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Democratic Lawmakers Are Taking Out Liability Insurance As Trump Ramps Up Legal Threats “That’s just, unfortunately, the nature of the job right now and it’s terrible,” one House Democrat told NOTUS. “It’s a terrible way to have to do this work.”

NEW: As Trump picks high-profile legal fights with prominent Democrats, more and more Dem lawmakers are taking out liability insurance in case they’re next

“That’s just, unfortunately, the nature of the job,” one House Democrat said

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Inside the Democratic Battle to Go Viral “We’ve gone from addition to multiplication,” Sen. Cory Booker told NOTUS of Democrats’ social media presence. “We need to do string theory.”

NEW: After Trump mastered the ‘new media’ circuit in 2024, Dems are now catching up in embracing podcasts/social media

Dem comms aren’t “an email blast from Mailchimp anymore,” one aide said

An inside look at Dems’ new media strategy

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Lawmakers Prepare for Their Newest Partisan ‘Bar Fight’: The DOGE Subcommittee “It’s gonna be a shit show,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said.

The DOGE subcommittee’s meeting this week is sounding like must-see TV.

Here’s what you need to know about Dem attitudes, Connolly’s advice, Chairwoman MTG’s strategy, why Comer picked her etc.

TLDR; “It’s gonna be a shit show,” Rep. Crockett said.

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President Trump’s proposed food aid cuts are a mistake | CNN President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to international food aid are a mistake because this funding promotes political, economic and social stability on a global scale, writes Sen. Jerry Moran.

Sen. Jerry Moran penned a 2017 op-ed during Trump’s expressing that proposed cuts to USAID funding would “harm our long-term national security interests and reduce our leadership in the world.”

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Sen. John Boozman sponsored the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act in 2019, supported by Ivanka Trump.

The bill directed USAID to prioritize “gender equality and female empowerment.”

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After Elon Musk called USAID “evil,” we rounded up some Republican senators’ connections to the agency.

Here’s Sens. Lindsey Graham and Thom Tillis visiting a USAID project in Egypt circa 2016.

Trump’s Old GOP Critics in Congress Worry No Republican Will Fill Their Shoes “Those folks have been weeded out,” former Rep. Mark Sanford told NOTUS.

Trump’s most vocal GOP critics say they’re extinct in Congress, and no one is coming to fill their shoes.

“It’s gone,” Mark Sanford told me of the GOP resistance to Trump. “It’s extinct.”

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Trump wants to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley Alaska’s two Republican U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, immediately pushed back, saying they support the Koyukon Athabascan place name for the mountain long favored by many Alaskans.

Both Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski prefer the Athabaskan name Denali over McKinley.

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Republicans Want Ad Libs, Not ‘American Carnage,’ in Trump’s Inaugural Address “No matter what he says,” Rep. Eric Burlison told NOTUS, “I’m sure it will be funny.”

Republicans don’t want “American Carnage” from Trump’s inaugural address today.

Instead they want his speech to be funny, off-script and full of “awesomeness.”

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Democrats Question Whether Reflexive Opposition Is Best for Trump’s Confirmation Hearings “We’re not looking to make this partisanship or tribalism,” Sen. Cory Booker said. “We’re trying to refocus it.”

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Inside Senate Dems’ confirmation prep:

- Schumer told Dems to push noms to explain how they plan to execute Trump campaign promises, per source
- Dems laying groundwork for "we warned you" moments down the line
- Sens grappling with being firm without reading overly partisan
- Early attack lines

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Today’s NOTUS Newsletter Line-Up:

- @EvanMcS with H-1B backstory
- A preview of an awesome Marco Rubio profile from @byrdinator
- The latest on reconciliation ahead of Trump’s hill visit
- An update on Dick Durbin’s pre-inauguration moves from me

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Be the Democratic Party’s Top Attack Dog “She is strategic, surgical in her approach. She works very well with other members and our staff,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said. “And at a time when people are looking for more diverse representatives a...

Age and tenure, Dems told @notusreports.bsky.social, may no longer be a winning argument as the party tries to turn the page on older senior committee members

AOC’s race against Gerry Connolly to become the top House Dem on Oversight will test if that’s true
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