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Ignoring Warnings, #GOP Trumpeted Now-#Discredited Allegation Against #Biden
#Republicans in #Congress built their #impeachment case against #POTUS Biden around a #bribery accusation that the #FBI had warned them was #uncorroborated.
#HouseRepublicans #RussianAsset #ChaosCaucus #PublicDisservice #CultOfPersonality #Gaslighting #Propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/politics/gop-smirnov-allegation-biden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X00.r4n3.WHg71dYeGf2P&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Here's what we're reading today:
Biden's administration is considering a plan to help #Ukraine with weapons without waiting for #Congress to approve aid.
The mechanism allows #Biden to provide weapons by special order period, the WH weighs the risks of providing weapons without replacing them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/us/politics/ukraine-weapons-pentagon.html
Democrats and Republicans both aimed at former special counsel Robert Hur in a congressional hearing about his investigation into U.S. President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Democrats took issue with Hur’s comments about Biden’s memory, while Republicans pressed him over his decision not to charge the president for willfully retaining classified materials. Read more from CNN.
As #Elections Loom, Congressional Maps Challenged as Discriminatory Will Remain in Place
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With control of the House of Representatives hanging in the balance, the time-consuming appeals process means elections in multiple districts will take place using maps that have been challenged as discriminatory to #voters of color.
#Voting #SouthCarolina #Florida #Election #Gerrymandering #News #Law #Congress #Politics
So, 21 Republicans in Congress are planning on slowing things down and not doing any work in protest of Felon Trump being prosecuted.
My question is simple. How will we know the difference?
"[U.S.] House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Tuesday the creation of a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, adding to the congressional panels that are looking into the shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania."
CBS News reports: https://flip.it/QhqpiG
#Trump #TrumpShooting #Congress #USPolitics #Politics #Assassination #News
#LizCheney says she’ll vote for #KamalaHarris
‘I don’t believe we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names,’ the fmr #GOP House [& #powerhouse] member said.
Cheney, an ex-#Republican member of #Congress from #Wyoming & daughter of fmr VP #DickCheney, announced her backing of current MVP #Harris while speaking at Duke on Wed.
#HarrisWalz2024
https://19thnews.org/2024/09/liz-cheney-kamala-harris/
I’ve heard it said that if you don’t vote with whichever party then you are a coward. I think that’s exactly backwards, and even reflects poorly all the person making that argument. It doesn’t take much courage to go with the group.
Instead I go the other way: no matter which party you might prefer in general, it takes courage to say they nominated a moron, and fortunately the other party also nominated a loser, so no matter what the US is going to slog through these next few years.
In my opinion the courageous position is to say no, you nominated a moron, and I’m not going to give you my vote. We’re going to be okay I guess, whether you win or not, but I’m not going to let you assume that you have my vote if you insist on nominating a moron. You should have nominated someone better. You should have nominated someone worthy of my vote. Do better next time.
That’s the state of #USPolitics . As South Park said, big douche versus turd sandwich. So screw both #Democrats and #Republicans. Neither of you managed to nominate someone worth voting for, so I’m voting for my dog.
To give either party our votes is to sign on to their nomination of garbage people. Let’s not. Let’s say that they need to actually nominate worthwhile administrators.
But more practically, let’s focus on #Congress. No matter who wins this election, they’re going to suck, but we can still express ourselves through our representation in Congress, and that’s honestly how it should be anyway.
Check out your representatives. See how they have actually been voting, and vote them out if they have been letting you down. That’s really where our focus should be anyway.
Not on which jerk ends up in the Oval Office.
(But thank God #Biden is on his way out, as he has been terrible for #science in the US, which has not gotten nearly enough attention from the press.)
The fight for the #House & #Senate: Where things stand
Will both chambers flip? #Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government.
With <4 weeks to go, #Republicans appear poised to win the Senate, which is currently controlled by the Democrats. The #Democrats, meanwhile, seem to have a slight edge in the race for the Republican-controlled House.
#Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/senate-house-race-who-wins/
How #Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From #Congress
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Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the #budget, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to defund programs they dislike.
#News #Government #USPolitics #Law #President #Politics #Constitution #Impoundment #POTUS
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget
This guy reeeaaaallllly hates #California.
#Trump Blocks California #EV Rules in Latest Move to *Rein In* the State
California leaders said the #state intends to challenge the move in #court, & to find new ways to move drivers toward #ElectricVehicles.
Trump signed joint resolutions of #Congress on Thurs that block California’s effort to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles, his latest attempt to reduce the power of the nation’s most populous state.
#law #Climate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/california-trump-electric-vehicle-waiver.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Disinformation: #SocialSecurity email praising Trump’s tax bill is a lie
The #SSA sent an email claiming Trump’s bill eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients.
The reconciliation bill–which #Trump called the #OneBigBeautifulBill before signing it after #Republicans in #Congress passed it–will strip people of their #HealthInsurance, cut #FoodAssistance for the #poor, kill off #CleanEnergy development & raise the #NationalDebt by trillions.
#propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill
Democrats in the United States Congress must show they are serious about fighting back and need to take a lesson from the legislators in New Zealand who refuse to let #Parliament ignore their voices. To paraphrase MTV "It's time to stop being polite and start being real" #RESIST
tinyurl.com/yc3bn9cs
@democratsabroad @uspolitics @aiop #ElbowsUp #GOPtraitors #GOP #Trump #GQP #NoTrumpNoKKkNoFascistUSA #democrats #USpolitics #senate #house #queer #ice #NewZealand #congress
It hurts me to say this, as an #American, but people need to avoid the #USA for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the #Democrats can get a majority in #Congress and stonewall #Trump
If that doesn't happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a #MAGA/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least
"A #German Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the #US Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know"
Perfectly Summarized! 🔥🔥
🗣️ QUOTE: Grow up in 🇺🇸 #America thinking that 🇮🇱 #Israel is the 51st State. Israel can do no wrong?? It's the only DEMOCRACY in the Middle East?? And so to learn THE TRUTH was harrowing and infuriating. And I felt people NEED TO KNOW the CONTEXT of the situation.
ANYONE with a SHRED OF HUMANITY is on the SIDE of the 🇵🇸 #PALESTINIANS. And that's the HOPE we have to HANG our hats on. That's the hope that we need to keep stiving for; And that what gives me Optimism, because I see the TRUTH. I see the 😴 🌐 World #WAKING_UP.
I see the Mass Movements in the streets.
THIS IS AN #AWAKENING THAT EXTENDS #BEYOND JUST OUR 🇺🇸 COUNTRY..
THIS IS #INTERNATIONAL.
🌎 🌍 🌏
This is something that's awakened people into realizing that 🇵🇸 #PALESTINIANS are OUR #BROTHERS AND #SISTERS.
The #Humanity has SPARKED 💖 something that #EMPATHY has Sparked something and that WILL ✝️ #NOT_DIE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ⚔️ FIGHTING! And No Matter what Happens with the cease fire 🔥 I think people WILL #NEVER GO BACK.
THERE IS #NO_GOING_BACK! THERE IS ONLY MOVING #FORWARD with the #PATH TO #JUSTICE. 👨⚖️ 👩⚖️
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rEZjfO_lZeg
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It still seems hard to believe, but in the last #Congress, the #House #Republican majority formally launched an #impeachment inquiry against Joe #Biden. The endeavor never made any sense, but the underlying allegation was that the Democratic president was somehow the beneficiary of a weird #bribery scheme.
#law #Constitution #EmolumentsClause #ForeignAsset #Compromised #NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Trump #crypto #grift
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-controversial-meme-coin-contest-proves-predictably-profitable-p-rcna203293
💭 ANOTHER WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
Btw #MEAT, #CENTRALIZED #SOCIAL_NETWORKS, #DUMB_PHONES, #EYE_SHADOW.. ;), 🇮🇱 #Isreali 🇮🇱 #Congress, 🇮🇱 Both Dems and Rep Parties, 🇮🇱 AIPAC LOBBYISTS, 🐍 🇱🇷 USA .GOV and the 👹 #POPE ARE #NOT YOUR #FRIENDS.. ✝️
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* Hmm so we had a #White Martin Luther (REP) and a #Black Martin Luther (DEMS) too? = the start of man made division and racism!
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💭 ANOTHER WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
Btw #MEAT, #CENTRALIZED #SOCIAL_NETWORKS, #DUMB_PHONES, #EYE_SHADOW.. ;), 🇮🇱 #Isreali 🇮🇱 #Congress, 🇮🇱 Both Dems and Rep Parties, 🇮🇱 AIPAC LOBBYISTS, 🐍 🇱🇷 USA .GOV and the 👹 #POPE ARE #NOT YOUR #FRIENDS.. ✝️
THEY ARE THE #COMING OF THE 🏴☠️ #ANTICHRIST. 🚔
The Only Question Left to be asked? WAS POPE FRANCIS 🔥 🩸 🏴☠️ #MURDERED AFTER RECENTLY BEING #RELEASED FROM #HOSPITOL AS #HEALTHY?
#REMOVE OR #SELF_DEPORT ASAP!
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Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation
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The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. “There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” Rep. Chris Deluzio said.
#News #Veterans #Healthcare #Health #Democrats #Congress #Government #USPolitics
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-americans-pay-more-for-prescription-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Drugs #Pharma #Health #Healthcare #Cancer #Business #Congress
The #GOP’s New #Medicaid Denialism
Unable to defend their #healthcare #cuts on the merits, congressional #Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.
Republicans in #Congress claim to have achieved something truly miraculous. Their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they argue, would cut nearly $800B from Medicaid spending over 10yrs without causing any Americans to lose #health care—or, at least, without making anyone who loses health care worse off.
#law #Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
It’s the #LibraryOfCongress.
But #Trump claims it’s his.
Trump’s new target in his campaign to expand #ExecutivePower: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name—admin attys are now arguing the main #research #library of the #legislative branch doesn’t belong to #Congress at all.
A #legal push to claim the Library as executive turf isn’t a one-off. It’s the latest move in a broader effort by Trump…to erase the…lines that separate the branches of govt.
#law
https://wapo.st/4dQh5Hm
The Air Force revealed earlier this year that a general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate relationships with five women.
Sources say one of the women whose relationship with him was scrutinized was Sen. Joni Ernst.
(Published March 2025)
https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #JoniErnst #Military #Ethics #Government #USPolitics #Congress
The #Pentagon says the unnecessary deployment of #NationalGuard members & #Marines to #protests over #immigration raids in #LosAngeles is costing $134M.
After persistent questioning from #Democrats in #Congress on Tues, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total & said the money will come from operations & maintenance accounts.
#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469