#mike crapo

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[saywhat-politics]

BREAKING: Republican Mike Sen. Crapo has blocked Sen. Sanders' Social Security Expansion Act from getting a vote.

The bill would have increased benefits across the board, raised cost of living adjustments, and extended the solvency of Social Security for 75 years.

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That also has very dark implications, and you’d think MAGA would now intensify pressure on Senate Republicans to seek access to these Treasury documents as well. But with the Epstein scandal now threatening Trump with serious political damage, a subset of powerful MAGA influencers—ones who initially thought the files would expose pedophilia among elite Democrats—are suddenly losing their zeal to see them divulged. House GOP leaders just scuttled a vote on compelling their release.

Greg Sargent in The New Republic. Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb

Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.

[wtffundiefamilies]

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[sarin-starr]

I hope every senator who votes yes gets voted out next election. You old men are a disgrace and too blind to serve. Flake, Grassley, Hatch, Graham... your time is up!

[teitpp]

On the Damn Kavanaugh Vote

46 men vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, but the media channels its collective outrage and scrutiny down on 1of 5 women who voted with them.

I understand why people are mad at Sen. Collins. But it reeks of the same sexism we lambaste the right for that all the blame today has been focused majorly on her.

[adesideratum]

The Story Behind That Striking Photo of Jeff Flake After the Kavanaugh Vote Bombshell

David Butow, who was on assignment for TIME, recalls how he got the picture

(This is a fascinating photograph for many reasons, but my eye is particularly drawn to the women in the background.)