Republicans are playing a game of chicken with Democrats over funding the government. And you’ll never believe who looks like they’re ready to capitulate. Government funding is due to run out Friday at midnight, which will spark a partial government shutdown absent the passage of a new stop-gap spending bill, …
Read More »Trump Is Working to 'Drain' the D.C. Prosecutor's Office and Make It MAGA
In mid-February, Donald Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, emailed his staff to tell them he was “impressed by the great work in the office and with our awesome team,” before sharing some “great news”: He has been authorized to hire 20 new assistant U.S. …
Read More »Democrats Are Already Rolling Over for Trump. Republicans Are Loving It
Donald Trump will soon start his second term as president. Don’t expect a strong opposition party or healthy “resistance” movement this time, at least not in Washington during the “shock and awe” start of his new administration. With 10 days before the president-elect is sworn in, Democrats in Congress are …
Read More »Trump Tells GOP to Bypass Senate Confirmation Process, Block Biden Judicial Appointments
Despite enjoying a 53-47 majority in the next Senate, Donald Trump called for any Republican senator seeking the position of majority leader to agree to make recess appointments during his administration, bypassing the traditional confirmation process. He also told his party to block any lame-duck judicial appointments the Biden administration …
Read More »Schumer: Trump Probably Regrets Picking 'Weird' J.D. Vance
Donald Trump may be regretting his choice of running-mate and wondering “Why did I pick this guy?” according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Over the past few weeks since Trump announced his decision, the narrative that Sen. J.D. Vance is “weird” has gained traction, and Schumer speculated that may …
Read More »Sen. Tuberville Pushes Conspiracy Theory: 'Schumer, Pelosi, Obama' Are Running the Country
Sen. Tommy Tuberville promoted a conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden is not in charge of the country. Instead, he claimed, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and former president Barack Obama — along with “the Deep State” — are calling the shots. “We’ve all known Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, …
Read More »House Republicans Gear Up to Kill Another Bipartisan Senate Bill
The Senate passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan in a bipartisan vote early Tuesday morning — but like pretty much everything these days, it seems destined to end up in the House GOP’s legislative graveyard. In a 70-22 vote, a rare supermajority in the upper …
Read More »Biden, Schumer, McConnell Remember Dianne Feinstein: 'A Class of Her Own'
California’s Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history and three-time mayor of San Francisco, died Thursday at the age of 90. An icon of Democratic politics who was planning to step down at the end of her term amid a series of health issues, she is being remembered …
Read More »Even Republicans Are Bashing Tucker Carlson for Lying About Jan. 6 Violence
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last month gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to tens of thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The Fox News host cherry-picked clips as part of an effort to cast the rioters as “orderly and meek” sightseers, as he put it …
Read More »Schumer: U.S. Intel Believes Two Objects Shot Down Over Canada, Alaska Were Balloons
Sorry to put a damper on anyone’s plans to welcome our alien overlords, but according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. intelligence believes that the two objects shot down over North America this weekend were balloons with terrestrial origins. Schumer said he was briefed by National Security Advisor Jake …
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