#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
Nonilex
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#Trump targeted #Cornyn & #Tillis on social media Thurs, both are leaving the #Senate
“John Cornyn, of Texas, & Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, both of whom I refused to Endorse, & whose political careers have been ended by my action, are refusing to vote for this Great Nominee, who will remain, in any event,”as acting AG, Trump wrote, adding∶“I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, & putting him back after Cornyn & Tillis are out of office”
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
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#Cornyn responded with a post of his own, in which he said #Trump “is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me & Senator #Tillis.”
A refusal by the #Senate to confirm #ToddBlanche would be a notable political setback for Trump, marking a rare instance when the #GOP-led chamber blocked something he wanted. But even if Cornyn & Tillis’s concerns remain unaddressed, Blanche could remain “acting” AG for the foreseeable future.
#law #DOJ
Chuck Darwin
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Trump can only afford to lose the support of four Republican senators in a vote for a new #Fed chair
-- which means #Tillis and #Murkowski’s vows not to support any nominee until the case against Powell is resolved carry significant weight.
A bipartisan group of economists who have served under US presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan
—including former Federal Reserve Chairs Alan #Greenspan, Ben #Bernanke, and Janet #Yellin
—released a joint statement on Monday denouncing what they described as an effort to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into doing the president’s bidding.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jerome-powell-investigation-backlash
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