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  1. "The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.

    "Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.

    "The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."

    Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6

    The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

    U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

    The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

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  2. This was not a big ask: it would have given Congress more time to consider pocket recissions submitted late in the year. Dems should be working on a more aggressive version of this language for the next shutdown showdown in January.

    An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...

    Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.

    A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress’ Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him.

    Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.

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