Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Ohio State, Texas headline College Football Playoff winners and losers from first round The first round of the expanded College Football Playoff saw four teams advance and four teams eliminated. Analyzing the winners and losers. 12/21/2024 - 3:10 pm | View Link
Ravens vs. Steelers: MVP, 12 Winners and 3 Losers The Baltimore Ravens kick the Pittsburgh Steelers out of M&T Bank Stadium with a 34-17 beatdown and have officially clinched the 2024 playoffs. Below are Saturday’s MVP, Winners and Losers. For the ... 12/21/2024 - 11:30 am | View Link
Kansas City on cusp of No. 1 seed: Winners and losers from Texans vs. Chiefs Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are on the cusp of clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC. They defeated the Houston Texans 27-19 during a Saturday matchup of two division winners. 12/21/2024 - 9:07 am | View Link
College Football Playoff winners and losers: Home teams make it look easy Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas and Ohio State all rolled on a mostly drama-free opening weekend of the College Football Playoff. 12/21/2024 - 8:45 am | View Link
SmackDown Winners & Losers: Six-Man Tag Team Match And Big Night For Naomi This week's SmackDown felt like it lacked major star power, but it still delivered, and it was a big night for Naomi. 12/20/2024 - 2:30 pm | View Link
The United States isn't the only place Musk is meddling. Now he's embracing the far right neo-Nazi party in Germany:
Elon Musk appears to be leaning even further into a full neo-Nazi embrace. Following his social media assault to block a congressional spending bill meant to avoid a government shutdown, the tech billionaire took to X and described the racist, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as Germany’s last, best hope.
“Only the AfD can save Germany,” he posted on X early Friday.
Look who's making empty threats against United States Senators. Russian shill Tucker Carlson.
Tucker Carlson Says Any GOP Senator Who Votes ‘Against Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation’ Is ‘Enemy Of The United States’:
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson said Thursday that any Republican Senator who ends up voting against confirming former Democratic Hawaii Rep.
Elections matter! Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that nearly 23,000 Connecticut residents who have medical debt will have some or all of it wiped away under the first round of a major initiative through a partnership with the national nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt.
The nonprofit contracts with state and local governments and leverages public investments to negotiate with hospitals and other providers on the elimination of large, bundled portfolios of qualifying medical debt owed by patients whose income is at or below four times (400%) the federal poverty level or who have medical debt that is 5% or more of their income.
Sahil Kapur of NBC News caught up with Rep. Drunken Van Orden (MAGA-Nearest corner bar) and asked him about the chaos and mayhem the Republicans are causing with passing a budget bill in order to comply with President Musk's and his puppet, Orange Felon's, demands. Needless to say, DVO was more than bit confused:
KAPUR: Congressman, do you think President-elect Trump should have made his demand earlier, earlier than one or two days before the deadline?
DVO: President Trump didn't make a demand, But to be very clear, President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.
Constant Commoner - Sandy Hook and the promises we never kept;
emptywheel - NYT buries its own role in Trump's attacks on the rule of law;
First Draft - can a president also be House speaker?
Left Jabs - was Obamacare saved when we weren't looking?
Will Tell Stories for Food - gifts for people you hate.
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