Why don’t people ask why in the world does the Senate continue to operate under rules that give each and every US Senator so much unilateral power to fu-k up the entire nation?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to lose about $1.3 billion in funds as a result of last month’s federal debt ceiling negotiation that were initially allocated through Covid-19 supplemental funding, the agency shared with CNN.
As the #AmericaFirst movement of #WWII once again rears its head and gears up for the next elections, it is much better prepared than in 2016 and the #Midterms of 2022.
A racist utterance of a #US military 🪖 leader made me remember a thread I had published on the Birdsite in Sept. 2022.
It focused on the strategic use of #veterans by the #MAGA movement.
As it will happen again, I am republishing...
"...Jordans in camo...
Steve #Bannon’s grandiose vision.👉 “I believe that we will destroy the #DemocraticParty as a national political institution,”👈 he declared in June outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal #Courthouse, during his trial on charges of contempt of #Congress.
“We will govern for a hundred years after we win a hundred seats.”
Over the past two years, the largest known donation to a political advocacy group...
Some sense, at last.
(s/: Would also be bad business for the country's biggest budget line-item and one of the biggest global polluters: #Defense. /s
I imagine that the likes of #Ratheon had their lobbyists pull a lot of strings in #Congress. 😉)
Here's a challenge coin that Proud Boy "Milkshake" made after Jan. 6, featuring a noose and a guillotine.
This domestic terrorist is sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Theses are the Republican terrorists that Republicans promise to pardon for trying to end #America during the #insurrection
It's the white, #republican#fascist domestic terrorists that are the greatest #threat to Americans and our nation. It always has been.
Daniel Lyons Scott, nicknamed “Milkshake,” was named by federal agents as a prominent member of the far-right group that made the push to storm #Congress, according to court records.
Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi to move Supreme Court very soon, says Congress
The Congress on Wednesday said it will move the Supreme Court “very soon” to seek a stay on former party chief Rahul Gandhi’s conviction by a Surat court in the Modi surname case.
“Mr Riggleman said he and his team have obtained proof…that the people involved, including ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and others, were “manipulating the data”.
You don’t say.
It was an op. Data was copied from other computers in different locations and put together on a computer Later claimed to be his laptop. Data manipulated several times, new files added over various dates while at repair shop. And then Rudy Giuliani took possession of the laptop.
"The ex-Republican representative said the content being published in right-wing media “has no relation to any forensic copy attached to a Hunter Biden laptop” &“looks ... to us” as if “most of the data is curated” in a way that is “almost like a mixtape of multiple data sources"
We’ve just learned that Republicans have been using a Chinese Spy who lied to federal agents and trafficked arms as a “whistleblower” against Hunter Biden.
A Chinese spy. That was their source. The Republicans are a total joke.
More deliciousness in the Comer/My informant is a Chinese spy scandal: Comer says his "informant" was indicted because of whistleblowing to republican Congress. Um..look at the date on the sealed indictment: It was filed in 2022, before there WAS a republican Congress.
▪️Were comer and his committee members and/or staffers in contact with accused fugitive spy Gal Luft? #DoJ must investigate!
▪️There's a possibility their communications have been subject to Title I FISA intercepts.
#PGA Tour officials will testify at a Senate hearing Tuesday as #Congress investigates its deal to merge with #Saudi-backed #LIV Golf, which declined to send its executives to testify,
Scott MacFarlane reports.
In tribal-dominated Chhattisgarh, BJP maintains studied silence on UCC
The Congress in the state is openly opposing the UCC. On the other hand, the BJP is asking how Congress leaders can express their opinions when the UCC draft is yet to come.
GOP infighting continues as Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is kicked out of the “Freedom Caucus,” which consists of roughly three dozen far-right Republicans.
Greene was removed from the group because of a disruptive argument she had with another member of the Freedom Caucus, Lauren Boebert, regarding a hypothetical impeachment of President Joe Biden.
Legislative leaders are at odds with Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson over the controversy surrounding Utah’s 2nd Congressional District special election. Henderson, who oversees elections for the state, has brushed off any suggestion that Celeste Maloy, who won the vote of GOP delegates last month, was ineligible when she...
Of the 6 Supreme Court justices who make up the right-wing majority, 5 were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote and were installed through the highly undemocratic electoral collage system.
SCOTUS justices are unelected. They're beholden to no ethical rules. They accept bribes from wealthy donors. They lied to Congress to win approval. At least one (Clarence Thomas) is close friends (Harlan Crow) with a collector of Nazi relics, incl a signed copy of Mein Kampf and Hitler paintings.
The House’s focus on the far-right’s demands over the past month has irritated Republicans who represent swing districts or are worried that an extreme legislative agenda will push voters away and hand the House majority to Democrats in 2024. So they are learning to flex their procedural muscles, largely behind the scenes,...
One way is to point out the #Hypocrisy from the #GQP so I will begin by asking the #Fediverse to start using #GOPHypocrisy whenever you speak or reference members of congress who take billions in PPP loans and have that debt forgiven, while people burdened with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans get screwed! #USPolitics#USpol
It’s not enough that they have the power to unilaterally strip away the rights of millions of people based on far right bullshit ideology, they want us to LIKE it.
The Democrats could have, and should have, pushed national legislation to keep abortion legal years ago... instead they relied on a controversial case law and seem ...are they lazy????
The Supreme Court's job is not to enact legislation—that's the actual job of Congress.
So, why would the Democrats be asleep at the wheel on such an important topic?
Well, Democrats are good at fear mongering their base, (just as the Republicans are good at your mongering the right). Democrats have used abortion as a hot button issue for decades as a way to get you to vote for the candidates that they shove on the ballot.
For that reason, they had no motivation to make it into law, they wanted it to be "ever in jeopardy". It kind of backfired and now people are going to be hurt.
Abortion, and guns, are the hot button issues that get the rallying cries. They are tools of manipulation.
So..., pass the popcorn.... The show's getting interesting...
🧵I know I mostly toot about #Ukraine here, but the #SCOTUS has got me annoyed. More than they usually irritate me. People in my generation (elder #millennial), #GenX'ers, and #Boomers, mostly grew up with a court that's legacy was in many ways progressive. As a result, most folks respected & trusted the SCOTUS as an institution, especially when compared to the other branches of #government. #Watergate, #Clinton's #impeachment, & various #bribery & #misconduct scandals in #congress 1/n
CDC facing major funding cuts, with direct impact on state and local health departments | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to lose about $1.3 billion in funds as a result of last month’s federal debt ceiling negotiation that were initially allocated through Covid-19 supplemental funding, the agency shared with CNN.
Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta (www.theverge.com)
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, and TaxAct embedded Meta’s pixel onto their tax filing sites.
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson erred by allowing Celeste Maloy on the congressional ballot, lawmakers say (www.sltrib.com)
Legislative leaders are at odds with Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson over the controversy surrounding Utah’s 2nd Congressional District special election. Henderson, who oversees elections for the state, has brushed off any suggestion that Celeste Maloy, who won the vote of GOP delegates last month, was ineligible when she...
House Republicans scared to lose majority push back on extreme agenda (www.washingtonpost.com)
The House’s focus on the far-right’s demands over the past month has irritated Republicans who represent swing districts or are worried that an extreme legislative agenda will push voters away and hand the House majority to Democrats in 2024. So they are learning to flex their procedural muscles, largely behind the scenes,...