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Greene blasts Johnson for 'dirty swamp deals,' keeping 'everyone in the dark'
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ovedr his handling of a continuing resolution to keep the government open. Johnson's bill was faulted by a number of House Republicans as well as key figures in President-elect Trump's orbit for including too many provisions backed by Democrats. Johnson needed Democrats...
Most disagree with Trump plans to use military for deportations, issue Jan. 6 pardons: Survey
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A majority of Americans disagree with President-elect Trump’s plans to use the military for mass deportations and his efforts to issue pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, a new survey found. According to the survey, conducted by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, more than half of Americans oppose several of Trump’s recent statements....
Fani Flushed: Court Rules Fulton DA Disqualified From Trump 'Election Interference' Case
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Fani Flushed: Court Rules Fulton DA Disqualified From Trump 'Election Interference' Case Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been disqualified from prosecuting President-elect Trump in his election interference case by a Georgia court of appeals. While the court didn't throw out Trump's indictment, Willis and the assistant DAs working in her office were found to have "no authority to proceed" with the case. 🚨JUST IN🚨 Fulton County DA Fani Willis is disqualified from the so-called election interference case against President Donald J Trump. This ruling coming from the GA Court of Appeals. pic.twitter.com/82jvjYOfXQ — Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) December 19, 2024 The new ruling means that Georgia's Prosecuting Attorneys' Council will need to find another prosecutor to take over the case and decide whether to continue pursuing it - though if Willis decides to appeal to the state Supreme Court, that could be delayed. Needless to say, CNN is crestfallen. pic.twitter.com/Q3UYpHV7rU — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 19, 2024 Developing... Tyler Durden Thu, 12/19/2024 - 10:37
Trump cheers disqualification of 'corrupt' Fani Willis, says case is 'entirely dead'
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EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump celebrated the Georgia Court of Appeals decision to disqualify “corrupt" Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, telling Fox News Digital that the case “is entirely dead" and that the “wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years" should “receive an apology."
Johnson Meets With Trump Team To Throw Federal Funding Hail Mary
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Johnson Meets With Trump Team To Throw Federal Funding Hail Mary With Friday's government shutdown looming - and odds spiking after everyone figured out that the 1,547-page Continuing Resolution (CR) was full of Orwellian bullshit and other malarkey, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has gone to Donald Trumps team with hat in hand. The new plan will be a federal funding stopgap plan that includes disaster aid, pushing off the debt limit fight for two years, and a one-year farm bill extension, Politico reports, citing Republicans familiar with the discussions. No word on how close this comes to a "clean" bill, or how much of the aforementioned bullshit is gone - such as funding the Global Engagement Center, shielding the Jan. 6 committee from subpoenas, and funding new biolabs, but we guess we'll find out. Also unknown is whether Democrats will support the plan. But Trump had made an 11th hour public demand that any stopgap bill should deal with the debt limit. Trump's team is pushing for at least a commitment to lift the debt limit before Jan. 20. The level of disaster aid and whether it’s completely paid for is still unclear. The package would also likely include some additional economic aid for farmers, amid threats from rural Republicans to oppose any stopgap that doesn’t include the funding. -Politico In a closed door meeting on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told Democratic lawmakers: "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate," citing JFK. Polymarkets odds of a government shutdown went from 15% yesterday to 49% this morning. According to Punchbowl News, here's what happened, and what's next; At some point today, House Republicans and Democrats will likely have separate party meetings to chart their path forward. Democrats have announced their meeting for 9 a.m. We’ll talk more about them below. But make no mistake — this is Johnson and Trump’s mess to solve. And we’re inching toward a shutdown as government funding runs out at midnight Friday. Johnson was mostly MIA Wednesday, holed up in his Capitol office for hours without showing his face. Even the House GOP leadership team felt like they were being kept in the dark about what was happening. Late in the evening, Johnson met with Vance, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Rules Committee Chair Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Jordan and Roy are conservative hardliners. Diaz-Balart is a senior appropriator. As Scalise left around 10 p.m., he told reporters “We’re not there yet” when asked whether the debt-limit boost would be part of any new government-funding plan. “A lot of things have come up,” Scalise added. A somewhat obvious play may be a funding bill with a two-year debt-limit extension. Why? Because Trump supports increasing the debt limit now. Given how volatile Trump was during his first term, there’s no guarantee he’ll do this again. (For what it’s worth, Biden administration officials estimate the debt limit won’t be reached until sometime next summer. GOP leaders were planning to handle it in a reconciliation bill). Trump is giving Johnson cover for the time being. It’s limited, however. Because Trump, once again, has put his party in a bind. There are probably dozens of Republicans who have never voted for raising the debt ceiling. Now Trump is forcing them to do so. Check back for updates. Tyler Durden Thu, 12/19/2024 - 10:25
Sen. Kennedy calls on Trump to step in on spending bill showdown: 'One person' who can unite GOP
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Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy called on Trump to visit Washington to help Speaker Johnson rein in the GOP caucus, saying he is the "one person" capable of doing so.
Fani Willis disqualified as prosecutor on Trump Georgia election case
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A Georgia appeals court on Thursday booted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D)’s office from the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump over her relationship with a top prosecutor on the case. The panel described Willis’s relationship with ex-special prosecutor Nathan Wade as a “significant appearance of impropriety.” The court declined to outright...
Trump: Johnson will ‘easily remain Speaker’ if he takes ‘tough’ action on spending
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President-elect Trump on Thursday said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can remain in the leadership role if he is tough on spending, while Johnson is pivoting to plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday's deadline to avert a shutdown. “If the Speaker acts decisively, and tough, and gets rid of all of the traps...
Hawley: “We need to have a serious look at who is leading this Congress”
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) slammed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for having “cooked” up a massive year-end spending bill that he claims is full of Democratic priorities and declared: “We need to have a serious look at who is leading this Congress.” “This is the same old, same old,” Hawley told Fox News host Sean Hannity...
UK Weighs Donation Cap to Stymie Farage’s Pursuit of Musk Money
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is talking to Britain’s election watchdog about tougher rules on political donations, amid fears that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage may secure funding from Elon Musk on a scale that could upend the country’s politics in favor of his right-wing party.
Axelrod: Trump, Musk need to 'decide who the president is'
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Democratic strategist David Axelrod poked fun at President-elect Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk for their public dialogue after the duo pushed back against House Republicans' bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of Friday's deadline. “What was confusing to me is Musk sends out one of his tweets, and he says no one should...
Trump settlement with ABC alarms Democrats
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Democratic lawmakers are expressing alarm over ABC News’s decision to pay $15 million to President-elect Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation suit, fearing it’s part of a broader trend of the legacy media capitulating to Trump. Senate Democrats are lamenting the decline of legacy media outlets that used to wield greater influence over the...
Johnson spending deal throws Speakership into question as floor vote approaches
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Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year spending deal is throwing his grasp on his gavel into uncertain territory ahead of a critical Jan. 3 Speaker vote, as some GOP lawmakers question their support for the Louisiana Republican. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday came out against Johnson in light of the spending deal,...
SADC ELECTS TEAM TO FACILITATE PAYMENT OF EX-MINERS
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… , a number of ex-miners shared their experiences and frustration … said it was revealed that mining companies had remitted the … which should also include ex-miners associations and unions who would … as well as the ex-miners associations to prepare presentations …
Myanmar Junta Tells Neighbors It’s on Track to Hold Vote in 2025
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Myanmar’s junta told its neighbors including China and India that it’s on track to hold elections next year as a regional meeting hosted by Thailand underscored the need to restore normalcy in the strife-torn country at the earliest, Thai officials said.
House GOP campaign chair makes prediction for 2026 midterms: 'Going to be on offense'
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The returning head of the House Republican campaign committee says that President-elect Trump's convincing 2024 White House victory gives the GOP plenty of home field advantage as the party aims to defend its razor-thin majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
Leftist Officials Move To Delay British Elections As Their Approval Ratings Collapse
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Leftist Officials Move To Delay British Elections As Their Approval Ratings Collapse One of the most revealing narratives that surfaced during the 2024 US election campaign was the argument from establishment journalists that the Constitution and the voting system might be allowing "too much freedom" for the general public. How can this be true? Progressive activists claim that voter choice can be manipulated by abuses of free speech (disinformation) and that without controls on that speech the Constitution essentially has a built in self destruct mechanism. Outlets like the New York Times made these arguments specifically in reference to the presidential bid of Donald Trump. Trump, leftists assert, represents the rise of "far-right fascism" in America and the normal rules of the democratic process no longer apply. They argue that he must be stopped at all costs. One could dismiss all this rhetoric as the coping and seething of sore losers, but it goes well beyond that. The self destructing democracy theory would be interesting, except that it's driven completely by the arrogance, elitism and biases of political leftists hellbent on keeping power for themselves. When a group of people believes that they represent the totality of the "greater good" and that their ideas should never be questioned or challenged because to do so is akin to heresy, that's what we call zealotry. This is exactly what progressives have become - So much so that across the western world they have deemed themselves righteous enough to delay or sabotage the election process. We covered this problem in detail in our recent article Democracy Is Dead: A Coup Against Right Wing Movements Is Underway In Europe, focusing primarily on the exploitation of fearmongering over Russia in order the overturn the recent Romanian election in which a "right wing" candidate won the first round. The rise of populist and conservative movements has triggered a progressive and globalist scramble to shut down or silence opposition parties and prevent them from winning elections fair and square. This trend has extended into the UK, with the British Labour Party making a move to delay local elections for up to a year using a bizarre loophole. The ploy comes at a time when the public approval ratings for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party are at record lows. Through a process of "reorganization" of local councils into larger regional bodies, Labour says annual elections (held in May) could be delayed up to a year in order to give local governments time to handle mergers. The timing could not be more suspect; Labour candidates are considered unelectable in most quarters of England and the leftists are certain to lose significant power. According to recent surveys only 26% of Britons think Starmer is doing a good job. Over 53% are disappointed with the Labour Party and the rest are unsure. The reasons for the unpopularity are obvious - Starmer has gone full authoritarian with the utter destruction of British free speech. Native English people are not allowed to criticize third world immigration programs or political officials and such comments online are likely to inspire a visit from police. Protests against open immigration have been essentially banned, with many fearing arrest simply for participating. The problem for the political left is that they have spent the better part of the past four years pontificating about how they are the "guardians of democracy" while the right wing is a threat to free elections. They can't be authoritarian and also allow normal elections to continue. The public will simply vote them out of office at the first opportunity. They will have to destroy the very democracy they claim to defend. These kinds of polling numbers signal the death knell of a political party and the leftists know it. Nigel Farage's Reform Party which launched in 2018 is on the rise, meaning progressive and globalist programs to forcefully introduce thousands of third world migrants into every rural and semi-rural county could be disrupted. Furthermore, Reform leaders could also disrupt Starmer's programs of censorship and intimidation, which is the only tool the Labour has left to stay in control. Leftists suggest that the common voter cannot be trusted to elect officials with their best interests in mind; they have to be forced to vote the right way (for leftist candidates). The next stage is, of course, to delay or end elections altogether when the majority of the public is at odds with the ruling party's agenda. Tyler Durden Thu, 12/19/2024 - 02:45
In Full: AfD's Weidel on Election, EU, Trump, Energy
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Alice Weidel, the candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), sits down for an interview with Bloomberg's Oliver Crook in Berlin during which she discusses her key priorities should she become the next Chancellor. Weidel also talks about the European Union, Germany's energy situation, and her "huge hopes" for US President-elect Donald Trump's second term. (Source: Bloomberg)
Scholz’s Far-Right Rival Puts Germany’s EU Exit on the Ballot
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Alice Weidel, the long-shot chancellor candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany, slammed the European Union for destroying the country’s auto industry and proposed winding back the bloc to a free-trade zone.
Scholz’s Far-Right Rival Puts Germany’s EU Exit on the Ballot
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Alice Weidel, the long-shot chancellor candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany, slammed the European Union for destroying the country’s auto industry and proposed winding back the bloc to a free-trade zone.
Vance meets with Johnson after Trump torpedoes spending bill
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Vice President-elect JD Vance met with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday night, hours after President-elect Trump torpedoed the GOP leader’s spending deal. Vance was in Johnson’s office for nearly an hour, as a handful of Republican lawmakers huddled to discuss government funding and Friday’s looming shutdown deadline. Emerging from that meeting, Vance said the...
Suspended South Korean President Willing to Appear in Impeachment Trial
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is open to appearing in a court trial to determine the validity of his recent impeachment and remains confident that his brief declaration of martial law was not an act of insurrection, his attorney said.
Republicans from hurricane-ravaged states warn against stripping disaster aid from spending bill
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Senate Republicans from regions affected by hurricanes and other storms are warning negotiators against stripping disaster funding from the stopgap spending bill that is suddenly in turmoil after President-elect Trump heavily criticized Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan. Multiple Republicans indicated that they would hold up any bill that does not include more than $100 billion...
Might Have New Bill Tomorrow: Rep. Norman on Funding Backlash
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Rep. Ralph Norman (R) South Carolina weighs in on the backlash on the Stopgap funding bill and discusses next steps, and whether or not the government will shutdown. He also talks about Elon Musk’s impact, wanting disaster relief, and the future of Speaker Mike Johnson's role as House Speaker. Rep. Norman speaks with Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rep. Auchincloss on Trump Against Stopgap Funding Bill
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D) Massachusetts shares his thoughts on the backlash Speaker Johnson is facing from President-elect Trump over the stopgap funding bill, and what to expect from the new Congress come January. He also talks about whether or not there will be a government shutdown, if House Speaker Johnson will be re-elected as House Speaker, and if Ukraine will receive aid in the next Congress. He speaks with Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)