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Sen. Thom Tillis on Sunday expressed frustration with President Donald Trump’s continued fixation on passing the SAVE America Act. In an interview with CNN’s “Face the Nation,” the retiring North Carolina Republican lamented “the impossible task” of implementing the requirements of the legislation ahead of November’s crucial midterms. “Why are we doing more things to undermine our confidence in elections, rather than getting the strong message out that will win for Republicans this year?” Tillis said. Rather than promoting the bill — which would require voters to present a photo ID at the ballot box and effectively end widespread mail-in…

The offices of the EC president and top officials in Brussels were kept cool while the staff on lower floors sweated as the outdoor temperature reached 34C, Politico has reported The EU Commission’s headquarters in Brussels shut down air conditioning on its lower floors during a record-breaking heatwave, while the offices of President Ursula von der Leyen and other top officials kept their cooling intact, Politico reported on Friday, citing employees and internal alerts. The perceived double standards enraged some of the personnel, who described it as Eurocratic ‘feudalism’.The Berlaymont building’s roughly 3,000 employees received an urgent midday text on…

From all this melodramatic garment-rending and victim-LARPing you’d assume the four Israelis were killed in their beds in Tel Aviv, not traveling by tank through a foreign country they’d invaded. Reading by Tim Foley: In a move that surprised precisely zero people, Israel once again bombed the shit out of Lebanon while Netanyahu continued to insist that the IDF will continue its extensive occupation of Lebanese territory. Israel’s actions resulted in Tehran calling off scheduled peace talks with Washington, but now we’re seeing reports that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to another ceasefire. Israel pretty much never abides by its ceasefire agreements in Lebanon, but we’ll see what happens I guess. One…

The overwhelming majority of the French public are in favour of a large-scale deportation effort, including the removal of significant numbers of foreigners who detract from society. A poll conducted by Consumer Science & Analytics (CSA) on behalf of Le Journale du Dimanche has found that 83 per cent of French adults are supportive of the notion of “negative immigration” in which unemployed, criminal, or otherwise delinquent migrants ar deported. In contrast, the survey found that just 17 per cent of those polled would oppose such deportation efforts. While the concept is broadly popular among all age groups, surprisingly, it…

A leftist school board member in St. Paul, Minnesota, suggested Christian cemeteries should be turned into dog parks so the animals could pee on “white corpses,” the news coming as she faces charges regarding a mob that invaded a church in January during anti-ICE demonstrations. Officials in Minneapolis are preparing to close a dog park to protect so-called “sacred” land, and Chauntyll Allen, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, shared her thoughts in a social media post, Alpha News reported Friday. “I don’t get why we don’t just make dog parks at White Christian cemeteries if white Christians…

House Speaker Mike Johsnon said he plans to send President Donald Trump a bipartisan housing bill Monday, just days after the president abruptly canceled a signing ceremony for the legislation after Congress failed to pass his elections security act. Speaking with Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Johnson said the 21st Century ROAD To Housing Act is a Republican priority for lowering costs for Americans. “I’m going to send the bill over to him on Monday, and it will become law,” the Louisiana Republican told host Maria Bartiromo. “I certainly want him to take the biggest, boldest marker that he has…

The death toll from the twin earthquakes has climbed to 1,430, while at least 68,900 people remain unaccounted for  As rescuers search for survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, a young girl who spent two days trapped beneath the rubble of her collapsed five-story apartment building has recounted her ordeal to RT.The powerful earthquakes that hit the Bolivarian republic earlier this week killed at least 1,430 people, while at least 68,900 others remain unaccounted for, according to the local authorities. Rescue operations continue but hopes of finding survivors are fading.Andrea Valentina Canonico, who survived the disaster in La…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that the Democratic Party “is becoming not at all the party of Obama or Martin Luther King. I don’t think Obama could have won one of these races in New York that was just there.” And Democratic Socialists “imagine that they would be happier in a world without police, living under Islamic law,” and “are obsessed with Israel. It’s a litmus test.” Maher began by saying that he wants to get to what “the heart of the issue, I think, is, with this new crowd in the Democratic Party,…

Sen. Bill Cassidy appeared to question President Donald Trump’s view of Congress, saying in an interview that he is not sure Trump grasps that Congress “is a separate body, separate from the presidency.” “Sometimes he acts as if Congress is merely an appendage, and, frankly, sometimes Congress acts like it’s an appendage,” the Louisiana Republican said in a pre-taped interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” that aired Sunday. The latest criticism in a public clash between the two leaders, Cassidy also told host Margaret Brennan that he would be focused on affordability, including the cost of health care and groceries,…

CENTCOM has said the operation came in response to a drone attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz The US conducted strikes in Iran for the second consecutive day on Saturday in response to attacks on commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The resumption of open hostilities is testing the preliminary peace agreement the two countries signed on June 17.Iranian state news agency IRIB reported strikes and explosions on Qeshm Island and in the southern cities of Sirik and Bandar Lengeh.US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces targeted “Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air…