ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests, attorney says – CNN Source Link Excerpt:
A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University who was arrested Saturday night, until a conference Wednesday, according to court documents.
It’s unclear whether he will appear in court on Wednesday.
“To preserve the Court’s jurisdiction pending a ruling on the petition, Petitioner shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court orders otherwise,” the Monday filing said.
Khalil, who helped lead Columbia’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who said they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.
His arrest is the latest escalation by Trump – in what he calls “the first arrest of many to come”–to crack down on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses, and comes days after he vowed to deport foreign students and imprison “agitators” involved in “illegal protests.”
Pro-Palestinian activist’s arrest will be ‘first of many,’ vows Trump– www.euronews.com Source Link Excerpt:
US President Donald Trump has said the detention of a pro-Palestinian activist in New York last week will be the “first arrest of many”, as his administration cracks down on those who participated in university campus protests against Israel and the war in Gaza.
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on Saturday over his role in the protest movement at Columbia University. The former graduate student is currently being held at an immigration facility in Louisiana.
Although he has not been accused of a crime related to his activism, the US government has indicated that it wants to deport Khalil, who is a legal US resident.
A federal judge in New York said the 30-year-old could not be deported while the court considers a legal challenge brought by his lawyers.
Democrats Defend Columbia Hamas Terrorist Mahmoud Khalil Who Was Probed as National Security Threat -as Leftwing Judge Holds Up Deportation– gellerreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
He’s Syrian and he’s a violent Hamas supporter. Legitimate protest involves peaceful assembly for the purpose of voicing the opinion(s) of the involved individuals not terrorism.
The Democrats have spoken out more for Syrian national Mahmoud Khalil than for Laken Riley. More than American hostages held in captivity under brutal condition by Hamas.
Mahmoud Khalil was the leader of a student group that openly put out a statement declaring that they were “fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization.”
Name one good reason he should be in this country. (X)
Bur a far left federal judge in Manhattan has halted the deportation of a male alumnus of Columbia University who was a leading Hamas agitator on campus and an architect of the Hamilton Hall building takeover,.
ICE Arrested Legal U.S. Resident for Protesting the Genocide of Palestinians at Columbia – Jezebel Source Link Excerpt:
On Saturday evening, following reports of ICE agents in Columbia University student housing, recent graduate Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in front of his wife, who is eight months pregnant. During Khalil’s time as a student at Columbia, he was a vocal pro-Palestine student activist and leading figure in organizing student encampments to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Columbia’s ties to Israel. Khalil served as a key negotiator with the university during the encampment protests last spring, which drew horrific police violence sanctioned by the university.
ICE officers approached Khalil and his wife, who is an American citizen, at the entrance of their student housing building around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. The agents reportedly told Khalil, who is Palestinian and graduated in December, that the State Department had revoked his student visa, even though Khalil has a green card and is a legal resident. His wife went to their apartment to retrieve his green card, while Khalil put his lawyer, Amy Greer, on the phone and tried to have the agents speak to her. The agents claimed Khalil’s green card had been revoked, too. When Greer tried to ask why Khalil was being detained, if the agents had a warrant, and also repeated that he has a green card, the agents hung up.
JD Vance rips protesters for ‘chasing’ him, 3-year-old daughter– www.theblaze.com Source Link Excerpt:
Vice President JD Vance was confronted near his Ohio home by a group of protesters over the weekend who questioned him about the war between Russia and Ukraine.
In a Saturday post on X, Vance slammed the demonstrators for “chasing” him while he was with his 3-year-old daughter.
‘Selling them out!’
“Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of ‘Slava Ukraini’ protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared,” Vance wrote. “I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.)”
He added, “It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a s*** person.”
Video: JD Vance Speaks With Ukraine Supporting Protesters Who Harassed Him and His Young Daughter Near His Cincinnati Home | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Video has surfaced of Vice President J.D. Vance speaking with protesters supporting Ukraine who Vance said harassed him and his three-year-old daughter while they were out for a walk on Saturday near his Cincinnati home.
The video shows Vance and the protesters having a civil, but contentious discussion about the Trump administration’s push for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
Vance’s little three-year-old daughter Mirabel stood next to Vance during the debate while he kept a protective arm around her, but was obstructed from the camera’s view by a Secret Service agent.
Vice President J.D. Vance speaks with protesters supporting Ukraine while on a walk near his Cincinnati home with his three-year-old daughter, screen image via WCPO-TV, March 8, 2025
The video was posted by WCPO-TV with this caption, “WCPO has obtained a video showing protesters speaking with Vice President JD Vance near his Cincinnati residence. Vance claimed on X that the protesters were following him and his daughter before he decided to confront them. The protester who shared this video with us says that’s a fabrication. (Video courtesy of Ann Henry)”
House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline– thehill.com Source Link Excerpt:
The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday’s deadline.
The panel voted 9-3 to adopt the rule, which governs debate on the legislation. The successful vote sends the measure to the House floor for debate and a final vote.
“This legislation helps avoid the government shutting down and allows us to continue our work in service to the American people,” House Rules Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in her opening remarks of the hearing. “The House must act to avoid a needless shutdown that serves no purpose — by doing so, this body can put its focus and attention on the next appropriations process.”
The continuing resolution, unveiled by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the weekend, would keep the government funded through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, while boosting defense funding and imposing cuts for some nondefense programs.
The House is expected to vote on the legislation on Monday. It remains unclear, however, if it has the votes to pass since Democrats are expected to oppose it in droves — their leadership is voting “no” — and a handful of Republicans are withholding support from the measure.
USDA Rolls Out $1 Billion Plan To Combat Bird Flu After Egg Prices Rise – Aberdeen Insider Source Link Excerpt:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday it plans to spend up to $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to try to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry.
The virus, also known as bird flu or H5N1, has disrupted the work of poultry farmers for years and began infecting dairy herds last year. But a recent spike in egg prices has led to renewed public attention to the disease.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the new five-point plan would implement increased biosecurity measures for poultry farms to help reduce interactions between domestic flocks and wild birds, provide funding for farmers to quickly repopulate after having to cull infected flocks, remove some regulations, import eggs from other countries and research a vaccine.
“As we look to streamline and make more efficient the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will we have the resources needed to address the plan I just laid out?” she said. “We are convinced that we will, as we realign and evaluate where USDA has been spending money, where our employees are spending their time.”
FCC Chairman Sends Letter To Google CEO Over Network’s Complaint That YouTube TV “Discriminates” Against Faith-Based Programming – DEADLINE Source Link Excerpt:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to the CEOs of Alphabet and Google, calling out the refusal of YouTube TV to carry a network, Great American Family, as a potential case of discrimination against faith-based programming.
In his letter to Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan, which he posted on X, Carr wrote that he has received a complaint from Great American Media in which they claim that YouTube TV “deliberately marginalizes faith-based and family-friendly content.” He noted that the network is carried on cable and streaming services including Comcast, Cox, Hulu, FuboTV and DirecTV stream.
Trump open to extending TikTok sale deadline · TechNode– technode.com Source Link Excerpt:
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is open to extending the April 5 deadline for TikTok’s sale in the country if necessary. Speaking at the White House, Trump noted “a lot of interest” in the deal but stated that an extension is not currently required. “We have a lot of interest in TikTok. And China is going to play a role, so hopefully China will approve of the deal, but they are going to play a role,” he said, without specifying potential buyers. A bipartisan law had initially set a Jan. 19 deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US operations, but Trump granted a 75-day extension, running until April 5. He has also expressed support for brokering a sale and suggested the US government should receive a 50% stake in the video-sharing platform. It remains unclear if further extensions are legally possible. [Bloomberg]
Trump Reveals There Are Four Groups That Could Buy TikTok – Forbes Source Link Excerpt:
As TikTok’s future in the United States continues to hang in the balance, President Donald Trump has revealed that the U.S. government is actively engaging with potential buyers about the platform’s future.
Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, as reported by Reuters, Trump stated that his administration was in touch with four groups regarding the sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform, with all options being regarded in a positive light. “A lot of people want it,” Trump told reporters, hinting at multiple potential paths forward, and “all four are good.”
Among the potential players, Frank McCourt — the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner — has emerged as one of the interested parties. Other prospective buyers in the past have also included the likes of Oracle and Microsoft, though the specific details of their current interest remain unclear.
Abortion Activists Celebrate People Who Kill Babies With “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day”– www.lifenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Today is the day leftists celebrate baby killers.
Today is “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day,” a day the Abortion Care Network claims Americans should celebrate “all of the courageous, compassionate people who provide abortion care.”
The pro-abortion network specifically recommends that supporters celebrate abortionists “through love notes, art, acts of kindness and support, messages of affirmation, a giant love-fest Tweetstorm, and more.”
Established in 1996 this day is framed by its supporters as a celebration of courage and compassion. They laud abortion providers as heroes who ensure “reproductive freedom” and access to what they call healthcare. But from a pro-life perspective, this commemoration is a tragic mischaracterization, one that glosses over the fundamental reality of what abortion entails: the deliberate ending of innocent human lives.
Tulsi Gabbard Formally Revokes Security Clearances For Former Biden Officials, Other Top Dems › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Monday that she has formally revoked security clearances for the dozens of Democrat officials who weaponized the government to help Joe Biden or punish the regime’s political enemies.
Gabbard, who oversees the U.S. intelligence agencies, provided the names of those who no longer have security clearances on X, saying she was following through on President Donald Trump’s directives, issued by executive order after he took office.
“Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden “disinformation” letter,” Gabbard wrote on X.
“The President’s Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden,” she added.
The disgraced member of the U.S. Air National Guard was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison last November after he pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defense.
He is appearing in front of a court-martial at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts on Monday, where he faces additional military charges.
The Air Force and Department of Justice determined in May 2024 that Teixeira had “committed violations of the” Uniform Code of Military Justice, while his attorneys have argued that the court-martial essentially amounts to prosecuting him twice for the same offense.
Trump’s Education Dept. Investigating 60 Universities for ‘Antisemitic Harassment and Discrimination’– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Department of Education warned 60 universities and colleges they could lose federal funding if they don’t do more to protect Jewish students.
Officials told the institutions they must “fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.”
The obligations include “uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities.
“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”
UCLA ‘Law Professor’ Calls for Military Insurrection Against Trump– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
Proving yet again that they are lying when Democrats say they care about democracy, a so-called “law professor” at UCLA is openly calling for a military insurrection to oust Donald Trump from the White House.
Here is a simple truth: Democrats only care about voting and “democracy” to the point where they begin losing elections. As soon as they start losing, their interest in democracy immediately ends.
As soon as they start losing, it is then that their inner fascists come out to show their true colors.
We see this truism with the hate spewed by UCLA Criminal Law Professor Peter Arenella, who jumped to his radical X account to reveal that he approves of insurrections… as long as they go his way.
Donalds Leads in FL Governor’s Race After Trump’s Endorsement– www.breitbart.com Source Link Excerpt:
Internal polling shows Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) leading as he campaigns for the governorship of his state, Florida Politics reported on Monday.
The news comes after President Donald Trump endorsed Donalds for the 2026 gubernatorial race, calling him a “TOTAL WINNER,” Breitbart News reported on February 20.
According to the Politics article, Donalds is pulling out ahead of two other Republicans who could possibly run for governor:
Fort Lauderdale-based survey, research and strategic consulting firm Fabrizio Lee & Associates, which Donalds hired for his campaign, polled 600 likely Republican Primary voters in Florida from Feb. 26-27. The poll had a 5-percentage-point margin of error.
Pollsters found that 34% of respondents prefer Donalds as Florida’s next Governor, while 30% like First Lady Casey DeSantis for the job.
Three percent said they plan to vote for Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who is also rumored to be gearing up for a run. The remainder were undecided.
The Politics report noted that as voters learn Donalds is Trump’s pick, his potential for victory grows.
California ‘Lost’ $2.4 BILLION It was Supposed to Spend on Homeless Problem– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democrat-infested legislature designated a whopping $24 billion tax dollars to fix the homeless problem there. Now they say they somehow “lost track” of $2.4 billion of that cash.
This is the same Gavin Newsom who thinks, in his arrogance, that he is a great candidate to become our next president, folks.
After further review the major problem is Gavin Newsom. In an effort to fix the problem California will elect Kamala as their next Governor.
IDK but maybe change your voting habits and change your future
The audit by the global consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal found that the city was unable to track exactly how much it spent on homeless programs and did not rigorously reconcile spending with services provided, making it impossible to judge how well the services worked or whether they were even provided.
Contracts written by LAHSA were vague, allowing wide variations in the services provided and their cost, it said.
FBI hands over subpoenaed documents that Republicans say Christopher Wray withheld – Washington Examiner Source Link Excerpt:
The FBI produced hundreds of pages of subpoenaed material to the House Judiciary Committee related to Republicans’ past investigations after committee members said they never received them from the Biden administration.
An FBI assistant director wrote in a letter obtained Monday by the Washington Examiner to the Republican-led committee that the tranche of documents was related to the FBI’s inquiries into threats to school administrators, the pipe bombs discovered near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and violent extremists’ alleged ties to a faction of Catholicism. They also included material related to the FBI’s engagement with social media companies about foreign interference in the 2020 election.
Activist who helped Trump turn Pennsylvania red says neighboring blue state now firmly ‘in play’ for GOP – Yahoo Source Link Excerpt:
President Donald Trump made gains in several swing states during the last presidential election. Now, one deep-blue state in the Northeast may be shifting into the “purple” category,
“Hear me loudly and clearly: New Jersey is in play,” Early Vote Action founder Scott Presler told “The Ingraham Angle” Monday.
Presler, a conservative activist working to register Republican voters, says the latest election results have energized conservatives in New Jersey. He believes the GOP has a real chance to make inroads in the traditionally Democratic state.
Poll: Donald Trump’s endorsement gives Byron Donalds double-digit lead in GOP Primary for Governor – Florida Politics Source Link Excerpt:
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds leads two other Republicans who are likely to run for Governor, as new internal polling shows that the more voters learn he’s Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, the better his shot at winning becomes.
Fort Lauderdale-based survey, research and strategic consulting firm Fabrizio Lee & Associates, which Donalds hired for his campaign, polled 600 likely Republican Primary voters in Florida from Feb. 26-27. The poll had a 5-percentage-point margin of error.
Pollsters found that 34% of respondents prefer Donalds as Florida’s next Governor, while 30% like First Lady Casey DeSantis for the job.
Three percent said they plan to vote for Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who is also rumored to be gearing up for a run. The remainder were undecided.
Anna Paulina Luna Calls Out DOJ’s Silence, Urges Bondi To Release Full Epstein Files– americanactionnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Friday on Fox News, called out the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) silence over the release of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s full files and urged U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicize the remaining documents.
Following an uneventful release of the first phase of ‘The Epstein Files’ — an over 100-page document — which failed to contain a majority of new information, Bondi announced Monday that the DOJ had received thousands of missing documents. On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Watters asked Luna, who is leading the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, if she had heard any movement as to when the Epstein files will be released.
Mexican Officials Find Cartel Extermination Camp, Proof of at Least 200 Murders– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
Authorities in Mexico have discovered an extermination camp run by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) where the drug dealers murdered at least 200 people, if not more.
When officials discovered the site, known as Rancho Izaguirre, they found hundreds of pairs of shoes, hundreds of backpacks, piles of clothes, and even a farewell letter written by one of the cartel’s victims, according to Maria Herrera Mellado at Gateway Hispanic.
Investigators found a large crematory where an untold number of human bodies had been incinerated. And they found human ashes and bone fragments in the ovens constructed there.
Kim Jong Un Tests Trump With Ballistic Missile Launch – PJ Media– pjmedia.com Source Link Excerpt:
U.S. and South Korea began their first major joint military exercise of President Donald Trump’s second term on Monday, and soon after North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missiles were fired from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae Province and were classified as close-range. In response, South Korea’s military has heightened its surveillance and is working closely with U.S. forces to monitor the situation.
“We are aware of the DPRK’s multiple ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners. The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from further unlawful and destabilizing acts,” the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement. “While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel, or territory, or to our allies, we continue to monitor the situation. The U.S. commitments to the defense of the ROK and Japan remain ironclad.”
The launches come after South Korean and U.S. forces began their annual Freedom Shield exercise Monday.
“Freedom Shield is an 11-day exercise conducted by the Republic of Korea and the United States consisting of training to reflect the Korea Theater of Operations – a combined, joint, multi-domain, and interagency operating environment,” according to the U.S. Army.
“Field training events throughout FS25 include urban combat operations, field hospital operations, mass casualty treatment and evacuation, field artillery exercises, air assault training, wet gap crossing, air defense artillery asset deployment and validation, and a joint assault exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps,” the Army added.
However, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry is calling the exercises an “aggressive and confrontational war rehearsal.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the department will only keep 1,000 USAID programs and canceling 5,200 contracts.
Rubio wrote on X:
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
In consultation with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of programs we are keeping (approximately 1000) to now be administered more effectively under the State Department.
Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform.
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
They did not just dissent in the USAID ruling, they dissembled. They lied about both the court record and the district judge, and they drew a map to show Trump how to frustrate the case going forward.
The majority protected the legislature’s role
The Court’s 5-4 majority opinion, in which Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices to narrowly protect Congress’ power of the purse, holding that under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, since Congress had already appropriated the USAID and it was already signed into law, Trump could not legally freeze it. In other words, a president does not have the power to break, disregard or rewrite laws just because he disagrees with them.
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress’ funding for USAID, judge says– abcnews.go.com Source Link Excerpt:
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian and development work abroad, a federal judge ruled, saying the administration could no longer simply sit on the tens of billions of dollars that Congress has appropriated for foreign aid.
But Judge Amir H. Ali stopped short of ordering Trump officials to use the money to revive the thousands of contracts they have abruptly terminated for U.S. aid and development work around the world.
Ali’s ruling Monday evening came hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the administration had finished what has been a six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 83% of them. Rubio said he would move the remaining aid programs under the State Department.
Rubio made his announcement in a post on X, in one of his few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development, executed by Trump political appointees at the State Department and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams.
Rubio in the post thanked DOGE and “our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform” in foreign aid.
Trump Doesn’t Need Maduro’s Cooperation To Deport Venezuelans– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
The agreement that President Donald Trump in January foisted on leftist Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro to accept thousands of Venezuelan air deportees is teetering. Maduro is mad because the Trump administration canceled a license allowing Chevron to operate in the South American country, citing the fact that Maduro has only accepted a few hundred criminal alien Venezuelans.
The Trump administration should let that deal fail and be glad, because it was never needed. Most of the nearly 1 million Venezuelans who illegally crossed the U.S. southern border were living contentedly in more than 20 other peaceful countries for years before they realized the Biden administration would grant them an American lifestyle upgrade. Many Venezuelan migrants were granted U.S. asylum by lying about the fact that they had lived for years already in other safe, welcoming countries.
The Trump administration can readily — and in good conscience — just send them back to these other countries in Latin America and Europe that already accepted them once, and had provided residency, asylum, and work authorization status.
Some Republicans skeptical even as Trump backs spending plan– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
Despite President Donald Trump urging Republicans to unite behind a continuing resolution spending proposal to keep the government open, some GOP lawmakers expressed skepticism Sunday, while Democrats are resolutely opposed.
Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a continuing resolution and avert a partial government shutdown. Despite some hesitation, no Republican lawmakers have outright opposed the bill. Democrats, meanwhile, seem uniformly opposed.
“I believe we won’t shut the government down come Friday, but the CR is terrible on defense and the border,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Fox News Sunday. “I want a commitment that we’re going to have more money for the border and defense before I vote for the CR. But I think we’ll keep the government funded.”
House Republican leaders say the proposal cuts overall spending from 2024 levels, has no earmarks, boosts defense funding, and fully funds veterans’ healthcare. If approved, the bill would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The House is expected to vote Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. said last week on Fox News.
Democrats just don’t get the irony.
They love to remind the American people of the perils of a government shutdown.
Top Democrats Blasts The Idea That Democrats Should Keep The Government Open For Republicans– www.politicususa.com Source Link Excerpt:
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It is a notion that the mainstream media loves that drives Democrats crazy. The media insists on making Democrats responsible for doing the important work of governing even when Republicans are in charge of the entire government. The media pushes this false idea because Republicans push this false notion.
As the House Rules Committee marked up the continuing resolution to keep the government open, Rep. Jim McGovern took on this double standard:
I think maybe you guys need to take a refresher course in arithmetic. Last time I checked, you have the majority in the House and in the Senate, and you control the White House. The idea that somehow Democrats have the responsibility to pass a CR or any bill, quite frankly, where we don’t have any input on.
I think it’s ridiculous, I mean you run around bragging about this big mandate, well put on your mandate pants and pass whatever you, whatever you want to do. And I, and I, and I think you probably will have the votes because even the so called principled conservatives who don’t like CRs, I think they’re suffering from a case of Victoria Sparks Syndrome.
Where on Monday they’re a hard no and then on Tuesday they’re a hard yes. They’ll cave. So, but the idea that somehow, Being in charge means that you don’t have to take the responsibility of running this place is absurd.
Trump Declares War on Thomas Massie: Vows to Lead Primary Challenge After Massie Opposes Trump-Endorsed Funding Bill | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Donald Trump has officially declared political war on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for opposing the Trump-backed funding bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown.
With the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown looming, President Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to rally behind a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through September.
“The House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill (“CR”)! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week. Great things are coming for America, and I am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to September so we can continue to put the Country’s “financial house” in order. Democrats will do anything they can to shut down our Government, and we can’t let that happen. We have to remain UNITED — NO DISSENT — Fight for another day when the timing is right. VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday.
However, Massie defiantly declared his opposition to the measure, branding it a capitulation to the status quo of reckless spending and bureaucratic bloat.
“Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I’ve witnessed the past 12 years, I’ll be a NO on the CR this week. It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day,” Rep. Thomas Massie wrote on Sunday.
Playing his ‘Trump card,’ Putin goes for the kill to force Zelensky’s hand– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
PUTIN’S POWER PLAY: Emboldened by President Donald Trump’s suspension of military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Russian forces have stepped up the pace of air attacks and redoubled efforts to take back captured territory in the Kursk region in what appears to be an attempt to solidify its battlefield position ahead of a forced surrender by Kyiv.
Ukrainian troops in the field suspect that the U.S. is not just hurting Ukraine, but helping Russian forces in the Kursk region, who seem to have new intelligence about Ukrainian positions as they attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces and retake the tiny sliver of Russian territory that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hoped to use as one of his few bargaining chips in any peace negotiation. Ukrainian soldiers in the border region have complained on X that they come under instant heavy attack as soon as they activate their Starlink terminals.
“Throughout this week, Russia has carried out hundreds of attacks against our people using various types of weapons: around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, nearly 870 attack drones, and over 80 missiles of different types,” Zelensky posted on X over the weekend, ahead of a scheduled trip to Saudi Arabia today. Zelensky said a Saturday attack in Dobropillya, a city in the Donetsk region, was “one of the most brutal” striking civilians targets, including nine residential buildings, a shopping center, and killing 11 people.
US demanding Ukraine trade land for peace, as talks with Rubio open in Saudi Arabia– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
RUBIO: ‘THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION’: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia for face-to-face talks with a delegation consisting of Ukraine’s foreign minister, defense minister, and national security adviser to determine what concessions Ukraine is willing to make to end the three-year war with Russia.
Rubio told reporters en route to Jeddah that Ukraine must utter no magic words, but he is looking for signs that Ukraine is ready to make painful concessions to achieve a lasting peace deal. “I mean, right now, we’re really in listening mode,” Rubio said. “We have to understand the Ukrainian position and just have a general idea of what concessions they’d be willing to make, because you’re not going to get a ceasefire and an end to this war unless both sides make concessions.”
“We’re not going to be sitting in a room drawing lines on a map, but just get a general sense of what concessions are in the realm of the possible for them and what they would need in return, and then find out what the Russian position is in that regard,” Rubio said. “At some point soon, obviously, we’ll have to go back and establish a process by which we can determine what the Russian positions are in this regard and see how far apart we are,” he said.
Trump dodges recession talk as global markets plunge– www.dailykos.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Donald Trump has refused to rule out that his economic policies could trigger a recession and pushed for a “period of transition” that global markets have already responded to negatively.
In an interview that aired on Sunday, with Fox Business conspiracy theorist Maria Bartiromo, Trump was asked if he expected a recession.
“I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big, we’re bringing wealth back to America,” Trump said.
Trump’s statement is false. He has repeatedly throughout his political career predicted economic calamity, usually in the context of attacks against his Democratic rivals like former President Joe Biden and Sec. Hillary Clinton.
The White Helmets Are Back Disposing of the Bodies, Concealing the Crimes of Jihad Army in Syria– gellerreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
The White Helmets are al Qaeda. That the White Helmets are held up as some sort of humanitarian group while true humanitarian organizations like ours are labeled as hate groups speaks to the vicious hypocrisy and the evil of the left.
“The White Helmets organization is concealing the crimes committed by elements affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Defense of the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa “al-Julani”
They collect the bodies and hide them, then clean the blood from the streets and then bring civilians and dress them in security uniforms to accuse them of being remnants of the Bashar al-Assad regime..”