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  • Schumer blasts Thune for choosing "nuclear option"

    05/20/2025 10:59:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 57 replies
    AXIOS ^ | May 20, 2025 | Stef W. Kight, Stephen Neukam
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune is blazing forward with a controversial move to repeal California's EV mandate — and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is warning it will come back to bite him.Why it matters: Schumer (D-N.Y.) all but threatened to deploy similar strategies to get around opinions by key, nonpartisan rule makers if and when he grabs back control of the chamber."What goes around comes around," Schumer said on Tuesday. He and other Democratic leaders have described the GOP move as a "nuclear option."Thune (R-S.D.) accused Democrats of "throwing a tantrum."Driving the news: The Senate will vote as soon as...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Postal Union Sends Letter Calling Trump ‘Existential Threat’

    09/25/2024 7:31:11 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 43 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 09/25/24 | Logan Washburn
    The union’s Georgia president, whose name appears at the bottom of the letter, claims it was sent without his permission: ‘I had no idea they were sending out a letter with my name.’If former President Donald Trump wins November’s election, he would pose an “existential threat” — at least according to a letter apparently from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), obtained by The Federalist.“If Donald Trump wins the upcoming election, it could prove an existential threat to our union and our contract,” the letter reads. “Your vote matters: consider how the consequences could affect you, your job, and...
  • Ocasio-Cortez condemns Israel over pager attacks in Lebanon

    09/18/2024 3:21:29 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 63 replies
    The Hill ^ | 18/9/24 | Ashley Fields
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday condemned Israel over a series of explosions across Lebanon involving pagers that targeted members of militant group Hezbollah. Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal critic of Israel’s government amid its broader war in Gaza, weighed in following reports that Israel’s intelligence and military arms were behind Tuesday’s pager attack that killed a dozen people and injured several thousand. “This attack clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines US efforts to prevent a wider conflict,” the New York Democrat wrote on social media platform X. “Congress needs a full accounting of the attack, including an answer...
  • Draft RNC resolution would slow the party’s embrace of Trump as the nominee

    02/24/2024 3:11:29 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 102 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | February 24, 2024 | By Vaughn Hillyard and Nnamdi Egwuonwu
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — A prominent Republican National Committee member is proposing two resolutions that would put some distance between the national party and former President Donald Trump — at least for a little bit longer. The first resolution from Henry Barbour — a longtime member from Mississippi — would prohibit the national party from coordinating with Trump or fundraising with his campaign until he wins enough delegates to be the party’s presumptive nominee. The draft resolution, in part, states: “The Republican National Committee and its leadership will stay neutral throughout the Presidential primary and not take on additional staff from...