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February 27, 2021

Supreme Court once again sides with houses of worship in dispute over Covid restrictions

The court blocked so-called gathering restrictions in Santa Clara County that critics said treated churches differently than secular businesses in violation of the First Amendment.

The issue has bitterly divided the court and the three liberal justices — Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor — noted their dissent in an order issued after hours on Friday.

The court acted despite the fact that the restrictions are scheduled to be lifted next week.

The dispute was brought by several churches in Santa Clara County that objected to a ban on all indoor gatherings, including political events, weddings, funerals, movie showings and worship services.

Although the Supreme Court earlier this month struck down state regulations that banned indoor worship services, the state allows counties to pass their own more strict rules.

In court papers, lawyers for the Santa Clara County churches said the county “did just that.”

“The Santa Clara Director of Public Health forced worshipers outdoors in the heat and smoke of the summer and the cold and rain of autumn and winter,” Kevin T. Snider, a lawyer for the churches, argued in court papers.

“Article III courts have a duty to jealously and zealously protect the peoples’ rights from the other two branches of government and the States in times like these,” he said, calling the county “an island of tyranny.”

Santa Clara County allows houses of worship to meet at 20% capacity for any purpose except worship services. Other businesses including grocery and retail stores, as well as hair salons and tattoo and body art salons, are allowed to operate at 20% capacity.

A lower court upheld the restrictions, holding that they were neutral regulations that apply to all.

In court papers, lawyers for the county distinguished their dispute from the recent Supreme Court case, South Bay v. Gavin Newsom, which concerned state wide regulations. They said that their restrictions are “fundamentally different” from others the justices have already considered because they “do not impose special restrictions on religious institutions.”

“Instead,” James R. Williams, of the office of the County Counsel, argued “they prohibit all indoor gatherings of all kinds at all places.” Williams stressed that the places of worship are not closed. They are open so that individuals can pray, go to confession and seek spiritual guidance.

“Critically, retail stores and other secular establishments are subject to precisely the same rules,” he said, noting that shoppers may purchase items indoors but they can’t attend an indoor gathering such as a book reading.

In its brief Friday order, the Supreme Court disagreed, although it did not provide its reasoning. The court said that the outcome in the case “is clearly dictated” by its decision in South Bay.

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February 27, 2021

FBI identifies suspect in death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, sources say

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February 27, 2021

Trump endorses primary opponent to Ohio Republican who voted for impeachment

“Max Miller is a wonderful person who did a great job at the White House and will be a fantastic Congressman,” Trump said in a statement released by Save America, the former President’s political action committee. “He is a Marine Veteran, a son of Ohio, and a true PATRIOT.”

Miller announced his campaign for Ohio’s 16th District on Friday, writing on Twitter, “I’m running for Congress to stand up for Northeast Ohioans. They overwhelmingly voted for the America First agenda. But their Congressman betrayed them when he voted to impeach President Trump.”

Trump did not explicitly mention Gonzalez’s vote to impeach him. “Current Rep. Anthony Gonzalez should not be representing the people of the 16th district because he does not represent their interest or their heart. Max Miller has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”

Trump has signaled that he wants to shape the future of the party, putting a target on Republicans whom he’s deemed insufficiently loyal. Looking to make his influence felt on 2022, he hopes to prove to both critics and supporters that he is the GOP’s most effective puppeteer — a role he will likely remind the party of during his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday.

Gonzalez’s decision to join just nine other House Republicans and all House Democrats to impeach Trump in January unearthed profound anger in his northeast Ohio district, kicking off a localized fight over the future of the Republican Party that pits the two-term congressman against irate constituents eager to expel any Republican who crosses the former President.

But Gonzalez, who easily won reelection to the solidly red seat in November after first winning the district in 2018, has remained defiant in the face of criticism, telling local outlets that he does not regret the vote and is willing to lose his seat over the decision.

Since voting for impeachment, he has continued to make his opposition to Trump heard. Earlier this month, Gonzalez characterized Trump’s expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the US Capitol was under attack on January 6 as problematic for the former President.

“I think it speaks to the former President’s mindset,” Gonzalez said. “He was not sorry to see his unyieldingly loyal vice president or the Congress under attack by the mob he inspired. In fact, it seems he was happy about it or at the least enjoyed the scenes that were horrifying to most Americans across the country.”

Miller, who says on his campaign website that he was a senior adviser to the former President, was identified as a former Trump campaign aide in a 2018 Washington Post story about the Office of Presidential Personnel being understaffed, inexperienced and a source of jobs for friends and family, employing aides who had gotten their positions because of work on the Trump campaign despite their questionable backgrounds.

Citing police records, the Post reported that Miller — an office aide — had been charged with assault and resisting arrest in 2007 following an altercation with another man, a case that was later dismissed.

“Growing up, everyone makes mistakes,” Miller told the Post at the time. “Who I was in the past is not who I am now.” CNN had not independently confirmed the Post’s reporting.

A then-White House official told the Post at the time that Miller’s background serving in the Marine Corps Reserve “speaks volumes to his willingness to serve his country.”

Gonzalez isn’t the only Republican who Trump may target heading into 2022.

CNN reported last month that Trump is focusing political energy on targeting Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming — the third-ranking House Republican, who also voted for his impeachment — and has pledged to campaign against Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022, whom he has faulted as not doing enough to challenge his election loss in the state.

In another sign of Trump’s looming influence on the midterms, former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia announced earlier this week that he would not launch a 2022 Senate campaign, though he had very recently filed papers to do so. The seeming reversal followed close on the heels of his recent visit to Palm Beach, Florida, where he had played golf with Trump, said a person familiar with the Georgia Republican’s schedule.

CNN’s Dan Merica, Donald Judd, Kate Bennett and Clare Foran contributed to this report.

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February 26, 2021

US Capitol security review set to call for adding more than 1,000 police officers and retractable fencing

Both sources told CNN that a draft of the proposal recommends adding more than 1,000 US Capitol police officers, establishing a dedicated quick reaction force and building an integrated system of walls and fences around the Capitol complex.

The draft recommendations include dozens of improvements to physical security infrastructure around the complex, better communication resources for officers and additional personnel to bolster a force that was overrun by rioters last month.

The addition of more than 1,000 Capitol Police officers — at a cost approaching $100 million — would include some 350 officers and expanded staffing in regional offices. The review found that the force must be expanded in part to meet members’ security needs when they are back home, according to one of the sources with knowledge of the findings.

The second source also noted that expanding the force will provide some relief for current officers, many of whom are exhausted and have been working significant amounts of overtime since January 6.

Additionally, the recommendations call for establishing a robust and dedicated quick reaction force composed of a National Guard military police battalion to be on standby in Washington full time, according to both sources. The quick reaction force will be staged near the Capitol and able to respond in future crisis situations, one of the sources noted.

In addition to dramatically increasing the number of USCP officers dedicated to protecting the Capitol and lawmakers, the recommendations include several short- to long-term improvements to perimeter security, which include purchasing “rapidly deployable and removable fencing,” which is estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars.

Long-term, the draft recommendations suggest building an integrated system of walls and fences around the Capitol — the cost of which is to be determined. One of the sources with knowledge of the recommendations insisted that the primary option is to use mobile fencing and the long-term suggestion should not be interpreted as building a permanent wall around the Capitol.

USCP and Pelosi’s office declined to comment on the draft recommendations.

The recommendation to build integrated fencing and walls around the Capitol could prompt questions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have made clear the complex should not resemble a “fortress.”

More than $30 million needed for riot aftermath and increased Capitol security, official says in House testimony

On Thursday, acting USCP chief Yogananda Pittman declined to elaborate on a timetable for removing the fencing and sending National Guard troops that remain in Washington back to their home states despite bipartisan calls to reduce the security posture around the Capitol.

“We have no intention of keeping the National Guard soldiers or that fencing any longer than what is actually needed. We’re actively working with a scaled down approach so that we can make sure that we address three primary variables,” Pittman said during a hearing on security failures related to the January 6 Capitol attack.

“One is the known threat to the environment, two is the infrastructure vulnerabilities and then that third variable being the limitations the US Capitol’s police knows that it has as it relates to human capital and technology resources,” she added.

Later in the hearing, Pittman said the fencing around the Capitol is not permanent — an idea she had previously proposed.

US Capitol Police tells lawmakers that razor wire fencing should remain until September

“The temporary infrastructure is only to address the vulnerabilities after the attack of January 6. Our priority is to make sure that the members of Congress are safe, and that democratic process is protected. Once we have appropriate infrastructure and human assets in place we will lean forward with the removal of the fencing,” she said.

CNN has previously reported that USCP told lawmakers that the razor wire fencing around the Capitol should remain in place until at least September due to lingering security concerns related to threats against members of Congress.

Pelosi has not definitively said whether she supports permanent fencing around the Capitol. Future security decisions would be informed by the findings of Honoré’s review, a Pelosi aide told CNN earlier this month.

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February 26, 2021

Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak

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February 26, 2021

House and Senate progressives split over next steps on minimum wage

The first theme to emerge in progressives’ reaction to the news has been to call out the parliamentarian, even going as far as calling for a replacement to fill the role, despite the White House’s reaction to move forward with the parliamentarian’s decision and the reality that overruling a parliamentarian decision is highly unlikely.

“As a representative of a community that is very deeply impacted by this issue, I know that going back to my family’s community in the Bronx and in Queens, we can’t tell them that this didn’t get done because of an unelected parliamentarian,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat from New York, told reporters at the Capitol on Friday.

“All options should be on the table,” Ocasio-Cortez added when asked if the parliamentarian should be fired as was done in 2001.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state framed the parliamentarian’s ruling to reporters as “an advisory opinion” instead of a final judgment.

Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted shortly after the parliamentarian’s decision became public: “Replace the parliamentarian.”

Even though Vice President Kamala Harris technically has the power to overrule the parliamentarian, it is highly unlikely that that will happen.

But as progressives are showing, this is not a fight they can afford to give up.

“Democrats made a lot of promises in winning the House, the Senate and the White House, and it’s going to come up again and again,” Jayapal said. “So, we’re going to have to make a choice here. Are we going to stick to these rules or are we actually going to use the levers of government to work for the people? To me that’s not radical that’s governing.”

“I think it is really important for us to draw a hard line,” Omar said on CNN’s “Inside Politics.”

“This majority wasn’t given to us to sit on the sidelines,” Omar continued, adding that it is “unacceptable” for Democrats to “continue to come up with excuses on why we can’t do the right thing on behalf of the American people.”

Senate Democrats look for alternative ways to boost minimum wage after suffering setback

Even though progressives have made their deep-seeded anger well-known, short of withholding their vote on the Covid package, which none have signaled is a move they will take, their options are limited in terms of how they can force Congress to pass a $15 minimum wage bill given the makeup of the Senate.

“Progressives are furious with the parliamentarian’s move and are pushing for the decision to be overruled, but they are not likely to sink the entire relief package over this. We all recognize that the real fight is over the filibuster and will continue to push to make sure we get rid of the filibuster so we can pass the President’s agenda,” a senior staffer to a prominent progressive member tells CNN.

As Ocasio-Cortez sees it there are two immediate options progressives can take: “Do something about this parliamentary obstacle or abolish the filibuster.”

Ocasio-Cortez also floated to reporters that a standalone bill could be possible, but pointed to the hurdle that Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who are against raising the minimum wage, present in the Senate.

“If we can pass a standalone bill, let’s do it, but the fact that we have two people in this entire country — two people in this entire country — that are holding back a complete transformation in working people’s lives, the same people who have held our country together throughout this pandemic, is wrong,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

While House progressives are calling for dramatic and bold action to push a minimum wage increase through, their counterparts on the Senate side are far more measured on the topic. When the parliamentarian’s ruling was revealed, Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, did not entertain the idea of ignoring her ruling or breaking up the filibuster. Instead Sanders offered up an alternative plan to withhold tax breaks from large corporations from companies who refuse to pay their workers at least $15 an hour.

“In the coming days, I will be working with my colleagues in the Senate to move forward with an amendment to take tax deductions away from large, profitable corporations that don’t pay workers at least $15 an hour and to provide small businesses with the incentives they need to raise wages. That amendment must be included in this reconciliation bill,” Sanders said in a statement.

His plan was quickly supported by other key Senate leaders like Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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“Schumer is looking at adding to Senate Covid bill a new provision to penalize large corporations that don’t pay their workers at least a $15 minimum wage,” a senior Democratic aide told CNN. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee called the idea a “Plan B”.

The quick pivot to the alternative proposal shows Senate Democrats, even the most progressive ones, are unwilling to buck the traditions of the institution for something like a minimum wage hike despite the pleas from their House counterparts who don’t have the power to make it happen.

Ocasio-Cortez was open to the idea of the tax penalty, telling reporters Sanders is “doing the right thing” by introducing the last-minute proposal, but warned “it’s certainly not a replacement” for the long coveted $15 minimum wage legislation.

Members of the progressive group of Democratic lawmakers known as “The Squad” are not stopping from putting the pressure on the upper chamber to break with tradition. Omar said on CNN Friday that she wants to push the Senate and White House “to do the right thing” and “if not, then we have to look at our options in the House when the bill returns to us.”

“I mean it’s really important for us to use every single opportunity we have to engage in this fight to provide an actual path to increasing the minimum wage,” Omar added.

A slew of progressive groups — including Battle Born Collective, Justice Democrats, Data For Progress, Sunrise Movement and New Deal Strategies — put out a joint statement Thursday night calling on lawmakers to put forward minimum wage as a standalone bill and abolish the filibuster if needed.

“Democrats should bring President Biden’s popular policies — like a $15 minimum wage — straight to the Senate floor under regular order. If Republicans choose to block them, Democrats must abolish the filibuster to pass them. This approach is morally right, and it will deliver bigger, better results that the American people desperately need. It’s that simple,” the groups wrote.

The trepidation that most members of Congress feel over sending a minimum wage bill over to the Senate does not seem to faze Jayapal.

“The fears are not real,” Jayapal said Friday, highlighting that progressives have public opinion on their side. “We have to bring all of that data out clearly including from constituents in West Virginia.”

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February 26, 2021

Fact check: CPAC speakers make false claims about the election, the Capitol attack and The Muppets

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February 26, 2021

Biden's message to Iran with missile strikes: 'You can't act with impunity, be careful'

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February 26, 2021

Biden administration plans to open another tent facility for migrants on the Texas border

It’s the latest move by the administration to address the growing number of migrant families and unaccompanied children at the US southern border. Earlier this month, US Customs and Border Protection also announced the opening of a “soft-sided” structure in Donna, Texas, to help with intake.

In January, more than 5,800 unaccompanied children and nearly 7,500 families were taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection at the US-Mexico border, according to the agency’s most recent monthly data. And numbers are expected to continue to rise.

On Thursday, Brian Hastings, the Border Patrol sector chief in Rio Grande Valley, tweeted about the volume of migrants approaching the border. “In less than a 24 hour period, this area alone saw more than 500 illegal entries,” he said in a tweet, adding that the majority were families and accompanied children.

Border officials are taking more than 300 unaccompanied children into custody daily at the border on average, according to another Homeland Security official.

Increasing number of unaccompanied children arriving at southern border setting off alarm bells for feds

The expected facility in Del Rio, first reported by The Washington Post, is separate from the shelters intended for children who arrive alone at the border. Those shelters are operated by the Health and Human Services Department and designed to care for migrant children until they’re placed with sponsors, like parents or relatives, in the US.

CNN has reached out to Customs and Border Protection for comment.

Last year, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the US, the Trump administration invoked a public health law allowing border officials to turn away migrants apprehended at the border, including children, resulting in a low number of unaccompanied children and families being admitted to the US.

A federal judge eventually blocked the administration from subjecting unaccompanied children to the policy, but that ruling was later reversed by a federal appeals court. The Biden administration, however, has said it will not expel children, though the policy still applies to single adults and some families.

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February 26, 2021

Democrat launches campaign to unseat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

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