Kelly Dittmar
@kdittmarAssociate Professor, Rutgers - Camden, Director of Research at Center for American Women and Politics @CAWP_RU, Ph.D. in Women and Politics, ice cream concierge
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At @CAWP_RU, we're known for keeping the numbers on ♀'s political representation. But numbers don't always = power. In a new report, we offer first-person insights from ♀ political leaders about defining, siting, and increasing ♀'s political power. rethinkingpower.rutgers.edu
FWIW - women are 44.5% of Dems already elected to the 119th Congress. Women are 13.8% or Republicans already elected to the 119th Congress.
Scoop: Here’s who’s running for House Democrats’ freshman class leadership roles, per multiple incoming members Freshman rep to leadership Emily Randall (Wash.) Luz Rivas (Calif.) Sarah Elfreth (Md.) Freshman class president Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.) w/ @OrianaBeLike
The Speaker met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago last night, but is refusing to say whether Trump asked Johnson to press the Ethics Committee to not release the Gaetz report. "I'm not talking to anyone about what I've said to Trump," Johnson told reporters.
Johnson two days ago: "The Speaker of the House is not involved in that. Can't be involved in that." Johnson today: "I'm going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report because that is not the way we do things in the House."
Johnson two days ago: "The Speaker of the House is not involved in that. Can't be involved in that." Johnson today: "I'm going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report because that is not the way we do things in the House."
“The rules of the House have always been that a former member is beyond the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee,” Johnson said, when asked if the public has a right to see the report, given Gaetz will serve as Trump’s top attorney. “And so I don't think that's relevant.”
The key abortion surrogate, who shared her story for the Harris campaign and sued Texas over its abortion ban, is considering her next moves: “I think my role will continue to evolve.” bit.ly/3YSs0Jd
Timeline of DoD Sec nominee Pete Hegseth sex assault allegation: Aug 2017: Divorces his second wife/mother of 3 kids Aug 16, 2017: his exec producer gives birth to their daughter Oct 8, 2017: Alleged assault occurred in Hyatt Regency Monterey between midnight-7 am during CA Fed…
The alleged assault took place in 2017, which also happened to be the year Hegseth had a child with his mistress - a married mom of three - while he was still married to his 2nd wife (whom he'd cheated on his first wife with).
Trump transition team had a meeting today to discuss sexual assault allegations against Sec of Defense nominee @PeteHegseth (he denies it) vanityfair.com/news/story/pet…
Trump transition team had a meeting today to discuss sexual assault allegations against Sec of Defense nominee @PeteHegseth (he denies it) vanityfair.com/news/story/pet…
New polling from @DataProgress confirms a strong inverse relationship between news consumption and support for Trump. Those who paid "a great deal" of attention to political news were Harris +6 while those who paid "none at all" went +19 points for Trump dataforprogress.org/insights/2024/…
Imagine disqualifying a highly-qualified physician with a decades worth of service leading government health agencies based only on the fact that she is a transgender woman. And then comparing this woman to a sex offender with no experience doing the job he’s now tasked with.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is answering reporters’ questions about Gaetz by holding up a photo of Rachel Levine, an assistant HHS secretary, and asking reporters “did you ask Democratic senators about this?”
Dave McCormick once fought to have undated mail ballots counted. Now, in tight race with Bob Casey, he’s suing to block them. inquirer.com/politics/elect…
The @AP just called the race in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, and current Oregon State Representative Janelle Bynum (D) will become the first Black woman to represent Oregon in Congress.
John Bolton on Tulsi Gabbard: "I thought it was the worst cabinet-level appointment in history until I heard about the Matt Gaetz appointment."
NEWS: Rep. LISA MCLAIN wins her bid for House GOP conference chair in a 146-67 vote, sources tell me & @JakeSherman
Sen Markwayne Mullin on Matt Gaetz: “The first time I ever met this guy he walked up to me and Kristi Noem was at the podium. We were just elected so we were going through orientation. And he walked up to me and said, ‘Man, she’s a fine b*tch!’”
Rep. Erin Houchin wins her bid for conference secretary I’m told
“[Gaetz] used to walk around the cloakroom showing people porno of him and his latest girlfriend,” one former Republican lawmaker told @elainejgodfrey “He’d show me a video, and I’d say, ‘That’s great, Matt.’ Like, what kind of a reaction do you want?” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
In June,@CBSNews reported four women have informed the ethics committee they were paid to go to sex and drug-fueled parties with Gaetz. We also learned the committee has Gaetz's Venmo transactions allegedly showing payments for the women. cbsnews.com/news/house-eth…
🚨 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews : Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources…
NEW: House Dems have concerns about the security of Sarah McBride, Congress’ 1st openly trans member But this isn’t a House GOP priority: The Republican in charge of security said he hasn’t thought about it and another one misgendered McBride yesterday notus.org/congress/mcbri…
BREAKING: Automatic recount triggered in Casey-McCormick US Senate race per PA Dept of State moments ago. @abc27News
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