WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice, has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: * * * Chairs Rodriguez and Bauer, and distinguished members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. It is wonderful to be here with so many dear friends and champions of justice whom I have worked with over the years. My name is Nan Aron. Over forty years ago, I founded   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, has issued a public comment to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The comment was written on July 20, 2021, and posted on July 27, 2021: * * * Co-chairs Bauer and Rodriguez and members of the commission, thank you for your invitation to testify today on the relationship between the confirmation process for Supreme Court justices and the ongoing calls for reform and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Ilya Shapiro, vice president and director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at Cato Institute, has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: * * * Co-Chairs Bauer and Rodriguez, thank you for this opportunity to testify about the role the confirmation process plays in debates over whether and how to reform the Supreme Court. My testimony is largely based on my recent bo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSRep) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on Aug. 4, 2021, entitled "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Policies Reflect Racist Legacy of Cash Assistance". The report was written by senior fellow Liz Schott, Ife Floyd, director of temporary assistance for needy families research and analysis, LaDonna Pavetti, vice president for family income support policy, Laura Meyer and Ali Safawi, research associates with the family income sup  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Christopher Kang, co-founder and chief counsel at Demand Justice, has issued a public comment to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The comment was written on July 20, 2021, and posted on July 27, 2021: * * * As a candidate last fall, President Joseph R. Biden said that he was "not a fan" of Supreme Court expansion. I completely understand where he's coming from. I'm not a "fan" of Supreme Court expansion, either. I had always considered mysel  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Yesterday, the Boston Herald reported that Donald Trump told Massachusetts GOP Chairman Jim Lyons he's inclined to back former state representative Geoff Diehl in what could be a divisive and bruising Republican primary if Charlie Baker decides to run again. Lyons said: "I believe that President Trump would travel to Massachusetts to help somebody who's running for governor that stands for the things that we'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: In a recent town hall, National Republican Congressional Committee Chair and Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer refused to say whether or not he would decline to support congressional candidates who attended the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol that left 5 people dead. When asked, Emmer not only refused to condemn the mob of Donald Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol and assaulted police officers but   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 5 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release: The GOP infighting in Georgia's U.S. Senate primary continues to escalate as Republicans in Georgia and Washington coordinate their attacks against Trump's close friend and hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker -- taking aim at his inflated business claims, his voting history, and now his Texas taxes. A new report from Atlanta's 11Alive investigative team details the tax exemptions Walker would need   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Heritage Foundation has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: The comment was co-signed by John G. Malcolm, vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson, senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. * * * Co-Chairs Bauer and Rodriquez and distinguished members of the P  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, at a hearing entitled "Election Subversion: A Growing Threat to Electoral Integrity": * * * In the 2020 election, a record-shattering 4.93 million Georgians made their voices heard when they cast their votes. Six weeks later, Georgians did it again, showing up in record numbers for the Senate runoff election that changed the direction of America forever. Taken together,  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 5 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today called on the state's press corps to hold the Indiana Republican Party and its elected leaders accountable for their hypocritical partisanship on the issue of government spending. Despite Republicans voting for a $2.3 trillion tax cut and adding $7.8 trillion to the nationa  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 4 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today shared more evidence showing how the Indiana Republican Party's "work more for less" economy is stunting opportunity for Hoosier workers. A new report published in the NWI Times found that a Hoosier earning just one minimum wage job would have to clock-in about 74 hours of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: * * * Members of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States: Thank you for holding this important meeting. My name is Wade Henderson, and I am the interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Ri  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: Former Republican candidate for state representative Summer Schmaling filed paperwork with the attorney general's office ahead of Wednesday's deadline as part of an effort to put the future of controversial critical race theory curriculum in Massachusetts public schools before voters in 2022. Schmaling (right), currently the chairman of the Halifax Elementary School Committee and a member of the Silv  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: When faced with a choice that would either elevate his profile or provide concrete leadership and results that count, James Craig opted for the former many times in his career according to reporting this week from Detroit Metro Times. Chronicling several key moments for the recent retiree, the piece details Craig's political calculus which dictated his every decision as he never passed up an opportuni  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 6 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: A vast majority of Michigan residents support protections for streams and wetlands, regardless of their political affiliations, according to a new study from Michigan State University researchers. Results from the "Healthy People - Healthy Planet," or HP2, Poll, found that 78% of residents living in the Great Lakes region "support" or "strongly support" protections for streams and wetlands under the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2021: The Democrat-dominated Guilford County Board of Commissioners will consider a proposed firearms ordinance that would deprive citizens and gun ranges of their Second Amendment rights. The NCGOP sent a letter to the Commissioners in opposition to the proposal this afternoon. Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said of the Commissioners' outrageous proposal: "The Guilford County Commis  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 6 -- The Oklahoma Democratic Party issued the following news release: How much lower and disgusting can the OKGOP get by fundraising off of the despicable social media post comparing the treatment of the unvaccinated to the genocide of 6 million Jews? "What has the OKGOP come to? Oklahomans, regardless of party affiliation, should not tolerate any leader using anti-Semitic actions to fundraise. Oklahoma Republican Party Chair John Bennett has a history of hateful   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- President Biden issued the following remarks at a virtual fundraising reception for the Democratic National Committee on Aug. 2, 2021: * ** THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Tom. Thanks for that introduction and for your generous support. And I want to thank you all. And, Jaime, for your support as well and being willing to take on the chairmanship. You know, I didn't have it like you did, but I remember when my dad -- when things died up in Scranton; the coal dried up. He was  more

ASPEN, Colorado, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Yesterday, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) took part in a fireside chat with Eric Schmidt sponsored by the Aspen Institute that focused on the future of the country and future of the Republican Party. The full event can be seen here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-D1ge7X0TA&ab_channel=TheAspenInstitute) and excerpts from some of Rep. Cheney's answers are included below: Cheney:  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 5 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news: In June, just days after Hamas rockets stopped raining down on Israel due to a ceasefire, Two-Faced Terry McAuliffe tweeted an endorsement from the United States' largest Muslim-American political action committee, Emgage Action. The cornerstone of Emgage's policy platform is its support for "BDS" or "the right to boycott, divest, and sanction" in an attempt to isolate and weaken Israel. McAuliffe was "h  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news: The Daily Mail just revealed that Terry McAuliffe took an additional $100,000 for his campaign this year alone from Paul Tudor Jones, a close ally of rapist Harvey Weinstein and former board member of the Weinstein Company. McAuliffe's donor even privately consoled Harvey Weinstein as allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate contact came to light. "I love you," Paul Tudor Jones wrote to Weinstei  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 2 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: In case you missed it, a new semiannual report from the Legislative Audit Bureau has quantified the failure of Tony Evers' Department of Workforce Development to move unemployment insurance cases through the appeals process. According to the report, only 10 percent of unemployment insurance claims appeals were decided within a month, and less than 20 percent were decided within 45 days -- despite the Evers a  more