messaging and state legislative activity related to abortion are ramping up in the lead-up to two milestones for abortion rights activists and opponents — the annual March for Life, scheduled for Friday, and the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22.

The Independent UK

House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats

Look who's in line for coveted House committee assignments

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Republican Dave McCormick is making moves for a potential run against Sen. Bob Casey in Pa.

Shortly after Republicans' disappointing November election, Dave McCormick hosted several dozen GOP strategists, donors, and insiders for drinks and food at his stately home in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans target Penn after classified documents found in Biden’s former office

A University of Pennsylvania think tank tied to President Joe Biden is facing one of the first inquiries from congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers aim to use their new-found power in the U.S. House to investigate the Democratic president.

Roll Call

As Roe anniversary approaches, Republicans debate next moves - Roll Call

March for Life, Roe anniversary highlight how the abortion debate has changed in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Here comes Mr. Jordan

As one of its first acts after taking control of the House of Representatives, Republicans chose not to attack inflation, public health needs, a drought that threatens farmland in the rural West, or even the immigration crisis at the southern border, but rather “approved a GOP resolution to create a…

Axios

Debt ceiling fight set to "cross the Rubicon"

It's becoming increasingly common in the nation's polarized capital.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: GOP develops high tolerance for politicians of the lowest integrity

On top of everything that has spilled out — actually, gushed out — regarding New York Republican Rep. George Santos, there’s this little tidbit: Republican officials were aware as far back as fall 2021 that he was a serial liar and fraudster. But Santos, 34, resisted warnings that he would…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: I want my flag back

My kids and I were in a hurry to get to the lake, and I ran into a gas station looking for a hat. My only options living in the Midwest were hats saying “Guns Save Lives” and “Make America Great Again.” The only somewhat subtle hat was an all-black…

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