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applegrove's JournalBiden dares the courts
Biden dares the courts
Zachary Basu, author ofAxios Sneak Peek
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/11/biden-executive-orders-courts-lawsuits
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President Biden has embraced the power of the pen, practically daring the courts to block new executive actions on gun control, student loan forgiveness and potentially the border.
Why it matters: Stymied by the least productive Congress in modern American history, Biden wants to hit the campaign trail with fresh policy wins tailored to the voting blocs he needs to defeat former President Trump.
Zoom in: Biden on Thursday approved the largest expansion of background checks in decades, issuing a new rule that would require thousands of gun sellers to register as federally licensed firearms dealers.
* The attempt to close the "gun show loophole" will be implemented under the bipartisan gun safety law passed by Congress in 2022 — but the bill's Republican authors are now accusing Biden of a "power grab."
* The regulation is certain to be challenged in Congress and in court.
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Trump Takes Over Congressional GOP Agenda
Trump Takes Over Congressional GOP Agenda
April 11, 2024 at 1:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 26 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/trump-takes-over-congressional-gop-agenda/
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“Donald Trump is tightening his stranglehold on the congressional GOP’s policy agenda as he reshapes Republican lawmakers’ party orthodoxy on national security and social issues,” Politico reports.
“Trump’s sway was on full display Wednesday as the House tried to take up a warrantless government surveillance bill that was intended to unite the party. Then, hours after the former president pushed to ‘kill’ the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reauthorization, 19 House Republicans did just that.”
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GOP Lawmaker Wanted to Allow First Cousins to Marry
GOP Lawmaker Wanted to Allow First Cousins to Marry
April 11, 2024 at 1:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/gop-lawmaker-wanted-to-allow-first-cousins-to-marry/
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The Tennessee House passed a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal to marry your first cousin in Tennessee, WSMV reports.
But it only did so after state Rep. Gino Bulso (R), whose grandparents he said were first cousins, rose to object to the law.
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Biden Approves Expansion of Background Checks
Biden Approves Expansion of Background Checks
April 11, 2024 at 7:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/biden-approves-expansion-of-background-checks/
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“The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion of federal background checks in decades in an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons sold online that has contributed to gun violence,” the New York Times reports.
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What is meant by the term stalking horse? DNC called RFK Jr. a stalking horse:
What is meant by the term stalking horse?
Meaning of stalking horse in English
in politics, someone who competes for a position that they have no chance of winning, in order to divide the opposition to a particular group or to take attention away from another person who that group really wants to win.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org › st...
STALKING HORSE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
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Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
stalk·ing horse
noun
1.
a false pretext concealing someone's real intentions.
"you have used me simply as a stalking horse for some of your more outrageous views"
2.
a screen traditionally made in the shape of a horse behind which a hunter can stay concealed when stalking prey.
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What Swing Voters Care About - The Economist
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/what-swing-voters-care-about/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/11/true-swing-voters-are-extraordinarily-rare-in-america
What Swing Voters Care About
April 11, 2024 at 11:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments
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The Economist: “Swing voters do not view this year’s election as Republicans would like them to: immigration is not the most important issue for them. Neither do they view it as Democrats wish. Their most important issue is not the defense of democracy, climate policy, or abortion. It is inflation, which remains sticky , followed by the economy.”
“Politics is less central to the lives of swing voters than it is to news hounds and committed partisans. They may not know much about Mr Biden’s position on natural gas or North Korea, but they do know that eggs are expensive and driving to work costs too much.”
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Could be significant: CBS is launching a new show as part of a larger pivot to streaming. It's called "CBS News
https://www.threads.net/@jayrosen_nyc/post/C5lf78wuiD_/?xmt=AQGzHmabpaDQ_C8ekVD9xxaZP_E6Dj4DYoHOiU5BMlahzgCould be significant:
CBS is launching a new show as part of a larger pivot to streaming. It's called "CBS News Confirmed." Devoted to combatting misinformation. Mission is to "identify and fight the spread of false stories, conspiracy theories and bad facts." variety.com/2024…
Trump Fails Yet Again to Delay Criminal Trial
Trump Fails Yet Again to Delay Criminal Trial
April 10, 2024 at 10:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/10/trump-fails-yet-again-to-delay-criminal-trial/
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“Donald Trump’s attorneys failed to persuade an appeals court judge on Wednesday to delay the former president’s New York criminal trial, scheduled to begin next week, by saying the presiding judge was not qualified to oversee the proceedings,” the Washington Post reports.
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Applegrove:
He is making the case that the Judge can't be impartial because he has insulted him and threatened his daughter. He continues to sabotage.
Great photo of POTUS and VP: Can't ignore the numbers - 15 million jobs added since Biden took office.
https://www.threads.net/@womenforbiden/post/C5mYrjjxGYQ/?xmt=AQGznwfmN33SCEBNcp_tebnAxEQjywj2oSYVFWoVkuFf5ACan't ignore the numbers – 15 million jobs added since Biden took office. That's real progress in my book.
Photo at link: https://flic.kr/p/2pJw6Gj
U.S. Voters Take Trump's Hush Money Charges Seriously
U.S. Voters Take Trump’s Hush Money Charges Seriously
April 10, 2024 at 5:51 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 148 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/10/u-s-voters-take-trumps-hush-money-charges-seriously/
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds a majority of U.S. voters — 65% — consider the criminal charges in New York related to a “hush money” payment against Donald Trump to be serious.
Meanwhile, 34% said the charges lacked seriousness.
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