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Senate Democrats blink

| September 21, 2023 | 22 Comments
Senate Democrats blink

Senator Coach Tuberville (R-AL) has famously been holding up senior DoD appointment confirmations over the DoD’s support of using taxpayer funds for abortions. He’s been clear that he’s not holding up confirmation votes, but he is holding up blanket rubber stamping of confirmations by quick, procedural voice cote. If Democrats want to proceed on confirmations, […]

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Military Abortions? How many/who uses them, $ spent – no one knows

| August 21, 2023 | 92 Comments
Military Abortions? How many/who uses them, $ spent – no one knows

Back about six months ago, DoD announced that service members who needed abortions or pregnancy treatments not available where they were station could get admin time off and support to go get it elsewhere. SEN Tommy Tuberville responded by suspending bulk promotions to high ranks, and the rest is a PR war. As the hold […]

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You gave ’em a raise, and didn’t know it

| April 10, 2023 | 19 Comments
You gave ’em a raise, and didn’t know it

Ah, Congress, one of our favorite groups of people. They do such a great job – selflessly leading us on the paths of  righteousness, transparently leading by example, wisely allowing us to live out own lives with minimal governmental interference, spending our hard-earned taxes parsimoneously… OK,  let’s stop smoking whacky tobaccy and return to reality. […]

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Paul Pelosi in the news again

| January 27, 2023 | 18 Comments
Paul Pelosi in the news again

Well, this time he isn’t taking a beating. Paul Pelosi made three sales of Google stock last month between December 20th and 28th. Each sale was categorized in the .5-1 million range. Interestingly, the Justice Department announced a lawsuit against Google this week for allegedly monopolizing the digital advertising market. Pelosi sold the shares in […]

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Dem Rep worried Rep Reps might shoot up the House

| January 6, 2023 | 33 Comments
Dem Rep worried Rep Reps might shoot up the House

Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who farts loudly on live TV, threatened to use nuclear weapons on Americans, is a serial liar, a conspiracy theorist, and who had a sexual relationship with a literal communist Chinese spy while in office, is concerned that the Republicans he serves in the House with are “not the most stable […]

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Congressman-elect lies about..well everything

| December 29, 2022 | 51 Comments
Congressman-elect lies about..well everything

This is stolen valor adjacent. He didn’t so much steal any military valor, but he’s certainly stolen a lot from the suffering of the Jewish People. George Santos, a Republican out of Long Island, won an upset victory against an incumbent Democrat. Of course, nobody in the media looked into any of his claims until […]

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Well, we got us a $1,700,000,000,000 spending bill.

| December 26, 2022 | 11 Comments
Well, we got us a $1,700,000,000,000 spending bill.

  Four THOUSAND pages of never-read spending bill. No one knows what’s actually in it. Remember “you’ve got to pass it to find out what’s in it” in health care? Bitch done did us again with the spending bill as her parting finger as Speaker of the House. And 18 Republicans went along with it. […]

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Steve Bannon issued prison sentence for contempt of Congress

| October 21, 2022 | 16 Comments
Steve Bannon issued prison sentence for contempt of Congress

Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison, and a fine of $6,500, for contempt of Congress. He was found guilty of the charges when he refused a subpoena calling him to appear before the January 6 committee. The Justice Department was asking for a stiffer penalty; six months in prison and $200,000 fine. Bannon […]

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