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Hardline House Republicans have thrown a Senate-passed DHS funding bill into chaos, leaving millions of passengers facing TSA hell. Speaker Mike Johnson and the powerful House Freedom Caucus of MAGA conservatives rejected the bill passed late last night by the Senate, as it does not include funding for ICE. ‘This gambit that was done last …
by Chris Black Some people still claim that democracy means “government by the people.” But then you get “government by representatives, who don’t have any obligation to the people.” But then if the representatives do something the people want, oh sorry, actually the court system says they can’t do that. It’s not only not “government …
Chinese foreign policy vis-à-vis the United States is likely to turn increasingly frigid under Wang Yi, who returned to replace Qin Gang this week as Chinese foreign minister after Qin’s mysterious month-long absence, a well-informed source told Asia Sentinel. Wang, who held the post before being replaced by Qin, previously a fast-rising figure in President …