Senate to begin voting on Trump intelligence nominee Jay Clayton – US politics live

The US president’s pick to be the country’s director of national intelligence is expected to be approved within days – but only after a tense confirmation hearingSign up for the Breaking News US emailDemocratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed likened the potential defeat of his opponents in the coming Michigan primary and November election to a stark exercise in progressive messaging, according to Politico’s Playbook.“You’re gonna spend $60 million to beat me – OK, two can play at that game,” he said on a Zoom call with donors, Politico reported. “And then what happens is, ideally, you put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message, and all of a sudden starts to sound a lot different.” Continue reading...

Senate to begin voting on Trump intelligence nominee Jay Clayton – US politics live

The US president’s pick to be the country’s director of national intelligence is expected to be approved within days – but only after a tense confirmation hearing

Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed likened the potential defeat of his opponents in the coming Michigan primary and November election to a stark exercise in progressive messaging, according to Politico’s Playbook.

“You’re gonna spend $60 million to beat me – OK, two can play at that game,” he said on a Zoom call with donors, Politico reported. “And then what happens is, ideally, you put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message, and all of a sudden starts to sound a lot different.”

Continue reading...