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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, as Democratic leaders vie for increasingly aggressive solutions to the nation’s soaring wealth inequality, the Washington Post reports. “Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who have more than $1 billion, according to Saez.”
“I’ve been pretty transparent about this, but let me be 100% clear: I’m not running in 2020. I love the job I have now. And at least 2 or 3 Democrats in the Senate need to stay behind to keep the fight going here!”
— Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), on Twitter.
“The president is way stuck on stupid right now. There is no mayor in America in his/her right mind that would ever think about shutting down the government.”
— Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D), in an interview on MSNBC.
“Congressman, do you think it’s appropriate to fly first class while 57,000 TSA agents aren’t being paid?” Davis remained silent, prompting the person to say, “Taking that as a yes.”
— Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) “had an uncomfortable run-in Tuesday when a fellow airplane passenger found him flying first class from Chicago to Washington, D.C.,” the HuffPost reports.
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New Gallup data finds the number of Americans without health insurance has increased by 7 million since President Trump took office.
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White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that the partial government shutdown “could suffocate the economy this quarter if it persists, leading to zero percent growth,” Politico reports.
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A new CBS News poll finds President Trump’s overall approval rating has dipped three points from November to 36%. Fifty-nine percent of Americans now disapprove of the job he is doing – a high for his presidency.
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A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds 57% of Americans believe it’s likely that Russia “has compromising information“ on President Trump while just 31% feel confident that Russia is not blackmailing the president.
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A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds that nearly 6-in-10 voters — 57% — disapprove of President Trump’s job performance, compared to the 40% that approve. In addition, 54% of voters blame Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill for the government shutdown. Only 35% blame congressional Democrats.
“We get that this is unfair to you, but this is so much bigger than any one person. It is a little bit of pain, but it’s going to be for the future of our country and their children and their grandchildren and generations after that will thank them for their sacrifice right now.”
— Lara Trump, quoted by Newsweek, on the furloughed federal employees due to the government shutdown.
