Showing posts with label Gaetz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaetz. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Lawrence: Republican senators say ‘hell no’ to Musk and Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0VTUDOQuCA 

Trump is trying to control Congress. Republicans are quietly pushing back. - POLITICO

Republicans opted to quietly push back rather than vocally denounce a questionable Cabinet pick. Look out for that same strategy when it comes to spending and other nominees...

Paper Shredding Truck (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #104)

This week:
  • Texas AG Ken Paxton files a FOIA request for Jack Smith’s files and sued to make sure documents weren’t destroyed…because he saw a “paper shredding truck Matt Gaetz is out; 
  • It’s a sad day when Pam Bondi is an upgrade as Trump’s pick for Attorney General; plus 
  • Listener questions about ongoing civil suits against Trump and more.  
  • A Sitting President’s Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution
Interview: 


Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Matt Gaetz's nomination for attorney general sparks debate

"Then let the reckoning begin in 2026. "

Documents with damaging Gaetz testimony accessed in apparent breach - The Washington Post

Florida attorney Joel Leppard said in an interview with The Washington Post last weekend that one of his clients witnessed Gaetz having sex with the minor at a drug-fueled party in July 2017 — and that Gaetz was unaware of her age at the time but subsequently was told she was underage. This woman and a second woman, also represented by Leppard, testified that they were paid by Gaetz to have sex with him and other individuals who attended these "sex parties." They were paid through Venmo or other conduits — including the PayPal of Nestor Galban, whom Gaetz has referred to as his "adopted son."




Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning to Republicans opposing Matt Gaetz nomination | Trump administration | The Guardian

Congresswoman threatens to release what she says are reports of harassment claims filed against colleagues…

Monday, November 18, 2024

David Weigel – Political Writer For Semafor (Al Franken podcast)

The incoming Trump administration has started announcing some of the picks for the incoming Cabinet. Somehow, they’re worse than you could have imagined. We break down some of the unsavory characters who might be making policy in Trump’s second term with political reporter for Semafor, David Weigel.

Weigel also explains how the right wing media ecosystem has moved away from TV and onto the internet. Right wing and right wing-adjacent programming is dominating YouTube and podcasts. How did they build such a network? And how do Democrats counterprogram those voices?
Interview: 

Friday, February 23, 2024

Smirnov Iced (feat. Anna Bower) (Allison Gill and Pete Strzok; Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcast episode #161)

This week: 
  • Judge Engoron orders Trump to disgorge $355 million as a result of the NYAG civil fraud trial;
  • more problems with House Republican witnesses in the Biden impeachment inquiry; 
  • new evidence in the Matt Gaetz House Ethics Committee investigation; 
  • testimony from Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her father in the recusal hearing kicked off by conflict of interest allegations from Mike Roman in the racketeering case in Georgia; 
  • Judge Merchan denies all of Trump’s motions to dismiss the hush money case and sets the trial for March 25th in Manhattan; 
  • and more.
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