As Tolstoy once wrote: “Happy families are all alike; Betsy DeVos is a fucking monster.”
Here’s all the shit we couldn’t cover today:
- Betsy DeVos is reportedly rewriting the guidelines on sexual assault cases to favor the rights of the accused. [Washington Post]
- Donald Trump is preparing to back a sweeping criminal justice reform bill that would reduce mandatory sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses and improve conditions for formerly incarcerated people re-entering society. [Associated Press]
- Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin blames zombie TV shows for mass shootings. [The Hill]
- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have found one thing to agree upon: Amazon’s corporate takeover and undermining the City Council. [NYTimes]
- Washington D.C.’s Council is tabling a bill that would lower the voting age to 16. [The Hill]
- Terry Glenn, head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s southeastern regional office, has been indicted on ethics charges by an Alabama grand jury. [ThinkProgress]
- Palm Beach County has to recount its recount after machines overheated. [Miami Herald]
- Sens. Schumer and McConnell retain their positions as minority and majority leaders in the Senate. [NBC News]
- Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney will serve as the House GOP conference chair. [Vox]
- Currently, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is poised to become the next House Majority Leader. [Politico]
- Democrats picked up at least 34 seats in the House, the most in a generation. [NPR]
- Republican state legislators are plotting to curb the power of incoming Democratic governor-elect Tony Evers. [The Nation]
Here are a bunch of tweets the president was allowed to publish:
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