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kpete's JournalPresident Biden: "I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster."
Biden Backs Filibuster Change for Voting Rights
President Biden says he supports making an exception to the Senate filibuster rules in order to pass voting rights legislation, CNN reports.
Said Biden: “If the only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster, I support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/joe-biden-filibuster-voting-rights/index.html
TFG Admits He Lost. end of story. but he built a 500 mile wall
if it's the one in Tecate, I've seen it - it's more a billboard of his insanity
https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1473823181769166856?s=20
The source is a document. Interesting, indeed.
Look at footnote 2 & 3: Documents on file with the Select Committee
https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1473775788512190465?s=20
Xmas postponed, Un-boosted son tests positive (Updated)
UPDATE:
message from son:
Fever is down to 100. SpO2 has never dropped below 99.
Body aches have mostly resolved.
Just have a sore through from my nose draining all night.
Had no appetite yesterday. Apparently a common symptom of omicron. I am back to my ravenous appetite today.
I want to be mad at him and I am sure the anger & frustration will return BUT right now, I am just happy he is better & xmas being postponed is no big deal.
Thanks to all of you who commiserated with me about this. I know I am not alone and that helps.
kp
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fever 103 degrees
tells me he will be ok because he listens to Joe Rogan and takes his vitamins
smart enough to get his first 2 vaccines but decided he was young and healthy enough to risk not getting boosted
Now, he is home with my 2 beautiful grandchildren who they assure us will be fine,
I am angry, sad, discouraged and baffled.
I have turned off the carols.
Anybody want any xmas cookies?
I have plenty.
HUMBUG
kp
Proud Boy Pleads Guilty to Felony In Capitol Riot - "He is cooperating with prosecutors."
“A New York man who was a member of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing Congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement during the pro-Trump riot on Jan. 6, a felony,” the Washington Post reports.
“He is cooperating with prosecutors.”
HAPPENING NOW: Matthew Greene, a co-defendant in the Jan. 6 prosecution of New York-based Proud Boys, including Dominic Pezzola — one of the first rioters to breach the Capitol — is pleading guilty to conspiracy and other felony charges.
Greene has agreed to a cooperation deal with the government.
MORE HERE:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-and-obstruction-charges-related-jan-6-capitol
https://politicalwire.com/2021/12/22/proud-boy-pleads-guilty-to-felony-in-capitol-riot/
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1473736086493048839?s=20
Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Pause
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/22/statement-by-president-joe-biden-extending-the-pause-on-student-loan-repayment-an-additional-90-days/Biden empowers Capitol Police chief to request emergency Nat'l Guard assistance without consultation
INBOX: Biden has signed a significant piece of legislation related to Jan. 6 that passed the House and Senate unanimously with little fanfare.
It empowers the Capitol Police chief to request emergency National Guard assistance without consulting others.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1473692409573916681?s=20
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3377/text
Federal judge rules against Oath Keepers, upholding felony charge
A federal judge denied a legal challenge against the heaviest charge that has been brought against Capitol riot defendants, upholding the felony count that federal prosecutors have relied on in the months since the attack.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Monday night that prosecutors will be allowed to move forward with the obstruction of an official proceeding charge against 17 defendants affiliated with the right-wing paramilitary group the Oath Keepers.
In a 49-page opinion, Mehta, an Obama appointee, rejected the defendants' various arguments, including that the obstruction charge is unconstitutionally vague and that the prosecutors' application of it in the context of the riot imperils First Amendment protections for demonstrators.
"Their alleged conduct was no mere political protest or trespass. If proven, their conduct crossed the line to criminal conduct: they 'corruptly' conspired to, and did, 'obstruct, influence, and impede an official proceeding,' " Mehta wrote, quoting the statute's text.
MORE:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/586723-federal-judge-rules-against-oath-keepers-upholding-felony-count
Here's What Families Are Actually Using the Child Tax Credit to Pay For
Overwhelmingly, people who have received the child tax credit payments have used it for food, rent, and utilities and to pay off debt, data from the U.S. Census Bureau has found.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/child-tax-credit-2021-joe-manchin-opposes-aid-parents-are-using-for-food-rent?sref=SvwPxqpB
https://twitter.com/business/status/1473336665846521856?s=20
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