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With months of negotiations on the toxic border issue certain to end in failure Wednesday, Senate Republicans are indicating they might be willing to advance a more straightforward aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to force votes on a foreign assistance package with border security policies Wednesday afternoon, which Republicans say …
Donald Trump can remain on Illinois’ presidential primary ballot, the State Board of Elections voted on Tuesday, dismissing another challenge to the former president’s eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the insurrection clause. The eight-person, bipartisan board voted unanimously against a lawsuit brought by a group of Illinois voters represented …
View post on imgur.com A small unincorporated community in northern New Hampshire was the only region of the Granite State to cast ballots during a midnight voting tradition for Tuesday’s primary and all six registered voters voted for former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley. The six Dixville Notch voters cast their ballots after …
The Senate beat back an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul to limit foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza. It failed 44-50 as the chamber neared a final vote on a short-term government funding patch that would keep the lights on until March. “The only thing consistent about American foreign aid is …
Iraq’s parliament has announced that it will stick to a resolution passed in January 2020, urging the Iraqi government to expel the US-led coalition forces from the country. Deputy parliament speaker Mohsen al-Mandalawi said in a parliament session a day earlier that the resolution adopted four years ago to expel coalition forces is “a fundamental …
Map of 2024 based on CNN projections Obviously take this with a grain of salt, but if this is indicative of reality and holds until November, this year will be interesting pic.twitter.com/IEsIGTaVrX — Jesse Hughes ✝️🇺🇸 (@JesseHughes) January 6, 2024 CNN has come out with its first electoral map of the campaign season and the …
via Naturalnews: The European Union (EU) is struggling to come up with a way to access people’s sensitive and private medical records without their consent in such a way that it will still appear to the public that the EU cares about patient privacy. A recent vote in the European Parliament (EP) saw most members of parliament …
The US House this morning joined the Senate in approving the massive, trillion dollar National Defense Authorization Act where Congressional leadership snuck in authorization for the government to continue to illegally spy on US citizens not suspected or accused of any crime! In the House, Speaker Johnson only passed the bill with the assistance of …
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $5 Billion in Additional Student Debt Relief Another 80,000 borrowers will receive forgiveness thanks to Administration actions DECEMBER 6, 2023 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt relief for 80,300 borrowers. These discharges stem from fixes made by …
via europeanconservative: The European Parliament will most likely approve a report on Wednesday, November 22nd, that seeks to amend the treaties of the European Union, liquidating member states’ veto rights, and giving more power to EU institutions in what conservative forces are describing as a dangerous power grab. As we previously reported, the proposals were …
Welcome to the toughest week yet for Speaker Mike Johnson. The Louisiana Republican must pass a funding measure this week that can win support from Democrats — including in the Senate and White House — or send the country into a paralyzing shutdown days before Thanksgiving. Privately, several House Democrats are predicting there will be …
Michigan township Green Charter votes out its entire local government over China-linked EV battery maker Gotion’s plan to build a factory there Green Charter Township’s five board members were removed in recall election They were ousted for backing Gotion’s new $2.3 billion EV battery plant Gotion’s parent company is 30% owned by Volkswagen, but is …
https://twitter.com/RisingSand/status/1720183991230152967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/_/status/1720177679217852736 #BreakingNews Algerian parliament authorizes President Tebboune to support Gaza and confront the Israeli assaults. #GazaGenocide #Israel #Algeria https://t.co/JZXa74ajWl — Al Bawaba News (@AlBawabaEnglish) November 2, 2023 🚨🇮🇱🇩🇿 Algeria's Jihadist Parliament grants the President the authority to engage in conflict with Israel. pic.twitter.com/4acnEJFmKL — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) November 2, 2023 MSN: Algerian parliament authorizes …
It means the government is weaponizing your tax dollars to buy votes and inflate rent prices https://t.co/7rzp5ClE7E — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 24, 2023
Here we go again. In a nearly identical vote from 2015, the FCC approved a proposal to move ISPs back under Title II public utility rules. It’s a partisan tug-of-war that has been going on for 20 years. It will undoubtedly end up in the courts again, but the last two times, judges said the …
via Mike Shedlock: Jim Jordan fell 17 votes short in the first round of voting. Some would consider it fitting if the process took 15 rounds because that’s how many McCarthy needed. Not Today, Maybe Tomorrow Jordan could only afford to lose at most four votes. He lost 20 votes today with another try tomorrow. …
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Congress remained on track Friday morning to trigger a government shutdown this weekend, though Speaker Kevin McCarthy notched a minor victory when the House advanced a short-term spending bill in a last-ditch stopgap bill to extend government funding beyond Saturday. Facing the most significant challenge to his leadership to date, McCarthy is locked in a …
Joe Biden under fire for multiple ‘no comment’ responses on Maui wildfire as critics say there’s something ‘REAL fishy’ about the federal response to the disaster which has killed over 111 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12421729/Joe-Biden-fire-resorting-multiple-no-comment-responses-Hawaii-wildfire-critics-say-theres-REAL-fishy-federal-response-Maui-disaster-killing-111.html Emotional Maui resident rips Biden’s ‘slap in the face’ wildfire response: ‘Where’s the president?’ Biden: “America first” policies makes us “weaker, not stronger” …
I guess they no longer need to turn on your phone camera or location to keep track of you… They can now do it using 5G cell towers and wifi routers… and ping your vaxxinated ass to see what you’re doing. and the cameras are everywhere also stupid people put RING cameras on their doors! …
Steve Bannon activated pic.twitter.com/pbaN96sikL — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 10, 2023 Steve Bannon: "Citizen Free Press, for all you cult members of CFP… 220 million page views on an aggregation site like that is extraordinary. Citizen Free Press with Kane is in the same grouping as BBC, CNN, The New York Times, the Washington …
