US politics
fromPOLITICO
3 days agoThese Republican-on-Republican disputes are keeping Congress frozen
The president's focus on a GOP elections bill has worsened party divisions, complicating legislative efforts on housing and aviation safety.
"My constituents are saving thousands of dollars and they know it. Republicans can and should take credit because the alternative would've been massive tax hikes under the Democrats had they won the 2024 election."
Forecasters now predict that the coming El Niño—a warming of the Pacific Ocean that deeply affects global weather patterns—is likely to be as severe as the one in 2023-2024, which triggered severe flooding and prolonged heatwaves around the world.
Our job is not to try and please the president: JAKE TAPPER: Here's another question, in the midst of these major earth shaking issues surrounding the ceasefire last night, life and death issues, why was President Trump so focused on attacking CNN for an accurate report we put out on a real statement put out by Iranian government officials?
As the United States heads toward the midterm elections, there are growing concerns among some political scientists that the country has moved even further along the path to some form of autocracy. Staffan I. Lindberg, the director of Sweden's V-Dem Institute, which monitors democracy across the globe, says the U.S. has already crossed the threshold and become an "electoral autocracy."
Seriously though, I had this post scheduled for last Wednesday September 28, then rescheduled it to this Wednesday thinking perhaps we'd have a hearing one week later. Nope. Nada. Nothing. And then I forgot the automated post scheduled for today. Oops, sorry about that. That's not to say we don't have January 6 related material to discuss. Use this thread to do so.