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Brown calls for councillor loyalty – and media to stay away

Members of the press being turned away from the door distracted from the announcement of asset sales and inflation-pegged rates in Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s final budget proposal

Newsroom.co.nz

Councillors surprised by council seeking advice on airport share sale

The news that Auckland Council is already engaging financial advisors in Australia on the yet-to-be-confirmed airport selldown has left some councillors wondering why they weren’t kept in the loop.

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Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one. - Roll Call

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

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GOP defend Thomas from ethics charges

Republicans defend Clarence Thomas and deflect from bombshell reports about the Supreme Court justice

Salon

GOP Senator Pushes Bill To Force Google, Facebook Ad-Side Divestitures

Bill from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) would prevent biggest platforms from having piece of ad-exchange business

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The Former Pro Athletes Turning to Magic Mushrooms for Relief

The use of psychedelic mushrooms is gaining traction in the United States. Many researchers predict FDA approval of a psychedelic treatment will come within the next five years.

Inverse

The Fox-Dominion Lawsuit Shows That Mike Lee Is Wrong About Defamation

The 1964 Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan makes it more difficult for public figures to prove defamation—but as we saw this week, not impossible.

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Senate votes to repeal Iraq War authorization

The measure now goes to the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has indicated it will undergo a series of markups by the Foreign Affairs Committee before a possible floor vote.

WEKU

Republican senators grill DHS chief over border security

WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Republicans accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday of having lost control of the southwest border and suggested he apologize to families who lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.

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Republican senators grill DHS chief over border security - Roll Call

Senate Judiciary Republicans accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday of having lost control of the southwest border.

Roll Call

In fight over key surveillance law, officials look to sway congressional skeptics

A fight looms over warrantless collection of communication of foreigners overseas.

WEKU

Auckland pulls a Brexit - on the mayor's casting vote

The great southern joke that New Zealand does indeed end at the Bombay Hills, but that it starts at Bluff, takes on a new hue now with Auckland Council breaking away from the sector organisation Local Government NZ

Newsroom.co.nz

The Decent Idea Buried in Trump's Goofy 'Freedom Cities' Plan

The federal government owns the majority of land in states that have seen the biggest pandemic-era housing price spikes. Selling that land off for residential development makes abundant sense.

Reason

The Flap Over Biden's Comment About 2 Fentanyl Deaths Obscures Prohibition's Role in Causing Them

Both parties are complicit in the lethal policies that gave us fentanyl disguised as Percocet.

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GOP Senator Mike Lee’s Twitter account suspended after he threatens Japan over US serviceman

The Utah senator says he’s “seeking answers”

WEKU

Senators are calling on the Justice Department to look into Ticketmaster's practices

The leaders of the Senate subcommittee that held a hearing into Ticketmaster last month shared evidence with the Justice Department and asked it to "continue examining" the company's conduct.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Who's lying about the GOP's plans to cut Social Security? The GOP, of course

President Joe Biden has congressional Republicans all asquirm as he conducts a post-State of the Union speech national tour.

Salon

McConnell rips Scott plan: "Bad idea"

"It’s clearly the Rick Scott plan. It is not the Republican plan," McConnell said

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GOP rages at Biden for exposing agenda

“President Biden did a great job highlighting the issue and calling out the hypocrisy,” Democrat says

Tribune News Service

Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation

WASHINGTON — Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was booted from his perch on the powerful Armed Services Committee last month as retribution for delaying the confirmation of numerous Defense Department nominees last year, and for his role in challenging Mitch McConnell’s hold as the chamber’s top Republican, sources tell CQ…

The Independent UK

Biden doubles down on attacks over GOP’s ‘dream’ to cut Social Security and Medicare

Mr Biden calls out GOP senators who have floated plans to end the popular pension and medical insurance programmes

Roll Call

Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation - Roll Call

Was it retribution or magnanimity? Accounts differ on Missouri Republican Josh Hawley's departure from the desirable Armed Services panel.

Newsroom.co.nz

Stormwaters run deep: Auckland councillors call for audit

As the waters recede through choked and overloaded stormwater infrastructure, debates have opened up over the city’s future pattern of development

Salon

Heckler MTG whines about SOTU "yelling"

“Part of the time we couldn’t really understand what he was saying because he was yelling at people," Greene said

Tribune News Service

McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, there are some structural advantages in favor of emerging from the fight this summer without tanking financial markets that didn’t exist in 2011, a similar moment in U.S. political history.

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