This stylistic contrast promises to be especially sharp on Tues night, when #JDVance & #TimWalz meet in NY for the #VPdebate. And, even more than competing visions of #manhood, on view will be 2 very different ideas of what it means to be a #father: a battle of the dads, if you will.

In a country given to worshipful talk of #FoundingFathers, it’s not a new subject on the #political stage. Still, it has tended to be more conceptual than personal.

#debate #USpol #sexism #masculinity #DaddyIssues

“We are proposing a way to restore some balance between the 3 branches of government,” Sen #RonWyden added.

The bill’s most significant measure would increase the number of justices from 9 to 15 over the course of 12 years. The staggered format over 2 or 3 administrations is aimed at diminishing the chance that one #political party would pack the courts with its nominees.

#law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics

Link to bill, summary & full text:

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-introduces-sweeping-court-reforms-to-restore-public-trust-as-supreme-court-faces-legitimacy-crisis

Wyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

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"Roberts is one of the most prominent #rightwing voices in #Washington. He has close ties to #OpusDei, the #Catholic group, and has spoken openly about how he considers the outlawing of #BirthControl to be one of the “hardest” #political battles facing #conservatives in the future."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/project-2025-kevin-roberts-killed-dog

#GOP #Misogyny #Project2025 #Women #WomensRights #HumanRights #ReproductiveRights #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Freedom #Authoritarianism #Religion #Theocracy #Oppression #US #USA #Politics

Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel

Revealed: former colleagues claim Kevin Roberts told them he killed a neighbor’s pit bull around 2004

^{Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)}

→ Why #EU leaders should get off #Musk's X
https://euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the%20World/ar1eb43d53

“[I]f you prefer to hold your nose and stay on #X, consider also that you are not only damaging your own #brand, but causing #financial and #political #harm in real #life.”

edit: fixed link + excerpt

Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?

^{Andrew Rettman (EUobserver)}

It would classify thousands more positions in the #FederalGovernment as #political instead of #neutral #career #CivilServants. And the recent #SCOTUS ruling that made #accountability difficult if a president’s *official acts* break the #law certainly helps w/amassing #power in the #ExecutiveBranch, too.

#immunity #authoritarianism #autocracy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#MikeJohnson’s next steps on #GovernmentFunding fight could determine whether he gets to keep his job as #House #Speaker.

w/the #election & a #government #funding deadline around the corner, the speaker must find a way to govern, avoid a #shutdown that could cost his members in swing districts [& the country, not that the #GOP cares] & keep #Trump & #FarRight #HouseRepublicans happy enough to not imperil his own #political future.

#IssuesNotSolutions #PublicDisservice
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/mike-johnson-next-steps-government-funding-fight/index.html

#The19th wanted to ‘normalize’ #women in #power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.

The nonprofit newsroom, entering its fifth year, is making new hires & planning to grow an endowment.

The birth of the 19th came in the wake of #HillaryClinton’s 2016 electoral loss — & a growing frustration that traditional #news #media wasn’t equipped to cover women in #political life.

#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #gender #journalism #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/19th-news-site-ramshaw-lasharah-bunting/