Kyle Griffin

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New: Tonight, Rep. Cori Bush will sleep outside the U.S. Capitol building in an appeal to her colleagues in Congress to return to Washington and vote to extend the federal eviction moratorium. — PolitiTweet.org

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, with more than 110,000 new infections reported statewide. — PolitiTweet.org

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White House readout: President Biden, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader Schumer reaffirmed their commitment to democracy, and to the For the People Act (H.R.1, S.1) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R.4). — PolitiTweet.org

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Member of the House Republican leadership doesn't understand Medicare. — PolitiTweet.org

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Breakthrough COVID cases: At least 125,000 fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive. Important note: The cases represent less than .08% of the 164.2 million-plus people fully vaccinated since January. https://t.co/0m69tnkRES — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservative cancel culture: Nebraska education officials have largely scrapped plans for gender identity lessons in public school curriculum after an uproar from conservatives. https://t.co/Y0Ri9WDQDY — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democrats investigating Jan. 6 are newly optimistic about securing testimony from former Trump officials. Chairman Bennie Thompson: The Biden DOJ decision "expedites" the panel's work. https://t.co/BxNcDcAgfI — PolitiTweet.org

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Punchbowl News: Priorities USA, a top Democratic super PAC, raised $17.5 million in the first half of 2021 across its three entities. This is far more than it took in during the similar period in 2017, when Trump was in his first term. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Bill Pascrell on the Trump tax news: "It is about damn time. Our committee first sought Donald Trump's tax returns on April 3, 2019 – 849 days ago. Our request was made in full accordance with the law and pursuant to Congress's constitutional oversight powers." — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi: "Today, the Biden Administration has delivered a victory for the rule of law." "The American people deserve to know the facts of his troubling conflicts of interest and undermining of our security and democracy as president." — PolitiTweet.org

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House Ways and Means Chair Neal: "As I have maintained for years, the Committee's case is very strong and the law is on our side. I am glad that the Department of Justice agrees and that we can move forward." — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ ruling: The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President's tax information. Under section 6103(f )(1), Treasury must furnish the information to the Committee. — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department tells Treasury to turn over Trump tax returns to Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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New: President Biden has nominated Khizr Khan to serve as Appointee for Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaker Pelosi told Democrats on a private call: "I don't see how we go home without" extending the eviction moratorium. https://t.co/YCi6K06ZhZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says the Matt Gaetz and co. stunt "to basically try to break into the D.C. jail is an abuse of their authority over the District." "No member of Congress, or anybody else, is entitled to special access to the D.C. jail." — PolitiTweet.org

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Attorney General Garland is urging the governor of Texas to reverse his executive order that aims to restrict migration at the border following a rise in COVID cases. Garland says Greg Abbott's order is "both dangerous and unlawful." https://t.co/RCbGH7K4fc — PolitiTweet.org

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Oversight's Maloney on the Trump news: "The Committee has begun scheduling interviews with key witnesses to investigate the full extent of the former President's corruption, and I will exercise every tool at my disposal to ensure all witness testimony is secured without delay." — PolitiTweet.org

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House Oversight Chairwoman Maloney on the Trump-DOJ news: "These handwritten notes show that President Trump directly instructed our nation’s top law enforcement agency to take steps to overturn a free and fair election in the final days of his presidency." — PolitiTweet.org

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According to notes, Trump LITERALLY told DOJ last year, "Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me." — PolitiTweet.org

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NYT: At points during the call, Trump mentioned Republicans Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, and Ron Johnson. — PolitiTweet.org

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Breaking NYT: Trump pressed top DOJ officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt even though they had found no instances of widespread fraud, so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results. https://t.co/lGpfcysWwR — PolitiTweet.org

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Politico Playbook: At a caucus luncheon for Senate Dems, Sen. Joe Manchin was booed for mentioning the deficit while speaking to his colleagues. One source described Manchin as being "jokingly booed" by the other senators, but another source in the room did not see it that way. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden on the arrival of the first flight of Operation Allies Refuge: "I want to thank these brave Afghans for standing with the United States, and today, I am proud to say to them: 'Welcome home.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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The first group of evacuated Afghans have arrived on U.S. soil. https://t.co/AHKMaCfJs5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Stacey Abrams to Texas Democrats: "Georgians stand with you, because what you're doing is bigger than just Texas. You are fighting for all of us across the South and across the country. Keep on fighting, and keep standing strong." — PolitiTweet.org

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Be warned: Georgia Republicans have requested a performance review of Fulton County's top election official, the first step in a possible takeover of the electoral process that could give the GOP more control over the heavily Democratic area. https://t.co/jB8d7suHLp — PolitiTweet.org

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Hillary Clinton to the Texas Democrats: "The fight to protect our voting rights is the fight to protect our democracy, so we stand with them and applaud their ongoing efforts to ensure our citizens have access to the ballot box." https://t.co/WXWrTjjpBK — PolitiTweet.org

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New CREW criminal complaint: The Department of Justice should investigate whether Trump and Mark Meadows violated federal criminal law by attempting to weaponize the Department of Justice as part of their larger campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 election. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren on CNN: "Let's stop thinking that the rules don't apply to us because we're so special ... Let's get to legislating the people's business instead of whining about your circumstances and having to wear a mask to keep other people safe." — PolitiTweet.org