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Sanders shakes up Senate staff
It’s a reflection of the Vermont senator’s elevation to a powerful new position, but also an acknowledgment that his presidential ambitions are over.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., questions former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies during a hearing Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. | Jim Watson/Pool via AP
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Bernie Sanders is shaking up his staff as he steps into a powerful new role in the Senate, three people familiar with the moves told POLITICO.
The Vermont senator’s chief of staff, legislative director and top communications staffer are on their way out or have changed roles, according to the sources. In their place, senior aides from Sanders’ 2020 presidential bid have come on board.
Disturbed, exhausted, frightened, frustrated, hurt these are only a few words members of the Rome, Georgia, synagogue Rodeph Sholom have used to describe their reactions to Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Within the last week, Greene, a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory, was revealed to have publicly called for the execution of top Democratic Congressional leaders, harassed David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, and accused the fictional “Rothschild Inc.” of causing massive California wildfires with a space laser.
After the story broke, many were quick to laugh at Greene’s beliefs. Saturday Night Live parodied Greene in their cold open. Social media flooded with jokes and memes. The New Yorker satirized her. The Forward’s PJ Grisar outlined the pros and cons of laughing at Greene, ultimately concluding that “poking fun at these conspiracy theories or challenging them with facts is actually imperative.”
The newly Democratic Congress isn't expected to tackle the provision for global intangible low-taxed income anytime soon, but companies could still feel a magnified version of the measure albeit indirectly if the corporate tax rate sees an expected increase.
Republicans have lost their grip on the national discourse
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Something odd is happening in the national political discourse: Republicans are conducting their usual routine of bad-faith complaints, lies, and tantrums, and . it s not working.
Republicans have long been masters of whipping up outrage to intimidate moderate Democrats and get media attention, but few are taking the bait. It remains to be seen if this will last â the bipartisanship fetish runs deep in Washington, D.C. But for the moment, it seems that Republicans have been too dishonest, too hypocritical, and too nakedly corrupt for too long.