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Progressives take aim at Democratic leadership over support for centrist candidates

House leaders’ support for Henry Cuellar over Jessica Cisneros in Texas elections has left progressives seething

The Guardian - US

Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Senate panel approves Michelle Childs for DC appeals court

South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs is one step closer to confirmation for the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench

The Independent UK

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Another corporate Dem bites the dust

With Kurt Schrader's apparent defeat in Oregon, the Blue Wall of status-quo corruption keeps on crumbling

Salon

Jayapal backs challenge to Henry Cuellar

"I don't make the decision to endorse an opponent to a colleague in my caucus lightly," top progressive says

Salon

Report criticizes meat industry, USDA response to pandemic

A new Congressional report says that at the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as COVID-19 spread rapidly among workers

The Independent UK

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 21 (May 5, 2022)

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House leaders stick with Rep. Cuellar despite abortion stand

Just a day after Democrats recommitted to protecting abortion rights, a U.S. House leader plans to campaign in Texas alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress

The Independent UK

Clyburn: 'Nothing political' about using earmark process

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says he hopes that his colleagues in both chambers see the renewed earmarks process as more transparent and accountable, to the benefit of all constituents regardless of party

The Independent UK

Matthew Yglesias: If Canada’s conservatives can say YIMBY, why can’t America’s?

Scott Aitchison is one of several politicians in the running to lead Canada’s opposition Conservative Party. And one of his big ideas is something that would never fly — but should — in America’s opposition Republican Party: federal action to deregulate the housing sector.

Tribune News Service

‘He kept a promise’: How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation boosts Biden’s legacy

WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Lone SC congressional Democrat Clyburn files for a 16th term

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has filed to seek a 16th term representing South Carolina’s 6th District

The Independent UK

Dozens of bomb threats have HBCUs looking to Biden for support, FBI for answers

WASHINGTON — February should have been a month of celebration. But for many historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, it was a time of anxiety, frustration and terror.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WaPo Removes Claim That Justice Thomas's "Rulings Often Resemble the Thinking of White Conservatives."

"A previous version of this story imprecisely referred to Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinions as often reflecting the thinking of White conservatives, rather than conservatives broadly. That reference has been removed."

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WaPo Describes Justice Thomas: "the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives."

Discourse about race is upside down and backwards.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Michelle Childs’ backers urge Biden to consider judge’s non-Ivy League credentials

A pair of influential South Carolina lawmakers who want the president to elevate Michelle Childs to the Supreme Court are pressing Joe Biden to send a message with the pick that the federal bench is attainable for Americans who did not attend a set of elite colleges.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Clyburn counts the votes, sees Biden needing GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court will need Republican support to receive Senate confirmation, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Friday.

The Independent UK

Childs gets prosecutors' 'wholehearted' backing for DC court

A bipartisan group of two dozen former South Carolina federal prosecutors are offering their “wholehearted support” for Judge Michelle Childs’ nomination to an appellate court

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The Independent UK

From early on, Childs seen as ‘destined for further things’

The fact that Michelle Childs is under consideration to fill a Supreme Court vacancy comes as no surprise to some of her legal colleagues in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree

The Independent UK

Clyburn, architect of Biden's court pledge, pushes his pick

At Joe Biden’s lowest moment in the 2020 campaign, influential Rep. Jim Clyburn suggested that Biden should pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Tribune News Service

Biden ally in House floats lower child tax credit income cap

A top House Democrat suggested Thursday that his party scale back eligibility for child tax credits as a way to unlock President Joe Biden’s stalled economic agenda.

The Guardian - US

US calls for UN security council meeting to discuss Ukraine crisis – as it happened

The group has not been able to take any action in its previous meetings as Russia is a veto-wielding member of the security council – follow

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