This week, the Washington Post’s Dan Milbank turned his sights not on President Trump — as he often does — but on another figure who is so disagreeable that even Republicans might not object to his confinement, and so ineffective that most people wouldn’t notice he’s missing: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
"Mnuchin has arguably been the most brazen in rejecting the constitutional balance. He’s refusing to turn over Trump’s tax returns even though the law explicitly states that the treasury secretary ‘shall furnish’ any tax returns the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee requests.
‘Shall furnish’ offers no wiggle room, but Mnuchin told Congress he shan’t furnish.
Some Democrats suggest they could punish such contempt of Congress with a $25,000-a-day fine. But that won’t work: Mnuchin literally prints the money. And his $300 million net worth would withstand 33 years of $25,000-a-day fines.
Much more likely to get Mnuchin’s attention would be for the House sergeant at arms to do what hasn’t been done since Teapot Dome days: seize him on his next Capitol drop-by, cuff him and put him in a chain-link cage — or what Trump officials who deal with child migrants call a Detention Space for Safety and Protection.”
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Despite a herculean effort to compromise and improve her Medical Cannabis bill (LB110), Sen. Anna Wishart was unable to convince enough of her legislative colleagues to support the measure.
Her bill got several hours of debate Wednesday before it was removed from the agenda — likely for the rest of the session.
Wishart said she recognized that in order to get something through the Legislature, you have to listen to a diversity of voices and adopt solutions for their concerns. She did that on a number of fronts, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.
That included eliminating the ability for patients to grow plants at their home, and to prohibit smoking the drug.
The issue is far from dead, however. She and Sen. Adam Morfeld have already begun gathering signatures on a cannabis legalization petition initiative to go on the 2020 general election ballot.
The Journal Star said she gives that an 80 percent chance of passing. If it does pass by a vote of the people, it would have far fewer controls.
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As Trump’s Trade War with China drags on and escalates, his specious claim that China would pay for the tariffs with a multibillion-dollar payment to the American Treasury was refuted by his own chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow.
“In fact, both sides will pay,” Kudlow said to Fox News. “Both sides will suffer on this.”
And farm advocates say bailouts to ag producers will not solve a fundamental, long-term problem Trump created for farmers with the trade war, effectively locking the door to one of the world’s most important markets for their goods.
“The markets [for American agricultural exports] have literally been destroyed in this process,” said National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson in an interview with the Washington Post.
Nebraska’s reeling ag producers know that all too well.
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El NDP ha aprobado su Plan de Selección de Delegados (DSP) 2020 para enviar delegados a la Convención Nacional Nacional Demócrata en Milwaukee, 13-16 de julio de 2020.
El NDP trabajó con socios de todo el estado y de todas las comunidades para crear un proceso en el que todos los habitantes de Nebraska tuvieran la oportunidad de ser escuchados mientras nos preparamos para 2020.
Para garantizar la equidad y la inclusión en el proceso de finalización del DSP, el NDP abrió el borrador del plan para comentarios públicos durante el período de comentarios de 30 días, que finalizó el 19 de abril.
El plan fue luego revisado y aprobado por el Comité Ejecutivo Estatal del NDP para presentarlo al Comité Nacional Demócrata para su revisión y aprobación.
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A reminder, those wanting to attend the NDP’s State Central Committee Meeting and Trainings June 28-30 in Scottsbluff are urged to book hotel rooms now, as the rates will be going up after June 7.
Más información se puede encontrar aquí.
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We leave this week with a sobering review of Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts voicing public support of Alabama adopting the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation — making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases.
los legislación, que era alabado en Twitter por Ricketts, will make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by 10 to 99 years or life in prison for the provider. There is no exception for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest.
This is what happens when the GOP controls things. And don’t think it can’t happen here in Nebraska.
That’s why we need you to donate to the NDP or become a Capitán de bloque — where you organize 50 of your neighbors to get out and support Democrats at the polls.
“We must turn to each other for support, organize and fight back,” said NDP Chair Jane Kleeb.
–Por Kevin O'Hanlon / Director de comunicaciones de NDP
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FECHAS IMPORTANTES
8 de junio: Capacitación Blue Bench: Movilización en eventos comunitarios
28-30 de junio: Reunión y capacitación de SCC en Scottsbluff
