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  • GOP Sen. Rand Paul Wants to Strip Tariffs Authority From Trump, Give It to Congress

    04/24/2025 12:32:27 PM PDT · by RandFan · 152 replies
    NewsMax ^ | April 24 | Newsmax
    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is continuing his push against President Donald Trump's tariffs, with legislation he is co-sponsoring against them to come before the Senate next week. Paul says lawmakers should be in control of tariffs, rather than Trump, through the use of a national-emergency law. The discussion will come less than a month after Paul was one of the only two chamber Republicans to vote against his party's budget, which is seen as a key part of the president's tax cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "I don't have any bad feelings towards the president, but this is...
  • JUST IN: Trump Slaps 104% Tariff on Communist China After Beijing Defies U.S. Warning

    04/08/2025 10:41:21 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 175 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 8, 2025 12:16 pm | Jim Hᴏft
    President Donald Trump isn’t playing games with Communist China anymore.Trump has unleashed a crushing 104% tariff on Communist China, effective immediately.According to Fox Business, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dropped the bombshell earlier today, confirming that the tariffs kicked in at noon ET. Why? Because China’s commie overlords refused to back down from their own retaliatory duties on American goods.According to FOX Business Network’s Edward Lawrence, the White House made the move swiftly and decisively.“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says 104% additional tariffs went into effect at noon eastern time because China has not removed its retaliation,” Lawrence...
  • Don Bacon and Rand Paul want these people deciding USA tariff policies instead of President Trump.

    04/07/2025 5:59:17 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 24 replies
    Catturd2 on Twitter X ^ | April 7, 2025 | Catturd2
    Catturd ™ @catturd2 Don Bacon and Rand Paul want these people deciding USA tariff policies instead of President Trump. 4:19 PM · Apr 7, 2025
  • The Rise of Global Government: Sen. Rand Paul

    04/06/2025 12:13:28 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 10 replies
    Regent University ^ | 4/25/22 | Regent University
    On March 29, 2022, Regent University’s Robertson School of Government (RSG) hosted a remarkably attended virtual conference titled Globalism Rising: Authoritarianism and the Demise of Civil Liberties. Moderated by RSG Dean and former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the event included five hours of timely discussion on the rise of global government and understanding the unprecedented times we live in through the lens of the Bible.
  • BREAKING NEWS: Rand Paul Calls Out Fellow Republicans Over Deficit Increase In GOP Budet Resolution

    04/05/2025 1:26:10 PM PDT · by RandFan · 47 replies
    YouTube ^ | Apr 5 | Forbes Breaking News
    On the Senate floor, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed deep concern about the Republican budget resolution, and put forward an amendment to raise the debt ceiling.
  • Rand Paul is ready to squeeze GOP senators on their $5T debt hike

    04/03/2025 11:00:54 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 16 replies
    Politico ^ | 04/02/2025, 9:26pm ET | Jennifer Scholtes
    Sen. Rand Paul has a reputation for forcing his GOP colleagues to take tough votes, and he’s already got a zinger in mind as the Senate prepares for another all-night “vote-a-rama” on Friday.Before Senate Republicans can adopt their revamped budget framework, the Kentucky Republican plans to offer just one amendment: a proposal to substantially shrink the GOP’s current plan to raise the debt limit by $5 trillion under the party-line package they’re trying to clear this year to cut taxes, boost military budgets, ramp up border security spending and more. Instead, Paul’s amendment would allow Republicans to clear a $500...
  • Free trade and opioid overdose death in the United States

    04/03/2025 9:42:47 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 11 replies
    Science Direct ^ | Adam Dean, Simeon Kimmel
    Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically after 1999, but also exhibited substantial geographic variation. Job loss due to international trade is positively associated with opioid overdose mortality at the county-level. This association is significantly stronger in areas in which fentanyl is present in the heroin supply. In general, the loss of 1,000 trade-related jobs was associated with a 2.7 percent increase in opioid-related deaths. When fentanyl was present, the same number of job losses was associated with a 11.3 percent increase in such deaths. The positive relationship between trade-related job loss and opioid-related overdose death is well illustrated...
  • UNIPARTY STRIKES BACK: GOP Senator Chuck Grassley and Leftist Democrat Introduce Legislation to Upend President Trump’s Tariff Authority

    04/03/2025 9:32:06 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 58 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 3, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bill with far-left Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), which would almost certainly put Trump’s new tariffs entirely on ice. The legislation’s stated purpose is to ‘reassert’ the legislative branch’s power over tariff policy. “The Trade Review Act of 2025” requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of imposing new tariffs. The president must also present a detailed rationale and analysis of the potential consequences for American businesses and consumers. Moreover, the legislation will require ALL tariffs to be approved by Congress within 60 days, or they will automatically expire.
  • Rand Paul: ‘Fallacy’ to think tariffs will help country

    04/03/2025 8:47:37 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 146 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/2/25 | Tara Suter
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that it is a “fallacy” to think tariffs will help the country’s economy as President Trump gears up to impose massive reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners. Paul, who has spoken out against tariffs previously, joined The Hill’s “Rising” on Wednesday, where he discussed his disagreement with tariffs, calling them “a tax.” “On tariffs, I think it’s just economically — it’s a fallacy to think that it’ll help the country,” the Kentucky senator said. “Tariffs are a tax, and if you tax trade or if you tax anything, you’ll get less of it.”
  • Senate approves resolution against Trump's Canada tariffs hours after 'Liberation Day' event - 4 Republicans side with Democratic resolution against Trump's Canada tariffs

    04/03/2025 6:29:51 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 55 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | April 3, 2025 | Danielle Wallace
    Four Republicans – Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky; Susan Collins, of Maine; and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, sided with Democrats in voting for a resolution that would repeal the emergency declaration that permitted Trump to levy taxes on Canada by citing deadly fentanyl flowing across the border. The measure, introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., passed the upper chamber of Congress by a 51-48 vote.
  • 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.
  • Bipartisan pair of senators warn Trump over Houthi strikes

    04/02/2025 10:15:26 AM PDT · by RandFan · 33 replies
    semafor ^ | April 1 | semafor
    A bipartisan pair of senators is warning the White House that recent US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen risk “emboldening” the Iranian-backed group and flouted the law regarding congressional oversight of military operations. The letter from Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., shared first with Semafor, concerns the strikes that have made headlines recently.... “Neither the U.S. strikes since October 2023 ordered by President Joe Biden, nor the previous years-long campaign against the Houthis conducted by Saudi Arabia were successful in establishing deterrence against the Houthis,” Merkley and Paul wrote in the letter sent to President Donald...
  • 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...
  • Rand Paul Tries to Organize Republican Senators AGAINST Trump’s Tariffs

    03/26/2025 8:59:52 PM PDT · by RandFan · 54 replies
    TIME ^ | March 21 | Eric Cortellessa
    Senate Republicans had gathered for one of their regular private lunches last Wednesday when Rand Paul commanded their attention. As Senators sipped diet sodas and grazed on sandwiches, the Kentucky lawmaker went through a slide deck with charts and statistics in service of a bold proposal: come out against President Trump’s tariffs. The arguments in Paul's presentation, which has not been previously reported, were not a surprise to his audience. One of the most prominent libertarians on Capitol Hill, he’s a fierce proponent of free trade. But his attempt to corral colleagues against the Trump trade agenda was seen as...
  • Rand Paul to Introduce Bill to Get Rid of Department of Education

    03/24/2025 10:32:51 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Townhall ^ | 03/24/2025 | Rebecca Downs
    Last Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE). As he shared during his remarks, he's hopeful that members of Congress will vote to do so, even Democrats. As Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) posted to X, he's heeding the call. He's introduced such a bill before and previewed that he's doing so next week as well. The effort to dismantle the DOE has been decades in the making. The senator's father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), had introduced a bill to do so in the early 1980s, not long after it was established...
  • BREAKING! Boasberg Rejects Trump Request to Vacate TRO in Alien Enemies Act Case – Says Criminal Aliens Are Entitled to Individual Hearings

    03/24/2025 9:16:01 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 137 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | March 25, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg on Monday rejected the Trump Administration’s request to vacate the temporary restraining order (TRO), but offered to convert it to a preliminary injunction. Since TROs are typically unappealable, the Trump Administration will be able to appeal if the TRO is converted to an injunction. The Trump Administration has until March 26 to inform the court. Boasberg said the deported aliens are entitled to individual hearings!
  • The Democrats Are the Party of Violence

    03/24/2025 7:00:29 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 36 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | March 24, 2025 | Jeff Crouere
    Back in the Vietnam War era, many protesters on college campuses were proud Democrats who chanted slogans about “peace” and “love.” They flashed the peace sign and railed about the war and police brutality while professing support for “free speech.” Never mind that the Vietnam War was escalated by a Democrat President and ended by a Republican President, these protesters claimed that they were “non-violent” and that the federal government, and especially Republican politicians, were trying to limit their freedoms. Flash forward to today and the political world has totally changed.
  • Portland rally demands end to deportations nationwide

    03/24/2025 5:53:01 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 51 replies
    ABC News Local ^ | March 23, 2025
    PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A rally held on March 23 at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Portland called for the Trump administration to halt deportations and "keep families together". Organized by Portland Contra las Deportaciones and other activist groups, the event drew a crowd of all ages. Omar Gil, an organizer for the group, emphasized the rally's purpose: "Keep protesting, keep demanding for an end to deportations, stop separating families. Standing up to Trump's racist agenda." He added, "People are scared but it's not time to hide, it's time to show up and show out. I think it's important to bolster...
  • 'Republicans against Trump' has 850k followers on X

    03/24/2025 5:05:14 AM PDT · by RandFan · 111 replies
    X ^ | March 24 | Republicans Against Trump
    @RpsAgainstTrump Pro-democracy conservatives Republicans fighting Trump & Trumpism. Please support our work:
  • Rand Paul: Courts Will Rule Defendants Get Due Process Before Deportation

    03/23/2025 4:29:55 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 315 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 23, 2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he believed the courts will rule defendants should get due process before they are deported. Host Margaret Brennan said, “There are legal questions around using these authorities to send out detainees without giving them a day in court. There’s questions of how it’s being handled in regard to these individuals who were rejected by El Salvador, one for gender, one because they weren’t Venezuelan at all. Do these concerns does any of this concern you along with claims from their family members that many of these people weren’t...