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Sixty-five years ago today, at 10:20 am, the Senate commerce committee met for the first day of hearings on the nomination of LEWIS STRAUSS.
It would become one of the most brutal confirmation battles in U.S. history.
The committee would go on to meet 15 more times in the next two months before voting on Strauss’ nomination — a detail left out of OPPENHEIMER.
The split between the Kennedys on covid vaccines is no secret.
Take last December, as the family gathered in Boston to honor Tony Fauci at a dinner at the Kennedy Institute.
As the exact moment that was happening, RFK Jr. was on conservative British TV, questioning vaccines and blasting Fauci.
“I’ve damaged relationships with my family,” RFK Jr. acknowledged.
“The secrecy surrounding your dealings with Justice Thomas is simply unacceptable.”
Sen. Ron Wyden asks billionaire Harlan Crow for a full accounting of his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20from%20Chairman%20Wyden%20to%20Harlan%20Crow%204.24.23.pdf
Illinois Congresswoman Lauren Underwood gets a post-speech moment with Biden.
“We’re still working on getting the Momnibus to your desk. We’re not going to give up, sir,” Underwood tells the president.
In response Biden kisses her hand.
“Momnibus” = a package of legislation intended to boost maternity care and address disparities.