Foreign Concept
Those looking for common threads focus on perennial issues such as inequality, economic distress, corruption and a lack of democracy. But the answer to “Why now?” is most often clear only in retrospect.
D.C. Memo
Impeachment; Klobuchar and the marriage amendment; Omar’s Armenian Genocide vote; and more.
Eric Black Ink
Of the 102 women in the current U.S. House, 89 are Democrats (a jump from 64 in the 2016 election); 13 are Republicans (down from 24 in the previous House).
Eric Black Ink
Almost four times as many House Republicans as Democrats are retiring without seeking another office.
Eric Black Ink
“It’s a political process,” Bharara said. “The terms are vague. If a majority of the House say he’s impeached, he’s impeached. If two-thirds of the Senate say he’s convicted and removed, he’s removed.”
National
Many DFL politicians were quick to mobilize against the amendment to ban same-sex marriage in 2012, but one prominent DFLer was slower to take up the cause.
Foreign Concept
Just days before the raid in which Baghdadi died, Trump announced that the new U.S. mission would be to secure Syria’s oil. He reiterated that on Sunday. In what world does that make sense?
D.C. Memo
Klobuchar qualifies for next presidential debate; Safe at Home Act; Minnesota poll on Trump; and more.
Eric Black Ink
“Local authorities couldn’t investigate? They couldn’t do anything about it?” Judge Denny Chin asked. “Nothing could be done? That is your position?”
Eric Black Ink
To state the obvious, President Donald Trump’s comparison of the congressional inquiry into his very possibly impeachable acts to a “lynching” was offensive, histrionic and really, really pitiful.
National
Minnesota’s Safe at Home Program protects victims of abuse and stalking — but federal agencies don’t always cooperate with it.
Environment
McCollum got language asking for the study into an appropriations bill that passed the House. Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar are supporting a similar measure in the Senate.
Eric Black Ink
As of Wednesday morning, the updated 538.com average was 41.0 percent approval, 54.5 disapproval.
