Search results for tag #senate
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
Hey don't forget to check out my latest blog post where I talk about some of the new "online safety" bills being introduced in 2026. I know these are **framed** as being created to protect children, but I can almost guarantee that all they will do is break your encryption, destroy your privacy, and ruin anonymity online for journalists, activists, and whistleblowers while also potentially actually putting the data of children at increased risk of being stolen in data breach. I can also almost guarantee that criminals will use fake identifications and scape goats to continue harming whomever they please without any increased risk to them vs now.
https://www.xnite.me/digital-culture/2026/03/13/smile-youre-online.html
#privacy #infosec #security #kosa #digitalrights #digitalsovereignty #digitalservicesact #uspol #uspolitics #usa #unitedstates #congress #senate #republicans #gop #safety #onlinesafety #onlineprivacy #hacking #identity #identitytheft #crime #kids
Ex-Marine, #Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During #IranWar Protest in Senate
#Israel #Iran #MiddleEast #Congress #Marines #USPol #GreenParty
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/11/brian_mcginnis_iran_war_protest_congress
Canada cannot solve its housing crisis without making Indigenous housing a central priority, not an afterthought. —NICHI statement
James Talarico gave a powerful speech following his victory in the Democratic Primary in the US Senate race in Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNOoHvcCxpQ
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James Talarico is one of the Democrats you can support through the Democratic Victory Fund, which raises money for Democrats in important and competitive races, nationwide.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democraticvictoryfund
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#Texas #Politics #USPol #Elections #Senate #US #USA #USPolitics
The Democratic Victory Fund is currently raising money for the following US Senate candidates: James Talarico (Texas), Graham Platner (Maine), Zach Wahls (Iowa), Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan), and Christy Davis (Kansas).
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democraticvictoryfund
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#Senate #Texas #Maine #Iowa #Michigan #Kansas #US #USA #Politics
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
Graham Platner is one of the candidates you can support through the Democratic Victory Fund, which raises money for Democrats running in important and competitive races in 2026.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democraticvictoryfund
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#Maine #Senate #US #USA #Politics #Trump #Elections #Midterms #War #Congress
Platner:
We need to rescind the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force. Its vague language and lack of clarity has been abused by multiple administrations of both parties to carry out wars in the name of the military-industrial complex and those in power, to carry out military operations that did absolutely nothing to keep Americans safe, but made some people very, very wealthy and protected the political interests of those in power.
It needs to go.
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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!"
#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.
I hope this isn't true, because there's no way I can vote for this guy. If you can stand it, check out his video from a month ago when he talked about Alex Pretti. I share his fury over what happened, but the passion in his voice when he shouts, "It's my right as an American and as a Mainer" to pack heat wherever he goes is, at least to me, genuinely frightening. He's toxic masculinity times a thousand. #Politics #Senate #Democrats #Democracy #Maine #US #USpol https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5752823-platner-holds-double-digit-lead-on-mills-collins-in-maine-senate-race-poll/
Oh, goody. Another "progressive" who owns guns is running for U.S. Senate in Maine. Give me strength. What I wouldn't give for a Zohran Mamdani here in Maine. #Politics #Democrats #Democracy #Maine #Senate #Progressive #US #USpol https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/23/susan-collins-called-the-cops-because-of-sidewalk-chalk-the-woman-behind-it-is-running-for-us-senate/
#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.
You can donate to Democrats running in important and competitive elections in 2026 through the Democratic Victory Fund, including James Talarico, Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed, Zach Wahls, and Christy Davis, who are running for the US Senate.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/democraticvictoryfund
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#Democrats #Texas #Maine #Michigan #Iowa #Kansas #US #USA #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #Senate
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.
The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos » 🌐
@nytimes.com@web.brid.gy
Susan Collins Runs for Re-election, in One of 2026’s Top Senate Fights
The Maine Republican is one of her party’s most vulnerable senators, and her seat is crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking control of the chamber.
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Senator Susan Collins of Maine was widely expected to seek a sixth term.
#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
#Maine Governor Wants to Dethrone Susan Collins. #ICE reforms, #tariffs, and standing up to #trump with Governor Janet Mills
#JanetMills #SusanCollins #election2026 #Senate #TheContrarian
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/maine-governor-wants-to-dethrone
“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
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
Angus King's mailboxes were full at two of his offices when I called this morning, so I sent email to him (and to Susan Collins, because why not) to ask him not to vote for the bipartisan spending package if it includes ICE funding. I encourage other Mainers to contact him, too. Let him hear from you. #Politics #Maine #Senate #Minneapolis #AbolishICE #US #USpol
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From NYT: Senator Angus King, Independent of Maine, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he “hates” government shutdowns but that he might be forced to back one this week. The Senate must approve a bipartisan spending package before a Friday deadline. Democrats have said they would move to block the bill because it includes $10 billion for ICE. “I can’t vote for a bill that includes ICE funding under these circumstances,” King said.
We need #JamesTalarico inside our big tent. He's running in #Texas for US #Senate
the running series of #TheoVon / #BernieSanders interviews is a national treasure
#Greens say #extremismbill a #threat to #freespeech, claiming #Labor followed #Coalition ‘down the rabbit hole’.
The Greens, who will pass the government’s #firearmslaw in the #Senate, have stood up to criticise the government’s extremism bill, and attacked Labor for going down the “rabbit hole” with the Liberal party.
Leader #LarissaWaters again says the bill, which will create a new hate groups listing and increase grounds to cancel or deny visas under the migration character test, was #rushed.
She says the bill could lead to the #criminalisation of #peacefulprotesters.
“It is an atrocity that we have seen the government go down the rabbit hole following the Liberals to further crackdown on people’s ability to speak out peacefully against human rights abuses anywhere in the world.”
Deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi calls the last minute deal with the Coalition a “#sham process”. #auspol
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.”
I have reservations about him, too, and have from the beginning. Aside from the fact that he's 65, I wonder why no one in Maine is talking about Senate candidate David Costello, who supports Medicare for All and has a far more progressive stance on gun control than either Graham Platner or Janet Mills. Just saying. #Politics #Senate #Maine #US #USpol #Democrats #Democracy https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/10/i-have-serious-reservations-about-graham-platner-letter/
U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD:
Please contact your state Senators like I just did and tell them NOT TO PASS the SAVE Act (H.R. 22).
IT ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE!
This is clearly voter suppression. If it passes the Senate, we will lose our right to vote in our home state elections! Instead, our votes will be counted under the District of Columbia (D.C.). Are you from D.C.? Are you a resident of D.C.? If not and you still have ties to your home community, let your Senators know A.S.A.P.!
Current Status of the SAVE Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text
U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
(202)224-3121
#saveact
#votersuppression
#senate
#usa
#us
#AmericansAbroad
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
This passage is long, but it's worth reading. Graham Platner, the alleged progressive running for U.S. Senate in Maine, thinks a three-day waiting period for gun purchases is excessive, and he does not support an automatic weapons ban. I'd love to see Susan Collins lose, but there's no way I can vote for this guy. Maine Democrats need to find a better candidate, and fast. #Politics #Maine #Guns #Senate #Democrats #Democracy #US #USpol
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“As a firearms owner and someone who's bought a lot of guns in the state of Maine, I do think the three-day waiting period is a bit excessive. That being said, it was passed by this legislature. It was passed by people representing the people of Maine, and I certainly don't have a problem with it if the people of Maine want to go that route,” Platner said in the interview.
Unlike Congressman Jared Golden, who announced after the Lewiston tragedy was carried out with a semi-automatic rifle, that he would support an assault weapons ban, Platner would not because they tend to focus more “on aesthetics than function.”
“I am currently not for an assault weapons ban, certainly in the form that they have been put forward. As someone who has spent a lifetime around firearms, a lifetime, frankly, around automatic weapons when I was in the Marine Corps, in the Army, and semi-automatic weapons in the years afterwards as a firearms instructor and working for the State Department, I often see some of these bans as being written with language that is not really indicative of how these guns work. I very much would like to see language in legislation that reflects how firearms function and would maybe get us the outcomes we want,” Platner said. “So, I am not opposed down the road to some kind of legislation that's going to restrict access to certain kinds of firearms, but I do want to make sure that that is being written with, frankly, reality and the way that these firearms work.”
#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
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US ’certainly didn’t know the identities of all 11’ on alleged drug boat in September: Himes
Rep. Jim Himes ❲D-Conn.❳ said Sunday that the U.S. “certainly” did not know the identity of every in...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5637683-himes-questions-boat-strikes/#administration #defense #house #senate
#Ohio senior #senator #BernieMoreno has introduced the #Exclusive #Citizenship Act of 2025, which could be very troublesome for #American dual citizens, from #FirstLadyMelaniaTrump and her son Barron all the way down to my own little girl. While at present the bill is still just in committee, many are hoping it doesn't go further. More on the bill and my own thoughts in the video.
#national #nationality #Citizen #dualcitizenship #Republicans #RepublicanParty #Democrats #DemocraticParty #daughter #daddysgirl #bill #bills #law #laws #Congress #Senate #Senaterepublicans #SenateDemocrats #House #houseofrepresentatives #usa #GodBlessAmerica
we totally believe you /s
A #Navy admiral told lawmakers Thurs that there was no “kill them all”order from #Hegseth as #Congress scrutinizes an attack that killed 2 #survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat in #InternationalWaters near #Venezuela.
Adm Frank Bradley “was very clear that he was given no such order…. He was given an order that, of course, was written down in great detail,”said Sen #TomCotton, who heads the #Senate #Intelligence Cmte.
#law
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-12-4-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-04-Breaking+News
…Caine’s call with the #Republican & #Democratic leaders of the #Senate & #House Armed Services cmtes included a conversation about the #LatinAmerica mission’s “intent & legality,” Caine’s office said in its brief account of the exchange. The general also expressed his “trust & confidence in the experienced commanders at every echelon,” the readout says. The stmnt does not ID Bradley or any other #military ofcls by name.
#law #murder #WarPowers #Congress #ExtrajudicialKillings #Hegseth #Trump
“Yet the citizens of #NewJersey & the loyal employees in the #USattorney’s office deserve some clarity & stability,” the judges wrote.
#AlinaHabba is one of a number of US attorneys whom the #Trump admin has kept in power even though she was neither confirmed by the #Senate nor appointed by district trial court judges — the 2…[legal] pathways.
In a rare split with the #Trump admin, #GOP-led panels in the #House & #Senate say they want a full accounting in the Sept military attack.
#Republican-led cmtes in the Senate & the House say they will amplify their scrutiny of the #Pentagon after a WaPo report revealing that #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the #Caribbean Sea several weeks ago.
#law #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/29/hegseth-caribbean-strikes-kill-order-reaction/
Late Friday, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the chairman of the #Senate Armed Services Cmte, & Sen. Jack Reed (RI), the cmte’s top Democrat, issued a statement saying that the cmte “is aware of recent news reports — & the Department of Defense’s initial response — regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels.” The cmte, they said, “has directed inquiries to the Department, & we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances.”
“#Trump is using the #FBI as a tool to intimidate & harass Members of #Congress,” a group of 4 #Democratic #House members said in a stmnt Tues. “Yesterday, the FBI contacted the House & #Senate Sergeants at Arms requesting interviews.”
#Michigan Sen #ElissaSlotkin, 1 of the 6 Democrats in the video, told reporters Tuesday that “last night the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of Congress, saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the 6 of us.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"Episode196 - Dr. Annie Andrews, the woman who will take down #LindsayGraham"
10, 2025
#QasimRashid
Dr. #AnnieAndrews is running an inspiring campaign for US #Senate in #SouthCarolina. 100% people funded campaign, rejects AIPAC and #CorporateMoney, and is fighting for universal healthcare. She can win this race, but it will require all of us to get behind her. Watch as she lays out how she's hitting MAGA #Senator Graham, and how we can make history together.
#LadyG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu8K2YuQ4JI
Sen. #BillCassidy (R-Louisiana), a #physician who chairs the #Senate #Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, decided to set aside his misgivings & support #RFKJr after receiving a range of commitments, which he detailed in a Feb. 4 speech on the Senate floor. They INCLUDED that the “#CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that #vaccines do not cause #autism.”
#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #USpol
My sentiments exactly. Graham Platner's past comments reek of misogyny and entitlement. Someone responded to one of my earlier comments with, "Don't you believe in redemption?" In general, yes. In this case? He's got more work to do. #Politics #Maine #Democrats #Democracy #Senate #Progressive #US #USpol https://www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19/why-is-graham-platner-getting-a-free-pass-opinion/
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #senate #trump
“ The Senate unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release its Epstein case files, as soon as it’s received from the chamber.
The Senate, having adopted it by unanimous consent, will not have to take any further action, and the bill will be transmitted to the president’s desk as soon as it arrives to the Senate.“
#USPOL #USPOLITICS #EpsteinFiles #Trump #Senate
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10mago 20.52 GMT
Senate majority leader says Epstein vote will happen ‘fairly
quickly’ in upper chamber
John Thune, the majority leader and top Senate Republican, said that a vote
on the full release of the Epstein files will come about “fairly quickly”.
Speaking to reporters on the Hill after the House voted, almost unanimously,
for the justice department to release their complete trove of documents
relating to the disgraced financier, Thune said that it’s “not likely” the
legislation will have any further amendments. This, despite calls from House
speaker Mike Johnson and several GOP lawmakers, to make changes to
further protect victims’ identities.
A reminder, provisions to redact names and child abuse materials are already
part of the legislation.
House votes to release Epstein files
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25/index.html
The chamber has overwhelming passed a bipartisan bill to compel the Justice Department to release all of its case files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a dramatic turnaround after months of GOP infighting. The House voted 427-1 to advance the measure, with GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana the only member voting against it.
#TrumpStein #Trump #Epstein #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #House #Senate #congress #press
#House votes overwhelmingly to compel release of #EpsteinFiles
The move sends the legislation to the #Senate, where pressure is growing to make the #DOJ release more documents.
#Congress #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #ChildSexCrimes #felon47 #CoverUp