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#senate

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Nonilex

Senator #MarshaBlackburn of #Tennessee announced on Wednesday that she would run for #governor, less than a year after winning another term in the #Senate.

Blackburn, a loyal ally of #Trump & a hard-line #conservative #Republican, joins a cluster of other lawmakers, including Senators #TommyTuberville of #Alabama & #MichaelBennet of #Colorado, who have chosen recently to run for office in their home states rather than remain in Washington.

#USpol
nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/poli

Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee
The New York Times · Senator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of TennesseeBy Emily Cochrane
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Nonilex

A refusal by #Texas lawmakers to show up is a civil violation of legislative rules. As for his threat to remove the lawmakers, #GregAbbott cited a nonbinding legal opinion issued by #Republican TX #KenPaxton amid a partisan quorum dispute in 2021. Paxton suggested a court could determine that a legislator had forfeited their office.
Paxton, who is running for US #Senate, said… #Democrats who “try & run away like cowards should be found, arrested, & brought back to the Capitol immediately.”
#law

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Nonilex

ICYMI

The #Senate has confirmed former #FoxNews host #JeaninePirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, filling the post after #Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist #EdMartin Jr.

Pirro, a former county prosecutor & elected judge, was confirmed 50-45. Before becoming the acting #USAttorney for #DC in May, she co-hosted the FauxNews show "The Five" on weekday evenings, where she frequently interviewed Trump.

#law
npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-54914

Manish Vij

Dems aren’t smol beans without the votes—they’re collaborators, paid not to exercise the many, many #Senate veto points while their donors are trying to get in on the T•••• looting.

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Nonilex

In 2019, #Trump was charged by the #House with #AbuseOfPower & #obstruction of #Congress for his attempts to pressure the #Ukraine govt to investigate Joe #Biden. 2 years later, he became the first president to be impeached twice when the House charged him with inciting an #insurrection during the #Jan6, 2021, Capitol attack. The #Senate acquitted Trump both times [many Republicans voting to do so out of fear for their lives & the lives of their families], so he was never removed from office.

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Kim Perales

🚨”Senate Republicans tried to bully Democrats into expediting nominations to fill out positions in their increasingly authoritarian state. They failed.”
-Sen Murphy

Trump posted on social media:
Chuck Schumer can “Go To Hell.”

He must know that his time in the WH is coming to a close, soon.
#Republicans #Senate #Authoritarianism #Corruption #USPol
apnews.com/article/senate-conf

ahimsa

"With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency"

science.org/content/article/bo

"In a stark rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan … a Senate funding committee today approved a draft bill that instead gives the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a modest raise of $400 million. It also disregards Trump’s plan to gut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

#USPol#Senate#NIH
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