All posts tagged "Dianne Feinstein"

WASHINGTON — Republicans continue lambasting Democrats for wanting to “pack” the Supreme Court with additional justices.

But GOP rhetoric is distorting reality.

Most vulnerable Senate Democrats are actually running away from progressive calls to expand the court beyond its current nine justices. Even President Joe Biden, who last month unveiled a Supreme Court reform proposal, excluded the addition of additional justices....

But what about Donald Trump’s Truth Social stock?

The former president’s massive financial assets were a primary concern of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs debate Wednesday over whether Congress should ban federal lawmakers — and presidents — from owning and trading stocks and other investments.

“We don't want people in Congress trading stocks, playing the stock market. That's, if you will, the sheep's clothing over this wolf piece of legislation,” Romney said at the meeting. “What you're not talking about is that this has been drafted in a way that is really quite thoughtless, which is it requires divestiture for people who want to become a congressperson or president or vice president.”...

Former President Donald Trump is depicted as Ken getting booked in jail during the blockbuster movie, “Barbie.”

House Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is shrieking “I’m melting” while portraying the Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz.”

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is sporting a neon green “Borat”-style mankini while walking alongside a bikini-clad Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) — she died earlier this year — and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in his signature hoodie and gym shorts....

Travis Kelce has riled up right wing commentators by endorsing Bud Light, encouraging vaccinations and hanging out with voter registration activist — oh, and all-world pop star — Taylor Swift.

But the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl-winning tight end has also given indirectly to the political campaigns of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), as well as the National Republican Senatorial Committee and various other Republican committees, according to a Raw Story review of Federal Election Commission records.

Kelce made a pair of $500 contributions — one each in 2017 and 2020 — to the National Football League Players Association political action committee, called One Team. Numerous NFL players have contributed to the PAC over the years....

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has evolved — or devolved, critics contend — into an elder care facility.

Just don’t tell (most) senators.

Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent health episodes, coupled with the rapid decline of 90-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) — she’s now wheeled about the Senate and told by aides how to vote — has reignited the age-old debate over, well, age in today’s increasingly elderly Senate. ...

WASHINGTON — Once a titan of the Senate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is nearing the end of her career. The question is whether she’ll leave Capitol Hill on her own terms — she says she will serve out her current term, which ends in January 2025 — or if she’ll give in to pressure from her fellow Democrats and retire in the coming weeks or months.

Raw Story and other news organizations have recently observed a confused and forgetful Feinstein, sometimes personally contradicting official statements her office puts out in her name. For example, in August, at the tail end of an all-night vote-a-rama session, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spoke to Feinstein as if she were a child — and helped direct the senator back to her office for a nap.

This week, Feinstein enlivened the debate over her ability to serve when she announced she’s “temporarily” stepping down from the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee after being absent for more than a month while suffering from shingles, which has stalled the confirmations of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees....