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For President Biden and his party, the appointment of a special counsel on Friday in the investigation into Hunter Biden was hardly a welcome development. A blossoming criminal inquiry focused on the president’s son is a high-risk proposition that comes with the dangers of an election-year trial and investigations that could balloon beyond the tax and gun charges the younger Mr. Biden already faces. Yet many Democrats were sanguine about a dark moment in a summer of cautiously bright news for their president. Part of their sense of calm stems from a version of the what-aboutism often adopted by Republicans since Donald J. Trump’s rise: Mr. Biden’s son is under investigation, Democrats say, but across the aisle, the G.O.P. front-runner has actually been criminally indicted — three times.

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☆ House Oversight GOP claims they don’t need to find direct payments to Joe Biden to prove corruption in Hunter Biden business dealings memo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“President Biden’s defenders purport a weak defense by asserting the Committee must show payments directly to the President to show corruption,” the House Oversight Republicans wrote. “It appears no real services were provided other than access to the Biden network, including Joe Biden himself. Even though Hunter Biden was not directly involved, House Oversight Republicans are attempting to show how a portion of the $3.5 million was transferred into multiple accounts until it entered an account connected to Hunter Biden. In a 2020 Senate report, Republicans revealed the existence of the payment from Baturina to a company tied to Hunter Biden’s business associates. The memo focuses on deals and transactions Hunter Biden made with foreign oligarchs and leaders in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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☆ Former Hunter Biden associate interviewed by Republican-led US House panel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Devon Archer, a former Hunter Biden business associate, arrives for a deposition before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin WurmWASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - A former associate of Hunter Biden appeared before a congressional panel on Monday for an interview that Republican lawmakers hope will shed light on unproven allegations against Democratic President Joe Biden and his family. Devon Archer, who was subpoenaed by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee in June, appeared for an interview behind closed doors led by committee staff. House Republicans allege that Hunter Biden used his father's status as vice president in an influence peddling scheme while sitting on the board of Ukraine energy company Burisma nearly a decade ago. "We know that Devon Archer has met and communicated many, many times with Joe Biden about Burisma and other things," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told Fox News on Sunday.

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☆ Opinion | The Coming Biden Impeachment Farce
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When House Republicans return from their recess this fall, they’re likely to have an item on their agenda besides pushing the government toward shutdown: impeaching Joe Biden. “You’ve got to get to the bottom of the truth, and the only way Congress can do that is go to impeachment inquiry,” the Republican House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, said on Tuesday. “This is what they want.” And with yet another Trump indictment imminent, I suspect impeachment momentum will only accelerate. Nevertheless, with the Republican base clamoring for impeachment, McCarthy has clearly signaled it’s a live possibility. Behind this circus, however, is something rather astonishing: A major part of the pretext for a possible impeachment of Joe Biden is exactly the same set of lies about Ukraine that helped convince Democrats to impeach Donald Trump the first time.

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☆ Top Democrat slams MTG for debasing a committee 'to the level of a 1970s-era dime store peep show' by showing nude photos of Hunter Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Raskin asked House Oversight Chairman James Comer to reprimand Greene for showing partially nude photos that are purportedly of Hunter Biden. Otherwise, Raskin cautioned, the panel's reputation "is rapidly being reduced to the level of a 1970s-era dime store peep show." I hope Ranking Member Raskin will join me in asking the Justice Department about Hunter Biden's Mann Act violations and why the victims' rights have been ignored." The Georgia Republican has alleged based on purported information obtained from Hunter Biden's laptop that he paid sex workers, potentially violating the century-plus old Mann Act. Rep. Becca Balint, a Vermont Democrat, is pushing a censure of Greene for a litany of past actions, including showing the purported Biden photos.

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☆ House Democrat wants to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene after she showed Hunter Biden's nude photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A House Democrat may force the House to vote on formally censuring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Among the offending behavior is Greene's decision to show nude photos of Hunter Biden during a House hearing. Balint could use a procedural move to force the House to consider formally punishing Greene, The Washington Post reported. A separate effort is underway to censure Rep. George Santos, a New York Republican, who has admitted to falsifying multiple claims during his campaign and is facing federal fraud charges. "And that is absolutely what I regret," Greene said on the House floor before the vote.

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☆ MTG said she was 'uncomfortable' showing photos of Hunter Biden having sex but Americans 'deserve' to see them
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene held up large nude photos of Hunter Biden during a House Committee meeting. Greene used a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday to hold up photos that purportedly showed Hunter Biden having sex with prostitutes. Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and the Department of Justice all deny that the investigation has been too lenient. Hunter Biden has become a magnet for conspiracy theories, and Republicans, including Greene, have made unsubstantiated claims about Hunter Biden beyond what the DOJ has investigated. Greene, in the committee hearing, alleged that Hunter Biden used his company to pay prostitutes and then wrote it off as a business expense.

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☆ House Democrat says 'perhaps we should call Hunter Biden' the 'Big Guy' after Marjorie Taylor Greene displays lewd photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene displays lewd photos of Hunter Biden at a committee hearing on Wednesday. "Perhaps we should call Hunter Biden the 'Big Guy,'" he tweeted. On Wednesday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia displayed lewd photos of the younger Biden at a House Oversight Committee hearing that purportedly showed Biden engaged in sexual acts with prostitutes. Hunter Biden has been in Republican lawmakers' crosshairs since his father became a frontrunner in the 2020 presidential election. "Marjorie Taylor Greene is literally showing dick pics at our Oversight Hearing," tweeted California Rep. Robert Garcia.

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☆ Jamie Raskin Won’t Enter Maryland Senate Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( David Harrison | Siobhan Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Prosecutors say a Jan. 6 defendant targeted Obama's DC home after Trump posted its address on Truth social
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Prosecutors say a January 6 defendant began live streaming outside of Obama's purported DC residence before his arrest. Prosecutors say Taranto reshared Obama's purported address from a post by Trump. According to prosecutors, Taylor Taranto reshared Trump's post on his own Truth social account. Trump shared Obama's purported address in a post that republished a 2017 newsletter in the late-conservative Phyllis Schlafly's name about Trump's first 100 days in office. After sharing that Trump post, Taranto then began live streaming as he drove through the wealthy Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C.

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☆ Trump's defenders have launched a plan months in the making that ignores the substance of the indictment while attacking the credibility of federal prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Supporters of Trump in Congress have now launched a plan months in the making to discredit federal prosecutors. McCarthy called it a "grave injustice" and said that House Republicans "will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable." "God bless President Trump." As special counsel Jack Smith was preparing this week to release the indictment, Trump's allies on Capitol Hill were working overtime to prepare the defense of the former president. Jordan issued a series of letters to the Justice Department, demanding documents related to his investigation into Trump's handling of classified records.

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☆ Comer Cancels Wray Contempt Vote as F.B.I. Agrees to Share Document
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans late Wednesday canceled plans to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, after the agency agreed to make available to all members of the Oversight Committee a document containing a years-old unsubstantiated allegation of bribery against President Biden. The decision was a rare dialing back of a concerted effort by House Republicans to target the federal law enforcement agency as they seek to push accusations of wrongdoing by Mr. Biden. Mr. Wray’s team allowed Representative James Comer, Republican of Kentucky and chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking Democrat, to view a redacted copy of the document in a secure area of the Capitol on Monday and briefed them on it for more than an hour. But the F.B.I.

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☆ Republicans, Escalating Attacks on F.B.I., Vow to Hold Director in Contempt
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Luke Broadwater | Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans said on Monday that they would move this week to hold the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, in contempt of Congress, escalating their attacks on the federal law enforcement agency as they grasp for evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden. Representative James R. Comer, the Kentucky Republican who is chairman of the Oversight Committee, made the announcement after summoning F.B.I. officials to Capitol Hill for a closed-door briefing on a document containing an unverified allegation of bribery against Mr. Biden when he was vice president. But Mr. Comer complained afterward that the agency, citing concern about protecting the identity of the informant, declined to allow other members of the committee to view it.

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☆ Several top House Democrats want to get rid of the debt ceiling and economic 'hostage taking'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

House Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats agreed to cut spending. Many progressive and moderate Democrats want to repeal the debt ceiling to prevent more brinkmanship. "For many, many, many years, people recognized that Republicans and Democrats worked together to pass a clean debt ceiling. "We need to pass the bill to eliminate the debt ceiling limit." Raskin reiterated an argument that the 14th Amendment could be used to eliminate the debt ceiling.

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☆ Some Democrats don't like Biden and McCarthy's debt-ceiling bill — but they'll vote for it because 'the macro alternative is absolutely indigestible'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many Democratic lawmakers are unhappy with the debt-ceiling bill that just passed the House. But some of them will vote for the bill anyway because they say a default would be far worse. "The macro alternative is absolutely indigestible," Rep. Jamie Raskin told Politico. On Wednesday night, the House easily passed Biden and McCarthy's Fiscal Responsibility Act with a bipartisan vote of 314-117. Other Democrats feel the same — but fear a default on the nation's debt would be worse than signing the bipartisan debt-ceiling bill into law.

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☆ Why some Democrats think Biden shouldn't worry about legal challenges that would come from getting rid of the debt ceiling forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A US default could be days away, and Congress still doesn't have a debt ceiling deal. Some Democrats think Biden should use the 14th Amendment to address the crisis. On Monday evening, McCarthy and Biden met once again to attempt to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling and avoiding an unprecedented default. Experts and lawmakers have said that this clause makes a default, and therefore the debt ceiling, unconstitutional, getting rid of the issue forever. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWhy Biden shouldn't worry about legal challengesNo president has ever invoked the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling.

☆ Congress could have as little as 10 days to solve the debt ceiling crisis before Americans might start losing federal benefits and retirement savings
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If the US were to breach the debt ceiling, millions of Americans could lose jobs and retirement savings. A breach would also hit Americans in their wallets: A Joint Economic Committee analysis previously found that failure to lift the debt ceiling could cost workers $20,000 in retirement savings. "I think we can solve some of these problems if he understands what we're looking at," McCarthy told reporters on Sunday. Another option that's been gaining steam in Congress is invoking a clause in the 14th Amendment that would declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional, getting rid of the problem forever. But even with potential litigation, some Democratic lawmakers think Biden should do whatever it takes to ensure the US does not default on its debt.

☆ Passing the GOP debt ceiling bill would be 'equally disastrous' as a default, Bernie Sanders says — and he's joining 10 of his Democratic colleagues in urging Biden to bypass Congress and permanently
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bernie Sanders joined 10 Democratic colleagues in urging Biden to use the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling. The 14th Amendment would declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional, getting rid of it forever. During Thursday remarks vouching for the 14th Amendment, Sanders bashed McCarthy's bill and the potential economic fallout it would cause. "The entire GOP debt ceiling negotiation is a sad charade, and it's exactly what's wrong with Washington. "This is the whole reason why the 14th Amendment exists, and we need to be prepared to use it.

☆ Senate Democrats are asking Biden to stop negotiating with Republicans on a debt ceiling solution and take a route that would get rid of the problem forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Senate Democrats are asking Biden to prepare to use the 14th amendment to solve the debt ceiling crisis. The 14th amendment would allow Biden to bypass Congress and declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional. On Wednesday, The Washington Post first reported that five Democratic senators have spearheaded an effort to urge Biden to invoke a clause in the 14th amendment to address the debt ceiling. Rep. Jamie Raskin, for example, told Insider in a Wednesday interview that the 14th amendment "provides the whole structure for resolving the conflict." He said that he doesn't think the 14th amendment "solves our problem now.

☆ Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin pushes back on Biden's concerns that using the 14th amendment to solve the debt ceiling crisis would land the administration in court: 'There's a binding legal requirement
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rep. Jamie Raskin told Insider in an interview that Biden should use the 14th amendment to solve the debt ceiling crisis. The 14th amendment would declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional and get rid of it forever. That would mean that a default, and the debt ceiling causing that default, would be unconstitutional. He told reporters last week that he had been "considering" the 14th amendment, but "the problem is it would have to be litigated." To Raskin, the solution is clear: the 14th amendment "provides the whole structure for resolving the conflict," he said.

☆ A 74-year old Democrat in Congress pushing to make roads safer thinks 'the bicycle is the key to much of what ails us'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Biking advocates gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to push for federal legislation. The 74-year-old lawmaker has a short ride to work, but "on a nice morning, you just sometimes keep going," he added. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat, with his bicycle at a congressional bike ride organized by cycling advocacy groups. Romney's comments received significant backlash from biking advocates and others, who pointed out that there's plenty of evidence that better bike infrastructure gets more cyclists on the road, reduces driving, and cuts emissions. "Every person on a bicycle is somebody who's not in a car in front of you," Blumenauer said.

☆ Opinion | Timothy McVeigh’s Dreams Are Coming True
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

As you probably know by now, there was another mass shooting last weekend, at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas. But mass shootings are increasingly part of the background noise of life in a country coming apart at the seams. And so in the wake of mass shootings, when the public is most likely to clamor for gun regulations, Republicans regularly shore up gun access instead. In April, following a school shooting in Nashville, Republicans expelled two young Black Democratic legislators who’d led a gun control protest at the Tennessee Capitol. A few days later, the State Senate passed a bill protecting the gun industry from lawsuits.

☆ Senator Ben Cardin Will Retire, Teeing Up Competitive Primaries in Maryland
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, a long-serving Democrat, announced his retirement on Monday, clearing the way for highly competitive primaries to replace him in 2024, especially among Democrats in a deep-blue state. The state’s liberal-leaning voters have not sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate since 1980, and the eight-member congressional delegation includes just one member of the G.O.P. “I have run my last election and will not be on the ballot in 2024, but there is still much work to be done,” Mr. Cardin said in a statement. “During the next two years, I will continue to travel around the state, listening to Marylanders and responding to their needs.”High-profile Maryland Democrats who could be in the mix to replace Mr. Cardin include Representatives Jamie Raskin and David Trone, and Angela Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George’s County.

CNN —The ISIS-K leader who planned the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul international airport’s Abbey Gate was killed by the Taliban, according to the National Security Council. Kirby did not specify when the Taliban killed the ISIS-K leader, but called it one in a “series of high-profile leadership losses” that ISIS-K has suffered this year. The terrorist who carried out the suicide bombing, Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri, had been released from prison only days earlier when the Taliban took control of the area. ISIS-K stands for ISIS-Khorasan, the terror organization’s affiliate that is active in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. Taylor Hoover, who was killed in the bombing, told CNN that he was notified by the military Tuesday morning.

☆ Inspector General Says U.S. Aid May Be Flowing to the Taliban
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“We used to brief on a regular basis,” Mr. Sopko said of his prior engagements with the State Department, U.S.A.I.D. and the Pentagon, as he lamented a lack of access of records on what he said was over $8 billion in U.S. aid that had been provided to Afghanistan since the evacuation. “Since SIGAR’s inception, U.S.A.I.D. “We are frequently and regularly working with SIGAR on their requests.”A State Department spokesman said that U.S. reconstruction activities in Afghanistan — the centerpiece of Mr. Sopko’s jurisdiction — ceased after the Taliban took over the government in August 2021. The hearing had been billed as a venue to scrutinize the Biden administration’s actions during the withdrawal, a focus that the panel’s top Democrat, Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, criticized as “absurdly narrow.”

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