I was talking by phone last week with California’s new senator-elect, Adam Schiff, as he plowed through papers in a temporary basement office of the Capitol in his transition from House member to Congress’s upper chamber — famously, or formerly, “the greatest deliberative body in the world.” More on his feelings about that in a bit. First, as we began our conversation — this was a day before his clownish former House colleague Matt Gaetz dropped out from consideration as attorney general — we had a laugh about the often-ludicrous qualities of so many of the names put forward by the president-elect for his cabinet. “When he was president before” — and before Schiff led an impeachment prosecution against him in the Senate trial — “I had a meeting with him in the Oval Office. And I said, ‘You know, we should work together on infrastructure,’ and I also brought up the high cost of prescription drugs ... He was affable, and personable, and I think the first thing he said to me was, ‘You know, you do a really good job.’ And I think he meant, on TV. Because it echoed something that Jared Kushner told me during his deposition” for the impeachment. “During one of the recesses he came up to me and said, ‘You do a really good job on TV.’ Trump had just attacked me for the very first time, on Twitter. ‘Sleazy Adam Schiff spends too much time on TV,’ and blah blah blah. And I said, ‘Well, apparently your father-in-law doesn’t think so.’ And his response was, ‘Oh, yes he does, and that’s why.’ ... He’s obviously picked a lot of his cabinet by watching them on Fox. And he also watches his adversaries on Fox.” I asked Schiff if he would be able to work with Trump during his second term. “Well, I think he sees political value in attacking me. It’s why I was such a constant feature in his rallies. Even up to the very end, his closing argument was about me — ‘He’s the enemy from within.’ All I can do is do my job. Try to get stuff done in defending our democracy, our rights and freedoms. He can call me whatever he wants. I’m not going to lose focus on core responsibilities.” Back to the difference between being a congressman and a senator. Schiff and the 11 other new incoming senators — six Democrats, six Republicans — just spent the last week in official orientations about how the upper house works. After 20 years in the House, he was at least a bit familiar. But some things are different. “It’s been a combination of briefings from Senate officers and the sergeant at arms — including with our spouses; they wanted us all to get to know each other — about your Washington office, and your district office, and personal security. We would take a meal break and have lunch together. Social interaction is very important. We had other sessions with veteran senators of both parties about things to do, and things not. A main thing seems to be: Don’t just work together and not socialize. Invite people out to dinner. Don’t judge a book by its cover — guys who you know from TV” may be different in real life. I asked about the “greatest deliberative body” idea: “It really seems like a different culture in the Senate,” Schiff said. “There’s a recognition that you can’t get anything done unless you can find a partner on the other side of the aisle. It’s a small place and you can get to know each other well. There is a group of folks in the Senate who don’t want to get anything done. But apart from that group, there’s lots of opportunities to collaborate and deliver and so I’m very excited about it. It’s very entrepreneurial.” “I was worried,” he continued. “I’d been hearing that the character of the Senate was changing — that a number of the bomb throwers in the House had come over — but the climate is very different. There’s a real willingness to say, ‘Hey, we may disagree on this and that, but I know you’re interested in housing, or rural hospitals, so let’s work together.’” Although I didn’t want to get too deep into the weeds on the inevitable question of what’s next for Democrats after they lost the White House, still don’t have the House and lost the Senate, I was still curious about how California’s new senator could work with a guy who rails against him: “This president, given his track record, is going to abuse his office. But my first priority is to get things done. Playing defense is secondary.” Larry Wilson is on the Southern California News Group editorial board. lwilson@scng.com.The AI Revolution in Law: Law Practice AI Transforms Legal Case Management with Advanced Automation646 lodi 。

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance’s performance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Saturday as a win for development and good governance. The BJP leader thanked the youth and women of Maharashtra “for a historic mandate to the National Democratic Alliance”. “This affection and warmth is unparalleled,” he said. “I assure the people that our Alliance will keep working for Maharashtra’s progress. Jai Maharashtra!” The ruling Mahayuti alliance – comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena group led by Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar – is headed for an overwhelming victory in the Assembly elections. At 8 pm on Saturday, the alliance had won 202 seats and was leading in 29 others. A party or coalition needs 145 seats to form the government. The prime minister thanked party workers who “worked hard, went among the people, and elaborated on our good governance agenda”. Commenting on the election results, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the people of Maharashtra had rejected appeasement politics and supported Modi’s message of “Ek hai toh safe hai [together we are safe]”, reported The Hindu “After all the results are declared, our MLAs will come to Mumbai and all three parties will elect their leaders,” Fadnavis said. Chief Minsiter Eknath Shinde said that the three parties had agreed to share seats amicably and assured that the formation of the next government would proceed smoothly. Shinde thanked Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda, saying, “The Centre has played a crucial role in the development that has taken place [in Maharashtra].” Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, meanwhile, expressed his disbelief at the election results, describing them as “unexpected and unimaginable”, reported The Hindu . “Why have people voted for Mahayuti?” he asked. “Soyabean farmers are suffering, industries are moving to Gujarat, women’s safety remains a concern, inflation is crushing households and crop loan waivers are nowhere in sight.” Thackeray said the election results were not a “wave” but a “tsunami”. Congress MP and leader of Oppositon in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also described the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s performance in Maharashtra as “unexpected”. He said his party would analyse the results. On the other hand, Gandhi expressed his gratitude to the people of Jharkhand for “giving a huge mandate to INDIA”. He congratulated Chief Minister Hemant Soren and described the alliance’s win in the state as a “victory of the protection of water, forest and land along with the Constitution”. Late trends indicated a clear win for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance, which had won 30 seats and was leading in another 26 seats. A party or alliance has to secure at least 41 seats to form the government. Reacting to the election results, Hemant Soren said that his coalition had “passed the exam of democracy in Jharkhand”. “We will finalise our strategy after the election results,” PTI quoted him as saying. Soren added that Jharkhand was poised to establish “Abua Raj, Abua Sarkar [own state, own government]”. Modi also commented on the Jharkhand election results , where the BJP-led NDA is set to lose to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance. “Congratulation Hemant Soren-led JMM and the ruling alliance for their victory”, Modi said, “I thank the people of Jharkhand for their support towards us. We will always be at the forefront of raising people’s issues and working for the state.”ormer player and his wife are expecting their fourth child as they expand their family less than one year after the former center announced his retirement from football. Already mother and father to daughters , the next addition will also be a girl as announced the news via Instagram. The post showed the response of their kids, with a mix of excitement, shock and anguish with the youngest breaking down in tears. "I feel like we captured a very accurate representation of how each of the girls feel about getting another sister," posted to social media on November 22. "At least , mom and dad are on the same page!" The post gained over a million likes within 18 hours and some 18,000 comments as fans poured in their love and celebration for the 36-year-old Super Bowl winner and his family, months after he suggested they could expand their home. "It's not my decision," had told People in July.. "We've talked about, before having kids, having certain numbers. "But I think whatever We'll figure it out." At the time, had already hinted at another pregnancy when she said they're still keeping pyjamas just in cause a fourth child pops up on the horizon, which in retrospect proved to be a very shrew decision. How big is the Kelce family? met on Tinder back in 2014 and went on to date for four years before he finally proposed to her in 2018 and since then, they've had children in October 2019, March 2021 and February 2023. arrived just after her father had lost Super Bowl LVII to the Kansas City Chiefs, of whom plays for, to offer him some comfort after losing the final game of the season with the Eagles.The launch of a piece of artwork by an artist from the Porterville area to the moon has been delayed. Louise Shields will eventually have a digital copy of one of her pieces of artwork launched to the moon. Shields, who now works as a Deputy Conservator for Santa Clara County, attended Monache and Porterville College. Her piece of artwork is one of 30,000 pieces of artwork that was scheduled to be launched to the moon on New Year's Eve, December 31, on a SpaceX rocket. The launch is a project led by LunARC, a global non-profit initiative. One purpose of the LunARC mission is to get the next generation excited about space and careers in STEAM, science, technology, engineering, art and math. Shields chose her work “Majestic and Mysterious,” a gel medium and acrylics on canvas to go to the moon. LunARC stated the scheduled launch window for the artwork to go to the moon is now January 11-17 and if the launch isn't possible at that time the next launch window will be open on February 27.