Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room Rep. Jaime Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, ... 05/17/2024 - 1:34 pm | View Link
Democrats request investigation into GOP U.S. Senate candidate petitions A request to investigate alleged “indications of fraud” in the nominating petitions of Republican U.S. Senate candidates has been sent to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers. According to a release ... 05/17/2024 - 6:15 am | View Link
‘Squad’ members, House Dems vote against condemning calls to defund police, violence against officers Every member of the far-left “Squad” and dozens of other House Democrats voted Friday against a resolution condemning calls to “defund the police,” which have preceded a ... 05/17/2024 - 5:17 am | View Link
61 Dems vote against House resolution condemning violence on police The House passed a resolution condemning violence against law enforcement and calls to defund the police on Friday, with 61 Democrats voting against the measure. 05/17/2024 - 4:16 am | View Link
House panel accuses Harvard of suppressing antisemitism group’s findings The House Education and the Workforce Committee released a report Friday it says shows Harvard’s lack of action against antisemitism, accusing the top university of suppressing its own antisemitism ... 05/17/2024 - 3:21 am | View Link
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Workers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a rapidly growing organizing wave for autoworkers in the southern United States. Via CNN:
The result was a close outcome. Out of the valid votes counted, 56% of workers voted “no,” while 44% voted “yes” for unionization, according to Mercedes-Benz.
Wisconsin Republicans are so very confused about where they stand on ballot drop boxes, they don't even know their own position anymore. For decades, Republicans were all for drop boxes and wanted them in every county. Then when Trump lost in 2020 and blamed, in part, voter fraud because of drop boxes, the Republicans were dead set against them.
“If you choose the path of zealots, dragging the country into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government. We will turn to the people and build a government that will earn the people’s trust.”
— Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet quoted by the New York Times, giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum