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  11 minutes Senate Panel to Weigh Democrats' Election Overhaul The Rules Committee could advance a landmark voting rights expansion, as Washington tries to blunt ballot restrictions by Republican-controlled statehouses.  nowTracking the political appointees Biden is nominating to fill the top roles in his administration Follow the president-elect’s progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.  nowThe War Over the 13th Amendment and Modern Day Slavery Its “servitude’ clause allows prisoners to be put to work and underpaid—unpaid. How Sen. Jeff Merkley and a band of activists are fighting back.  12 minutesOpposition to Newsom recall grows as Jenner, GOP generate little support, poll finds A vast majority of Dems, Republicans and unaffiliated or independent voters said they would not be inclined to support Caitlyn Jenner's candidacy. |
 12 minutesBiden has a Federalist Society problem on his Supreme Court planning commission President Joe Biden has been shockingly and happily progressive in his first hundred days in office. He has ignored the pearl-clutching of the deficit peacocks and passed a New Deal-style COVID-19 relief bill, and proposed even more ambitious programs to really start tackling income inequality. He's demonstrated that he's not going to fall into the inside-the-beltway trap of "bipartisanship," chasing Republican support for his proposals, but is redefining what that means in light of the massi...  11 minutesSeattle ethics panel requires Kshama Sawant to pay $3,516 for violating law As they unanimously voted to sanction Councilmember Kshama Sawant, some commissioners wondered whether she would continue to publicly deny the allegation she had just admitted.  11 minutesRedwood City releases new number of unhoused people in streets, encampments Redwood City on Monday released new homeless numbers as officials continue to grapple with a housing crisis that has worsened during the pandemic |
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