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"If you're doing nothing wrong, what is there to fear ?
- I'm fearing your definition of wrong. "
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"If you're doing nothing wrong, what is there to fear ?
- I'm fearing your definition of wrong. "
#StarWars #Andor #Senate #OperationLikeTheWind #Meme ...
https://www.europesays.com/people/19409/ Wrap-up: Senate not done yet – Roll Call #agency #American #AngusKing #Appropriations #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #election #Elections #ExecutiveBranch #FederalEmergencyManagementAgency #Filibuster #HakeemJeffries #History #HomelandSecurity #house #Immigration #Independents #JohnThune #Kentucky #KristiNoem #Leadership #maine #MarkwayneMullin #NewHampshire #NewYork #Oklahoma #Pennsylvania #RandPaul #Republicans #Senate #SouthDakota
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a news conference earlier this month. The Senate is expected to hold a rare weekend session as lawmakers continue debate on legislation known as the SAVE America Act.
Janet Mills has no ads booked beyond Wednesday and trails in the polls. #Maine #janetmills #senate #elections #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney
A yawning gulf has opened between the left & right flanks of the court, Professor Epstein said.
“The #polarization in American society seeps into the #Senate. It seeps into the #presidency. It is naturally going to seep into the #courts. It would be surprising to see another John Paul Stevens,” Epstein said, referring to the late justice noted for his moderation. “Partisan identity & ideology have become so intertwined.”
I know Graham Platner is not perfect (no one is). But I believe if you listen to someone talk, they will tell you who they are. I believe he is genuine with what he says. This speech is what sold me on him.
https://www.europesays.com/people/12003/ Appropriators meet as deadline set for Homeland Security deal – Roll Call #agency #AngusKing #Appropriations #BrandSafety #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveBranch #fatal #HomelandSecurity #house #Immigration #Independents #JohnThune #maine #national #NewHampshire #Oklahoma #PattyMurray #Republicans #Senate #SouthDakota #SusanCollins #TransportationSecurityAdministration #Trump #washington #WhiteHouse
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leaves the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on March 10.
https://www.europesays.com/people/9963/ In the Senate, Thune resurrects idea of reconciliation – Roll Call #Appropriations #Budget #Conservatives #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #election #Elections #ExecutiveBranch #Filibuster #Florida #HomelandSecurity #house #Iran #JamesLankford #JohnThune #Leadership #LindseyGraham #maine #MarkwayneMullin #MikeLee #Missouri #NorthCarolina #Oklahoma #Pennsylvania #Policy #Republicans #RonJohnson #Senate #SouthCarolina #SouthDakota #Summer
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he returns from the Senate floor to his office in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
The #Senate on Thursday sent a bipartisan funding deal to reopen #DHS back to the #House, which convened for a 2-minute session & took no action to pass it. The Senate’s bill to fund the agency is now formally back with the House, & the #shutdown will continue at least through Monday, when the chamber will hold its next session. The plan would have funded DHS through Sept 30 but omit money for #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.
#USpol #Republicans #dysfunction #Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/house-no-action-homeland-security-funding-shutdown.html?smid=url-share
#Trump says he'll sign #ExecutiveOrder to resume pay for #DHS. His move illegally bypasses #Congress.
He announced the #unilateral move in a social media post, blaming #Democrats [even though #Republicans control both the #House & #Senate] for the impasse.
#ConstitutionalLaw #law #Constitution #PowerOfThePurse #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #autocracy #dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/senate-funding-homeland-security-shutdown-4a3e4a3e77bd33213b98888e79a81f51
https://www.europesays.com/people/380/ Schumer had a plan to win back the Senate. But some Democrats aren’t on board #ChuckSchumer #democrats #DonaldTrump #endorsement #FirstTermSenator #heinrich #leader #maine #michigan #party #platner #ProgressiveCandidate #schumer #SecondTime #Senate #year
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Schumer had a plan to win back the Senate. But some Democrats aren't on board
#TulsiGabbard tells senators #Iran regime is degraded but still intact
The director of national intelligence provided the #Senate #Intelligence Committee with mixed messages about the state of Iran’s #nuclear program before the war began.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/18/tulsi-gabbard-iran-intelligence-hearing/
#TulsiGabbard’s #Senate testimony alongside the #Trump admin’s other top #intelligence officials follows the stunning resignation of Joe Kent, a senior political appointee overseeing the National Counterterrorism Center, who sharply cast doubt on the admin’s case for starting the #war.
Gabbard said in her opening remarks that #Iran & its proxies “continue to attack #US & allied interests in the #MiddleEast” even after setbacks leading up to, & following, the start of the war.
So, here's another fun thing about the #SAVE Act that nobody is talking about.
It would require states to check if every voter is still eligible *once a month* using federal databases that government inspectors have repeatedly flagged for high error rates.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 established detailed rules to stop officials from unfairly removing people from voter rolls. Those protections include: states must notify each person individually and wait through two federal elections before removing them (roughly four years), and strict limits on what evidence states can use to justify removing someone from the rolls.
The two laws contradict each other and cannot both work at the same time.
#USpol #Senate #USGov #Voting #VotingRights #Epstein #EpsteinClass #GOP #GuardiansofPedophiles
#ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the #Senate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/us-senate-chatgpt-ai-chatbots.html
Dead troops are fund-raising props for Felon Trump
#military #war #Iran #iranwar #Epstein #politics #world #America #Congress #senate #Europe #EU #tyranny #freedom #Canada #turkey #uk #resistance #tyranny #Sweden #India #newyork #Finland #spain #Germany #France #Italy #Japan #Australia #America #reddit #meidastouch #crime #ICC #international #corruption
In ancient Rome the Senate would assassinate a tyrant.
In modern America they won’t even impeach one.
The Ides of March … the day Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman Senators and one of his closest friends, Brutus.
Do we dare hope that history repeat itself?
#idesofmarch #juliuscaesar #iran #middleeast #Hegseth #epstein #EpsteinFiles #senate #trump #history
Canada cannot solve its housing crisis without making Indigenous housing a central priority, not an afterthought. —NICHI statement
Ohio House waits on data center study vote, hints at veto override on sales tax exemption
After rapidly advancing a bill to study data centers through committee, Ohio House lawmakers took a beat Wednesday, and held off on putting the measure to a...
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/06/ohio-house-waits-on-data-center-study-vote-hints-at-veto-override-on-sales-tax-exemption/#data-centers #house-speaker-matt-huffman #politics-&-gov #rep.-dani-isaacsohn #sen.-nickie-antonio #senate-president-rob-mccolley #technology
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Ohio House waits on data center study vote, hints at veto override on sales tax exemption
The Snake vs. The Toady, currying favor with The Grifter---Please make them all disappear🙄
Paxton’s Clever Ploy to Stay in Texas Senate Race
#senate #Paxton #Cornyn #Trump
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/paxtons-clever-ploy-to-stay-in-texas-senate-race.html
The #House narrowly rejected a #WarPowers resolution Thursday to halt #Trump’s attacks on #Iran, a sign of unease in #Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering #US priorities at home & abroad.
It’s the second vote in as many days, after the #Senate defeated a similar measure along party lines.
#law #war
https://apnews.com/article/house-vote-iran-war-powers-resolution-trump-5d7d93c7793802881d9cde042220d7bc?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-05-War+powers+vote
"The fact that the Senate failed to pass the War Powers motion does not mean that the war against Iran is legal. It simply means that, as a matter of partisan politics, Congress refuses to perform its constitutional duty. That is the steady state for the Republican-controlled Congress under Trump."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Iran #war #Senate #Republicans #Congress
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/house-calls-bondi-over-missing-epstein
GOP Senator Tim Sheehy just assaulted this Marine veteran for protesting at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Marine: "No one wants to
fight for Israel!"
#Iran #Israel #Marine #Senate #Protest
#USPOL
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GOP Senator Tim Sheehy just assaulted this Marine veteran for protesting at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Marine: No one wants to fight for Israel!
#KristiNoem Misled #Congress About Top Aide’s Role in #DHS #Contracts
Testifying before the #Senate #Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that #CoreyLewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records & interviews with current & former agency staffers contradict her testimony.
#law #perjury
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts
The #Senate will take an initial vote Wednesday on blocking #Trump from ordering further strikes on #Iran, offering the first test of #Congress’s support for a campaign that Trump launched without its consent.
#Democrats — & Sen #RandPaul (R-KY) — are forcing a vote on #WarPowers over the opposition of most #Republicans…. Democrats are imploring a handful of Republicans to break with their party to end the conflict & reassert Congress’s control over declaring #war.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/04/senate-iran-war-powers-vote/
Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Trump’s decision to strike against #Iran without congressional approval or seeking a declaration of #war in #Congress. Sen #TimKaine (D-VA), a member of the #Senate Armed Services Cmte, called the #US military campaign “an illegal war” on Fox News.
#Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/01/world/iran-attack-khamenei-trump/886aeeb3-372d-5c16-8c46-9953c4d73349?smid=url-share
Sen #TimKaine also echoed Sen #MarkWarner (D-VA), the top #Democrat of the #Senate #Intelligence Cmte, saying that “all of the intelligence” he has seen suggests that there was “no imminent threat” from #Iran. He said Iran was “a decade” away from building missiles that could reach the #US.
#Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, top Democrat of the #Senate #Intelligence Cmte said #Trump rushed forward with what he described as “a war of choice” without first consulting with lawmakers or seeking a declaration of #war through #Congress. He said he hadn’t received any intelligence that “Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of pre-emptive strike against the United States of America,” & emphasized that the majority of Americans are against involvement in the wars in the #MiddleEast.
"5 days ago the US lost🚨a $220M drone over the Strait of Hormuz. & nobody told you. On Feb 22, an MQ-4C Triton, transmitted emerg code 7700 at 32,900 ft over the strait & vanished from Flightradar24.
No:🚨wreckage ann/CENTCOM stmt/Pentagon briefing. The most advanced maritime surveillance drone in the American arsenal disappeared over the most contested waterway on earth/largest MIL buildup since 2003."
-S Perera
The #TrumpRegime is draining the TSY. #Senate?
#Hegseth #DOD #Kakistocracy #USPol
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Pic of the drone:
Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.
#StephenColbert isn’t backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at #CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.
On “The Late Show” Tuesday, Colbert said he was surprised by a statement from CBS denying that its lawyers told him he couldn’t show an interview with Democratic #Texas #Senate candidate #JamesTalarico — which the host said had happened the night before.
#law #FirstAmendment #FCC #censorship #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/colbert-talarico-cbs-trump-fcc-014a0531715f098fbcd7902476a22590?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-18-Colbert-Talarico+interview
#Colbert Says #CBS Pulled #Senate Candidate Interview
#StephenColbert said he had to drop an interview with #JamesTalarico from his Monday broadcast because of new #FCC guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/colbert-cbs-fcc-talarico-carr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Senator Ron Wyden revealed that a Treasury Department file shows #JeffreyEpstein moved nearly $1.1 billion through one of his bank accounts, including 4,725 wire transfers. Republicans are protecting rapist pedophiles! Cover-up!
Investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
That’s 4,725 lines of investigation right there. And that should only be the start of it.
Epstein had to pay for all his sex trafficking somehow. Further evidence shows he used Russian banks to process hundreds of millions in payments. Again, this is info in the possession of the Trump administration, but they’re refusing to investigate.
#news #politics #Congress #Senate #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList #epstein #EpsteinClientList #press #media #europe #europeanunion #UK
#JanetMills Is Flopping in the Fight for Maine Senate
New FEC data from the Maine governor's #Senate campaign show waning voter enthusiasm.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/janet-mills-maine-senate-fec-million-dollars-small-donors
from #DropSiteNews
Nathan Bernard and Ryan Grim
Feb 13, 2026
Despite sub-zero conditions, the crowd gathered for the state’s first large-scale #ICE protest, an “ICE THEM OUT” rally. That week, masked federal agents launched “Operation Catch of the Day,” a mass #deportation campaign aimed at the nearly 6,000 #Somalis who live in #Maine. By operation’s end, the administration claimed to arrest over 200 “#immigrant offenders.” Many of these Mainers are now being held at a Massachusetts facility attorneys found to have “inhumane” conditions.
The Lewiston event featured many of the state’s prominent #Democratic politicians.
Gov. Mills was notably absent.
“Governor Mills did not reach out to me, or to the organizing team ahead of the January 24 rally"...said Safiya Khalid.
Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of #NORTHCOM, told the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte that the number of incursions along the #US #Mexico border was “over a thousand” each month.
The #DEA & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor #Mexico based drug #cartel operations.
#Trump & Schumer met at the White House last month to discuss the frozen funds.
Though he is the top #Senate #Democrat, Schumer has NO direct #oversight over either transportation hub & rebuffed the request, acc/to 2 of the people.
Trump, known for affixing his name to NYC high-rises & Atlantic City hotels, has appeared to be undertaking a similar drive on a national scale during his second term.
Again I say, I bet he pees on everything too.
Officials Pressed Schumer to Rename #PennStation & #Dulles International Airport for #Trump
Admin officials told the top #Senate Democrat that Trump would release frozen #funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.
#law #MafiaState #EgomaniacalSociopath
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/politics/trump-schumer-penn-station-dulles-airport-renaming.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built the Rx Inspector tool to show you.
Now a proposed bill would also require manufacturing location information on packaging for both generic and brand-name drugs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-manufacturer-labels-us-senate-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Health #Government #Senate #Law #Drugs #Medicine
Canadian Senate Passes Failed Age Verification Law
Canadian senators envision age verification laws going beyond porn websites. This as it passes the senate.
https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-senate-passes-failed-age-verification-law/
#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #BillS209 #Canada #senate
#Senate #Democrats said Wednesday that they would put forth #legislation by Thursday to codify their conditions for continuing to fund #DHS, moving quickly to lay out their demands for new restrictions on #federal agents carrying out #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.
#law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/senate-homeland-security-funding.html?smid=url-share
NOW PLAYING - The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: The #Senate Must Not Fund #ICE with journalist #SonaliKolhatkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarYZozD97U
#news #leftist #RJEskow #immigration #uspol #trump #left # #socialist #anticapitalist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, & have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” #Trump posted on his Truth Social site. “On top of everything else, he is ‘central casting,’ & he will never let you down.”
The appointment, which requires #Senate confirmation, is a return trip for Warsh, 55, who was a member of the Fed’s board 2006–2011. He was the youngest governor in history when he was appointed at age 35.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says a bipartisan #funding deal has been reached to avoid a government #shutdown as #Senate #Republicans try to set up a Thursday vote.
The deal, according to the minority leader, includes the separation of the 5 bipartisan appropriation bills that #Democrats had asked for & a 2-week stopgap funding extension for #DHS.
Senate #GOP leadership is now taking steps to schedule a vote for Thursday night.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-news-01-29-26?post-id=cmkzuzwml000f3b6p8b0rkied
Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing ProPublica reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in related investments when he shut down crypto investigations at the DOJ.
#News #Law #USPolitics #Government #Crypto #DOJ #Senate #ToddBlanche
More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …
PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5690365/rubio-senate-venezuela
Help Senate Democrats stand strong and push back against funding ICE!
✍️ We’re gathering stories and messages from Americans abroad to share directly with Senate Democratic teams. These messages can be placed on the record and read on the Senate floor, giving voter stories to our leaders to carry into the debate.
Please add yours by clicking the link below!
Submit your story here: https://www.democratsabroad.org/abolish_ice_your_stories_26
#democratsabroad #senate #abolishICE #shareyourstory #democrats #USpol #USpolitics
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Graphic on light blue background with a hand holding up an "Abolish Ice" sign at bottom right. The text says "Send your message
to the Senate: ABOLISH ICE.
Not one more dollar for ICE.
Share your message with Democrats Abroad now.
Demand ICE be defunded." Below this is the DA Take Action logo.
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A graphic with a light blue background and several "Neighbors say ICE Out!" signs at the bottom. The text says "Senate Democrats are standing strong
against funding ICE - and they need our voices now. We're collecting stories from Americans abroad to put directly on the Senate record and read on the floor. Every message strengthens their resolve.
Families are living in fear. Parents worry for their children. Loved ones are afraid to travel. Communities are being terrorized. We need your messages now."
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A graphic with a light blue background and a picture of teh Capitol at the bottom against a background of blue and red dots, with more blue than red. The DA Take Action logo is at the bottom. The text says "Share your story with Democrats Abroad now. Demand ICE be defunded.
Visit the link below to submit your story.
Submission deadline is Jan. 27 at 12:00PM ET."
Americans,
Congress needs only 3 Republicans in the #House (4 vacancies) and 20 Republicans in the #Senate to impeach, REMOVE, AND CONVICT Donald Trump. Only 23 repubs needed to join with Democratic members – 23 MUST summon their courage and do the right thing.
Stop this madman from starting a World War. Desert the repub-nazi party.
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A Capitol Switchboard operator can connect you directly with the senate office.
Call 202-224-3121
A significant difference between being shot 3 times in the face and called a "fuckin' bitch" by an agent of the federal government, for observing said agent, and being shot multiple times in the back after being beaten and held face-down on the ground by federal agents, for observing said agents, is that the white woman's street execution did not spur Congress into action.
#ICE #Congress #House #Senate #AlexPretti #ReneeNicoleGood #misogyny #America #UnitedStates
the running series of #TheoVon / #BernieSanders interviews is a national treasure
Canada needs to be more aggressive in its responses to Trump's belligerence. Among many other things, we should be doing these immediately:
1. Send Canadian troops to take part in defensive exercises in Greenland. This was a no-brainer, and the fact that Carney didn't instantly jump on it is a black mark for Canada's history.
2. Axe - don't delay, completely cancel - the F-35 fighter deal. If there's a way to (legally - we're not Trump) get out of the current obligation of another squadron of them, do it.
3. Sign the Gripen deal.
4. Start hurting US businesses, more than we have been. Buying less of their booze is one thing, but we should be doing things like closing Canadian airspace to American-owned carriers. No more great-circle routes to Europe from most of the USA. Look for other opportunities to cause economic pain. Trump doesn't give a damn; nothing will stop him from doing whatever he wants. We - and the rest of the world - have to motivate the US public, its business leaders, and its legislative branch to remove him, and anyone that comes after him that tries to walk the same path.
#USPol #CanPol #Trump #MangoMussolini #MelonFelon #Canada #GreatCircle #airspace #Canadian #Greenland #Denmark #NATO #MarkCarney #F35 #Gripen #Congress #Senate #impeach #impeachment
Tell me the #Senate #Democrats have given up without telling me they've given up.
#uspol #unitedstates #america #ice #fuckfascism
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A tweet stating:
NEWS: Senate Dems are reportedly offering ICE funding increases in exchange for body cams and de-escalation training for agents.
Body cams can be turned off. De-escalation can be ignored.
Unclear is no masks, requiring ID badges, and no immunity is on the table.
I can't stand this country. Its lying press. Its lying leaders. Its courts kissing moneyed asses. Its political system empowering gangsters. Its ability to shoot people in the face and fear no consequences from a public trained that a sign will stop a terrorist in a Nazi uniform after it controls every bit of the federal government, butchers the ability of people to vote in free and fair elections, and has immunity from prosecution handed down from the supreme court it chose for itself. Gangsters all.
#Democrats #Republicans #Congress #SCOTUS #House #Senate #WhiteHouse #voting #protesting #chumps #gangsters
“Sen Patty Murray⚡️to White House: No Funding Increase for ICE.”
#Senate #Immigrants #DHS #ICE #USPol
https://migrantinsider.com/p/patty-murray-to-white-house-no-funding
The #Senate was racing to clear 3 measures that passed the #House last week with money for the #Commerce Dept & the #DOJ [maybe skip that one], as well as for #environmental programs.
Even some programs that have long been despised by #conservatives are instead set to sustain only modest cuts, including #VoiceOfAmerica, the National Endowment for #Democracy [#NED] & the National Endowment for the #Arts [#NEA].
All told, while lawmakers have agreed to make modest trims to a number of programs that #Trump has wanted to eviscerate — & to zero out some others — the spending bills that they are now moving through #Congress reflect the political #reality that any #funding measure must be bipartisan in order to avoid a Democratic filibuster in the #Senate & become #law.
It is a striking pivot just months after the partisan clash last fall that led to the longest #government #shutdown in history.
Lawmakers are now in the process of negotiating & approving a series of #spending bills before a Jan 30 shutdown deadline. Appropriators in both the #House & #Senate have come to bipartisan agreements on 8 of the 12 bills that fund the government.
Republicans are jackasses who will follow a horse's ass into raw sewage.
Those poor kids. The adults can go to hell.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115895971141090890
#SouthCarolina #SC #Trump #Epstein #Murdoch #Senate #measles
SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined
On Jan. 6, there were 211 cases. The outbreak, which began in October, is now at 434.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/sc-measles-outbreak-has-gone-berserk-124-cases-since-friday-409-quarantined/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Sen #MarkKelly sued #Hegseth & the #Pentagon this week over the move to punish him for the video. “I didn’t expect that I would ever find myself here,” he said in a speech on the #Senate floor on Monday.
In the interview on Monday, #ElissaSlotkin shared a similar sentiment. “I’ve studied this kind of political #authoritarianism in other countries my entire professional life,” she said. “I just can’t believe I am talking about it in my own country.”
The #Senate has advanced a resolution to limit #Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against #Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for the president’s expanding ambitions in the #WesternHemisphere.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-8-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
The Senate votes TODAY on a War Powers Act!
So important to contact your Senator: EVEN IF THEY ARE A SURE VOTE EITHER WAY! They pay attention to the number of calls they get. We need to flood the phone lines!
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
If you already know who your Senator is, here's the list and phone numbers:
https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf
Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses
I’ve criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority party with zero power, but that doesn’t mean he’s powerless. Yet he acts as if he is. And if he can’t figure that […]
#Republicans are attacking #Maine Gov. @janetmillsforme.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (D) – who is running for the U.S. #Senate – with a fake #artificialintelligence #AI-generated #Deepfake video of her giving a boy “a no-parent-permission-required ESTROGEN kit.” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/repu...
If you live in Minnesota, vote for Peggy Flanagan for Senate. If elected, she’ll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate.
#Indigenous #PeggyFlanagan #Senate
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Peggy Flanagan in a blue suit jacket and beaded dentalium earrings in front of the American flag
Because of the scum that is Donald Trump, and the hangers-on scum that enable that abhorrent gangster who fucked little kids and probably handed Putin the Epstein files about his rapes of children when they met in Alaska to kiss-kiss and leave. That was a hand-off. I despise the press for what they've done, empowering the most crooked con artist on the planet. God damn you all. You do the bidding of the Russians.
#USpolitics #Ukraine #Republicans #Trump #Senate #Congress #Russia #Putin #Epstein
Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee leaders put weight behind Turning Point USA chapters
Tennessee officials announced a partnership with Turning Point USA to set up chapters in high schools across the state.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/19/stockard-on-the-stump-tennessee-leaders-put-weight-behind-turning-point-usa-chapters/#commentary #gov.-bill-lee #rep.-kerry-roberts #senate-majority-leader-jack-johnson #u.s.-sen.-marsha-blackburn
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Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee leaders put weight behind Turning Point USA chapters
The legislative package included a bill, introduced by Rep #MarjorieTaylorGreen (R-GA) that makes it a #crime to provide #GenderAffirmingCare to #transgender minors, punishable by a fine or #prison time of up to 10 years. It passed on Wednesday.
Another bill, introduced by Rep #DanCrenshaw (R-TX) would prohibit #Medicaid reimbursement for gender-affirming care for youth. It is scheduled for a vote Thursday. Both bills would also have to pass the #Senate to become #law.
The annual defense policy bill cleared the chamber in a wide bipartisan vote after it passed the #House last week. #Trump is expected to sign the measure, despite the White House’s misgivings….
The 77-20 vote saw substantial support from #Democrats & #Republicans to push through the $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act [#NDAA], the product of months of negotiations between leaders of the #Senate & House #ArmedServices cmtes.
Lawmakers are using the sprawling policy bill to demand the #Pentagon hand over unedited videos of strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats near #LatinAmerica. The bill restricts a quarter of #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth’s travel budget until #Congress receives the footage.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers #Venezuela #oil #InternationalLaw #House #Senate #legislation
#Senate passes defense bill that defies #Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos
The Senate on Wednesday delivered a clear rebuke of Trump’s #authority, signing off on #legislation that could force the #Pentagon to turn over footage of strikes against suspected drug smugglers & rein in the admin’s ability to limit #troops abroad.
#Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers #Venezuela #oil #InternationalLaw
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/senate-ndaa-passage-trump-boat-strikes-00694738
In 2026, #Trump & his party face a referendum on their leadership as the nation heads into the #midterm #elections that will decide control of the #House & #Senate.
Trump has said that he thinks more Americans would back him if they simply heard him describe his track record. Admin ofcls say investment commitments for new factories will reverse the decline in manufacturing #jobs & that consumer activity will improve dramatically as people receive increased tax refunds next year [nope].
We care so little about life, we elect murderers to lead us.
The Senate, I mean. Trump is Hitler's bedpan reincarnated as Putin's footstool.
#Trump’s top Cabinet ofcls overseeing #NationalSecurity are back on Capitol Hill Tuesday as questions mount over the escalation of #US #military force & boat strikes in #InternationalWaters near #Venezuela.
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth & others briefed members of the #House & #Senate amid congressional investigations into a military strike in Sept that killed 2 survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the #Caribbean.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-12-16-2025
After briefing senators with Secy of #State #MarcoRubio on the latest developments in the #Trump admin’s ops against narco-traffickers Tuesday, #Hegseth said the video would made available Wednesday to the #Senate & #House Armed Services Cmtes along with commentary from the Navy admiral who greenlit the strike. However, he said the video remains classified & would not be released to the general public or lawmakers without a role in #Pentagon oversight.
After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Transportation #Industry #Business #Government #Regulation #Senate
The only people who can stop what is happening in America sit on their hands in the Senate, in full partnership with a Russian pedophile. Until people start focusing on our enemies within that godawful legislative body, nothing changes. It is the most powerful branch of the government, and it willfully, and at great profit to themselves, led us into hell.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1999152699590287446
Y’all, you know I avoid the HellSite like it was a plague pit, but a dozen or more people have sent me this, and .... wow. More of this please. Stand up to the lies in broad daylight. Tell the world with your whole chest what monsters this administration has unleashed.
Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm
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Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through a Small Business Administration program are a “fraud magnet.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/sb8a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#US #Senate #Democrats block #Republicans’ #healthcare bill
The Republican bill by Sens #BillCassidy of Louisiana & #MikeCrapo of Idaho would send up to $1,500 to individuals earning less than 700% of the federal poverty level — ~$110,000 for an individual or $225,000 for a family of 4 in 2025. Those funds could not be used for #abortion or gender #transition procedures & would require verification of beneficiaries' #immigration or citizenship status.
Former Montgomery County Democratic Committee executive director Chris Thomas has also entered the race for the PA Senate 24. Will be interesting to see how a 29 year old party stalwart will fare in the primary against a Democratic Socialist (and whoever else joins the fray) in this increasingly purple district in a year where conservative sentiment is likely to be punished again. #MontCoPa #Senate #Pennsylvania #Elections
Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
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Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #Health #Misinformation #Congress #Senate #USPolitics