Even as the MAGA movement eats its own tail in response to Donald Trump and his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, Democrats are netting record-low approval ratings. According to a Wednesday poll released by Quinnipiac University, approval of congressional Democrats is down to a historic low of just …
Read More »Trump Signs Bill to Kick Millions Off Health Care Into Law
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” —Donald Trump and the GOP’s sprawling legislative packagethat will cut taxes on the rich, supercharge the administration’s immigration raids and arrests, and gut green-energy initiatives while kicking millions of Americans off their health care and other social services — is now law. The president signed …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries Breaks House Record With Speech Bashing Trump's Tax Bill
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for eight hours and 44 minutes on the House floor on Thursday, in a marathon speech delaying the passage of = Donald Trump’s Medicaid-and-food-assistance slashing, tax-gift-for-the-wealthy abomination of a reconciliation bill. The speech breaks the record for longest ever delivered on the House floor, …
Read More »Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Are Sitting in to Stand up for Medicaid
Sen. Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are holding a livestreamed sit-in on the Capitol steps in protest of a forthcoming Republican budget they say will gut Medicaid — a federal and state program that helps to cover medical costs for people with limited income as well as …
Read More »Pelosi Privately Urged Hakeem Jeffries to 'Use Your Power'
Senate Minority Leader Schumer’s bowing to Donald Trump and voting for the Republican-backed spending bill could offer House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries the opportunity to lead. Behind the scenes, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has urged him to “Use your power,” CNN reported. The recent disagreement between Jeffries and Schumer have …
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