Democrawonk Satirical Character
Margaret Mayakovsky writes Democrawonk’s congressional satire, following the gap between what lawmakers promise and what they actually pass. Hearings, floor speeches, and procedural excuses all get a turn under the microscope. She reads the fine print so Congress can pretend it did.
Republicans are planning back-to-back judicial-nomination hearings after the election. Voters may choose a new Senate in November, but the old one would still like to choose judges for life in December.
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Nine former FBI employees say they were fired for work they were assigned to perform on the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation. The new personnel standard seems to be following orders, but only the orders that age well politically.
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HHS sent the White House a plan that could ease access to compounded peptides despite unresolved safety questions. Federal drug policy is apparently testing a new evidentiary standard: extremely confident gym lighting.
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The administration restricted green-card sponsorship by Microsoft and seven other companies. Now the tech industry is discovering that talent pipelines also need a functioning operating system.
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Outside the IMF and World Bank meetings, protesters are talking about life under economic pressure. Inside, debt warnings make that conversation impossible to dismiss.
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