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Spreaker January 31, 2022 Click to View Podcast
76 percent want Biden to consider ‘all possible nominees’ for Supreme Court: poll By Monique Beals TheHill January 30, 2022 The majority of Americans who participated in a new poll want President Biden to consider “all possible nominees” following the president’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to the high court. An ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday showed that 76 percent of Americans wanted the president to consider “all possible nominees” while just 23 percent wanted him to only consider Black women for the nomination. Fifty-four percent of Democrats agreed that Biden should consider all potential candidates, according…
Trump raises pardons for Jan. 6 rioters if reelected By Brad Dress TheHill January 30, 2022 Former President Trump said during a rally in Texas on Saturday that he would consider pardoning those charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, saying he would treat them “fairly” if he were reelected. At Saturday’s rally in Conroe, Texas, Trump said, “If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly.” “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons,” he continued. “They are being treated so unfairly.” Continue…
A GOP senator said Biden’s next Supreme Court pick will be a ‘beneficiary’ of affirmative action By Yelena Dzhanova Business Insider January 29, 2022 Sen. Roger Wicker said President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action. Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement earlier this week, allowing Biden to pick a replacement. Biden promised on the presidential campaign trail to appoint the first Black woman to the bench. Continue Reading…..
White House confirms J. Michelle Childs is among ‘multiple individuals’ under consideration for Supreme Court nomination By MJ Lee, CNN White House Correspondent CNN January 29, 2022 (CNN)South Carolina US District Judge J. Michelle Childs is among the people President Joe Biden is considering as a Supreme Court nominee, the White House confirmed Friday night, and as a result there will not be a hearing on her nomination to the Court of Appeals while she is under consideration for the high court. The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier Friday said it was delaying Childs’ nomination hearing because she is…
Roy Moore defamation trial begins By Joseph Choi TheHill January 29, 2022 Jury selection finished on Monday in the defamation case against former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is being sued by a woman who has accused the former judge of molesting her when she was teenager and he was in his 30s. As The Birmingham News reported, a jury of six Black men, five Black women and a white man — along with four alternates — were chosen from 50 potential jurors. Opening arguments in the trial were set to begin Tuesday. Continue Reading….. Woody…
Biden ‘hot mic’ with Fox’s Doocy fuels speculation By Dominick Mastrangelo and Alex Gangitano TheHill January 29, 2022 Did President Biden have an accidental “hot mic” moment this week when he was heard insulting a Fox News reporter? Or did the president intend for his comments to be picked up? A number of observers have speculated about the latter. They say Biden’s outburst is a tell that he is ready and willing to pick a fight with his sharpest critics as he enters the second year of his administration. Biden was overheard on the hot mic Monday at…
Roy Moore gives combative testimony in defamation case CBS 42 January 28, 2022 A combative Roy Moore took the witness stand Thursday in a defamation case against him, insisting he did not know a woman who says he sexually molested her when she was 14. Moore was called to testify by attorneys for Leigh Corfman in a trial dealing with dueling defamation lawsuits they filed against each other in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation that rocked the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Corfman says the former Alabama judge and failed Senate candidate defamed her when…
By Alex Isenstadt POLITICO January 28, 2022 Former President Donald Trump is facing serious backlash from die-hard loyalists over his decision to intervene in a Tennessee House race, with his supporters accusing him of spurning a staunch Republican ally who’s running. Trump on Tuesday evening endorsed Morgan Ortagus, who served as a State Department spokesperson during his administration and is pondering a run for a Middle Tennessee-based congressional district. The announcement has caused a firestorm, with far-right, high-profile backers ranging from North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn to conservative activist Candace Owens taking to social media to voice their support…
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