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Speaker Caves, Congress Passes DHS Funding Without ICE
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (134+ words) Posted by Rstybeach11 at 09: 30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Oh, Pres Trump is not gonna be happy about, what I opine is, his private militia not receiving funding. #1 | Posted by Lamp Lighter at 2026-04-30 07: 25 PM | Reply #2 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-04-30 07: 27 PM…...
China Is America's Military Equal Now Marine General Warns
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (427+ words) Faced with the rapidly growing China threat, the U. S. has to start hardening its bases now, said Marine Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka. Posted by qcp at 07: 31 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | SIPRI report shows Russia's military spending rose to…...
Louisiana Governor Prepares to Suspend House Primaries
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (125+ words) Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates Wednesday that he plans to suspend next month's primary elections so state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, according to two people with knowledge of the calls. Posted by qcp…...
US Military Was Losing Its Edge -- Now Everyone Knows It
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (526+ words) NYT Editorial Board: In the war's early days, the mismatch played out as one might expect. American forces destroyed much of the Iranian military. Now, however, the contest looks less one-sided. Iran has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz,…...
Zohran Mamdani Declines Personal Meeting with King Charles
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (415+ words) Mayor Mamdani had declined a personal meeting with the King and reportedly wanted to ask the monarch to kindly return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India, a massive gem that was stolen from a ten-year-old boy during Victorian colonization. Posted by…...
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence
15+ hour, 35+ min ago (909+ words) Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump -- while excusing how the president talks about everyone else. Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 01: 31 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | #1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-30 05: 27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1 Trump may not be a pet…...
U. S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP
16+ hour, 37+ min ago (1662+ words) Posted by retort at 12: 29 PM | 34 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Mike Lee blames Capitol Hill reporters for the $39 trillion national debt. [image or embed] Neither party will address this. #1 | Posted by Bell Ringer at 2026-04-30 12: 37 PM | Reply | Funny: 2 The party…...
Death Threats Against Judges Are Surging
21+ hour, 35+ min ago (289+ words) Federal judges have received more than 800 threats since Trump's rhetoric intensified -- and retired members of the judiciary are now speaking out. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 07: 31 AM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | "It's a war." That's what Todd Blanche told…...
Judge Asks DOJ: Will You Oppose Trump?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (317+ words) A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the I. R. S. over the disclosure of his tax returns. Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 09: 33 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Perhaps someone…...
Christians aren't Signing Up for the Trump Administration's Unholy War
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (319+ words) Svante Myrick: It has been a strange month for American Christians whose religious identity is not bound up with the adoration of President Trump. Posted by Corky at 08: 31 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | "But that's more fantasy than…...