Kyle Griffin

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

A non-partisan ethics watchdog has asked the Senate Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into a traffic stop in which Republican Marsha Blackburn reportedly flashed her congressional pin and was allowed to leave. https://t.co/VnSDXyCeQ1 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

A bill to study paying reparations to descendants of slaves will be considered in the House Judiciary Committee next week. If the legislation is reported out of committee, it would set up the first floor vote on the measure since its introduction in 1989. https://t.co/wvdZujS1Z3 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled the state does not need to purge from the voter rolls around 70,000 people identified in 2019 as potentially having moved — a win for Democrats who vigorously opposed the move pushed by Republicans. https://t.co/529p0fooEx — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

A billboard has popped up in the Florida Panhandle town of Crestview, warning drivers about the local member of Congress: "Matt Gaetz Wants To 'Date' Your Child." The sign is paid for by the unabashedly anti-Trump Mad Dog PAC. https://t.co/gJpRaBOeM4 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

.@maddow got her vaccine. She said she 'bawled he eyes out' from relief afterward. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin is asking the Biden admin to designate overseas white supremacists as foreign terrorist organizations, giving the American government more tools to check their influence. https://t.co/5PLo67Kw1w — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, said she would not attend the next international climate talks unless everyone can be vaccinated equally and participate safely. https://t.co/Wua90afl04 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The event at which Matt Gaetz is speaking tonight was organized by Women for America First, one of the groups that organized the rallies that led to the January 6th insurrection. @thereidout — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Michael Cohen on Matt Gaetz: "Gaetz actually paid for sex using Venmo, right? ... His Venmo account is on open public, meaning everybody can see what transactions are going on. This is the representative that the people of Florida have chosen? I don't get it." @TheBeatWithAri — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Dr. Jill Biden is only the 3rd U.S. first lady to be a union member. https://t.co/b2dELHdGvW — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Rep. Raskin has introduced the State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation (SAFER) Act, which would prohibit the knowing return of firearms to individuals who've had their state license to possess or purchase firearms revoked or have had their firearms confiscated by court order. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Reuters: FOUR MEMBERS OF 'BOOGALOO' MILITIA GROUP INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT INVESTIGATION RELATING TO MURDER OF A FEDERAL OFFICER -JUSTICE DEPARTMENT — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The House Ethics Committee is launching an investigation into the allegation of sexual misconduct against Republican Tom Reed. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) -- House panel opens ethics probe of of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Pfizer has requested that the FDA expand COVID vaccine authorization to include 12 to 15 year olds. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Trump appointees in the Health and Human Services department last year privately touted their efforts to block or alter scientists' reports on COVID to more closely align with Trump's messages about the virus, according to newly released documents. https://t.co/eQTLomWkOm — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Forensic pathologist Dr. Lindsey Thomas: George Floyd did not die of a fentanyl overdose or a pre-existing heart condition, as the defense has indicated. Floyd had primarily died of low oxygen, which she said had been caused by Derek Chauvin. https://t.co/8dEOnNdStn — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland victim Jaime Guttenberg, on CNN: "Since my daughter was killed, I feel like we've been on this freight train moving rapidly in the wrong direction on this issue. And I feel like President Biden just slammed the brakes on that freight train." — PolitiTweet.org

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NYT on Gaetz's Bahamas trip: The FBI has questioned witnesses about whether the women had sex with the men on the trip in exchange for money and free travel. Fed investigators in December questioned one woman who was part of the trip and seized her phone. https://t.co/xy7BBqoWRF — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

From CBS: JOHN DICKERSON: You call some of these members political terrorists. JOHN BOEHNER: Oh, yeah, Jim Jordan especially, my colleague from Ohio. I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart-- never building anything, never puttin' anything together. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Politico Playbook: Justice Breyer's speech skewering calls by liberal activists to increase the size of the Supreme Court seems to have provoked those reformers to step up their calls that Breyer should help reinvigorate the court right now the way only he can — by resigning. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The official White House portraits for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. https://t.co/7It6KUlhu2 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Topics Biden's Commission will examine include: The Court's role in the Constitutional system The length of service and turnover of justices on the Court The membership and size of the Court The Court's case selection, rules, and practices — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

White House: President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court. The Commission's purpose is to provide an analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Breaking: Biden has asked Congress to authorize a massive $1.5 trillion federal spending plan in 2022, seeking to invest heavily in government agencies to boost education, expand public housing, revamp federal health agencies and confront climate change. https://t.co/YVDKEUrEFa — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Trump's judicial appointments worsened racial diversity in the federal courts: Trump placed 234 judges with lifetime tenure to the federal courts. An overwhelming number — 192 — of Trump's active appointments are white. Only 37 are people of color. https://t.co/ESNBl6Zpf2 — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

One of the oldest historically Black churches in America could bankrupt the Proud Boys: The group's leader has refused to answer a lawsuit from the Metropolitan AME Church accusing him of committing acts of terror, possibly giving the church a default win. https://t.co/QDbERCgFlD — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

The leaders of Atlanta's historically Black colleges and universities are voicing their opposition to Georgia's voting restrictions. "The restrictions now in place will curtail voter participation in marginalized populations across Georgia." https://t.co/eVAGQSnecn — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Morning Consult poll: 65% of registered voters support funding Biden's infrastructure plan through higher taxes on corporations. That includes 42% of Republican voters. — PolitiTweet.org

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

In Arizona, more than a dozen CEOs and business leaders have signed a letter asking the Republican-led legislature to reject bills that limit voting access. The letter called the dozens of election bills "attempts at voter suppression cloaked as reform." https://t.co/Kuy5SKFZrp — PolitiTweet.org