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Dec 16, 2021

Congress has been noticeably inconsistent when it comes to enforcing the STOCK Act, a law that is supposed to stop insider trading and conflicts of interest for Congress members and high-ranking staffers. So it should not be surprising that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in favor of members of Congress and their staffers being able to freely participate in the stock market.
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The Young Turks: December 16, 2021

Congress has been noticeably inconsistent when it comes to enforcing the STOCK Act, a law that is supposed to stop insider trading and conflicts of interest for Congress members and high-ranking staffers. So it should not be surprising that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in favor of members of Congress and their staffers being able to freely participate in the stock market.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Progressive Caucus, is toting the stripped Build Back Better bill as a “best-case scenario” for fellow Democrats, even though the agenda has lost almost ALL of its Progressive provisions.
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West Virginia’s coal-loving Senator Joe Manchin recently blew up at media members when asked about him wanting to drop the popular child tax credit from President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Manchin called the reports “bull****” and claimed that he has never been against the provision.
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TYT investigative reporter Andy Hirschfeld has revealed disturbing news from Texas, where Conservative politicians are pushing for legislation that would charge women who get abortions, and the doctors that perform the procedure, with homicide. More importantly though, those charged could be facing the death penalty, and Texas State Rep. Tony Tinderholt seems to have corporate backing to continue the momentum.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is under fire yet again for his alleged involvement in leveraging Florida public university system’s board of trustees for campaign donations. Florida’s Democratic candidate for governor Nikki Fried made the accusation stemming from DeSantis appointing campaign donors to various boards of trustees within the university system as well as signing a law that threatens to defund state universities that don’t have adequate “ideological diversity”.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has just signed a new bill into law, known as the Anti-Woke Act, that would allow parents to sue public school teachers and educators who are teaching Critical Race Theory. DeSantis has been on a vendetta against educational freedom lately so this may only be the start of further, more draconian actions.
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The largest modern mansion in America, known as “The One”, will hit the open market in January with a reported price tag of $250 million. With the extremely limited group of people that could afford such extravagance, it will be interesting to see what the mansion sells for and who will buy it.
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Ohio Representative Jim Jordan has been outed as one of the Republican lawmakers who texted Mark Meadows before the January 6th Capitol riots. Jordan’s text was apparently a forwarded message from former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz and explained that Mike Pence could deem electoral votes that Pence deemed unconstitutional as null and void.
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Pennsylvania Senate candidate and former daytime TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz was interviewed on Fox News recently and fumbled a simple question about abortion policy. Better yet, his answer and views today contradict his past views and public statements about abortions.
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A woman’s ‘creative’ way to tell her partner that she was pregnant promptly backfired when her man just wanted to eat his waffles without any disturbances.
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New page: Congress has been noticeably inconsistent when it comes to enforcing the STOCK Act, a law that is supposed to stop insider trading and conflicts of interest for Congress members and high-ranking staffers. So it should not be surprising that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in favor of members of Congress and their staffers being able to freely participate in the stock market. - TYT.com