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House Democratic leaders and much of their caucus expressed support for the Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security as they emerged from a closed-door meeting Friday. “The only thing standing between ending this chaos or not are House Republicans,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. “There’s a bipartisan bill that emerged from the Senate with uniform support, and it should be brought to the floor immediately so we can pay TSA agents, so we can end the chaos at airports across the country and stop inconveniencing millions of Americans.” Democrats say they want to end the…
“War is the health of the state.” That phrase, coined by Randolph Bourne, explains why opposition to war is a priority of many libertarians. War allows governments to increase spending, taxes, and regulations in order to feed the war machine. Wars can justify measures that remain in place long after the wars end. An example of this is income tax withholding that was created to fund World War Two. The use of war as a justification for increased interference in the market is reason enough for libertarians to oppose war. However, war also enables the government to violate liberty. During…
Restrictions on Japan’s coal-fired power plants were relaxed Friday as the Asian industrial giant seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war choking oil supplies. AFP reports the plan was made official at a meeting of a panel of experts, who approved the proposal, the government industry ministry said on its website. “Given the current situation in the Middle East affecting fuel prices, we believe that uncertainty regarding future LNG procurement is increasing,” an industry ministry official said at the meeting, as Japan looks to follow other countries in returning to burning coal for a reliable source…
The United States should not greenlight Chinese drugs while drowning American companies in red tape, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said during an event with Breitbart News, highlighting the threats of China. Part of the discussion centered around the shocking reality that the U.S. is allowing Chinese companies to make knockoffs or compounds of American drugs with what host Matthew Boyle described as “cheap, weird ingredients that they’re unclear about.” These are pushed into the country, and the FDA is still green listing the products. Cotton said that should not be happening. “Unfortunately, again, China, using illegitimate means, has a lot…
If I were going to make fun of newly-confirmed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for anything, it would be for his being too lazy to put a space between his first and middle names. This unwillingness to correct an obvious mistake on his birth certificate has sentenced the rest of us to years of typing out “Markwayne.” Thanks for nothing … Mark. But former comedian Jimmy Kimmel, being the insufferable, elitist, and basement-rated snob that he is, found it high-larious that our new DHS secretary once worked as a plumber. Can’t imagine what Kimmel thinks about Lincoln splitting…
The House Rules Committee advanced a measure Friday evening that would fund the entirety of the Homeland Security Department through May 22 — without setting up debate or a separate vote on the funding bill itself. The panel, after a raucous meeting that devolved into shouting at multiple points, voted 8-4 on party lines to advance the measure to the floor. The rule includes a “deem and pass” provision, a tactic that allows legislation to be passed by the House automatically once the rule itself is adopted. While there will be one hour of floor debate and a vote on…
Two lawmakers have threatened Budapest over its refusal to approve more aid for Ukraine amid an ongoing oil blockade by Kiev US lawmakers are seeking to impose sanctions on officials in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, citing Budapest’s stance on Russian energy imports and its ongoing diplomatic dispute with Ukraine.A bill threatening Hungarian officials was announced on Friday by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican, who co-chair the US Senate NATO observer group.Ukraine cut off Russian oil supplies to Hungary earlier this year, claiming that damage to the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline made deliveries impossible. Orban…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, announced this week the launch of a campaign to recruit boys as young as 12 to join their forces manning checkpoints and patrols repressing Iranian citizens. The “For Iran” campaign is apparently meant to help with the ongoing repression of dissident Iranians, as well as train Iranians to prepare for any potential American or Israeli ground invasion. While evidence has existed for years that Iran recruits boys into security roles, contrary to international law against the use of child soldiers, this new effort appears to be an escalation intended to…
The White House on Friday launched a phone app featuring the latest news, the latest prices on key goods, administration wins, shortcuts to key websites like TrumpRx and Trump Accounts, and much more. The user-friendly app, titled “The White House,” is available on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Users will receive breaking news updates on announcements and executive actions and will have access to watch speeches and briefings live on the app. Its easy-to-navigate homepage features subheadings on administration priorities and achievements, as well as the $10.5 trillion in investments it has procured. It also features…
President Donald Trump has had “enough” of Democrats and Republicans negotiating Department of Homeland Security funding and the SAVE America Act as he calls for the termination of the filibuster. Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday morning to call for the GOP to end the filibuster, stressing that Democrats will nuke it as soon as they have the opportunity. “When is ‘enough, enough’ for our Republican Senators,” the president asked. “There comes a time when you must do what should have been done a long time ago, and something which the Lunatic Democrats will do on day one, if…