L.A. icon Angelyne, former porn star Mary Carey ready to replace Newsom in recall

And so it begins. With organizers of the recall effort to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom on the cusp of triggering a special election, a colorful cast of hopefuls who want to replace the Democratic leader has started to emerge — including a few familiar faces.

Former porn star Mary Carey and Los Angeles billboard icon Angelyne, both of whom ran in the 2003 recall election to replace then-Gov. Gray Davis, have announced they will run to succeed Newsom as governor should the recall effort qualify for the ballot.

NY Lawmakers Expand Impeachment Probe After Report Cuomo Book Deal May Have Topped $4 Million

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The New York lawmakers investigating whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) should be impeached are expanding their already sweeping inquiry to include new questions about his pandemic memoir raised in a Wednesday New York Times report—including how much Cuomo made from the deal and whether the governor violated state laws by enlisting the help of government staffers.

The Crazy New Republican Argument that the Filibuster Helped Civil Rights

A few weeks ago, Republicans launched a vigorous defense of the filibuster against the charge that it is a Jim Crow relic. Sure, they conceded, it was used to block some civil-rights bills here and there, but lots of tactics were used to block civil-rights bills. Are they all racist too? Huh? (Yes, that really was their argument.)

But now, apparently dissatisfied with merely making a defensive case for the filibuster’s history, the Wall Street Journal has a column defending it as an active contributor to the triumph of civil rights. The article’s thesis is captured by this surreal headline: “The Filibuster Made the Civil Rights Act Possible.” The author, David Hoppe, is a longtime Republican who has worked for Republicans like Paul Ryan and Trent Lott, and who has been lobbying his party behind the scenes to maintain the supermajority requirement for more than a decade and a half.

House committee to vote on bill to grant DC statehood

House expected to pass bill on Washington DC statehood

House expected to pass bill on Washington DC statehood

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(CNN)The House Oversight and Reform Committee is slated to hold a vote on Wednesday to approve a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that still faces obstacles for final passage even when the party controls both chambers on Capitol Hill and the White House.