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Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Demo...

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Why Trump’s Beauty Queen Prosecutor Went Behind Bondi’s Back

Donald Trump’s new prosecutorial bulldog is showing mounting signs of impatience as she moves at breakneck speed against the president’s political enemies. Lindsey Halligan, whom Trump last month appo...

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“You did not answer the question”: ABC host cuts Vance’s mic after heated Homan exchange

Vance capped a contentious tour of the Sunday press shows with a heated exchange on ABC

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Torches Trump Tariffs and Corruption: ‘It Shouldn’t Be About Helping Your Crypto Donors’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sounded off on President Donald Trump over his trade policy and attempts to enrich his "crypto donors."

lligrd.bsky.social @lligrd.bsky.social · 1h

Finally, someone speaks up against this murderous regime.

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Democratic lawmaker decries strikes on Venezuelan boats as 'illegal killings'

Rep. Jim Himes — the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee — said lawmakers had not been briefed on the administration's legal justifications.

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China’s rare earth controls can ‘forbid any country on Earth from participating in the modern economy,’ former White House advisor warns

"They can do this because they diligently built industrial capacity no one else had the fortitude to build."

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JD Vance in fiery exchange with ABC host over Tom Homan’s $50,000 bag of cash: ‘Why fewer and fewer people watch your show’

Vance repeatedly declined to say whether FBI has video of Homan accepting $50,000 in cash before being cut off by ABC

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China Tells US to Back Off on Threats, Warns of Retaliation

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an additional 100% tariff on China as well as export controls on “any and all critical software” beginning Nov. 1, hours after threatening to cancel an upcom...

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Opinion - Kilmar Abrego’s court victory could end Trump’s reign of retaliation

It is likely the death knell of the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).

lligrd.bsky.social @lligrd.bsky.social · 8h

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Trump Forgets He Was President During Capitol Riot, Blames ‘THE BIDEN FBI’ for Jan. 6 in Dead-of-Night Post

President Donald Trump blamed the Capitol riot on former President Joe Biden, claiming that “THE BIDEN FBI” had placed agents in the crowd that had assembled in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. 2021.

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‘You’re Losing Credibility’: JD Vance Brawls With George Stephanopoulos Over Tom Homan Bribery Scandal

Vice President JD Vance and ABC's George Stephanopoulos brawled over Tom Homan and the $50,000 he allegedly accepted from undercover FBI agents last year.

lligrd.bsky.social @lligrd.bsky.social · 8h

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The real estate developers behind Trump's Gaza deal

President Trump's approach to pursuing a ceasefire in Gaza was driven by real estate developers, including Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Robert Costa examines a non-traditional take on foreign pol...

lligrd.bsky.social @lligrd.bsky.social · 8h

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Appeals court restores Trump’s control over National Guard in Illinois, but blocks deployment

A federal appeals court on Saturday partially restored President Trump’s control of the National Guard in Chicago and across Illinois, but prevented him from being able to actually deploy servicemembe...

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The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public

The ongoing government shutdown will collide with the U.S. economy this week, as missed paychecks and the absence of billions of dollars of government services reverberate beyond federal workers and s...

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Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

Vice President JD Vance said that President Donald Trump is "looking at all his options" in regards to invoking the Insurrection Act.

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We Stand With Chicago,This is
Fighting Chump's Regime.....

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Trump Floats Controversial Monument In Wordless Dead Of Night Post

President Donald Trump floated a new and controversial monument in a wordless dead-of-night post to his social media account.

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Trump to announce US drug pricing deal at White House, MSNBC says it's with AstraZeneca

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is expected to make an announcement on Friday about lowering U. drug prices, according to a White House official who declined to provide additional details...

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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Watch A Doctor Surgically Destroy RFK Jr.’s Wild Circumcision Claim On CNN

“OutFront” host Erin Burnett said the circumcision claim made by the Health and Human Services secretary was “really scary” for people.

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Newsom Trolls Trump for Hawking Watches During Shutdown

Gavin Newsom isn’t letting up on his mockery of Donald Trump. The California governor poked fun at the president yet again on Thursday after a 30-second ad for Trump Watches appeared on Newsmax’s airw...

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Trump administration fires at least 4.1K federal workers in shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration laid off more than 4,100 employees Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ...

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Newsom Trolls MAGA Governor Over National Guard Hypocrisy

Gavin Newsom has some choice words for Greg Abbott after Texas National Guard troops were spotted in another Democrat-run city. Abbott, who recently authorized President Donald Trump to deploy 400 Tex...