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  • The Montana Republican Party has kicked nine GOP legislators out of the party for continually voting with Democrats and "undermining Republican priorities and leadership." They will not receive funding or recognition from the Party in future campaigns

    04/06/2025 6:13:16 AM PDT · by george76 · 57 replies
    X ^ | Apr 4, 2025 | Micah Drew
    The Montana Republican Party has kicked nine GOP legislators out of the party for continually voting with Democrats and "undermining Republican priorities and leadership." They will not receive funding or recognition from the Party in future campaigns
  • Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski Voted Against Nomination of Harmeet Dhillon

    04/04/2025 10:49:10 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 37 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/04/2025 | Hannah Knudsen
    A single Republican senator — Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) — voted against the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to serve as assistant attorney general, veering away from the rest of her GOP colleagues who voted in favor. After her nomination in December, lawmakers finally held a formal vote Thursday and Dhillon was approved in a 52-45 vote. However, Murkowski opposed the nomination and sided with Democrats. President Donald Trump announced in December the nomination of Dhillon to work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. “Throughout her career, Harmeet has stood up consistently to protect our...
  • Four GOP senators vote with Democrats to undo Trump tariffs on Canada

    04/02/2025 4:56:47 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 131 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/2/25 | Alexander Bolton
    A group of Republican senators voted along with Democrats on Wednesday for a resolution to undo President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, dealing an embarrassing blow to Trump. The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate and doesn’t have the force of law, but its 51-48 passage is unwelcome news for the president on the very day he announced a host of new tariffs.
  • Trump Agenda Upended as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Eight Other House Republicans Join Democrats to Derail Two Critical Bills Due to Proxy Voting Feud

    04/01/2025 4:06:24 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 76 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 1, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    A handful of Republicans decided to put themselves first and derail President Trump’s agenda for at least a week all because of an obscure issue few people in America care about. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) dramatically resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday, accusing her former allies of betrayal, blackmail, and abandoning “pro-family” values. Luna’s departure stems from her fierce advocacy for a bipartisan measure that would allow new mothers and fathers in the House to vote remotely for 12 weeks following the birth of their child. The proposal, co-sponsored with Democratic Representative...
  • GOP senators line up with Democrats to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs

    03/31/2025 8:18:24 PM PDT · by RandFan · 67 replies
    Politico ^ | March 31 | By Lisa Kashinsky, Jordain Carney and Meredith Lee Hill
    Republicans could be poised to deal a symbolic blow to President Donald Trump’s trade policy, with several GOP senators indicating they planned to join Democrats in a Tuesday vote to block blanket tariffs on Canada. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Monday that she plans to back the resolution led by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) that would terminate the national emergency Trump declared last month, citing fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration. Trump has used that declaration to justify 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on America’s northern neighbor and leading trade partner — duties that Trump has threatened to start levying later this...
  • [Senate] Republicans want Musk to shut up about Social Security

    03/20/2025 7:26:15 AM PDT · by RandFan · 17 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/20/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Senate Republicans want Elon Musk to stop talking about Social Security, and the Department of Government Efficiency to leave it alone. Musk’s statement that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” and his plans to cut up to 12 percent of the Social Security Administration’s workforce, are giving GOP lawmakers heartburn. They warn that Social Security reform is known as the “third rail” of politics for a reason: Any party that touches it is likely to get zapped come Election Day. And Republicans fear that reductions in staff and field offices will boomerang on them, predicting constituents will grow frustrated if...
  • Trump vows to "lead the charge" to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie

    03/10/2025 9:06:06 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 179 replies
    Axios ^ | Andrew Solender
    President Trump said Monday he will "lead the charge" to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for his refusal to support Republicans' government funding bill.
  • Karl Rove: Trump claims of DOGE ‘fraud’ discoveries will backfire

    03/10/2025 1:09:29 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 122 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/10/2025 | Ailia Zehra
    Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump’s claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered “hundreds of billions” in government “fraud” will backfire when Democrats spotlight a lack of prosecutions of those involved. During an appearance on Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy,” Rove echoed Democratic strategist James Carville’s sentiment that Democrats should “allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight.” In his joint address to Congress last week, Trump criticized the “appalling waste” in government spending, while praising DOGE head and tech billionaire Elon Musk for discovering “hundreds of billions of dollars of...
  • Christie: Trump ‘looks and sounds like an ally of Putin’

    03/03/2025 10:46:01 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 66 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/03/2025 | Tara Suter
    Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday that President Trump “looks and sounds like an ally” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The comments from Christie came during a panel discussion on ABC News’s “This Week,” in which the group talked about the heated Oval Office meeting with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vice President Vance. “I think one of the strangest things of watching the meeting, Chris, is seeing how personal this was for President Trump. He clearly is upset with [Zelensky],” host George Stephanopoulos said. “It probably goes back to what started his first impeachment. And...
  • REPORT: Sen. Tom Cotton Allegedly Working Behind the Scenes to Block Trump’s Pick, Elbridge Colby, From Getting Confirmed at the DoD

    02/16/2025 6:32:22 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 61 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 15, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    The effort to undermine President Trump continues in the US Senate @SenTomCotton is working behind the scenes to stop Trump’s pick, Elbridge Colby, from getting confirmed at DOD Colby is one of the most important pieces to stop the Bush/Cheney cabal at DOD Why is Tom Cotton… Show more
  • Outrageous Betrayal: Republican-Led Texas House Names Democrat as Speaker Pro-Tem, and Hands Half of New Subcommittees to the Left

    02/14/2025 6:44:07 AM PST · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 14, 2025 | Staff
    The Texas House, under the leadership of newly elected Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), has not only appointed a Democrat, Joe Moody of El Paso, as Speaker Pro Tempore but has also handed over the leadership of half of the chamber’s newly created subcommittees to Democrats. This decision comes despite a clear Republican majority in the House. Texas is a solid red conservative state that went to Trump in 2024 by 14 points! Thanks to the disgraceful support from 36 supposed Republicans and 49 Democrats, he managed to cling to his position. Now, he’s repaying his Democrat cronies by handing them...
  • Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary: Statements from Murkowski and Collins set stage for close vote Friday

    01/23/2025 9:09:05 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 80 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 01/23/2025 | Lindsay Wise , Nancy A. Youssef and Jack Gillum
    WASHINGTON—Two centrist Republican senators said they opposed the nomination of President Trump’s defense-secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, injecting new drama into what was expected to be a nail-biter of a vote Friday. In a statement Thursday, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Hegseth’s “nomination to the role poses significant concerns that I cannot overlook,” pointing to worries about his character and his lack of experience running large organizations, as well as his past opposition to women serving in combat roles in the military. “I cannot in good conscience support his nomination,” she said. Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) followed with...
  • No Swamp Loyalists: Trump Says He Has No Interest in Hiring Anyone Who Worked for Koch, Bolton, Pence, the Cheneys, Haley, Ryan, Romney, or Milley in His America-First Administration

    01/16/2025 6:44:28 AM PST · by Red Badger · 46 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | January 16, 2025 | Staff
    In a recent Truth Social post, President-elect Donald Trump declared his commitment to an administration free from swamp loyalists, explicitly excluding individuals associated with figures such as Charles Koch, “Dumb as a Rock” John Bolton, Mike Pence, the Cheneys, “Birdbrain” Nikki Haley, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and General Mark Milley. Trump announced that over 1,000 hires have been made, all exemplifying exceptional qualities aligned with his “America First” agenda. He urged supporters to refrain from recommending individuals linked to those he deems afflicted by “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Trump wrote: “As of today, the incoming Trump Administration has hired over 1,000...
  • In Kursk, the Ukrainian invasion is back

    01/09/2025 10:15:37 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 143 replies
    The Hill ^ | 1/9/2025 | JONATHAN SWEET AND MARK TOTH
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals have an artful knack for keeping the Russian military bear off-balance. On Sunday, they renewed their offensive in the Russian Kursk Oblast, once again catching the Russian high command, Kremlin, and many pundits by surprise. Reports of a demoralized Ukrainian army fighting to retain terrain captured during the August Kursk offensive — of which at least 40 percent has been lost — have circulated among western media and Russian milbloggers since November. So too reports that Ukraine’s 155th Mechanized Brigade — trained and equipped by France — was under-resourced in “first person view...
  • A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels

    01/09/2025 8:48:51 AM PST · by Apparatchik · 8 replies
    Business Insider via MSN ^ | 9 January 2025 | Matthew Loh
    A top Iranian general has accused Russia of lying to Tehran by saying its jets were attacking Syrian rebels while they were instead bombing the open desert. In a rare break from Iran's diplomatic line on Syria, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati partially blamed Moscow for the fall of Bashar Assad's government during a speech at a mosque in Tehran. An audio recording of the speech was published on Tuesday by Abdullah Abdi, a journalist in Geneva who reports on Iran. "We were defeated, and defeated very badly. We took a very big blow, and it's been very difficult," Esbati said...
  • State of emergency declared in Russian city after Ukraine 'drones hit oil depot for Putin's nuclear bombers'

    01/08/2025 12:28:20 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 53 replies
    Standard UK ^ | 1/8/2025 | NICHOLAS CECIL
    A state of emergency has been declared in the Russian city of Engels after a Ukrainian drone strike hit an oil depot that supplies Russia's nuclear bomber planes. Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin said that two firefighters had been killed while tackling the blaze. A huge fire exploded at the “Kristal” oil complex, as well as multiple explosions, in the city of Engels after long-range strikes, said Ukraine’s military. It added that the oil depot supplied fuel to the “Engels-2” military airfield, where Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet is based. “The strike of the oil depot creates serious logistical problems for...
  • Outrage in Russia as vodka prices skyrocket by more than 20%

    01/08/2025 7:43:39 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 42 replies
    Express US ^ | 1/3/2025 | JOHN VARGA, HANNAH BROUGHTON
    Russian vodka enthusiasts are seething after the Finance Ministry implemented a 17 percent price hike for a half-litre bottle on New Year's Day. Russia holds the title as the world's largest vodka producer, accounting for over 30 percent of global production. Domestic consumption makes up more than 90 percent of Russia-made vodka, making it one of the country's most beloved beverages. As of January 1st, a bottle will now set consumers back 349 rubles (£2.53), up from 299 (£2.16) - a jump of 50 rubles. This follows a 6.4 percent increase in June 2024, meaning that within the last six...
  • How did Every Member of the Bush Administration Turn into a Democrat?

    12/20/2024 7:37:53 AM PST · by Starman417 · 56 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 12-20-24 | Brother Bob
    A while back somebody over at Ace of Spades mentioned that with 2 or 3 exceptions, every member of Dubya's administration turned into a Democrat. My first thought was "that can't be right", and then I got thinking. And it wasn't pretty. So I decided I'd go through and get the backup behind Ace's assertion. After going back and editing, this post feels like Apocalypse Now's Captain Willard and his trip up the river that starts out OK and slowly but surely becomes a nightmare. I report; you decide: Press SecretaryAri Fleisher - Not as bad as most of this...
  • They’re conservatives who oppose Trump. What do they do now?

    12/15/2024 2:03:52 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 68 replies
    Desreret News ^ | 12/8/24 | Samuel Benson
    In August, a day after Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president, a conservative-against-conservative argument erupted on social media. Steve Hayes, the editor and CEO of The Dispatch, called out his fellow conservatives for “fluffing” the progressive Harris and “embracing” the “nutty” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “What a mess the modern conservative movement is,” he sighed. The pile-on was swift. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, was first. “Honestly, what are you talking about Steve?” she wrote. The problem with the conservative movement, she said, was the capitulation to Donald Trump, not the opposition against him. Hayes shot back:...
  • Anti-Trump Republicans find themselves in a political no man's land after Trump's win

    12/15/2024 11:43:56 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 97 replies
    NPR ^ | 11/25/24 | Sarah Mcammon
    Former President Donald Trump is known for rewarding loyalty and attacking his political enemies. Despite that risk, many current and former high-profile Republicans publicly opposed him and threw their weight behind Vice President Harris in the 2024 election. Now, anti-Trump conservatives are regrouping, says Craig Snyder, former director of Haley Voters for Harris. "These are people who had significant career and personal investments in Republican politics and who threw it all away, burned the bridge — knowingly burned the bridge — because they couldn't abide Donald Trump and they wanted to support Vice President Harris," Snyder said