Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is useless, teetering close to the ragged edge of pointless. Apart from starring roles in childish protests and tough-guy Twitter rants, Warren is making no difference in Washington, D.C., and is no friend to her constituents in Massachusetts.
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SEC nominee Clayton vows separation from his Wall Street law firm
Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has vowed to recuse himself from agency matters involving his law firm and former clients, according to an ethics agreement made public on Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Sullivan & Cromwell attorney will not participate in SEC matters involving the firm for one year.
Gizzi: House Conservatives Split Over Sessions
The major news Thursday from Washington, D.C., was U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ late afternoon announcement he would recuse himself from oversight of the FBI’s investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election. But there was also a little-reported side to the Sessions saga: How many Republicans in the House – who are considered decidedly more conservative than their GOP counterparts in the Senate – were critical of the then-senator from Alabama meeting twice with the Russian ambassador last year and then failing to acknowledge the meetings at his confirmation hearings to be attorney general.
US Senate confirms billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary
Breaking with Republican orthodoxy, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Ross said the Trump administration will work quickly to re-do the North American Free Trade Agreement. That’s the massive trade pact with Canada and Mexico that has boosted trade but still stings laid-off workers across the Midwest.
Vets group targets Warren over support for illegal immigrants
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is facing heat from a veterans’ advocacy group back home in Massachusetts for her support of illegal immigrants and not prioritizing veterans issues. The Boston Herald reported on Saturday that Veterans Assisting Veterans wrote in an open letter that Warren and other Bay State Democrats need to take care of their own troops before assisting people in the country illegally.
Let state Sen. Janet Nguyen be heard
It isn’t every day that a state senator is forcibly removed from the Senate floor, but that is exactly what happened to state Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove, yesterday. Her crime? Holding an opposing viewpoint.
Minneapolis women line up for ‘she persisted’ tattoos
So many women showed up at a Minneapolis tattoo parlor for a permanent reminder of female solidarity that it had to turn away some latecomers. Local women Chelsea Brink, Nora McInerny and Kate O’Reilly organized a fundraiser in which people could get a tattoo of the words “Nevertheless, she persisted,” for $75, Minnesota Public Radio reported .
Ellison holds edge in DNC race
As Democrats head to Atlanta this weekend to vote on their party’s next chair, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee chair is coming down to its two leading candidates. Rep. Keith Ellison has the edge over former Labor secretary Tom Perez in The Hill’s new survey of DNC members.
‘A natural outgrowth of America electing a reality show…
As an entertainer, Donald Trump couldn’t always keep the media’s attention. As president, entertainment sites can’t stop writing about him.
Nobody Knows Anything
“Republicans seized her microphone,” writes the New York Times . “And gave her a megaphone.”
OPINION: Why the CFPB is in danger of getting ‘trumped’
Just beyond the Trump swelter of the hour, lawmakers have been busy concocting plans to dismantle key achievements of the Obama years. Among those accomplishments currently targeted is a concerted effort to destroy, defang, scrap the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau .
Conservatives sure love progressives and radicals – at least after they’re dead
The right loves to lay claim to legends like Martin Luther King and Susan B. Anthony. Historians beg to differ Sen. Mitch McConnell’s ill-advised silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the debate over confirming Jeff Sessions as attorney general read as a blatant act of sexism from a man who can’t handle backtalk from a woman.
Senate nears confirmation of Trump’s pick to head Treasury
In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. The Senate is poised to confirm Mnuchin despite complaints by Democrats that Mnuchin failed to protect thousands of homeowners from unnecessary foreclosures when he headed OneWest Bank.
188,000 under evacuation orders near Northern California dam
Water started flowing over the emergency spillway, … . This Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 image from video provided by the office of Assemblyman Brian Dahle shows water flowing over an emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., during a he… .
Turkmenistan’s leader wins presidential election
Berdymukhamedov has been the overwhelmingly dom… . A Turkmen woman dressed in traditional costume casts her ballot at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Judge to hear arguments on Dakota Access pipeline work
Razor wire and concrete barriers protect access to the Dakota Access pipeline drilling site Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North … .
Hezbollah leader says ‘idiot’ Trump makes him optimistic
The Northeast U.S. is once again in the sights of a winter blast of snow, bitter cold and strong winds. The Northeast U.S. is once again in the sights of a winter blast of snow, bitter cold and strong winds.
Cheers and Jeers
Cheers to Gov. Tom Wolf for proposing an increase in Pennsylvania’s long-stagnant minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 per hour. It’s highly unlikely the Republican-controlled General Assembly will go that far, but perhaps the pressure of his proposal will impel legislators to grant a smaller increase in the ridiculously low wage standard, which has been in place for eight years.
Your View: Senate is place for debate, not silenced members
A joy of studying and writing history is the excitement of immersing oneself in frightening or exciting times and then being able to escape back into normalcy by closing a book or shutting down the computer. Historians love to make connections between past and present; sometimes it’s a stretch, other times it’s eerily close.
Massachusetts Democrats waging resistance to President Trump
Beacon Hill is replete with images of Massachusetts’ revolutionary past – a past that is feeling much closer to Democrats waging their own resistance to Republican President Donald Trump . Since the election, state Democrats have passed through several stages of political grief before landing on the up-in-arms stage.
Yale drops slavery proponent Calhoun from college name
After years of debate, Yale University is changing the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who ardently supported slavery. After years of debate, Yale University is changing the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who ardently supported slavery.
Trump: N.H. ballot boxes stuffed by bay staters
Massachusetts has been pulled into the election-fraud controversy after President Trump – offering no evidence – claimed that thousands of Bay State voters were bused to New Hampshire to cast ballots last November. In a closed-door meeting with 10 senators about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, which also included former New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Trump insisted both he and Ayotte would have won the Granite State had it not been for the “thousands” of people “brought in on buses” from Massachusetts to “illegally” vote in New Hampshire, according to Politico.
Today in Trump: The Lowlights
As midnight approaches, and the President presumably is safely in his bathrobe , here are some of the highlights just from today, Friday, February 10, 2017: 1. Meeting with 10 senators, mostly Democrats, about the Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination, Trump claimed “thousands” of Massachusetts residents voted illegally in New Hampshire. He then once again called Senator Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”
The Rise of Elizabeth Warren From Determined Little Girl to Powerful Senator
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UK offers teens cybersecurity classes to fight attacks
When a judge who helped derail President Donald Trump’s travel ban was hit with online threats, the abuse raised safety concerns among jurists across the country. When a judge who helped derail President Donald Trump’s travel ban was hit with online threats, the abuse raised safety concerns among jurists across the country.
Does pro-life mean pro-Trump?
Thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered Friday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life. While the diverse pro-life crowd was excited about the new administration and the prospects of eventually overturning Roe v.
Bipartisan senators laud Hatch becoming longest-serving Republican senator in history
A rare moment of comity interrupted a week of partisan rancor Thursday as the Senate stopped to acknowledge Orrin Hatch, who has just become the longest-serving Republican senator in history. Hatch, the president pro tempore of the body, was praised by both GOP leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in a pair of floor speeches.
Postal Service says it lost $200 million over holiday season
The World Health Organization says that China has taken steps to end its once widespread practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners but that it’s impossible to know what is happening across the entire… The World Health Organization says that China has taken steps to end its once widespread practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners but that it’s impossible to know what is happening across the entire country. President Donald Trump’s unusually personal criticism of federal judges has drawn rebukes from many quarters, including from Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, but not from the judges themselves.
Let Liz speak: removing the tape
Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke out Tuesday night during a debate of the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to Attorney General and was met not with respect, but with a disturbing slap across the face to women everywhere. Warren read an excerpt from a letter Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote to Sen. Strom Thurmond.
King letter and statement criticize Sessions prosecution
This photo provided by Armstrong Williams shows Senate Judiciary Chairman Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., posing for a photo with Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and then Thurmond staffer Armstrong Williams, right, in this undated photo. A letter sent by Coretta Scott King saying Jeff Sessions would be a bad choice for a lifetime federal judgeship is receiving new attention after Sen. Elizabeth Warren was rebuked Feb. 7, 2017, for quoting King’s letter on the Senate floor.
Rancorous Senate ‘silencing’ gives Warren a national boost
The turbulent national debate over race, gender and free speech consumed the normally staid Senate on Wednesday after the GOP majority voted to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren, abruptly elevating her celebrity status at a moment when liberals are hungry for a leader to take on President Donald Trump. The highly unusual rebuke of the Massachusetts Democrat came as the Senate weighed Trump’s choice for attorney general, GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who secured confirmation on a nearly party-line vote Wednesday evening.
Warren won’t be silent about Sessions’ ‘radical hatred’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren tore into Jeff Sessions Wednesday night, saying she and her colleagues would oppose the Alabama politician’s “radical hatred” as he moved to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. The Massachusetts Democrat galvanized her party Tuesday night when she went to the Senate floor to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King denouncing Sessions as a racist.
Angus King: GOP made a ‘terrible’ mistake on Warren
MARCH 04: Senator Angus King visits GLG on March 4, 2016 in New York City. ) NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 04: Senator Angus King visits GLG on March 4, 2016 in New York City.
Congress approves Sen. Jeff Sessions to lead Justice Dept.
The 52-47 vote broke largely along party lines and capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions, an early supporter of Donald Trump and one of the Senate’s most conservative Republicans. Democrats laced into Sessions over his ties to Trump and his record on civil rights and immigration.
Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the next attorney general, surviving a vocal push by Democrats to derail his nomination. The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines, though one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, joined the Republicans to back their Alabama colleague.
Sessions confirmed over Democratic criticism
Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama was confirmed on Wednesday as President Trump’s attorney general, capping a bitter and racially charged nomination battle that crested with the procedural silencing of a leading Democrat, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who had criticized the Alabama senator from the Senate floor. Sessions survived a near-party-line vote, 52-47, the latest sign of the extreme partisanship at play as Trump strains to install his cabinet.
Silencing of Warren throws Senate into turmoil
Democratic senators fighting to derail Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general repeatedly challenged Republicans Wednesday by reading aloud from a critical letter from Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow, a day after the Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren for doing the same. Warren was ordered to sit down Tuesday night, throwing the Senate into turmoil as it headed for Wednesday night’s vote on the Alabama senator.
1902 fistfight gave rise to arcane rule that silenced Warren
A fistfight on the Senate floor involving two Southern “gentlemen” gave rise to Rule 19, the arcane Senate directive that Republicans used more than a century later to silence Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. GOP lawmakers rebuked Warren Tuesday night for speaking against colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren will rally with janitors on Boston Common.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may have prevented Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren from speaking on the Senate floor about attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, but she may get the last laugh. Within hours, words were co-opted as a rallying cry celebrating powerful women on social media.
Senate GOP silences Warren over criticism of Sessions
Senate Republicans silenced Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for criticizing colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions with the words of Coretta Scott King from three decades ago challenging his record on race. Warren, whose name has been prominent in speculation about the 2020 presidential race, was given a rare Senate rebuke Tuesday night for impugning a fellow senator and she was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions, R-Ala.