ICE chief defends his officers to Congress as lawmakers mull DHS funding - POLITICO

Scott and Lyons both declined to comment on the specifics of the Pretti and Good cases, noting that investigations are ongoing. Lyons, however, did rule out resigning over the shootings and argued that rhetoric from Democrats is causing incidents, not the tactics ICE and other immigration officers are using in the field...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/ice-todd-lyons-dhs-funding-hearing-00774309

 

Grassley, Durbin raise concerns about Tim Scott’s crypto bill - POLITICO

The Senate Judiciary chair is raising concerns alongside ranking member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) about a section of the bill that would exempt some crypto software developers from financial licensing requirements. They say the language would curtail law enforcement's ability to go after money laundering and illicit finance in the crypto space…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/grassley-durbin-scott-crypto-concerns-00733682

 

White House backing push to attach Senate housing package to must-pass defense bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

The ROAD package, backed by Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and ranking member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), includes an array of legislation aimed at boosting housing supply. The Banking panel approved the measure unanimously in July...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/03/congress/white-house-backing-push-attach-senate-housing-package-defense-bill-00674916 

 

Rick Scott releases Obamacare subsidy alternative - Live Updates - POLITICO

The freedom accounts would also include all funding for any cost-sharing reductions, which are given to low-income ACA customers to pay down out-of-pocket costs like copays or deductibles. A little more than half of ACA enrollees, or about 12.5 million people as of early 2025, receive the reductions...

 

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/rick-scott-releases-obamacare-subsidy-alternative-00664146  

Jon Stewart FEARLESSLY Calls Out Right Wingers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVvVi6HOKo

Rodney Scott confirmed as head of CBP by US Senate despite ‘cover-up’ claim | Trump administration | The Guardian

"We don't need to question what Mr Scott would do if given a questionable order from Donald Trump, because we already know he has a history of covering up the truth when it benefits him in a willingness to enable Donald Trump's worst impulses to target American citizens exercising their constitutional rights."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/rodney-scott-cbp-confirmation 

 

Trump border pick accused of ‘cover-up’ over death of man beaten by US agents

"In the hands of someone who has allegedly repeatedly abused his position of power, the vast security apparatus for which CBP is responsible could be wielded for harm," Wyden wrote in a letter to Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-customs-border-protection-rodney-scott

 

JUST IN: Rick Scott Blocks Bernie Sanders And Ron Wyden Health Care Bill, then Sanders responds

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

 

Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet

Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for 'recess appointments' while US Senate is paused…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/trump-senate-administration-hearings

Rick Scott runs pro-IVF ad after voting against IVF protections

Last week, Sen. Rick Scott voted against the Right to IVF Act. One day later, the Florida Republican unveiled an ad bragging about his support for IVF.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rick-scott-runs-ivf-ad-voting-ivf-protections-rcna157479

Republican Tim Scott falsely claims Biden policy resegregates public schools | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

In fact, charter schools, which are publicly funded but which operate outside state school systems, are backed by federal government grants through the Charter Schools Program to the tune of $440m a year – a level that has remained unchanged since 2019 under the Trump administration. Scott's argument that charter schools create more diversity is also open to question. 

New research carried out by sociologists at Stanford University and the University of Southern California to mark 70 years of the landmark US supreme court ruling outlawing segregated schools, Brown v Board of Education, reveals that segregation has been creeping back up for the past 30 years. One of the main drivers of the revival, contrary to Scott's claim, has been the rise of charter schools, the academics discovered...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/26/trump-black-minority-voters-tim-scott

Trump ally Tim Scott issues DANGEROUS threat on air, ROCKS 2024 election

Tim Scott hopes to be Trump's Vice President. Asked over and over if he would accept the election results, and he refuses to answer.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/ImDiM8Zi-RM?si=mkqT0U3_QsrrF3Cv

Racist dog whistle: the right wing has weaponized ‘DEI’ | Black US culture | The Guardian

But Baltimore mayor Scott provided the ultimate mic-drop response to the right wing's coded attacks, one that revealed the gap between his would-be detractors and the three-letter insult that keeps crossing their lips. "We all know very well that Black men, and Black young men in particular, have been the boogeyman for those who are racist and think that only straight, wealthy white men should have a say in anything," he told MSNBC's Joy Reid. "What they mean by DEI in my opinion is 'duly elected incumbent'. We know what they want to say, but they don't have the courage to say the N-word."…

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/21/dei-language-conservatives-baltimore

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott endures racist attacks amid bridge collapse - The Washington Post

One user on X, called him "Baltimore's DEI mayor," a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion programs that have come under attack by conservatives who say they lead to minorities getting jobs over more qualified White candidates. Meanwhile, others attacked Scott for his facial hair and for not wearing a suit. "He looks like your average street criminal," another X user wrote. Neither user responded to a request for comment...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/31/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mayor/

Inside the National Conservatism Movement to Reshape the Right with Ben Lorber (Inform Your Resistance podcast S1 Episode 3)

Last year's NatCon 3 featured keynote speakers, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. To help parse the politics, influence, and threat of the National Conservatism Movement, and to hear what it's like to be immersed in the NatCon environment, we're joined by Ben Lorber...

Interview: 

https://politicalresearch.org/2023/10/12/inside-national-conservatism-movement-reshape-right-ben-lorber

Republican Leader THREATENS America in New Bizarre Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M79FQnaNTa4

Seizing pay of failed bank CEOs gathers bipartisan Senate support - The Washington Post

The notion of seizing windfalls from stock sales gained traction after it emerged that Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker sold $3.6 million in his company's stock just before its failure. Investigators for the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission probing the bank's collapse are examining those sales, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

The bill from Brown and Scott would authorize the FDIC to recoup proceeds from such stock sales as well as bonuses that executives receive in the 24 months leading up to a failure. Executives who "recklessly" violate the law or engage in "unsafe and unsound practices" could also face penalties up to $3 million…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/20/senate-clawback-banker-pay/

Bipartisan Senate bill would seize pay of failed banks’ executives - The Washington Post

"Americans have watched executives take their money, run banks into the ground, and get away with it too many times before," Brown said in a statement. "It's time for CEOs to face consequences for their actions, just like everyone else."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/15/banker-pay-clawbacks/

The G.O.P. Primary: ‘City on a Hill’ or ‘American Carnage’? (Matter of Opinion podcast) 2023-05-18

It’s 77 weeks before Election Day and over half a dozen people have already thrown their hats into the G.O.P race. On our new podcast, “Matter of Opinion,” Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen take a tour of the 2024 Republican primary field to understand what it takes to survive in the present-day Republican ecosystem — and maybe even beat the Trump in the room.

Interview: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/opinion/gop-primary-desantis-trump.html

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-ckze8-1865b163

Is Tim Scott right that a record-low share of working-age men are working today? - PolitiFact

Scott has a point that men's participation in the workforce has been declining for decades. However, for the specific group of men he singled out — working-age men, defined by federal statistics as ages 25 to 54 — labor force participation has been rising since the worst of the pandemic in 2020 and is now near 2019 levels...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/24/tim-scott/is-tim-scott-right-that-a-record-low-share-of-work/