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House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power​

That bodes poorly for his agenda next year.
by Eric Levitz
Updated Dec 21, 2024, 10:45 AM EST

House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power

 

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Biden signs funding measure to keep US government running​

Measure averting government shutdown did not include demand by Trump to raise debt ceiling

Biden signs funding measure to keep US government running

 

[JackPrintMD]

Whatever keeps you grounded and goin postal.

 

[JackPrintMD]

Whatever keeps you grounded and from goin postal.

 

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Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmaker​

WHATTA GUY!!!!

"There was $90 million on basically page one of the legislation that is for [Trump's] inauguration party," Crockett said. "The idea we would say it is okay for you to get $90 million for one day and then cut out $190 million for children when it comes to cancer research was absolutely mind-blowing."

"Thank you to the Democratically controlled Senate. On their way out of the majority, they decided they were going to do some good," she continued. "They made sure the funding got back in."

 

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'Not going to get better': GOP bemoans chaos as they realize Trump agenda in jeopardy​

And according to Semafor's Burgess Everett, it's settling in for some GOP lawmakers that when they take unified control of Congress in January, things are only going to go further off the rails.

“One of the things that I’ve learned about myself, the older I get, the more sanguine [I am] … because otherwise I’d be a screaming mess,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told Semafor. “It’s not going to get better, like early in the year particularly.”

THANKS JOE!! ACCOLADES AND RESPECT WORLDWIDE LGB!!


State of play: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on X on Sunday, "Joe Biden has achieved a lot: for his country, for Europe, for the world. Thanks to him, transatlantic cooperation is close, NATO is strong and the USA is a good and reliable partner for us."

• Keir Starmer, the U.K.'s new prime minister, said on X he was sure Biden had "made his decision based on what he believes is best for the American people."
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a post to X praised Biden as a "partner to Canadians — and a true friend."
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Biden in a post to X for his "unwavering" and "critical" support as his country battles Russia's invading forces, and expressed hopes that the U.S. would continue to show leadership.

Zoom in: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said Biden had been a "voice for reason, effective multilateralism and shared solutions" and added that he was a "proud American with an Irish soul."

• Biden has supported Israel over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked Biden on X for his "friendship and steadfast support," calling him "a true ally of the Jewish people."
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X that Biden's leadership had ensured that "Poland, America and the world are safer."

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Sunday that Russia must "be patient and carefully monitor what happens," Reuters reported.

• Russia's priority remains its war in Ukraine, Peskov added.

The big picture: Biden has led the U.S. as it navigated wars in Europe and the Middle East.

• He proved to be an especially strong supporter of Ukraine and NATO, and also assembled the AUKUS alliance.
• Trump is a NATO-skeptic, who said this year that he would "encourage" Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to a NATO ally if the country wasn't meeting defense spending obligations.
• Trump has reportedly said privately he would end Russia's invasion of Ukraine by pressuring Kyiv to cede territory — a proposition Ukraine opposes.
• During his previous term, Trump regularly flouted the post-World War II international order the U.S. had helped create, including by withdrawing the U.S. from the UN Human Rights Council and the Paris climate agreement.

 

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'Not going to get better': GOP bemoans chaos as they realize Trump agenda in jeopardy​

And according to Semafor's Burgess Everett, it's settling in for some GOP lawmakers that when they take unified control of Congress in January, things are only going to go further off the rails.

“One of the things that I’ve learned about myself, the older I get, the more sanguine [I am] … because otherwise I’d be a screaming mess,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told Semafor. “It’s not going to get better, like early in the year particularly.”

THANKS JOE!! ACCOLADES AND RESPECT WORLDWIDE LGB!!


State of play: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on X on Sunday, "Joe Biden has achieved a lot: for his country, for Europe, for the world. Thanks to him, transatlantic cooperation is close, NATO is strong and the USA is a good and reliable partner for us."

• Keir Starmer, the U.K.'s new prime minister, said on X he was sure Biden had "made his decision based on what he believes is best for the American people."
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a post to X praised Biden as a "partner to Canadians — and a true friend."
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Biden in a post to X for his "unwavering" and "critical" support as his country battles Russia's invading forces, and expressed hopes that the U.S. would continue to show leadership.

Zoom in: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said Biden had been a "voice for reason, effective multilateralism and shared solutions" and added that he was a "proud American with an Irish soul."

• Biden has supported Israel over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked Biden on X for his "friendship and steadfast support," calling him "a true ally of the Jewish people."
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X that Biden's leadership had ensured that "Poland, America and the world are safer."

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Sunday that Russia must "be patient and carefully monitor what happens," Reuters reported.

• Russia's priority remains its war in Ukraine, Peskov added.

The big picture: Biden has led the U.S. as it navigated wars in Europe and the Middle East.

• He proved to be an especially strong supporter of Ukraine and NATO, and also assembled the AUKUS alliance.
• Trump is a NATO-skeptic, who said this year that he would "encourage" Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to a NATO ally if the country wasn't meeting defense spending obligations.
• Trump has reportedly said privately he would end Russia's invasion of Ukraine by pressuring Kyiv to cede territory — a proposition Ukraine opposes.
• During his previous term, Trump regularly flouted the post-World War II international order the U.S. had helped create, including by withdrawing the U.S. from the UN Human Rights Council and the Paris climate agreement.

 

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What is DOGE, the new department Musk and Ramaswamy will lead under the Trump administration?​

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Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE What does the U.S. Government use taxpayer dollars for? -$6.9M studying ‘smart toilets’ that recognize the user’s ‘anal print’ -$2.3M for the NIH to inject dogs with cocaine - $118,000 to study if a metal replica robot of Marvel Comics’ Thanos could really snap his fingers - $75,000 in grants on a Harvard study on lizards being blown off trees with leaf blowers.

 

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‘Bargaining chip’: Trump allies dismantle Liz Warren’s claim GOP blocked childhood cancer research

Trump allies are dismantling a Democratic narrative promoted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren that the GOP blocked childhood cancer funding, despite passing a funding bill months ago.

www.foxnews.com

Conservatives and allies of President-elect Trump are dismantling a narrative put forth by Democratic lawmakers such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Republicans blocked funding for childhood cancer research in the spending bill, pointing to a stand-alone bill that had languished in the Democratic-controlled Senate for months.

The House passed a stand-alone bill on March 5, at a vote of 384-4, that allocated millions of dollars per year for pediatric research through 2028. The bill was delivered to the Senate on March 6, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had not taken action on the legislation, sparking condemnation from conservatives months later that Democrats used the research funding as a "bargaining chip."

Watch for fake news!

 

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What is DOGE, the new department Musk and Ramaswamy will lead under the Trump administration?​

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Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE What does the U.S. Government use taxpayer dollars for? -$6.9M studying ‘smart toilets’ that recognize the user’s ‘anal print’ -$2.3M for the NIH to inject dogs with cocaine - $118,000 to study if a metal replica robot of Marvel Comics’ Thanos could really snap his fingers - $75,000 in grants on a Harvard study on lizards being blown off trees with leaf blowers.

 

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Well, would ya look at that?

"YouTuber and prominent flat-earther Jeran Campanella has publicly admitted he was wrong about his conspiracy theory after witnessing a 24-hour sun in Antarctica. The phenomenon, which is impossible on a flat Earth, led Campanella to reconsider his stance during a 9,000-mile journey to the southernmost continent.
Campanella, who traveled from Salinas, California, on a trip costing $37,700, confessed to his followers after seeing the sun circle the sky without setting.
"Sometimes you are wrong in life. I thought there was no 24-hour sun. In fact, I was pretty sure of it," he admitted. The journey was filmed for a livestream broadcast, featuring breathtaking footage of Antarctica's landscape and the unending daylight."
Source IG: Wasted




All reactions:
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[Roccus7]

I hope all his YouTube followers feel played, providing him with a trip of a lifetime!!!

WAIT - Now that I think about it, he'll probably claim it as a business expense and played every US Taxpayer!!!

 

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NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death

A migrant from Guatemala allegedly lit a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and stuck around to watch her burn to death just three days before Christmas.

www.foxnews.com

 

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I hope all his YouTube followers feel played, providing him with a trip of a lifetime!!!

WAIT - Now that I think about it, he'll probably claim it as a business expense and played every US Taxpayer!!!

Deductible.

 

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Hochul slammed for saying she's made subways safer on same day woman burned alive on train

New York Governor Kathy Hochul was called out after she praised how safe the New York City subway system has purportedly become, just hours after a woman was burned alive on a train.

www.foxnews.com

 

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Hochul slammed for saying she's made subways safer on same day woman burned alive on train

New York Governor Kathy Hochul was called out after she praised how safe the New York City subway system has purportedly become, just hours after a woman was burned alive on a train.

www.foxnews.com

Same but different. Odd but we know why

 

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“Catches fire”?

 

[Roccus7]

He really hates being told NO!!

And, taking back the Panama Canal...

In announcing his choice of various envoys, including ambassador to Denmark, the president-elect again floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland.

 

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Winning!

 

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The only 3 federal death row sentences not commuted by the Dementia-in-Chief

Three men on federal death row did not get a commutation: Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who along with his brother killed three people in 2013; Robert Bowers, who killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018; and Dylann Roof, who killed nine black Charleston churchgoers in 2015.

These were worthy......

Shannon Wayne Agofsky, sentenced in 2004 in Texas. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a prisoner in a federal prison.

Billie Jerome Allen and Norris G. Holder, co-defendants, sentenced in 1998 in Missouri. Convicted and sentenced for their involvement in an armed bank robbery during which Mr. Holder shot and killed a bank guard.

Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette, sentenced in 1998 in North Carolina. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, as well as for the killing of a man in a carjacking.

Brandon Leon Basham and Chadrick Evan Fulks, co-defendants, sentenced in 2004 in South Carolina. Mr. Basham was convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and death of a woman after an escape from prison. Mr. Fulks pleaded guilty to the same crime.

Anthony George Battle, sentenced in 1997 in Georgia. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a prison guard.

Meier Jason Brown, sentenced in 2003 in Georgia. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a postal worker.

Carlos David Caro, sentenced in 2007 in Virginia. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a prisoner in a federal prison.

Wesley Paul Coonce Jr. and Charles Michael Hall, co-defendants, sentenced in 2014 in Missouri. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a fellow prisoner in the mental health unit of a federal prison.

Brandon Michael Council, sentenced in 2019 in South Carolina. Convicted and sentenced to death for killing two bank employees during the course of a bank robbery.

Christopher Emory Cramer and Ricky Allen Fackrell, co-defendants, sentenced in 2018 in Texas. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a fellow prisoner in a federal prison.

Len Davis, sentenced in 2005 in Louisiana. A police officer, he was convicted and sentenced to death for ordering the killing of a witness for an internal affairs investigation into a police misconduct complaint against him.

Joseph Ebron, sentenced in 2019 in Texas. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a prisoner in a federal prison.

Edward Leon Fields Jr., sentenced in 2005 in Oklahoma. Pleaded guilty to and sentenced to death for the fatal shootings of two campers on federal land.

Marvin Charles Gabrion II, sentenced in 2002 in Michigan. Convicted and sentenced to death for killing a woman on federal land.

Edgar Baltazar Garcia and Mark Isaac Snarr, sentenced in 2010 in Texas. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner while incarcerated in a federal prison.

Thomas Morocco Hager, sentenced in 2007 in Virginia. Convicted and sentenced to death for a drug-related killing.

Richard Allen Jackson, sentenced in 2001 in North Carolina. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of a woman while on federal property in North Carolina.

Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Mikhel, co-defendants, sentenced in 2007 in California. Convicted and sentenced to death for their involvement in the killings and kidnappings for ransom of five Russian and Georgian immigrants.

Daryl Lawrence, sentenced in 2006 in Ohio. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of a special-duty police officer during an attempted bank robbery.

Ronald Mikos, sentenced in 2005 in Illinois. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a federal grand jury witness in a Medicare fraud investigation.

James H. Roane Jr. and Richard Tipton, co-defendants sentenced in 1993 in Virginia. Convicted and sentenced to death for their participation in a series of drug-related killings.
A third co-defendant, Corey Johnson, was put to death on Jan. 14, 2021, in the final days of the Trump administration.

Julius Omar Robinson, sentenced in 2002 in Texas. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of two men in drug-related episodes in Fort Worth.

David Anthony Runyon, sentenced in 2009 in Virginia. Convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in the death of a naval officer in a murder-for-hire plot in Newport News.

Ricardo Sanchez Jr. and Daniel Troya, co-defendants, sentenced in 2009 in Florida. Convicted and sentenced to death for involvement in the drug-related killing of a family, including two children.

Thomas Steven Sanders, sentenced in 2014 in Louisiana. Convicted and sentenced to death for a kidnapping resulting in the death of a 12-year-old girl.

Kaboni Savage, sentenced in 2013 in Pennsylvania. Convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in the killings of 12 people in connection with a drug enterprise.

Rejon Taylor, sentenced in 2008 in Tennessee. Convicted and sentenced to death for the carjacking, kidnapping and death of a restaurant owner.

Jorge Avila Torrez, sentenced in 2014 in Virginia. Ex-Marine convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a fellow service member.

Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umaña, sentenced in 2010 in North Carolina. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of two brothers in a North Carolina restaurant.