The rescission process allows presidents to cancel spending thru legislation with simple majorities in Senate and House.
Speaker Johnson said "We'll do whatever the White House requests.... That's certainly a possibility and one that we would entertain, if it's appropriate."
"CBO confirms what we’ve been saying all along: the math doesn’t work without devastating Medicaid cuts,” Pallone-NJ said “GOP knows their spin is a lie, & they have no problem taking health care away from millions of Americans so the rich can get richer & pay less in tax than they already do.”
The USA is 148 only years old. Social Security began in 1935. The first benefits paid in 1940 ($22.50 a month)
Poor farms declined after Social Security began, disappearing by 1950.
Poor farms were where County govts provided social services for the needy.
The federal government didn't help.
The remark in question is, "President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?" Goff asked during a panel with Finland's foreign minister Elina Valtonen.
It seems the Dems did not have a unified plan
Mexico has just two gun stores and imposes strict regulations on gun buying, yet gun violence still exacts a terrible toll on the country.
As relations across the border continue to fray, the Supreme Court seems likely to doom Mexico’s lawsuit accusing U.S. gunmakers of fueling cartel violence.
Chauvin "murdered George Floyd in front of the whole world."
#47 cannot pardon Chauvin’s state conviction, and state prison is less comfortable than federal. Chauvin's release date is Dec. 2035.
'The only purpose would be to express disrespect for George Floyd and disrespect for the rule of law.'
The US pause on providing military aid to Ukraine is “unbearable”, France’s prime minister said.
François Bayrou added: “The Ukrainians feel terribly abandoned and terribly alone.
“If Russia stops fighting, the war stops. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine disappears.”
#DEI circa 1975
General Daniel James Jr
They didn't "give" me anything
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China's Xi Jinpin shaking hands with a somewhat reluctant Vladimir Putin
As #47 reorganizes US global alliances, #China appears to be building a new military headquarters 4x times larger than the Pentagon at a pace requiring 100 cranes working 24/7, ahead of its 2027 date to retake #Taiwan.
China may also be enlarging its nuclear capacity ⬇️
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"Today America started a #TradeWar with Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Putin, a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense." Full speech on CBC:
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China will restriction trade with 25 US companies, 10 that sell weapons to Taiwan, &will impose 15% more tariff on U.S. chicken, wheat, corn, cotton and extra 10% on soybeans, sorghum, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, veg, and dairy.
Mnwhile, techbros will snap up farms that go into bankruptcy.
Keep your eye on this guy. He's in Alabama ffs. Hardly a bastion of progressive conservation activities. Nonetheless, he's on a mission from God to save the last of the prairie remnants.
Nothing gets in his way.
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Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:
Prescription burns help interrupt a lot of insect life cycles.
It also favors native plants over invasives. Modern lifestyle has cut off natural fire cycles the forests evolved with. Altho one must work with the local fire department and neighbors so everyone is on the same page.
Hey you put it out to the internet man. I just happened to see it. Those were my answers.
@weatherwest.bsky.social @muellershewrote.bsky.social
Hank Green calling the attack on science is in pursuit of power. Calls on citizens, students & instructors to join marches..walk out of classes or work necessary
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It's good of you to not be hypocritical about it, but you're still obligated unless they took an axe to you or something.
Otherwise, like insurance for a car, elder care's part of the ticket price to the grand adventure called Life.
(Beyond unforgivable acts, the pain fuels spiritual growth.)
No cuts to payments. Workforce cut from 57k to 50k. But local Offices will reduce from 10/district to 4.
Staff reductions thru retirements, buyouts & firings.
Some workers may be reassigned to customer service roles.
Union officials said await further guidance before pursuing voluntary separation.
Same reason it's all our jobs to care for parents. Ours weren't nice. Theirs weren't nice. You likely won't be nice. You don't have to do it yourself, but you have to know it's being done.
You don't have to go to parties on command tho. You just have to be sure they aren't dying alone or afraid.
"Could be a death followed by a suicide. Did #Hackman die from a heart attack &Betsy become so distraught she took an overdose?"
"Or did his wife have suffer an acute medical event causing her death, &then Mr Hackman suffer a heart attack and die? We are looking at all possibilities."
Gene Hackman was riding a bike until he was 94, but October something changes for them both.
Caretaker to Arakawa’s 91yo mother said regular calls placed to her in Hawaii stopped in October — a similar timeframe to the “couple of months” in which Hackman's daughter had not spoken with her father.
#UFOs?
Alerts Saturday in planes with no other aircraft nearby.
A pilot told atc “We were about 1200 feet, there was somebody diving straight onto us,”
Later ATC warned another incoming pilot. Its pilot “Yeah, we got a little something there, 600 feet above us." But they didn’t see anything.
"All is over... [Ukraine] recedes into the darkness. She has suffered in every respect by her association with the Western democracies and with the League of Nations."
US Treasury Sec Scott Bessent told CBS News Z had "thrown off the sequencing" of how the minerals and peace deal were supposed to play out, insisting the discussions should have taken place in private.
It was "impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal" Bessent said.
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Have UK &EU caved to Trump's 'Neville Chamberlain on ketamine' moment?
The deal gives DC a 50% cut of Ukraine's mineral& natural resources revenue.
Z said insisted on security guarantees for Ukraine, predicting further Russian aggression.
Meanwhile US playing it off as a misunderstanding
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