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A deliberate 16 hour delay.
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 72 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Majority leader John Thune, R-D., has said the measure could lack key GOP support in a final vote, which could send it back to the House.”
The Senate has started formal debate on the Trump administration's budget reconciliation bill after lawmakers spent 16 hours reading the entire measure aloud on the Senate floor at the request of Chuck Schumer. The dems are back into full obstruction mode. They are all in line behind Schumer.The...
Canada drops tech tax to restart US trade talks
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“On Friday, US President Donald Trump called off negotiations over a trade deal, describing the tax as a "blatant attack", and threatened higher...”
Canada has scrapped a tax on big US technology firms, just hours before it was due to come into force, to allow trade talks between the two countries to restart. On Friday, US President Donald Trump called off negotiations over a trade deal, describing the tax as a "blatant attack", and...
Amy Coney Barrett rips Ketanji Brown Jackson over dissent in birthright citizenship case
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 42 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stunned veteran bench watchers Friday with a blunt takedown of liberal Justice Ketanji Brown...”
2 dead in ‘ambush’ on Idaho firefighters responding to blaze, sheriff says
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
Two people were fatally shot Sunday afternoon in northern Idaho after firefighters responding to a vegetation blaze on a mountain were ambushed, Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris said. The fire was still burning and authorities were “actively taking sniper fire” as of Sunday afternoon,...
Sen. Thom Tillis announces he won't seek reelection
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“"It's not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election," Tillis said in a statement Sunday. He noted that he hasn't "been excited about...”
Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday that he won't seek reelection in 2026, hours after President Trump threatened to back a primary challenge against him when he refused to support his massive spending and tax bill which he dubbed the "big, beautiful...
The era of decadence
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 92 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
““It is deeply offensive that for the fifth year in a row, the NYPD’s gay officers’ action league is banned from fully participating in the New York...”
When one thinks of the month of June what comes to mind?To me it begins with summer's mildest and most tolerable month. Many people plan weddings in June. Others get into gardening. Somehow the month has been politicized with a date that few people even know about and the dedication of the entire...
Senate Narrowly Advances Trump’s Tax and Spending Megabill
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The initial vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was 51-49, with most Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed, putting the Senate...”
WASHINGTON—The GOP-controlled Senate voted late Saturday to advance President Trump’s tax-and-spending megabill despite two Republican defections, narrowly clearing one procedural hurdle and offering a stark preview of the difficulties party leaders face in passing the sprawling measure.The...
Style makes a comeback
By: Vic Eldred • Americana • 35 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
I don't know if many are following it, but Jeff Bezos just married Lauren Sanchez. As expected, it was a lavish wedding which took place in Italy yesterday. The show was stolen by the bride and her wedding dress, which embodied all the style and elegance of America's past."The style was inspired...
New Poll Shows Just How Hard Hispanic Voters Broke Toward Trump
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
President Donald Trump came within striking distance of winning an outright majority of Hispanic voters in the 2024 election, a new poll shows. Trump won 48% of Hispanic voters in 2024, compared to 36% in 2020 and 28% in 2016, according to data Pew Research Center released Thursday. The numbers...