TODAY Republicans Rebel Against “Lawfare” Fund
THE WAKEUP: In a week in which Donald Trump ended the career of a Senate Republican, members of his party are outraged over the establishment of the Justice Department fund to compensate people who believe they were victims of “lawfare” under the Biden Justice Department.
YESTERDAY US Indicts Former Cuban President
CUBA LIBRE: The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Cuba’s former president, 94-year-old Raúl Castro, charging him with murder and a conspiracy to kill US citizens in shooting down two US passenger planes 30 years ago.
“So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops?” said Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky. “Utterly stupid, morally wrong — take your pick.”
North Carolina Sen. Tom Tillis called the fund “a payout pot for punks.”
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Justice Dept. Gives Trump IRS Immunity
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It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
