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National Progressive Townhall Meeting - Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Former Co-Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Appropriations / Also, Education & Labor)
In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail
Will we find out all about the promisesâ€”and threatsâ€”McCarthy made to get his hands on the gavel?
Revealed: George Santos got secret campaign money from bused Italian migrant smuggler - surprised?
House Republicans focus on abortion rights and putting women in jail
Brazil judge orders arrest of top security officials in BrasÃlia riot
Geeky Science! Everything is getting hotter.....and what that means for our weather...

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In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail

We've entered the new McCarthy era, and Kevin is doing everything he can to empower Jordan as the new Joe.

This column could get me thrown in jail.

And the fact that I'm even thinking that way is the entire point of Jim Jordan's new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee which Jordan chairs.

He and his fellow fascist seditionists want Americans to be afraid of them, particularly Americans who may be in a position to identify their crimes and hold them to account.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Former Co-Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Appropriations / Also, Education & Labor)

Article: "What has Kevin McCarthy given up, and at what price?" by Anthony Zurcher.

Article: "The Secret Concessions 'Addendum' That House Republicans Can't Agree Exists" by Ursula Perano.

Article: "The Biden administration could sidestep McConnell's refusal to pay America's bills by minting a $1 trillion platinum coin" by Andy Kiersz and Joseph Zeballos-Roig.

Article: "14th Amendment section 4, July 9, 1868 "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Article: "United States debt ceiling" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Articles of impeachment introduced against DHS Secretary Mayorkas by Texas Republican" by Lauren Peller and Luke Barr.

Article: "Classified documents from Biden's time as VP discovered in private office" by Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Phil Mattingly.

Article: "'Humiliating': DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney Concedes in New York" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Jeffries appoints DelBene to chair Democrats' House campaign operation" by Daniella Diaz.

Site: End The Bribe System (incl. bumper stickers).

Bill: "H.R.9187 - Save Medicare Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].

Article: "C-SPAN Asks McCarthy To Permanently Allow Its Own Cameras On The House Floor" by Marita Vlachou.

Article: "Unpacking the House GOP's new rules: A handy guide to the changes " by Katherine Tully-McManus.

Article: "McCarthy's Deal to Secure the House Speakership Puts Agencies at Risk of Severe Budget Cuts " by Eric Katz.

Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Airlines got $50 billion in pandemic relief — but are still screwing Americans" by Karol Markowicz.