"An address to the #Congress from an #American soldier who is helping the elite #Ukrainian Brigade, John “Jackie” #Roberts”.
Please read and share."
"An address to the #Congress from an #American soldier who is helping the elite #Ukrainian Brigade, John “Jackie” #Roberts”.
Please read and share."
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
The #DOJ is expected to announce the #indictment of longtime Rep #HenryCuellar, US House of Representatives #Democrat of #Texas.
Cuellar’s home & campaign office in Laredo, Texas, were raided in Jan 2022 as part of a federal investigation into #Azerbaijan & a group of US businessmen who have ties to the country. His office had pledged to cooperate w/the investigation.
#law #Congress
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/doj-expected-announce-indictment-texas-democratic-rep-henry-cuellar-so-rcna150567
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?
#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives.
He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4
The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.
Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.
#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#SCOTUS upholds #Trump #tax provision on #offshore earnings
The Supreme Court on Thurs rejected a challenge to an obscure provision of rump’s 2017 tax package.
The one-time tax on offshore earnings helped fund the massive tax cut permitted under #Congress’s limited powers of #taxation.
Some viewed the lawsuit as an effort to preemptively block Congress from creating a #WealthTax.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/20/supreme-court-trump-offshore-tax-wealth-earnings/
#Democrats seek to repeal #Comstock #abortion rule, fearing #Trump crackdown
Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal #law that #bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump admin could invoke the #ComstockAct to crack down on #AbortionAccess or effectively #ban the procedure altogether.
#MAGA #Republicans #extremism #Christian #evangelism #Congress #legislation #TrumpProofing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/
"[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.)