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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

#Trump says #Senate should scrap the #filibuster to end the government #shutdown

Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats & reopen the federal government.

“THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump posted late Thursday night on his social media site, Truth Social.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-effects-trump-update-democrats-95b986b83b9802fe7a8374572fcd86f0

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Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

#Trump says #Senate should scrap the #filibuster to end the government #shutdown

Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats & reopen the federal government.

“THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump posted late Thursday night on his social media site, Truth Social.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-effects-trump-update-democrats-95b986b83b9802fe7a8374572fcd86f0

AP News

Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

The #filibuster is a long-standing tactic in the #Senate to delay or block votes on legislation by keeping the debate running. It requires 60 votes in a full Senate to overcome a filibuster, giving Democrats a check on the 53-seat Republican majority that led to the start of the Oct. 1 shutdown when the new fiscal year began.

#Trump’s call to terminate the filibuster could alter the ways the Senate & congressional dealmaking operate….

#law

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

#Trump says #Senate should scrap the #filibuster to end the government #shutdown

Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats & reopen the federal government.

“THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump posted late Thursday night on his social media site, Truth Social.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-effects-trump-update-democrats-95b986b83b9802fe7a8374572fcd86f0

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Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth

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Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight

Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth

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Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight

Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#US #Senate repeals 2002 #Iraq war resolution

The Senate unanimously voted Thursday to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 US invasion, following a House vote last month that would return the basic #WarPower to #Congress.

The amendment by Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) & Sen Todd Young (R-IN) was approved by voice vote to an annual defense authorization bill that passed the Senate late Thursday—a unanimous endorsement for ending the war that many now view as a mistake.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-war-powers-iraq-trump-a6bc311c0b0890022cb818550758c94e

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#US #Senate repeals 2002 #Iraq war resolution

The Senate unanimously voted Thursday to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 US invasion, following a House vote last month that would return the basic #WarPower to #Congress.

The amendment by Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) & Sen Todd Young (R-IN) was approved by voice vote to an annual defense authorization bill that passed the Senate late Thursday—a unanimous endorsement for ending the war that many now view as a mistake.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-war-powers-iraq-trump-a6bc311c0b0890022cb818550758c94e

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Milo Dide
@milo@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Call on the #Senate to co-sponsor and pass the resolution now. Let the #UnitedStates join the rest of the world and #recognize the #Palestinian #state.
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3_vxNuPnuXQBoAjuLmjWok0e9PzJ4ImrRVTFSffo7Jj_ese8HI1XRfq4tXA2IOMh93T4dFwGtCA9x5zr1QuaE0UkJkN3JeMJCpQN92dzWkmHT2_4PuwrFKj91m9tOI9oMpvAt3FTRPteV7v4lBbHGy69XGNGiDczh-do2ssqQYt2WR3hs0nT0G5cTL92KDNdou-KSKOA7NUZlL1KE-24uRzONEs09a8AOrCb4yKQziAoeHOasvipFww6jtZVHGen-JPUl_6Br2ytpJuTt7VqkwUrmSoZQX6oF4P1OwFPhrmL2IO9xlduvbliLN4py_f0WfFDWtPEgwcdoX2MMOQPtZuJwzBembGfXpynMmiGnashZMb_eguf8JR2GSmbvJG3kM/4k1/ZPwPo7nbRDWn2c_1HkillQ/h2/h001.CrHU3yVT8R2JBR1n_1LkAe_XsHmldhO0Pm7_sIgHEbw
#Gaza #Ceasefirenow #StopWars #flotillaglobalsumud

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Milo Dide
@milo@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Call on the #Senate to co-sponsor and pass the resolution now. Let the #UnitedStates join the rest of the world and #recognize the #Palestinian #state.
https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3_vxNuPnuXQBoAjuLmjWok0e9PzJ4ImrRVTFSffo7Jj_ese8HI1XRfq4tXA2IOMh93T4dFwGtCA9x5zr1QuaE0UkJkN3JeMJCpQN92dzWkmHT2_4PuwrFKj91m9tOI9oMpvAt3FTRPteV7v4lBbHGy69XGNGiDczh-do2ssqQYt2WR3hs0nT0G5cTL92KDNdou-KSKOA7NUZlL1KE-24uRzONEs09a8AOrCb4yKQziAoeHOasvipFww6jtZVHGen-JPUl_6Br2ytpJuTt7VqkwUrmSoZQX6oF4P1OwFPhrmL2IO9xlduvbliLN4py_f0WfFDWtPEgwcdoX2MMOQPtZuJwzBembGfXpynMmiGnashZMb_eguf8JR2GSmbvJG3kM/4k1/ZPwPo7nbRDWn2c_1HkillQ/h2/h001.CrHU3yVT8R2JBR1n_1LkAe_XsHmldhO0Pm7_sIgHEbw
#Gaza #Ceasefirenow #StopWars #flotillaglobalsumud

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

The indictment provided no details about evidence that prosecutors would use in a trial, & came even though career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia had found insufficient evidence to support charges.

The indictment asserts that #Comey lied when he testified to senators in 2020 that he had not authorized anyone in the FBI to leak info to the news media about a bureau investigation into an unnamed person. But it was not even clear what episode the indictment refers to.

#Trump #law

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

The #DOJ would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that #Comey intentionally lied to the #Senate cmte, “not just that he got something wrong,” Robert Kelner, a lawyer at the firm Covington & Burling, who has represented the #Republican National Cmte & other Republican organizations, posted.

“What evidence do they have for that?” Kelner said, adding, “This isn’t a serious case.”

#Trump #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

More than half of #Senate#Democrats voted to block #weapons sales to #Israel.

Last night, 2 resolutions introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) were rejected. But the votes revealed Democrats’ growing frustration with Israel’s actions in #Gaza.

#HumanitarianCrisis#Palestinians
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-israeli-weapons-sale-democrats-gaza-58945751c7f88c1434a4be86e11af167

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skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms
@skykiss@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Does convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell get a deal from DoJ if she
implicates Trump? Not a chance in hell.

Does Maxwell get a deal from DoJ if she exonerates Trump? Probably.

She knows both things very well. She's a criminal & a liar given incentive by DoJ to lie to benefit herself.

Release the files. All versions, all deletions, all modifications of the files.

#epstein#EpsteinFiles#Congress#Senate#House#usa #press #media #news

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@skykiss@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Does convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell get a deal from DoJ if she
implicates Trump? Not a chance in hell.

Does Maxwell get a deal from DoJ if she exonerates Trump? Probably.

She knows both things very well. She's a criminal & a liar given incentive by DoJ to lie to benefit herself.

Release the files. All versions, all deletions, all modifications of the files.

#epstein#EpsteinFiles#Congress#Senate#House#usa #press #media #news

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Nate Allen
@mossyfoot@pdx.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
#StephenColbert should now run for #Senate against the odious Lindsey Graham in #SouthCarolina. He's the perfect guy for the times. Actually intelligent with a keen knowledge of politics and history. Can communicate the same to a wide audience. Actually patriotic, actively supports the troops. Actually religious, but not obnoxious about it. If we're going to have circus politics now, can you imagine a more skilled ringmaster?
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Nate Allen
@mossyfoot@pdx.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
#StephenColbert should now run for #Senate against the odious Lindsey Graham in #SouthCarolina. He's the perfect guy for the times. Actually intelligent with a keen knowledge of politics and history. Can communicate the same to a wide audience. Actually patriotic, actively supports the troops. Actually religious, but not obnoxious about it. If we're going to have circus politics now, can you imagine a more skilled ringmaster?
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.

The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.

#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/

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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.

The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.

#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #Senate also changed language about which #solar & #wind projects can use the 2022 #InflationReductionAct’s #TaxCredits.

In the Senate's final version, projects will be able to use the lucrative credits if they begin construction before 2026.

A previous version was based on when the projects enter service.

#House#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#OneBigBeautifulBill#MagicMinute

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.

The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.

#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #Trump admin has taken an aggressive approach to cutting back the federal government’s role in #education, including plans to eliminate the Education Department entirely. Though only #Congress can abolish the department, the Trump admin has taken an ax to education staffing & #funding more broadly as it seeks to whittle down the department.

The admin has suggested that it may seek to eliminate the nearly $7 billion in frozen funding. [which it absolutely cannot do]

#law #policy #schools

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
#RussVought, the director of the White House #OMB, said during a #Senate#Appropriations Cmte hearing last week that the admin was considering ways to claw back the funding through a process known as rescission. The admin would formally ask lawmakers to claw back a set of funds it has targeted for cuts. Even if #Congress fails to vote on the request, #Trump’s timing would trigger a #law that freezes the money until it ultimately expires.

“No decision has been made,” Vought said.

#education

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #Trump admin has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.

The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump #Education Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.

#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The #Trump admin offered little explanation, saying only that the funds were under review. It gave no timeline for when, or if, the money would be released, saying instead that it was “committed to ensuring taxpayer resources are spent in accordance with the president’s priorities.” The frozen funds are unrelated to the millions of dollars in cuts included in the domestic policy bill that squeaked through the #Senate on Tuesday.

#law #policy #education #schools #funding

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