U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD & CITIZENS IN THE US:

Please contact your state Senators like I just did and tell them NOT TO PASS the SAVE Act (H.R. 22).

IT ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE!

This is clearly voter suppression.

If it passes the Senate, U.S. citizens may have to show not just a driver’s license, but ADDITIONAL proof of citizenship to vote (including a certified U.S. birth certificate, or a current U.S. Passport, or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad or a Report of Birth of a U.S. citizen issued by the Secretary of State, or a Naturalization Certificate or Certificate of Citizenship issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security).

Imagine what kind of chaos that would cause on Election Day in districts where polling stations are few, with voting officials, or even ICE holding up the line, causing a scene, checking your papers before you can get a ballot, telling you there’s something wrong with your documents, delaying the voting process so others don’t get a chance. Know that this is part of the plan.

If you’re married, an adoptee or someone who changed your name, I genuinely hope your current name is the same on all those documents. If it’s not, this bill will mess things up for you.

For those of us overseas, if the SAVE Act passes the Senate, depending on the laws of our home states, we could lose our right to vote in our home state elections! (Some states require proof of active residency. Should you qualify to vote as a U.S. citizen but not as a resident of your state, the proposal is for your vote to be counted under the District of Columbia (D.C.). Are you from D.C.? Are you a resident of D.C.? If not and you still have ties to your home community, let your Senators know A.S.A.P.!)

Current Status of the SAVE Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text

U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
(202)224-3121

League of Women Voters:
https://www.lwv.org/take-action/tell-your-senators-oppose-save-act

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-save-act

#saveact
#votersuppression
#senate
#usa
#us
#AmericansAbroad
#HR22
#elections
#Voting

U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD & CITIZENS IN THE US:

Please contact your state Senators like I just did and tell them NOT TO PASS the SAVE Act (H.R. 22).

IT ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE!

This is clearly voter suppression.

If it passes the Senate, U.S. citizens may have to show not just a driver’s license, but ADDITIONAL proof of citizenship to vote (including a certified U.S. birth certificate, or a current U.S. Passport, or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad or a Report of Birth of a U.S. citizen issued by the Secretary of State, or a Naturalization Certificate or Certificate of Citizenship issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security).

Imagine what kind of chaos that would cause on Election Day in districts where polling stations are few, with voting officials, or even ICE holding up the line, causing a scene, checking your papers before you can get a ballot, telling you there’s something wrong with your documents, delaying the voting process so others don’t get a chance. Know that this is part of the plan.

If you’re married, an adoptee or someone who changed your name, I genuinely hope your current name is the same on all those documents. If it’s not, this bill will mess things up for you.

For those of us overseas, if the SAVE Act passes the Senate, depending on the laws of our home states, we could lose our right to vote in our home state elections! (Some states require proof of active residency. Should you qualify to vote as a U.S. citizen but not as a resident of your state, the proposal is for your vote to be counted under the District of Columbia (D.C.). Are you from D.C.? Are you a resident of D.C.? If not and you still have ties to your home community, let your Senators know A.S.A.P.!)

Current Status of the SAVE Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text

U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
(202)224-3121

League of Women Voters:
https://www.lwv.org/take-action/tell-your-senators-oppose-save-act

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-save-act

#saveact
#votersuppression
#senate
#usa
#us
#AmericansAbroad
#HR22
#elections
#Voting

The #Senate has advanced a resolution to limit #Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against #Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for the president’s expanding ambitions in the #WesternHemisphere.

#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-8-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News

Congressional committees have put forward a funding proposal for #NASA the #NSF and the #EPA among other science agencies -- that counters the President's Office request to slash federal #science agencies.

For NASA, it only cuts 1-2% over last year's enacted budget, instead of the 50% projected cuts from the President's request. EPA gets a 4% cut instead of 55%... It also saves Goddard spaceflight center from being shuttered and stops reorganization activities that are threatening US science leadership.

The minibus bill will go to a House and then a #Senate vote starting this week.

This is our chance to save science! Of all the things you could call your #congressional representative on Wednesday, make it this!

Congressional committees have put forward a funding proposal for #NASA the #NSF and the #EPA among other science agencies -- that counters the President's Office request to slash federal #science agencies.

For NASA, it only cuts 1-2% over last year's enacted budget, instead of the 50% projected cuts from the President's request. EPA gets a 4% cut instead of 55%... It also saves Goddard spaceflight center from being shuttered and stops reorganization activities that are threatening US science leadership.

The minibus bill will go to a House and then a #Senate vote starting this week.

This is our chance to save science! Of all the things you could call your #congressional representative on Wednesday, make it this!

…Sen. #SheldonWhitehouse (D-Rhode Island) told The Post that he became an ex officio member this year after he became the lead #Democrat on the #Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works — another ex officio seat designated by #Congress — but was not ever invited to board meetings until his committee began investigating the #KennedyCenter last month.

#Trump #law #history #landmark #preservation #memorial #JFK #SevenMountainMandate

If you live in Minnesota, vote for Peggy Flanagan for Senate. If elected, she’ll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate.

#Indigenous #PeggyFlanagan #Senate

FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-senate-testimony-website

#HackerNews #FCC #Independence #FCC #Mission #Statement #Brendan #Carr #Senate #Testimony #Media #Regulation

Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
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Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Wisconsin #Health #Misinformation #Congress #Senate #USPolitics

After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Transportation #Industry #Business #Government #Regulation #Senate

Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm
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Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through a Small Business Administration program are a “fraud magnet.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/sb8a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Business #Government #Senate #Hawaii #Fraud

Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits
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Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Wisconsin #Health #Misinformation #Congress #Senate #USPolitics

"Blacklock's Reporter says Mohammed Hashim, CEO of the taxpayer-funded #Canadian #RaceRelations Foundation, told the #Senate #humanrights committee that criminals targeting #Jewish institutions are deliberately sending a message meant to intimidate the community.

“All these incidents across the country are to send a message, that #Jews cannot be safe here,” he said.

Hashim said Jewish #schools and #synagogues have been hit repeatedly.

#Toronto’s Kehillat Shaarei #Torah #Synagogue, he noted, has been #vandalized 10 times despite cameras, reinforced windows and fencing.

A Toronto day school, Bais Chaya Mushka, was shot at on three separate occasions.

“To every Jewish Canadian who feels unsafe or alone, who fears they need to be hidden, I want to say #Canada will always be a place of safety for you,” Hashim told senators.

Sen. Marilou McPhedran pressed him on how he could make such a promise.

“Hope,” he replied. “No one knows what the future is going to hold.” 😂

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/canadas-race-relations-chief-says-safety-for-jews-cant-be-guaranteed-relies-on-hope/69437

"Blacklock's Reporter says Mohammed Hashim, CEO of the taxpayer-funded #Canadian #RaceRelations Foundation, told the #Senate #humanrights committee that criminals targeting #Jewish institutions are deliberately sending a message meant to intimidate the community.

“All these incidents across the country are to send a message, that #Jews cannot be safe here,” he said.

Hashim said Jewish #schools and #synagogues have been hit repeatedly.

#Toronto’s Kehillat Shaarei #Torah #Synagogue, he noted, has been #vandalized 10 times despite cameras, reinforced windows and fencing.

A Toronto day school, Bais Chaya Mushka, was shot at on three separate occasions.

“To every Jewish Canadian who feels unsafe or alone, who fears they need to be hidden, I want to say #Canada will always be a place of safety for you,” Hashim told senators.

Sen. Marilou McPhedran pressed him on how he could make such a promise.

“Hope,” he replied. “No one knows what the future is going to hold.” 😂

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/canadas-race-relations-chief-says-safety-for-jews-cant-be-guaranteed-relies-on-hope/69437

Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #USPolitics #Law #Government #Senate

“ #Trump is using the #FBI as a tool to intimidate & harass Members of #Congress,” a group of 4 #Democratic #House members said in a stmnt Tues. “Yesterday, the FBI contacted the House & #Senate Sergeants at Arms requesting interviews.”

#Michigan Sen #ElissaSlotkin, 1 of the 6 Democrats in the video, told reporters Tuesday that “last night the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of Congress, saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the 6 of us.”

Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #USPolitics #Law #Government #Senate

S3197
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident poses a danger to the community and a serious risk of flight, for purposes of determining whether to release or detain the defendant pending trial.

📢 Introduced in Senate

https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3197

#S3197 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill

Sen. #BillCassidy (R-Louisiana), a #physician who chairs the #Senate #Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, decided to set aside his misgivings & support #RFKJr after receiving a range of commitments, which he detailed in a Feb. 4 speech on the Senate floor. They INCLUDED that the “ #CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that #vaccines do not cause #autism.”

#science #medicine #PublicHealth #policy #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #USpol

#House votes overwhelmingly to compel release of #EpsteinFiles
The move sends the legislation to the #Senate, where pressure is growing to make the #DOJ release more documents.

#Congress #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #ChildSexCrimes #felon47 #CoverUp