Senator Josh Hawley moved in for a decisive victory on the issue of TikTok’s potential surveillance by way of unanimous consent to pass his bill to prohibit TikTok from operating on US soil; and prohibit all commercial transactions between US businesses and ByteDance, the parent company, to TikTok which is Chinese owned and operates in China. The precedent for this action, which has seen bipartisan support rarely seen in the recent past, is not only the concern for national security from foreign surveillance and disruption (the issue of spying and data mining was first brought to light under Trump’s administration via an executive order against TikTok); but also as an extension of a previous bill passed into law which banned the use of Tiktok on government devices.
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Nikki Haley Proposes Raising Retirement Age, Other Reforms to Social Security
Former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, laid out some tentative plans to tackle the debate about how to fund social security benefits without raising the taxes of the American people. At a town hall in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she broached the topic with general statements on her plan to keep Social Security solvent.
Nikki Haley Announces 2024 Presidential Bid
Former Republican governor of South Carolina and UN ambassador Nikki Haley announced Tuesday that she will run for president in 2024, becoming the first major rival to challenge Donald Trump’s second presidential bid. In a video statement shot in her hometown of Bamberg, South Carolina, Haley, who is 51,
Called Biden’s record “abysmal” and stated that it’s time for “generational change” in Republican leadership, highlighting the age disparity between her and 76-year-old Trump.
George Santos Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Former Staffer
Representative George Santos, the embattled Long Island House Republican who for weeks has been under fire for falsifying his credentials and background, has been accused of sexual misconduct and an ethics violation by a former prospective staffer. The accuser, a 30-year-old named Derek Myers, wrote an open letter to the House Committee on Ethics detailing the allegations and requesting an investigation into the matter. In the letter, which has been publicly shared on Twitter, Myers claimed that he had been put to work in Santos’ office as a volunteer, which is in direct violation of ethics rules. He also outlined the alleged sexual harassment that occurred on January 25th.
Nikki Haley Expected to Run for 2024 Republican Presidential Nomination
There is just a year left before finding out who will become the next President of the United States, and Democrats and Republicans alike have begun strategizing to form their lineups of candidates to enter the race. The latest politician who is rumored to be planning to throw their hat in the ring is former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. Sources close to Haley have announced that Haley is seriously considering competing for the Republican 2024 nominee. If these sources are correct, then Haley plans to announce her candidacy on February 15 in South Carolina, the state she formerly represented as governor.
George Santos Steps Down From House Committees
Rep. George Santos, New York Republican, has stepped down from the House committees he was on. There are many falsehoods surrounding his background that have gotten the attention of legal authorities and the media alike. House Republican Conference, Chairwoman of New York, Elise Stefanik, said, “We just got out of conference, and George has voluntarily removed himself from committees as he goes through the process, but ultimately voters decide.”
Florida Joins 19 States in Opposing Biden’s New Immigration Policy
Florida has become the 20th and latest state to legally challenge the newly-announced Biden administration program to accept 30,000 migrants a month from the Latin American nations of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The coalition of Republican-led states, spearheaded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filed a federal lawsuit in Texas’ southern district against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other federal immigration agencies to halt the program on the basis that it violates criteria established by federal immigration law for allowing individuals into the United States who are otherwise unqualified for entry, a usually case-by-case practice known as paroling.
House Republicans Pass New Rules Package
After a historical 15 rounds of voting and conceding to the House’s right-wing hardliners, newly-elected House Speaker McCarthy and his allies managed to secure enough votes to pass a new rules package for the 118th Congress on Monday. The rules were approved on a 220-213 mostly party-line vote. One Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, joined all 212 Democrats in voting against the measure for its cuts in defense spending.
Adam Kinzinger, Republican Member of Jan. 6 Committee, Joins CNN Days After Leaving Congress
Days after his congressional career officially ended, Republican Adam Kinzinger secured a new position: Senior Political Commentator on CNN. During Wednesday’s episode of “Erin Burnett Outfront,” the former congressman, a member of the Jan. 6 committee who has become a critic of former president Donald Trump and the greater Republican party over the last two years, made his network debut.
Recount Confirms Democrat Kris Mayes Won Arizona Attorney
A vote recount has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes won the race for Arizona attorney general, narrowly defeating Republican Abe Hamadeh in one of the closest elections in state history. The results were announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Mayes defeated Hamadeh by just 280 votes out of more than 2.5 million ballots cast, a 0.01 percentage point lead. Her lead was cut nearly in half from the original count of 511 votes, which was within the margin to trigger an automatic recount under Arizona state law.
George Santos’ Claims His Grandparents Fled Holocaust Contradicted by Records
Republican representative-elect George Santos, whose recent election to Congress on Long Island helped Republicans cinch a narrow majority in the House in November, has become the latest target of political scrutiny for admitting in two separate interviews to lying about his work and education experience while on the campaign trail, including claims of having worked directly for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
However, it would appear that Santo’s fabricated biography doesn’t end there; according to an investigation by CNN’s KFile, the New York representative-elect’s claims that his grandparents fled the Holocaust–a story that has been told with a couple of brow-raising variations over the years–have been contradicted by Jewish genealogy records.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Republican ‘Traitors’ Over Omnibus Bill
Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped Senate members in her own party Thursday for joining Democrats in passing the nearly $1.7 trillion “omnimonster” bill. “18 Republican TRAITORS who voted for the $1.7 TRILLION omnimonster to send YOUR money to defend Ukraine’s border but NOT America’s border!” Greene wrote on Twitter, listing the name of each senator in question. Greene’s tweet also included a photoshopped image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky carrying a pile of cash while inside the U.S. Capital.
