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House passes Ukraine aid bill in another GOP rebuke of Trump’s foreign policy

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The vote comes after the House passed a resolution earlier this week against President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

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Usual Suspects – Senate Fails Again to Pass Save America Act, Voter Integrity Legislation

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Usual Suspects – Senate Fails Again to Pass Save America Act, Voter Integrity Legislation

The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act was brought to the Senate as an amendment by Lindsey Graham as part of the $70 billion budget reconciliation package funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. The usual senate suspects, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted with Democrats to kill the […] The post Usual Suspects – Senate Fails Again to Pass Save America Act, Voter Integrity Legislation appeared first on The Last Refuge.

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More bizarre antics resurface about Trump's controversial pick for spy chief: report

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More bizarre antics resurface about Trump's controversial pick for spy chief: report

Trump's pick to temporarily take over as the country's top spy chief had a bizarre past, according to reports that dug up his old antics. Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte used to host an event where people were slapped with sex toys, according to reporting by The Daily Beast. He was also accused of influencing Trump's posting of a Christ-like image of himself earlier this year, The Beast added. Pulte, who's also the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, appeared at an event with internet influencer PP from "ThePPShow" and was awarded a novelty trophy saying "Bill Pulte F—" on one side and "Only the Young" on the other side, according to The Daily Beast, which noted it was in part a reference to a Taylor Swift song.In a resurfaced video of the event, Pulte blurted out “I like only the young,” before exclaiming that the trophy “looks pretty bad—” as it was handed to him. He then dropped it after getting “too excited,” he said in the video.He was pressured off the board of Pulte Homes, his grandfather's company, because of his self-promotion, the New York Times reported.Pulte, who used to hold shares of Bed Bath & Beyond, wore bulletproof vests, saying he was afraid that anti-Bed Bath & Beyond forces might try to kill him, the Beast reported. He tried to claim the company wasn't really bankrupt and could still be saved in 2023, but the company went bankrupt anyway that year, The Bulwark reported.The FHFA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence didn't respond to The Daily Beast's request for comments.

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BETRAYAL: House Bucks Trump, Passes Ukraine Aid Package with $9 BILLION to Ukraine and Sanctions on Russia – Here Are the 18 Republicans Who Voted Yes

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BETRAYAL: House Bucks Trump, Passes Ukraine Aid Package with $9 BILLION to Ukraine and Sanctions on Russia – Here Are the 18 Republicans Who Voted Yes

The House of Representatives passed a bill approving an additional $9 billion in aid to Ukraine and placing harsh sanctions on Russia. Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for both Russia and Ukraine to make compromises, and Zelensky calls for face-to-face negotiations with Putin in a letter sent to the Russian President. The post BETRAYAL: House Bucks Trump, Passes Ukraine Aid Package with $9 BILLION to Ukraine and Sanctions on Russia – Here Are the 18 Republicans Who Voted Yes appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Staunch Trump ally resigns from Georgia's election board: report

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Staunch Trump ally resigns from Georgia's election board: report

One of President Donald Trump's staunch allies on the Georgia State Election Board resigned on Thursday, according to a new report. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Janice Johnston, who helped push Trump's election conspiracies in an effort to change state voting laws, resigned because of "family and personal responsibilities.” Johnston was a key ally as Trump spread the narrative that he had won the 2020 general election, speaking out against employees at the Fulton County Election Board. “While I may be leaving the board, I’m not leaving the cause,” Johnston said. “My commitment to election integrity remains as strong as ever, and I’ll continue supporting efforts that strengthen confidence, transparency and trust in our elections.”Her resignation happened at a time when Trump and the GOP are gearing up for a significant battle in the midterms. The GOP has redrawn several state maps in an effort to blunt Democratic gains. But recently, some experts have started warning the GOP that it may be on track to lose both the House of Representatives and the Senate after the election results are tallied. "During her tenure on the five-person state board, Johnston and a new majority voting bloc tested the limits of its rulemaking authority ahead of the 2024 presidential election, including required hand counts of ballots and election inquiries," the report reads in part. "The Georgia Supreme Court rejected those and other changes pushed by the majority, ruling that the appointed board cannot create rules that conflict with or go beyond laws passed by legislators," it added.

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Trump's DOJ staring down another loss in a high-profile case against foe: expert

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice may be staring down another loss in a high-profile case against one of his political foes, according to one expert. On Thursday, CNN reported that John Bolton, the first Trump administration's national security advisor, had entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over a case stemming from classified information that was contained in his memoir. Tom Dupree, a former deputy assistant attorney general, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that the Trump DOJ will likely see the case as a loss because Bolton will likely avoid serving time and may only be punished with probation. Collins noted that recent cases involving former government officials similar to Bolton's ended with the officials paying a fine and receiving one or two years of probation. "That is something that will not escape the attention of the district judge," Dupree said. "When judges make these sorts of sentences, they look at comparable cases. They try to see how the Justice Department prosecuted similar cases in the past. And so the fact that people who did at least arguably the same type of stuff got suspended sentences or probation, that sort of thing, that will be very significant to the judge." "At the same time, you can see the Trump Justice Department pushing hard for at least some sentence of incarceration on John Bolton," he added. "My suspicion is that, from the Justice Department's perspective, if all Bolton gets is probation, they will view that as a loss."

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Trump suffers another staggering rebuke as House passes Ukraine measure he opposed

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Trump suffers another staggering rebuke as House passes Ukraine measure he opposed

President Donald Trump's grip over the House of Representatives continued to loosen on Thursday, as 18 Republicans broke ranks to pass a foreign military aid measure his administration doesn't support, a new report revealed. According to Politico, the measure, which was also opposed by House GOP leadership, is a "strong show of support for Kyiv and the first time a standalone aid package has passed either chamber during Trump’s second term."The measure also includes a new round of sanctions on Russia.Trump has been opposed to standalone Ukraine assistance, as he wants to diplomatically negotiate an end to the war — although so far Russia has categorically defied every attempt to broker a withdrawal from its invasion.It's the second major rebuke of the president's foreign policy in the House this week. On Wednesday, the chamber voted to restrict Trump's war powers in Iran, with four Republicans crossing over to vote with the Democratic side.The Ukraine resolution passed with a stirring endorsement from retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who proclaimed on the House floor, “This is our Churchill moment or our Chamberlain moment, and by God I’m going to choose Churchill.”Despite the measure sending a significant message, said the report, it "faces long odds of making it to Trump’s desk. The Senate has sidestepped efforts to vote on its own package of Russia sanctions, despite more than 80 senators signing on as cosponsors."

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Judge orders The Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name from its venue by June 12

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Judge orders The Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name from its venue by June 12

The Kennedy Center is moving to comply with a federal court order to remove President Donald Trump's name from the iconic Washington arts venue. The center's general counsel instructed staff to immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and documents to reflect the original name — the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — with interior and exterior signage to be changed by June 12, according to reports by CBS News. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the Trump-appointed board overstepped its authority when voting in December to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," according to NBC News. Judge Cooper said, "Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it." In addition to its name change, the center remains undecided about whether to proceed with a $257 million renovation scheduled to begin July 5. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum initially resisted compliance. During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union", Burgum explained he wasn't sure whether the order would be appealed and called it "controversy on both sides."Trump subsequently posted he would withdraw from the center, calling it "broken, unsafe and busted," according to Spectrum News 1. Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Trump DOJ may lose 'powerful arrow' as judge challenges conviction: analyst

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Trump DOJ may lose 'powerful arrow' as judge challenges conviction: analyst

The Trump administration has a "very serious chance" of losing a powerful weapon against judges, predicted legal journalist Adam Klasfeld. In a recent episode of Legal AF, Klasfeld spoke about the case against Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee circuit court judge who distracted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while she sent the immigrant they were seeking out a side door."It's a shocking thing when a judge is arrested," Klasfeld reflected. "It showed the Trump administration's priorities to go after any judge that they believe is standing in the way of ICE enforcement.She was convicted by a jury of obstructing an official proceeding in December, but her legal team filed a motion for an acquittal of that charge. "She has a very serious chance of an acquittal here," Klasfeld said, explaining that recent cases have changed the legal precedent establishing ICE arrests with an administrative warrant as an official proceeding. If a federal judge agrees to acquit Dugan, it will take away "one of the most powerful arrows in the quiver of the Trump DOJ to target judges who want to preserve the integrity of their courthouse," Klasfeld said. "It can deprive the Trump DOJ of one of the few victories it has had in a high-profile case, particularly a politically charged high-profile case," Klasfeld added. "If an ICE arrest based on an administrative warrant is not a proceeding, then that sword of Damocles hanging over local county and state judges around the country, that is removed. That is removed from the Trump DOJ's quiver."

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