The House on Saturday approved a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration hours before the midnight funding deadline....
With hours to go before a government shutdown is poised to go into effect, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Saturday he would try to push a short-term funding bill through the House with Democratic help — a move that could keep government open but puts his speakership at risk....
They want to make sure that the next jury thinks twice about convicting. Truly chilling and completely unsurprising after Trump has been stoking them with lies every day.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin has refused calls to bring Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts in for a formal hearing on the issue. Instead, he and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, another senior Democrat on the panel, merely asked Roberts to push Alito to recuse himself on cases related to the 2020 election and to come in for a meeting. According to White House aides, President Joe Biden is reluctant to engage on the controversy because he fears that criticizing the conservative justices will undermine the court’s legitimacy as well as the president’s claim to be a supporter of the country’s democratic institutions and norms
The fabricated video, which is drawn from actual footage, shows the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, seeming to suggest that the Russian city of Belgorod, just 25 miles north of Ukraine’s border with Russia, was a legitimate target for such strikes....
Dougan, a former Marine and police officer, fled his home in Florida in 2016 to evade criminal charges related to a massive doxxing campaign he was accused of launching against public officials and was given asylum by the Russian government. Most recently, Dougan has posed as a journalist in Ukraine’s Donbas region, testifying at Russian public hearings and making frequent appearances on Russian state TV.
Oh look, an old school traitor. I wish him a swift military drafting by his new home.
American here (who’s a fanatical lover of HIGNFY and British politics); lemme take a crack at it. Please correct me where I misspeak, Brits!
Diane Abbott has had to deal with scandals for much of her whole time in power, many of which have come from her saying dumb shit, like Mao did more good than harm. Now, as the first Black MP, one could argue that these were outsized scandals, blown up by the British rags, but still.
The most recent scandal came when she lost the Labour whip job for saying Jews experience prejudice, not racism. That scandal ran up until the general election was called last week, where it was unclear if she’d be selected to run again in her seat. She adamantly wanted to (and seems like she will stand), and party leadership was very indirect about if they’d let her, despite the whip being restored.
It looks like she’ll be running again now, but it’s just been so messy on the Labour side, and really hasn’t made Keir or his party leadership look great. In an election where Rishi and the Tory’s are self-destructing, it should be an easy Labour win if they don’t keep fighting with themselves.
Mexico is set to get its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history....
Obrador, the outgoing president and Sheinbaum’s political mentor, congratulated Sheinbaum on her win.
“With all my affection and respect I congratulate Claudia Sheinbaum who came out victorious with an ample margin. She will be the first (female) President of Mexico… but also the President, possibly, with most votes obtained in all of the history of our country,” he said in a video posted on X.
Seems on track to be the largest win since 1982, which was a non-competitive election. This is a really impressive result.
Ben Carson’s remarks about whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election regardless of which party wins falls in line with a recent Republican trend that’s causing a stir among social media users....
This is the MAGA litmus test. If they don’t answer this question right, Trump won’t pick them for any cabinet positions. They’re all angling for power in a Trump White House.
The benefits have flowed from Trump’s businesses and campaign committees, according to a ProPublica analysis of public disclosures, court records and securities filings. One campaign aide had his average monthly pay double, from $26,000 to $53,500. Another employee got a $2 million severance package barring him from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement. And one of the campaign’s top officials had her daughter hired onto the campaign staff, where she is now the fourth-highest-paid employee.
Absolutely nothing to see here, just some classic American cronyism /s
“Man who brandished gun and threatened elected official member of far-right militia”
Like, yea, that checks out.
If George Santos could get onto the US House with the tiniest bit of scrutiny, I’m not surprised that anyone else was elected despite being unqualified for whatever reason.
It’s scary how many bad people are hoping that Trump wins, from Putin and Xi and their fellow autocrats (e.g. Orban, Kim). Then there’s BB and his right wing cabinet, as Trump won’t give a fuck how many Palestinians die in the war.
All of American’s billionaires and business interests want the tax write off and general cronyism that he enables. And his far right support groups seem to be regrouping and growing.
If there’s going to be election malfeasance, it could come from a variety of sources, not necessarily the usual suspects.
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet (gizmodo.com)
House sends Senate bill to avert government shutdown (thehill.com)
The House on Saturday approved a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration hours before the midnight funding deadline....
House to vote on 45-day funding extension to stave off government shutdown (www.cbsnews.com)
With hours to go before a government shutdown is poised to go into effect, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Saturday he would try to push a short-term funding bill through the House with Democratic help — a move that could keep government open but puts his speakership at risk....
Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party and registers as independent (www.nbcnews.com)
'Dox the Jurors': Trump fans on a mission to make those who convicted him 'miserable' (www.rawstory.com)
The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems (www.politico.com)
Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia (www.nytimes.com)
The fabricated video, which is drawn from actual footage, shows the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, seeming to suggest that the Russian city of Belgorod, just 25 miles north of Ukraine’s border with Russia, was a legitimate target for such strikes....
"Make them pay"—the far right responds to Trump's conviction (www.motherjones.com)
Supreme Court Architect Demands Justices Shield Big Oil From Historic Climate Trial: Leonard Leo’s dark money network is publicly campaigning for Supreme Court to quash Honolulu’s climate damages case (www.rollingstone.com)
Trump Supporters Fly U.S. Flags Upside Down To Protest Guilty Verdict in New York (apple.news)
Colin Kaepernick may have some thoughts on this.
German police shoot knifeman after attack on rightwing protest (www.theguardian.com)
NBC News: Over 150 Russian fake news sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Diane Abbott says she will stand for Labour after candidacy row | FT (£) (www.ft.com)
I am both glad this nonsense is over and still annoyed it ever happened.
Preliminary results project Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico’s first female president (edition.cnn.com)
Mexico is set to get its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history....
Donald Trump ally's response to accepting election results met with alarm (www.newsweek.com)
Ben Carson’s remarks about whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election regardless of which party wins falls in line with a recent Republican trend that’s causing a stir among social media users....
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020 (apnews.com)
NEW POLL: Nearly Half Believe Trump Should Drop Campaign Over Guilty Verdict (www.mediaite.com)
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Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign (www.propublica.org)
How was this show made (lemmy.world)
Report Exposes Christian Nationalist “Threats” to Democracy in the US (truthout.org)
Republican who refused to certify Georgia primary a member of election denialist group (www.theguardian.com)
Julie Adams, who abstained from certifying May results, belongs to Election Integrity Network, founded by Trump ally Cleta Mitchell...
Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago (apnews.com)
White Canadian writer self-publishes book on race after traveling US in ‘Afro wig and Mocha shade foundation’ (www.independent.co.uk)