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Every Republican on the committee blocks amendment to stop members of congress president and vice president from collecting unless court orders it 🚨 Every Republican present in the House Appropriations Committee last night voted to make THEMSELVES eligible to collect from Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund. I am not making this up. I …
As Republicans in several states race to redraw congressional maps to secure more seats for GOP candidates, a shocking new poll has suggested the party might want to proceed with caution. According to a New York Times/Siena poll out Monday, Republicans are in a serious hole on the generic congressional ballot. Respondents were asked, “If the 2026 general election …
Memphis loses its guaranteed congressional carve-out as fair lines replace the skin-game. Democrats just watched their racial cheat code get deleted in real time and the meltdown is nuclear. Man the same crowd that cheered race-based maps for years is now burning down the statehouse over color-blind lines. 🚨#BREAKING: Watch as Tennessee House Republicans Pass …
We need to continue to fix the fracture between the left and the right. We now know what true evil is. It is us against the Epstein class and warmongers. — Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) May 4, 2026 I wouldn’t write this off entirely. Her audience is huge. Her influence is huge. I still don’t like …
Senate Republicans are pushing a bill to fund $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for Secret Service upgrades. The proposal includes security for President Trump’s ballroom at the White House. The measure comes amid ongoing threats and recent incidents. Democrats have already criticized the high cost. A billion dollars for White House security upgrades is a …
Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman. If Fetterman does flip, according to officials who were given anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, it will be thanks in large part to his deepening friendship with a pair of senators and their high-profile spouses: Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), and his wife Dina, and Sen. Katie …
U.S. House panel approves spending bill with US$500 million for Taiwan Washington, April 28 (CNA) A U.S. House committee on Tuesday approved a key spending bill that includes US$500 million in military assistance for Taiwan and support for its participation in international organizations. The House Appropriations Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department …
Would you believe 57 Republicans and 211 Democrats recently voted in favor of this Orwellian automobile kill-switch? Here’s the roll call for the vote I forced to defund the mandate: https://t.co/dnPxPHFYie https://t.co/y8G87KY6Db — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 25, 2026 ALL VEHICLES MADE IN 2027 WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A KILL SWITCH All vehicles manufactured …
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Full List of 57 House Republicans Who Voted for Kill Switch Technology Mark E. Amodei (Nevada) Don Bacon (Nebraska) Stephanie Bice (Oklahoma) Gus Bilirakis (Florida) Mike Bost (Illinois) Ken Calvert (California) John R. Carter (Texas) Tom Cole (Oklahoma) Mario Diaz-Balart (Florida) Neal Dunn (Florida) Chuck Edwards (North Carolina) Jake Ellzey (Texas) Randy Feenstra (Iowa) Randy …
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 …
“Voter ID is part of homeland security. Republicans do not settle with Democrats!” byu/benhaswings inAskThe_Donald
Democrats introduced bills to fund part of DHS — 8 times.Republicans passed bills to fund all of DHS — including TSA — through the House twice, with bipartisan support.Senate Democrats blocked full DHS funding 5 times.One side wants to pay TSA workers. The other wants ICE… — AmericanUnfiltered 🇺🇸 (@kbern2018) March 24, 2026 Read the …
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to overturn a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by, and then received within five business days of, Election Day. After just over two hours of oral argument in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a majority of justices seemed …
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found strong backing for US President Donald Trump’s military campaign on Iran among Republicans, with 77% approving of the strikes, compared with 28% of independents and 6% of Democrats. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603196286 Exclusive-Americans believe Trump will send troops into Iran, and don’t like the idea, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Some …
SCOOP: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations https://t.co/uczNL65MOL — Axios (@axios) March 10, 2026 DORAL, FL — White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately urged House Republicans on Tuesday to stop emphasizing “mass deportations” and instead focus their messaging on removing violent criminals, according to sources in the …
They tried to add women to the draft to selective service multiple times while I was in Congress.Trump and Republicans need to guarantee that there will be NO DRAFT AND NEVER DRAFT OUR DAUGHTERS. pic.twitter.com/B4p8d6EZIt — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) March 8, 2026 https://t.co/xiRJvGwoYh pic.twitter.com/VLsYKA9hZd — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) March 8, 2026
Through one week of early voting for Texas primaries, both Dallas County and Tarrant County saw Democrats outpace Republican voters in early turnout. https://t.co/EXN0o00eUz — FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) February 23, 2026 Dallas County has seen nearly 78,000 Democrats cast a vote through six days of early voting. That’s more than three times as many …
Republicans are sounding the alarm over a series of crushing losses in recent elections. “While it is tempting for many in our party to wish away these results, the pattern is clear that there is at least a current 10-point Democratic over-performance from Trump 2024 — and it’s built on a fired-up Democratic base and …
As Hakeem Jeffries sits in the minority of a GOP-controlled Washington, he is still haunted by a Republican gerrymandering gambit that he believes cost him the speaker’s gavel — and cost his party control of the House. This time, he’s making sure Democrats fight back. Jeffries is leading the Democratic party’s counterpunch to President Donald …
President Trump referred to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as a “moron” at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. “He’s an automatic no. No matter what,” Trump said, referencing Massie’s opposition to past legislation pushed by the president and other Republicans. “If we did welfare reform, if we did the greatest thing in the …
🇺🇸 Republican, Thomas Massie, who opposes Trump's policies, was asked to switch to Democrats: "I vote with Republicans 91% of the time. And the other 9% is when Republicans start defending pedophiles, starting new wars, and bankrupting our country." pic.twitter.com/5cZS8c4qnd — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) February 4, 2026 Based on Fox News analysis of 2025 House …
Watch live as U.S. House GOP leadership holds a weekly post-meeting news conference with Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and conference chairwoman Lisa McClain ahead a procedural vote on a bill that would end the partial government shutdown.
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for Texas State Senate District 9 in Tarrant County — a seat Donald Trump carried by 17 points in November 2024, per The Downballot. As I’m writing this, approximately 99% of the vote …
Red wall cracks: Democrat victory signals potential GOP weakness in Trump’s base Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Republican president immediately distanced …
Thomas Massie just exposed that Trump is threatening to “ruin” his supporters’ businesses if they fund his campaign. “I’m not talking about IRS audits.” “It’s bigger than that.” “Here’s what happens behind the scenes … ” First, Trump allies are coercing Massie’s consultants into quitting his re-election campaign: “Three of my consultants have quit on …
🚨 NEW: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna revealed on Fox News that Republicans have formed an alliance — and if Democrats force a government shutdown over DHS funding, the House will attach the SAVE Act to any rules package.pic.twitter.com/nBP54ucgZS — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) January 26, 2026 The SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, H.R. 22) …
Trump orders cuts, Congress says nope. Daniel Horowitz @RMConservative Republicans are basically passing nearly every aprops bill with near-unanimous support from Dems. So everything Trump planned to defund or issued an EO to cut or change is getting funded at Biden levels. Certain things like HUD, section 8, rental grift and housing bubble inducing policies …
Democrats in Virginia have introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing for rape, manslaughter, assaulting a law enforcement officer, possession and distribution of child pornography, and all repeat violent felonies. pic.twitter.com/aJ4rgefbAs — Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) January 19, 2026 Every time I look back at what Virginia Democrats are now doing, it somehow gets …
