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Republicans Get Their Committees

Yeah, even George Santos

Taegan Goddard
Jan 17
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What You May Have Missed…

The political news never stops, so Peter Orvetti summarizes what happened each day so you can keep up.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will be seated on the Homeland Security Committee and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) will be seated on the House Natural Resources Committee. And Rep. George Santos (R-NY) gets a committee assignment too.

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Two prominent South Carolina Republicans, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster, will join Donald Trump at a campaign event in the state later this month. Meanwhile, Trump says he can “handle” a nomination race against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) “the way I handle things.”

Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD), who is eyeing a 2024 presidential run, leaves office tomorrow with a 77% approval rating among Marylanders — though he’s more popular with Democrats than with Republicans.

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), mulling a run for Michigan’s open Senate seat, attended events in the state outside of her district this weekend.

WinRed has donors seeing red and ActBlue has donors feeling blue as online fundraising tactics start to annoy.

More scandal in GOP circles.

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Extra Links

Here are some interesting links that didn’t make it into Political Wire today:

  • The “right to bare arms” is dead in Missouri’s legislature.

  • The seven quirkiest bill names using acronyms.

  • Rep. George Santos (R-NY) claimed that he needed two knee replacements after claiming to be a star volleyball player at a college he never attended.

  • Students can carry guns at the University of Texas — but they can no longer use TikTok.

  • After a decade of punking liberals with hidden-camera stings, Jame O’Keefe’s pursuit of Ashley Biden’s stolen diary could blow up in his face.

  • Study suggests U.S. freshwater fish are highly contaminated with “forever chemicals.”

  • Sara Goddard has a must-read primer on forever chemicals.

  • Despite the Elon Musk-induced chaos, news organizations can’t quit Twitter.

  • How Putin, Xi, and Elon Musk are alike.

  • Dr. Dre has successfully blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from using his music in any context to do with her political career.

  • The world’s top 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020, Oxfam says in a new report.

  • Two-thirds of private and public sector chief economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum expect a global recession in 2023.

Presented Without Comment

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CW: Former Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn posted video of himself eating the heart from an animal he just shot.
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Closing Thought

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In the coming months House Rs are going to present themselves as sound economic and fiscal stewards. Neither is true, and we cannot let them get away with it. Last 3 GOP Presidents brought recessions and exploding deficits. Some data, a thread: 1/
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The Biden expansion keeps on....expanding! 223k new jobs in December, another really strong showing. Our monthly thread about Dems and jobs: 33.8m jobs - 16 yrs Clinton Obama 10.7m jobs - 23 months Biden 1.9m jobs - 16 yrs 2 Bushes Trump Biden 5x last 3 GOP Presidents! 1/ https://t.co/ETYFSYlvrA
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