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We’re in Day 25 of the Schumer Shutdown as the Democrats keep the government hostage over their leftist demands; somehow, they expected that the Republicans would simply bend the knee and agree to every one of their pet projects. On Thursday, they showed once again how little they care about the people as they nuked a bill that would have temporarily provided pay to essential government workers. Nice.On Friday, we got some good news when President Trump announced that a mystery anonymous donor was giving $150 million to help pay the troops. Then, today (Saturday), The New York Times reported...

The biggest individual contributions to Donald Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr's 2024 presidential Super PACs in January both came from the same longtime Republican mega-donor, according to filings. Timothy Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking fortune, donated $5 million to the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. fundraising attempts in January, as well $5 million to a Super PAC supporting the Democrat-turned-independent's presidential bid the same month, Federal Election Commission (FEC) listings reveal. Mellon, the grandson of former U.S. treasury secretary Andrew Mellon, is known to be a longtime donor to Republicans such as Trump. He gave $20 million to the Trump-aligned...