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Some news items I thought worth your time: • JoeMyGod: Far-right Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has filed a bill to ban local governments, public schools and state universities from displaying flags promoting LGBTQ rights and other “woke” topics. Continue reading “FL Lawmaker Wants To Ban Pride Flags + More News”
Out Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) (screen capture)
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The morning after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director McCabe, just days before McCabe would qualify for his pension, out Congressman Mark Pocan of Wisconsin offered to hire McCabe in an effort to help him qualify for his pension.
Pocan tweeted his offer as a response to NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, who said the former FBI official might still be able to receive his pension if he’s hired by a member of Congress.
“Andrew call me. I could use a good two-day report on the biggest crime families in Washington, D.C.,” Pocan tweeted.
One suggestion from a McCabe supporter: if a friendly member of Congress hired him for a week he could possibly qualify for pension benefits by extending his service the extra days— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) March 17, 2018
Andrew call me. I could use a good two-day report on the biggest crime families in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/DYVP00Em0x— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) March 17, 2018
In related McCabe news, multiple sources say McCabe kept contemporaneous notes from every meeting he had with Trump, just like his former boss James Comey did.
News: Just like James Comey, fired FBI Deputy Director McCabe took contemporaneous notes documenting his conversations with the President and others. A source with knowledge of what McCabe has just told me there is other documentation as well (unclear what that is).— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 17, 2018
Additionally, McCabe has apparently lawyered up having hired Michael Bromwich who served as the DOJ’s Inspector General for six years.
Bromwich issued this statement which, among other things, calls out Donald Trump’s “drive-by Twitter attacks” on McCabe.
State Senator Mark Pocan of Wisconsin cruised to a huge victory in his primary in hopes of taking the US Congressional seat currently held by Rep. Tammy Baldwin.
Pocan got 72% of the vote in a four way primary. His strongest challenge came from Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, who only garnered about 22% of the vote.
Being a heavily Democratic district, this makes Pocan, who is openly gay, on track to replace Tammy Baldwin, who is stepping down as she runs for US Senate. If she wins her race, Baldwin will become the first out senator in the nation and the first woman to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate.