Six GOP senators voted with Democrats in support of a proposal sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to block the construction of President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom unless Congress authorizes the project. The amendment would have given Congress sole authority to construct a new ballroom and would have barred any federal funds or private…
A House Democratic plan to redistrict the party to the majority ran straight through Virginia. Then it came crashing down with an adverse state Supreme Court ruling. But in what’s shaping up as a favorable midterm election environment for Democrats, two Commonwealth House Republicans may still be at risk under the old district lines. Amid […]
Staff have begun to comply with a court ruling, though the Administration may still appeal it.
President Donald Trump has reached a "moment of demarcation" that signals the end of his presidency is near, according to one of the president's biographers. Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, noted during a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, that Trump has had a "rough couple of weeks" as his losses continue to pile up. Wolff pointed to issues such as Congress curtailing his war powers in Iran, and his seeming inability to escape the Jeffrey Epstein saga. "I've more and more understood this and appreciated this, and I think it's an important moment. It's a moment of demarcation," Wolff said. "It's a 'two things can be true at the same time' moment. Trump is going to continue to be mendacious and dangerous and damaging to all kinds of things, but at the same time, very clearly, as clearly as can possibly be, this Trump enterprise is coming apart. And I think we're right at the center." "And it all sort of brings this together in his falling poll numbers, the fact that he is in trouble on all of the foundational policies of his administration — that he could fix the economy," Wolff said. "Immigration was his issue, the issue that was fueling him instead of the issue that is causing him now so many problems, so many problems with his base, the health care issues also causing him problems. It's one problem after another after another that he cannot surmount."
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.
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.
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.
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.
In an interview after The Times reported on his treatment of women he had dated, Graham Platner acknowledged “not exactly acting with the best behavior” after his military service.