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The January 6 Hearings May Be Surprisingly Worthwhile

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Senators talk gun legislation at hearing for Biden pick to lead ATF - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the nation’s top gun regulator largely dodged questions on his own views about gun control Wednesday.

Roll Call

Commentary: America’s Army: 'Equitable' but not combat-ready

Americans are used to picturing Army combat soldiers as incredibly tough individuals, able to run faster and do more pushups than most people. In today’s Army, though that notion is officially passé. At a recent Senate hearing, we learned that Army physical fitness has been sacrificed on the altar of…

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GOP's SCOTUS protest crackdown: legal?

The Justice Department has not yet signaled that it will be pursuing legal action against any of the protesters

Salon

Republicans' "pro-life" baby food pivot

When it comes to the issue of abortion, "pro-life" Republicans have always been bedeviled by hypocrisy accusations

Salon

Now they are blaming KBJ for SCOTUS leak

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong

Salon

Trump v. Trump: He regrets his only win

Incarcerating Black people is just too fundamental to right-wing ideology

Salon

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Ads from soft-spoken Arkansas Sen. Boozman reflect GOP fury

Two-term Republican Sen. John Boozman is known in Arkansas as a soft-spoken figure, but his reelection message seems to be taking a combative tone

The Independent UK

Matthew Yglesias: If Canada’s conservatives can say YIMBY, why can’t America’s?

Scott Aitchison is one of several politicians in the running to lead Canada’s opposition Conservative Party. And one of his big ideas is something that would never fly — but should — in America’s opposition Republican Party: federal action to deregulate the housing sector.

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Safety and sadness: Afghan refugees observe their first Ramadan in the US

LOS ANGELES — Last year, Maqsood Maqsoud celebrated Ramadan, a time of reflection, piety and charity, in the city of Kabul, where he grew up.

Los Angeles Times

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress' partisan path

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process

The Independent UK

Confirmed bipartisan vote: KBJ to SCOTUS

Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

Salon

Senators say Pentagon must do more to help Ukraine defeat Russia - Roll Call

Senators pressed Defense Department leaders to send more weapons to Ukraine more quickly, with the goal of defeating Russia.

Roll Call

Democratic Party chair rips ‘maggot-infested’ Tom Cotton and ‘fascism’ of GOP

Jamie Harrison says GOP doesn’t ‘deserve’ to be in power while it embraces far right

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DNC chair calls GOP Sen. Tom Cotton a “little maggot-infested man”

More of this, please!

Salon

A "little maggot-infested man"

"Judge Jackson has also shown real interest in helping terrorists," Cotton said during a floor speech

The Independent UK

‘Absolutely shameful’: Tom Cotton condemned for suggesting Ketanji Brown Jackson would defend Nazis at Nuremberg

Arkansas Republican attacks Supreme Court nominee for serving as federal public defender

Reason

Did Ketanji Brown Jackson Flout the Law When She Reduced a Drug Dealer's Sentence?

The Supreme Court nominee's critics say she clearly did, but several federal appeals courts disagree.

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The Independent UK

Tom Cotton calls on Biden to stop speaking ‘extemporaneously’ for rest of his term

The Arkansas senator said he didn’t think the president should ‘continue to take questions or do press conferences’

Tribune News Service

Eight can’t-miss moments from the Jackson Supreme Court hearing

Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees are long and often contentious. The hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson featured marked highs, lows and viral moments from senators on both sides of the political aisle.

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8 can’t-miss moments from the Jackson Supreme Court hearing

WASHINGTON — Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees are long and often contentious. The hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson featured marked highs, lows and viral moments from senators on both sides of the political aisle.

Reason

Ketanji Brown Jackson Defended People Suspected of Terrorism. Good.

There's a particular richness to Republican senators weaponizing the right to defense counsel as an affront to the Constitution as opposed to something that's pivotal to it.

Reason

Tom Cotton's Absurd Question About Contacting a Heroin Dealer's Victims Reveals a Drug Warrior's Demagoguery

The mindlessly punitive senator grilled Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson about her resentencing of a drug offender.

The Conversation

Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings

U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.

The Independent UK

‘I am not the Congress:’ Ketanji Brown Jackson pushes back on GOP attacks that she gives light sentences

Congress decides sentence guidelines, not judges

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