What's interesting about House GOP Whip Steve Scalise accusing Biden of abandoning bipartisanship as he moves forward with his agenda is that there was a Capitol insurrection a few weeks ago and a few hours after it Steve Scalise still voted to overturn the election.
Has Steve Scalise forgotten about this already?

That time when he and 146 other Republicans voted to overturn the election based on the same lies that fueled a pro-Trump mob to attack the Capitol and search for lawmakers to kill to stop them from certifying Biden's win?
Yeah, that happened. Remember that?

Remember how 5 people died? And then 2 officers who defended the Capitol that day died by suicide?

Here are the names of all 147 of those Republicans who voted to overturn the election , even *after* the insurrection. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
Remarkable how much Scalise and other GOPers who just voted to **overturn an election after an insurrection** want to move along like that didn't happen, like they didn't play a role in it, and focus on attacking Biden as he tries to address an out of control pandemic.

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1 Feb
I'm gonna stop tweeting updates on this because the #s keeps changing, but since this story pubbed last Thursday, 6 more federal judges have announced retirement plans, meaning they hung so Biden could pick their replacements, not Trump. huffpost.com/entry/federal-…
Of the 6 federal judges who have announced retirement plans since last Thursday:

4 are Obama appointments
1 is a GWB appointment
1 is a Clinton appointment
Biden currently has 49 vacancies to fill on U.S. district courts and 4 vacancies to fill on U.S. appeals courts.

But court seats are opening up fairly rapidly right now, here on Day 12 of Biden's presidency.

These are all lifetime appointments.
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27 Jan
NEW: A spate of federal judges are retiring now that Joe Biden will pick their replacements huffpost.com/entry/federal-…
Since last Weds, when Biden was sworn in, at least 7 federal judges have announced retirement plans.

Some barely waited a day after Biden was inaugurated. Or even hours.
Got a coupla letters in here from judges announcing resignations. This one made me laugh.

“It has been my honor to serve." -- Judge Victoria Roberts to Biden, 90 *minutes* after he was sworn in, announcing she was taking senior status. Adios! huffpost.com/entry/federal-…
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26 Jan
Chuck Schumer plugs the idea of adding more seats to federal courts (district and appeals courts).

On Maddow:
It's a good time to do this.

The Judicial Conference (nonpartisan, oversees U.S. courts) recommended last year that Congress create 5 new judgeships on the 9th circuit + 65 new judgeships on district courts. They need help with caseloads.
Congress hasn't passed a major judgeship bill since 1990.

Since then, case filings in appeals courts grew by 15% by the end of 2018, according to the Judicial Conference. In district courts, case filings had gone up by 39%.
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15 Jan
Pelosi holding her first press conference since the House impeached Trump, again. Opens with an MLK quote.

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”
Just noticed Pelosi is wearing this pin, which she wore during Trump's first impeachment.

It's her Mace of the Republic pin, which symbolizes the legislative authority of the House of Representatives.
Every day the House is in session, the sergeant-at-arms carries the ceremonial mace into the chamber and places it to the right of the speaker.

It’s made of three parts, and symbolizes that people are stronger together than they are separately. huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pe…
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14 Jan
Days after a Capitol insurrection that left 5 people dead, and as we learn of domestic terrorism threats ahead of inauguration, I still can't wrap my head around House Republicans having a full-blown tantrum about having to walk through a metal detector. huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
What is going on here?

At best, these GOP lawmakers are embarrassingly entitled.

At worst, they’re sneaking guns onto the House floor and don't want to get caught -- and terrifying their colleagues in the meantime.
These are actual quotes from House Republicans reacting to have to walk through a metal detector to get onto the House floor.

“Horse shit!”

“You are creating a problem you do not understand the ramifications of!”

“You can’t stop me, I’m on my way to a vote!"
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11 Jan
The 147 Republicans who still voted to overturn the election results after the Capitol insurrection. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
I still can't wrap my head around this.

Hours after Trump incited his supporters to violently storm the Capitol, with plans to kill Nancy Pelosi and others, 147 GOP lawmakers still voted to overturn the election -- citing the same lies about fraud fueling the rioters.
There will be so many investigations into the violence and terror unleashed at the Capitol on Wednesday.

But one of the most egregious attacks on democracy happened in plain sight and requires no investigation. It was these 147 lawmakers' votes. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
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