A vulnerable House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat</a> called for new leadership in her party Friday after they halted an effort to ban members of Congress from trading stock.
In a statement Friday, Rep. <a href="https://spanberger.house.gov/posts/spanberger-statement-on-house-leaderships-refusal-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-trading-individual-stocks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Abigail Spanberger</a> (D-VA) slammed House Democratic leadership after they stalled the bipartisan effort to ban stock trading by members of Congress. Democrats unveiled draft legislation Tuesday, but leaders said this week that they are not ready to vote on the bill, and the House will recess Friday until after the general election. Spanberger accused leadership of using &#8220;repeated delay tactics,&#8221; and called for current leadership to be replaced.
“I’ve been proud to lead the charge on legislation to ban Members of Congress and their immediate families from trading individual stocks — not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because the Virginians I represent overwhelmingly support it and want us to get it done,&#8221; Spanberger said. &#8220;Since the early days of the pandemic, I have worked with lawmakers from both parties — and across the ideological spectrum — to earn their support for my bipartisan bill, the TRUST in Congress Act, to require individual stock holdings be divested or placed in a qualified blind trust while in office. Our commonsense proposal demonstrated that many Democrats and Republicans alike take this issue seriously and are listening to the voices of the people.&#8221;
Spanberger, who co-authored the TRUST in Congress Act with Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), pointed out that bipartisan momentum in support of banning members from trading stocks grew in both houses of Congress. Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-republican-joins-efforts-to-ban-insider-trading-introduces-legislation-in-the-house">Vicky Hartzler</a> (R-MO) introduced her own bill in the House; in the Senate, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/lawmakers-jon-ossoff-josh-hawley-ban-stocks-trading-office/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">competing legislation</a> was introduced by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), along with a third bill <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-warren-daines-introduce-new-bipartisan-bill-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-owning-and-trading-stocks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-authored</a> by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT). Democrats introduced versions of these bills in the House as well.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-has-great-confidence-in-fellow-lawmakers-but-is-now-open-to-more-stock-trading-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed support</a> for a stock ban earlier this year. &#8220;However, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures, and blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football,&#8221; Spanberger complained.
“This moment marks a failure of House leadership — and it’s yet another example of why I believe that the Democratic Party needs new leaders in the halls of Capitol Hill, as I have long made known,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Rather than bring Members of Congress together who are passionate about this issue, leadership chose to ignore these voices, push them aside, and look for new ways they could string the media and the public along — and evade public criticism.&#8221;
“In the months ahead, I will be dogged in my efforts to ban Members of Congress from using the privilege of their position to profit,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;I look forward to working with both my Democratic and Republican colleagues to get these reforms done.&#8221;
According to Business Insider, House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), at the direction of Pelosi, introduced the &#8220;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-text-nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-stock-trading-ban-2022-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act</a>&#8221; Tuesday. But House Democratic leaders said this week that they need time to read and revise the bill. “We need to spend a little more time working on the specifics of the bill, socializing the specifics and then taking another swing at it when we have a bit more time,&#8221; Democratic House Chief Deputy Whip Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) told <a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/92822-punchbowl-news-am/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punchbowl News</a>.
Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/politics/steny-hoyer-congress-stocks-ban-lawmakers-bill/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2022-09-29T19%3A05%3A05&amp;utm_source=twCNNp">told reporters</a> Thursday that there would be &#8220;probably no vote&#8221; on the bill this week.
Spanberger is in a closely contested race against Republican challenger Yesli Vega. The contest is currently listed as &#8220;lean Democratic&#8221; by the <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings">Cook Political Report</a>.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a> insisted Wednesday that a cop was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 rioters</a> even though the claim has long been debunked.
Rep. Mondaire Jones, (D-NY), insisted at a House Judiciary Committee meeting that Capitol Police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-medical-examiner-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-suffered-two-strokes-died-of-natural-causes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Officer Brian Sicknick</a> was bludgeoned by Trump supporters, a claim first reported &#8212; and then later corrected – by The New York Times. Jones’ initial comment was not caught on video, but Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., heard it and reacted.
“Did you say a police officer was bludgeoned to death by the crowd at the Jan. 6 riots?” Bishop asked Jones.
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WATCH: Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) says that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was &quot;bludgeoned to death&quot; on January 6 and is left looking like a fool when <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDanBishop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDanBishop</a> reminds him that was a lie and the medical examiner ruled he died of natural causes. <a href="https://t.co/jluOdH7NEV">pic.twitter.com/jluOdH7NEV</a>
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Jones replied that he had in fact said “a police officer was bludgeoned to death,” but that he “did not say at the hands of who.”
“Who are you referring to, if you don’t mind saying?” Bishop pressed.
The Washington, D.C., Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Sicknick, who died the day after the riot, succumbed to natural causes after suffering two strokes.
As the pair went back and forth, it seemed clear that Jones sensed he was on shaky ground.
“Are you denying that at least one Capitol police officer was murdered in the midst of what happened on Jan. 6?” Jones shot back.
“Yeah, I think I am denying it,” Bishop replied. “I understood there were reports early on that Sicknick was struck with a fire extinguisher and that was subsequently debunked as false. He died of natural causes that were not connected to the event. Are we talking about the same person, Sicknick, or are we talking about somebody else?”
Jones pivoted to the unfounded claim that Sicknick’s death was indirectly cased by the rioters.
“You know, we’re talking about ‘but for’ causation of Officer Sicknick’s death,” he said. “And so I would hope you would at least concede at a minimum that Mr. Sicknick died as a result of what happened on Jan. 6 and I’m disappointed if you suggest otherwise sir.”
Jones later accused Bishop of nitpicking, saying that 138 Capitol and DC police officers were injured and that multiple Capitol police officers died as a direct result the riots. The deaths were possibly a reference to Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith and Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, who both committed suicide in the days following the riot.
The New York Times reported on Jan. 8, citing &#8220;two law enforcement officials,&#8221; that Sicknick was beaten with a fire extinguisher and died hours later. A month later, the newspaper updated the story to say &#8220;law enforcement officials initially said Mr. Sicknick was struck with a fire extinguisher, but weeks later, police sources and investigators were at odds over whether he was hit.&#8221;
Jones is not the first Democrat to repeat the false claim. It was included in the House Democrats’ second article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump over the riot.
The only people who died during the riot were Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead by a Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd; Kevin Greeson, 55, and Benjamin Phillips, 50, who both suffered fatal heart attacks; and Rosanne Boyland, 34, whose death was attributed to an accidental overdose of amphetamines.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrats</a> voted Tuesday to protect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/struggling-artist-hunter-biden-asks-for-lower-child-support-payments/">Hunter Biden</a> from a probe of the alleged influence-peddling schemes revealed by his abandoned laptop.
The House Oversight Committee voted along straight party lines to kill a “resolution of inquiry” proposal by Rep. James Comer (R-KY). The proposal followed a steady drip of text messages and emails from the laptop that appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s son as well as one of his brothers, and even raise questions about what Biden himself knew about potential corruption.
“[Democrats] are continuing in their coordinated effort to shield a potentially compromised President,” Comer said after the vote.
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The Democrats blocked any inquiry into the influence peddling scheme of Hunter Biden. If Republicans take the House as expected in the midterms, the Democrats now effectively took ownership of Hunter — a political proprietary claim that few would relish. <a href="https://t.co/GyhncHndlD">https://t.co/GyhncHndlD</a>
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The Kentucky lawmaker has warned that revelations from the laptop paint the entire Biden family as a national security threat. The computer, which was abandoned at a Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop, contain photos, videos, emails, and text messages which paint the president’s son as a drug-addled, venal degenerate but also raise troubling questions about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-spoke-with-hunter-about-dealings-with-chinese-oil-tycoon-voicemail-reveals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden’s own role in his son’s corrupt dealings</a>.
&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s family peddles access to the highest levels of government to enrich themselves, often at the expense of U.S. interests,&#8221; Comer said before the vote. &#8220;We need to know if President Biden has received a cut from these shady foreign business deals. If President Biden or his immediate family has, that is a national security threat, and he may be compromised.&#8221;
The House vote came after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-prosecutor-needs-special-counsel-status-to-protect-investigation-gop-senators-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">33 Republican senators asked Attorney General Merrick Garland</a> to appoint a special counsel in the matter. While Democrats have managed to shield the Bidens for now, Republicans could be poised to capture the House, and possibly the Senate, in November, in which case some kind of Congressional investigation seems all but certain.
“Even if no criminal acts are charged, the foreign dealings of the Hunter and his uncle were clearly corrupt and leveraged access to Joe Biden to acquire windfall payments from governments and their surrogates,” George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley wrote on his blog. “There is no good faith basis to refuse to investigate such a scheme designed to influence U.S. policy and policymakers.”
Hunter Biden accompanied his father on overseas trips when the elder Biden was vice president from 2008-2016, and struck lucrative deals with energy companies and investors in China and Ukraine. President Biden, in an interview that aired on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” Sunday, said his son’s dealings had no effect on national security.
“There&#8217;s not a single thing that I&#8217;ve observed at all from — that would affect me or the United States relative to my son Hunter,” Biden said.
President Biden has previously insisted that he and his son never discussed any of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, a claim refuted by photos and messages on the laptop, White House visitor logs, and the claims of Tony Bobulinski, a former Hunter Biden associate who identified the president as “the Big Guy” who Hunter Biden’s emails referred to as getting a cut from his foreign business deals.
FBI whistleblowers have come forward to tell GOP lawmakers that the bureau’s top brass shut down any investigations into the laptop, which it obtained in late 2019, so as not to affect the 2020 election. A <a href="https://tippinsights.com/shock-poll-8-in-10-think-biden-laptop-cover-up-changed-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent poll by Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics</a> suggested that 79% of Americans believe President Trump likely would have won re-election if voters had known about the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop and that it was authentic.
The legacy media parroted Democrat claims the laptop, first revealed by the New York Post, was part of a Russian disinformation plot. But in recent months, outlets such as The New York Times and Washington Post have grudgingly admitted the laptop is authentic although they have not conducted meaningful reporting on its contents.

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The &#8220;side deal&#8221; Senate Democrats cut with Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) is beginning to fall apart, as dozens of Democrats announced their opposition to it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) struck a deal with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchin</a> in order to secure his critical vote to pass their $740 billion tax and climate law, the so-called “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inflation Reduction Act</a>.” In exchange for Manchin&#8217;s vote, Schumer agreed to include reforms to the oil and gas permitting process in a stopgap government funding bill. But dozens of House Democrats signed a <a href="https://naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2022-09-09%20Group%20NEPA%20Letter%20to%20Pelosi%20and%20Hoyer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Democratic Leadership Friday opposing the permitting reforms.
&#8220;The permitting and public notice and comment provisions mandated by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are among the only tools local communities have to force careful review of federal projects that may have serious, long-term, environmental, and public health consequences in those communities,&#8221; Democrats wrote in the letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). &#8220;Congress should continue to provide increased funding to assist federal agencies in completing the NEPA process but attempts to short-circuit or undermine the law in the name of &#8216;reform&#8217; must be opposed.&#8221;
The Democrats called the permitting reforms &#8220;anti-environmental and anti-environmental justice,&#8221; and accused them of being advanced &#8220;at the behest of the American Petroleum Institute (API).&#8221;
“These permitting &#8216;reforms&#8217; would weaken other important public health protections, including the Clean Water Act and more,&#8221; they wrote. Democrats also claimed that the reforms would &#8220;significantly and disproportionately impact low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color,&#8221; and silence so-called &#8220;frontline&#8221; communities by shortening the legal review and public comment process. Attempting to pass such reforms in a budget bill would force the members to choose between protecting these communities or funding the government.
&#8220;We urge you to ensure that these provisions are kept out of a continuing resolution or any other must-pass legislation this year.&#8221;
The letter was authored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), and signed by 72 House Democrats.
In addition to House Democrats, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, said he would oppose the Manchin deal in a <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-gives-floor-remarks-on-climate-disasters-and-the-mountain-valley-pipeline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> on the floor of the Senate Thursday. &#8220;I rise this morning to express my strong opposition to the so-called &#8216;side-deal&#8217; that the fossil fuel industry is pushing to make it easier for them to pollute the environment and destroy the planet,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;I am urging all of my colleagues to … reject this dirty side deal.&#8221;
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) also expressed his doubts about the environmental impact of the permitting reforms. “‘Are we helping to solve the climate problem?’ is the question,” Whitehouse said, via <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3633178-schumer-in-tough-spot-over-manchin-promise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>. “I don’t even know what the permitting reform is.”
Manchin and Schumer struck the deal on permitting reform in July as a concession to secure his vote on the Inflation Reduction Act. Schumer confirmed earlier this week that the permitting deal is still on the table, and will be included in a continuing budget resolution to fund the government for the rest of this year.
“Permitting reform is part of the IRA and we will get it done,” Schumer said Wednesday, via The Hill. “Our intention is to add it to the CR.”

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72 House Democrats Sign Letter Opposing Oil And Gas Permit Reform, Jeopardizing Manchin's 'Inflation Reduction Act' Deal

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/day-drinking-again-nancy-pelosi-ridiculed-for-claiming-inflation-bill-will-appease-mother-earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) reportedly has a golden parachute in mind in case Republicans sweep her party out of the majority in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/radio-hosts-advice-for-midterms-involves-biden-letting-out-every-single-person-locked-up-for-non-violent-weed-offense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November</a>.
The San Francisco politician is hoping President Joe Biden will make her the next ambassador to Italy in the event of a red wave, <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/pelosi-seeks-ambassadorship-italy-if-gop-wins-house-majority-midterms">according to Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo</a>. The plum assignment is open, and sources told the network Biden is holding it for Pelosi.
“She’s been such a partisan person, that I think it would be very difficult for Republican senators to say, ‘she would do a great job at this,’” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Bartiromo. “She’s become so partisan year after year. As speaker, she’s just become horrible.”
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Rick Scott was asked about reports that Nancy Pelosi will be nominated as Ambassador to Italy after the midterms. He says Rs will be unlikely to vote to confirm her because she is too partisan. <a href="https://t.co/nBDUNrjuCV">pic.twitter.com/nBDUNrjuCV</a>
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Lewis Eisenberg held the post under former President Trump, but it is currently being filled on an interim basis by Chargé d&#8217;Affaires Shawn Crowley.
The 82-year-old Pelosi has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987, including two stints as speaker, when her party held the majority from 2007-2011 and from 2019 to now.
Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill was <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/nancy-pelosi-eyes-italy-ambassador-gig-if-gop-wins-back-house-report/">asked by the New York Post</a> about the possibility of Pelosi becoming ambassador to Italy.
“The Speaker has no interest in this position and has not discussed it with anyone in the White House,” Hammill said.
Pelosi spent the two-week July Fourth congressional recess in Italy with husband Paul Pelosi, who had just been arrested two months earlier for drunk driving. Pelosi crashed his new Porsche after dining out a vineyard near one of their California homes.
The pair visited Alpemare Beach Club, a seaside resort near Florence owned by opera great Andrea Bocelli and were also seen visiting museums.
Also on the trip, the pro-abortion Democrat received Holy Communion while attending Mass at the Vatican. Witnesses told The Associated Press Pelosi was was administered the Eucharist while at St. Peter’s Basilica, where she sat in the storied cathedral&#8217;s VIP section.
Biden has gotten 101 ambassadors through the Senate confirmation process, but about 50 slots remain unfilled. The Italian post is one of the most coveted and includes a posh residence in Rome known as Villa Taverna.

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Democratic Washington state Congresswoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pramila-jayapal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pramila Jayapal</a> dismissed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a> as a &#8220;theoretical word&#8221; ahead of House Democrats&#8217; final push to pass tax and climate spending legislation.
Speaking to reporters outside Capitol Hill Friday, Jayapal, who chairs the House Progressive Caucus, said that inflation was &#8220;a theoretical word that economists use&#8221; to describe everyday price increases that families experience. At the same time, Jayapal explained that the so-called &#8220;Inflation Reduction Act&#8221; would lower everyday costs for Americans.
A clip of Jayapal speaking to Fox News reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1558109279718080513?s=20&amp;t=RltvzqpoiKnJkVbt6Z7LOg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hillary Vaughn</a> was shared by The Post Millennial. &#8220;It is ultimately going to lead to a reduction in overall inflation, but most importantly, to the budget that people have every single day,&#8221; Jayapal said. &#8220;Inflation is, like, a theoretical word that economists use, but what families feel every day is the up or down of costs.&#8221;
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal downplays inflation and says it&#8217;s like a &#8220;theoretical word that economists use.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/tWvjvAm0XN">pic.twitter.com/tWvjvAm0XN</a>
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Conservatives on Twitter were baffled by the Congresswoman&#8217;s comments.
&#8220;My congresswoman, Seattle Progressive Pramila Jayapal, thinks &#8216;inflation is like a theoretical word that economists use,’” Seattle radio talk show host <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1558167773997436929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1558167773997436929%7Ctwgr%5E6548fdfc10cc586c00f84c7ce9482bb9ef98a1ec%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fjasonrantz2Fstatus2F1558167773997436929widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Rantz</a> tweeted in response to Jayapal&#8217;s comments. &#8220;Send help.&#8221;
&#8220;Tell that to the families that can’t afford groceries,&#8221; Washington state GOP chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/CalebHeimlich/status/1558163688053358592?s=20&amp;t=5td4Ynf0o_HhdMJ0hLcDog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caleb Heimlich</a> tweeted. &#8220;How out of touch are @washdems?&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats don’t care that you have to pay more at the grocery store,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPpolicy/status/1558177061897998336?s=20&amp;t=cGcDXe9WXhIvbPn9udH-Sw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republican Policy Committee</a> responded. &#8220;They just want to make sure their special interests funded with your tax dollars.&#8221;
&#8220;Apparently Democrats think that food is a theoretical thing people don&#8217;t really need either,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1558159550510940160?s=20&amp;t=UpkMtiq_4YpsqaLrkZz2lw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FreedomWorks</a> replied.
&#8220;Step 1: There&#8217;s no inflation. Step 2: Inflation is actually good. Step 3: There&#8217;s no such thing as inflation,&#8221; conservative satirist <a href="https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1558156520839413761?s=20&amp;t=no5Zfg2xSo9RXQjrDMUw5A">Jim Treacher</a> added.
&#8220;I&#8217;m an economist. Inflation is not a theoretical concept, it&#8217;s actually a mathematical fact, just like expansionary fiscal policy (government spending) while the economy is recovering causes prices to rise,&#8221; one Twitter user chimed in.
&#8220;Gonna try this on the cashier at the grocery store,&#8221; another user joked.
Jayapal&#8217;s comments come as the House prepares to vote to approve the $740 billion climate, tax, and spending bill, which includes a number of high-profile leftist priorities, including $369 billion in climate spending, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and funding for the IRS to hire up to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-inflation-reduction-act-would-allow-irs-to-hire-up-to-87000-new-employees-raise-taxes-report">87,000 new agents</a>.
According to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3598267-house-democrats-advance-tax-and-climate-bill-kicking-off-debate/">The Hill</a>, the House approved the rule to begin debate on the bill early Friday afternoon, setting up the final debate on the floor. The Hill reported that a vote on the final passage of the bill was expected to be conducted around 3 p.m. Eastern time. As of the publishing of this article, the final vote has not yet been conducted. The Senate voted along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, to pass the bill on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vp-harris-breaks-tie-senate-passes-democrats-inflation-reduction-act-climate-tax-and-spending-bill">Sunday</a>.
Jayapal&#8217;s comments also come after the inflation numbers for the month of July showed that record high <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-starts-victory-lap-amid-slightly-less-dismal-inflation-reading">inflation</a>, which had been continually breaking records for months, cooled slightly, from a record high 9.1% in June to 8.5% in July.
The Biden administration tried to spin the numbers on Wednesday, highlighting the fact that inflation did not increase month-to-month between June and July, while ignoring the 8.5% annual increase from July 2021 to 2022.

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Dem Rep. Jayapal: Inflation Is ‘A Theoretical Word That Economists Use’

Dem Rep. Jayapal: Inflation Is 'A Theoretical Word That Economists Use'

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The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House of Representatives is warning members of Congress about using <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok">TikTok</a> in their official capacity.
In a <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000182-8757-d843-a79a-c77f59590000">two-page memo</a> to Capitol Hill staffers Wednesday, obtained by Politico, the CAO recommended that members of Congressional offices refrain from downloading or using the Chinese-owned social media app to conduct messaging for the members, citing national security concerns. The CAO memo specifically mentions the app&#8217;s excessive permissions requests, its lack of transparency in how it protects user data, and potential security risks stemming from using the app. It also mentions how the app harvests content for data, including information that could be sensitive.
&#8220;TikTok is a Chinese-owned company, and any use of this platform should be done with that in mind,&#8221; the office wrote in the memo. &#8220;The &#8216;TikTok&#8217; mobile application has been deemed by the CAO Office of CyberSecurity to be a high-risk to users due to its lack of transparency in how it protects customer data, its requirement of excessive permissions, and the potential security risks involved with its use. Additionally, we believe the user base should be aware that this application is known to store users’ Data Location, Photos, and other Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in servers located in China and potentially mined for commercial and private purposes.&#8221;
The memo notes that TikTok &#8220;actively harvests content for identifiable data.&#8221; According to the memo, &#8220;TikTok &#8216;may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws,&#8217; including &#8216;faceprints&#8217; and &#8216;voiceprints,&#8217; from videos users upload to their platform.&#8221;
The memo also notes that the app automatically collects information about devices that use the app, including location data based on the device&#8217;s SIM card, IP address, and GPS data; information about users&#8217; use of the app, including the content the user creates or uploads; data sent in messages on the app; metadata from uploads; cookies; file names on the device; battery life; and even the user&#8217;s keystroke patterns and rhythms.
The CAO also cited several specific security concerns:
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<li>Device mapping &#8211; the device can gather all other apps on the phone and retrieve other apps that are running</li>
<li>The app checks the device&#8217;s location every hour</li>
<li>The app has ongoing access to the phone calendar</li>
<li>The app &#8220;continually requests access to contacts until given&#8221;</li>
<li>The app requests external storage access</li>
<li>The app saves images in the device&#8217;s photo album</li>
<li>According to the CAO, the app may also be able to access other information including Wi-Fi networks; Device and SIM card serial numbers; device ID; phone number; GPS information; and the clipboard.</li>
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&#8220;To reiterate, we do not recommend the download or use of this application due to these security and privacy concerns,&#8221; the memo concluded, citing a separate <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/us/tiktok-pentagon-military-ban.html">report</a> from 2020 that military services had already banned the use of the app.
Several Democratic members of Congress who had begun using the app expressed concerns to <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3596279-house-administrators-warn-lawmakers-against-tiktok-use/">The Hill</a>. “We only just put something up for the first time. So it’s not something I have used extensively. I do have concerns about the company. &#8230; So this is always a dilemma,” New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski told the outlet.
“TikTok has been a way to reach young and otherwise disengaged people, but now that we have more details about the security risks of having it on government devices, we will pause on usage until we feel safe and get further clarity,” a spokesperson for New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman added.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jon-stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and conservative journalist Jack Posobiec had heated words over a controversially crafted bill that would provide funds for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/veterans">sick veterans</a>, but managed to hug it out moments later.
The former late-night funny man and the Navy intelligence officer-turned journalist have been sparring on Twitter for days over a bill intended to provide $400 billion for veterans who suffered a wide range of ailments from exposure to burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Republicans have objected to the bill because they say House Democrats used an accounting trick that the Congressional Budget Office said could add a minimum of $275 billion in unrelated spending over the next decade.
When Posobiec and Stewart met up in Washington Monday, it was on.
&#8220;These people have suffered for 15 years!&#8221; Stewart shouted at Posobiec, pointing a finger in his face.
Posobiec, who stayed calm, asked Stewart why he was attacking him, given that they both unquestionably support health care for veterans.
&#8220;Because you&#8217;re a f&#8212;ing troll!&#8221; yelled back Stewart, who has advocated for veterans sickened by burn pits on Capitol Hill.
The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, passed the Senate in June, but had to go through again after House Democrats made key changes. Senate Republicans last Wednesday filibustered the <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/gop-senators-block-bill-veterans-toxins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measure</a>, effectively blocking it. Their reason is an added Democratic provision they say would move appropriated funds from discretionary to mandatory spending. Mandatory expenditures would no longer fall under annual appropriations and could conceivably be renewed automatically every year with little or no oversight, say Republicans.
Posobiec has spent much of the last week trying to make this point to Stewart on Twitter.
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Jon Stewart is Unhinged. Watch him scream and swear in <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JackPosobiec</a>’s face.
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Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, have also been making the case that the GOP supports the aid to veterans but not under the new terms proposed by Democrats. Sen. <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/pat-toomey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pat Toomey</a> (R-PA) said Sunday that he would vote for the legislation if the gimmick can be cut. He proposed an amendment that would put guardrails on the $400 billion, satisfying GOP concerns and potentially allowing the bill to move forward.
&#8220;What I want to do is treat it for government accounting purposes the way we have always treated it for government accounting purposes, because if we change it to the way that the Democrats want, it creates room in future budgets for $400 billion of totally unrelated extraneous spending on other matters,&#8221; Toomey <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/jon-stewart-clashes-cruz-over-burn-pits-bill">said</a>.
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I actually give props to Stewart for coming around to doing the right thing here after his ridiculous outburst. Few people can climb down, and we need more of that. <a href="https://t.co/CaHAgQvdKt">https://t.co/CaHAgQvdKt</a>
&mdash; Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1554172755628756994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Later in the day, Posobiec and Stewart buried the hatchet in a scene also caught on video.
&#8220;Jon Stewart and I have decided to come to an agreement, have we not, Jon?&#8221; Posobiec asked.
&#8220;Yes sir,&#8221; said Stewart. &#8220;I lost my temper a little bit, I felt like I was being trolled, and I realized the important thing is just got to get this done for these guys, and get them over the finish line to get them the health care they need.&#8221;
The bill would establish a presumption that military service caused 23 respiratory illnesses and cancers related to the smoke from burn pits, fire pits used in war zones to dispose of various types of waste, many of them toxic.
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House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) blasted House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) as House Democrats plan to introduce a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
During his weekly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybs0EkgU2kE">press conference</a> Friday, McCarthy blasted Pelosi for waiting until the end of the term of Congress to roll out a framework for a bill that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. McCarthy said that Pelosi&#8217;s husband, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-office-defends-husbands-stock-buy-ahead-of-key-vote-says-colleagues-are-actually-the-ones-breaking-rules">Paul Pelosi</a>, made a number of stock trades around the times of key Congressional actions, and said that he may have gotten that knowledge from conversations they had with each other.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s ironic that the Speaker of the House now talks about bringing up a bill at the very end of the term of Congress,&#8221; McCarthy told reporters. &#8220;So her husband could trade all the way through, but now it becomes a crisis? Look, I think the Speaker of the House has greater determination of what comes to the floor, what gets out of committee. And her husband didn’t just trade stock, he traded options. I think what her husband did was wrong.&#8221;
“When she said she never told him anything, I know they spent their time together overseas and when they’re coming back, I’m sure she had conversations on the phone about what was gonna be on the floor,&#8221; McCarthy continued. &#8220;I’m sure she had conversations about what the chip version finally looked at. I’m sure she had those conversation; I don’t know if he was able to hear them or not. But I think we need to bring trust back to this institution, and I think we have to do a thorough investigation and look at what is the proper role for members of Congress and what influence they have, and I don’t think the proper way to do this is Nancy Pelosi writing the bill because we have proven that she can’t do that.&#8221;
McCarthy then said that if Republicans take back the majority after the midterms, they will introduce a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-demand-pelosi-hold-vote-on-stock-trading-bans">bipartisan</a> bill that will go through the committee process.
“It should be in a bipartisan manner, and we should look at it through committee, and this is something that we will do in the majority, bringing new rules forward to make sure that you have trust in this House, and the ability — that you know that people [are] not investing in a place that they have influence,&#8221; McCarthy said. “What I’ve told everybody, we will come back and we will not only investigate this, we will come back with a proposal to change the current behavior.”
<a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/7-28-22-punchbowl-news-am/">Punchbowl News</a> reported Thursday that Democrats in the House are planning to introduce a bill next month to ban lawmakers, their spouses, and members of their senior staff from holding shares in individual stocks. The proposal would force lawmakers, their spouses, and their senior staff to either put their investments in a blind trust or completely divest from their portfolios. They would, however, be able to hold mutual funds.
Democrats said the framework would be introduced by August, and hoped that the bill itself would be introduced in September, and passed by the end of the month.

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House Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would place strict term limits on Supreme Court Justices and mandate that the President make new appointments to the Court every two years.
A group of Democrats in the House, led by Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson, introduced the bill into the record Tuesday evening. The bill, titled the ‘‘<a href="https://hankjohnson.house.gov/sites/hankjohnson.house.gov/files/documents/SCOTUS_TERMS_xml.pdf">Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2022</a>,&#8221; or TERM Act, would place term limits of 18 years on Supreme Court justices, and mandate that the President appoint a justice to the Court twice during each term.
The first section of the bill deals with the appointment of justices. The text states:
<blockquote>The President shall, during the first and third years after a year in which there is a Presidential election, nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint one justice of the Supreme Court.</blockquote>
The bill only allows Presidents to appoint Supreme Court justices according to these parameters.
Next, the bill establishes an 18-year term limit for Supreme Court Justices from the time they are commissioned to serve on the Court. The text states:
<blockquote>Each justice shall serve in regular active service for 18 years from the date of the justice’s commission, after which the justice shall be deemed to have retired from regular active service under section 371.</blockquote>
Furthermore, the bill would force all the justices sitting on the Court at the time of the bill&#8217;s passage to retire upon the appointment of a new justice, beginning with the longest-serving justice and continuing in order of duration of service.
Finally, the bill amends current law on the books regarding the number of justices. The bill stipulates that whenever the number of justices falls below the number established by law, &#8220;due to vacancy, disability, or disqualification,&#8221; the most-recently retired justice will serve as an associate justice until a replacement is appointed to the Court.
The bill was introduced in the House by Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson; co-sponsors of the bill include New York Congressman and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler, Judiciary Committee members David Ciciline of Rhode Island, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, and Steve Cohen of Tennessee, and California Reps. Karen Bass and Ro Khanna. A version of the bill is also being introduced in the Senate by Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
In a <a href="https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-introduces-supreme-court-justice-term-limit-measure-restore">statement</a> accompanying the legislation, Johnson attacked the current makeup of the Supreme Court, saying that the Court is &#8220;facing a legitimacy crisis&#8221; because of its conservative majority, and because five of six conservatives were appointed by Presidents who did not win a majority of the popular vote.
“This Supreme Court is increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis,” Johnson said. “Five of the six conservative justices on the bench were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote, and they are now racing to impose their out-of-touch agenda on the American people, who do not want it.  Term limits are a necessary step toward restoring balance to this radical, unrestrained majority on the court.&#8221;
The bill is the latest attempt by Democrats to radically reshape the Court, after the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision in June. Back in 2021, Johnson and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey introduced bills in the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2584/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Judiciary+Act+of+2021%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=1">House</a> and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1141?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Judiciary+Act+of+2021%22%5D%7D&amp;s=1&amp;r=1">Senate</a> to expand the number of justices on the Court from 9 to 13.

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Democratic lawmakers sent messages of support for staff members who were arrested in Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-schumer">Chuck Schumer&#8217;s</a> (D-NY) office Monday.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ilhan-omar">Ilhan Omar</a> (D-MN) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) expressed support for members of their staff Monday, just hours after six House staffers were arrested for protesting in Schumer&#8217;s office. Two of Khanna&#8217;s staffers were among those arrested, along with a staffer for Omar. Omar herself was arrested last week as part of a planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; protesting the overturning of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roe-v-wade">Roe v. Wade</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not just supportive of the staff who protested for climate action today, including my own. I&#8217;m proud. Damn proud,&#8221; Omar tweeted Monday evening, including a link to the Axios article that broke the story.
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I&#8217;m not just supportive of the staff who protested for climate action today, including my own. I&#8217;m proud. Damn proud.<a href="https://t.co/Wt5utV3Gf6">https://t.co/Wt5utV3Gf6</a>
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1551712785289068545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
Omar was one of 17 members of Congress arrested last week outside the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> as part of a planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; protesting the Court&#8217;s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. Omar attracted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-omar-mocked-for-pretending-to-get-handcuffed-at-protest-the-queen-of-gestures">mockery</a> to herself, along with fellow Democrat and left-wing &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY), for pretending to be handcuffed while being led away from the protest by Capitol Police.
Omar was mocked again after she took a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridiculous-attention-seekers-twitter-blows-up-when-cori-bush-celebrates-arrest-with-empowering-selfie">group photo</a> with AOC and fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; members Reps. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ayanna-pressley">Ayanna Pressley</a> (D-MA), and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO). Another Congressman, Michigan Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI), was mocked online for wearing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-that-prison-mike-dem-congressman-mocked-for-wearing-bandana-like-the-office-character">bandana</a> on his head like the character Michael Scott in an episode of &#8220;The Office.&#8221;
Khanna expressed similar sentiments to Omar, sending support for his staffers who were arrested. &#8220;I stand in solidarity with all of the staffers, including those in my office, who peacefully protested for climate action today,&#8221; Khanna tweeted from his official Congressional account, linking to the same article. &#8220;Protecting our planet is not a radical idea.&#8221;
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I stand in solidarity with all of the staffers, including those in my office, who peacefully protested for climate action today. Protecting our planet is not a radical idea. <a href="https://t.co/qjF20tyk5B">https://t.co/qjF20tyk5B</a>
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1551689289544630272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
Capitol Police arrested the staffers Monday after they refused to leave Schumer&#8217;s office. “Six demonstrators were arrested for DC Code §22-3302 Unlawful Entry for failing to leave the office after they were told to leave,” police said in a statement to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-arrest-house-staffers-for-protesting-climate-change-in-schumers-office">The Daily Wire</a>. “The six people who were arrested are all House staffers.”
The six staffers arrested were: Saul Levin, the son of Rep. Levin and a staffer for Rep. Bush; Aria Kovalovich and Emma Preston, who are both staffers for Khanna; Rajiv Sicora, a staffer for Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY); Courtney Koelbel, a staffer for Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); and Phillip Bennett, a staffer for Omar.
Several of the staffers tweeted photos of themselves in Schumer&#8217;s office. &#8220;BREAKING: Congressional staff are staging a peaceful sit-in in @SenSchumer&#8217;s office to protest our leaders&#8217; failure and inaction on climate policy and urge them to use every last negotiating tool to meet this moment,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/ariakov/status/1551585454289461251/photo/1">Kovalovich</a> tweeted Monday. &#8220;The time to act is NOW. Staffers, come through.&#8221; Kovalovich also posted pictures of the staffers seated in the office with a large banner that says &#8220;Keep negotiating, Chuck,&#8221; and other signs that read &#8220;Climate Policy Now!&#8221;
&#8220;Right now, we Hill staffers are peacefully protesting Dem leaders INSIDE,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/saaaauuull/status/1551587834666024960">Levin</a> tweeted. &#8220;To my knowledge, this has never been done. We’ve also never seen climate catastrophe, so we’re meeting the moment.&#8221;
Schumer had previously been negotiating a climate and spending package with Democrats, but talks fell apart after moderate Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) voiced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-throws-another-wrench-into-bidens-agenda-biden-is-not-pleased">opposition</a> to the package.

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Ilhan Omar, Ro Khanna Stand By Staffers Arrested In Schumer's Office

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Democrats are furious after the streaming service Hulu refused to run ads highlighting their core campaign issues.
The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/25/disney-hulu-democrats-ads/">Washington Post</a> reported Monday that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Democratic Governors Association attempted to purchase joint ads on core issues like abortion, gun control, and the January 6 investigation, to air on several platforms, including Hulu. While the ads aired in other places, Hulu never ran the ads, prompting outrage from Democratic leaders.
The executive directors of the three Democratic campaign arms blasted the decision, accusing the streaming platform of &#8220;censorship&#8221; and covering for so-called &#8220;MAGA Republicans.&#8221;
“Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous, offensive, and another step down a dangerous path for our country,” the DSCC&#8217;s Christie Roberts, DCCC&#8217;s Tim Persico, and DGA&#8217;s Noam Lee fumed in a joint statement provided to the Washington Post on Monday. “Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ agenda on issues like abortion — and Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP record or denying these issues from even being discussed.”
Unlike <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/broadcasters-air-political-ads-even-if-they-contain-misinformation/">broadcast TV stations</a>, which are bound by the Communications Act of 1934 to give equal access to politicians, digital platforms are <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-22/hulu-rejects-campaign-ads-as-politics-collide-with-streaming-tv?sref=LfZwdw4Z">not bound</a> by the law.
According to The Post, an anonymous source &#8220;familiar with Hulu’s policies&#8221; said that, while the company does not publicly disclose its ad guidelines, Hulu prohibits ads that take a position on a controversial issue. The ads themselves are reviewed on a case-by-case basis; the advertising team occasionally sends recommendations for edits back to the advertisers. The source also said that the issues themselves were not the reason the ads were rejected. “We do accept candidate ads that reference those topics,” the source said about abortion and gun violence in particular. “It needs to be in context.”
All three committees reacted to the news on Twitter. &#8220;@Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous and offensive,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/dccc/status/1551583551715479552">DCCC</a> tweeted Monday, linking to the Washington Post article. &#8220;Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ extreme agenda on abortion – Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;@Hulu is REJECTING our ads calling out GOP attacks on abortion access and gun safety,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/dscc/status/1551565045858975745">DSCC</a> tweeted. &#8220;Their shady policies amount to outrageous political censorship. Americans deserve to know the truth about these issues, and Hulu has no right to block it.&#8221;
&#8220;Voters have the right to know the facts about Republicans’ actions on issues like abortion,&#8221; The DGA tweeted. &#8220;@Hulu is doing a disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP — or denying these issues from even being discussed.&#8221; The DGA followed their tweet with several of the <a href="https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/1551607197020340224?s=20&amp;t=OQ2XbpY9QJadSl9bFvtBmw">rejected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/1551615405650841600?s=20&amp;t=-9fAq8Txz-A4zHtmHmnjSQ">ads</a>.
Disney, which has a majority ownership stake in Hulu, has already said it will reject ads that promote alcohol and political content from its new ad-supported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-wont-accept-ads-for-alcohol-or-politics-report">Disney+</a> streaming service coming later this year..
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