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#congress

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Tracy Rosenberg

Our #Congress has turned into Internet #trolls.
"In the video, posted early Saturday, Mullin is in the Capitol and recounts how a reporter shot and killed Rep. William Taulbee there in 1890, a year after Taulbee left office. There's a lot we can say about #reporters of the stories they write, but I bet they would write a lot less false stories if we could still handle our differences that way," nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

NBC News · Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report 'fake news'By Megan Lebowitz
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Nonilex

On the topic of #Congress NOT having delegated this power to POTUS…

A bipartisan group of senators plans to introduce a resolution this week that would terminate the *national emergency* #Trump declared last week to introduce his #tariffs. A copy of the resolution shows it will be introduced by a handful of Democratic senators — Ron Wyden, Chuck Schumer, Tim Kaine, Jeanne Shaheen, Peter Welch & Elizabeth Warren — & currently just one Republican, Rand Paul.

#Senate#Finance#ExecutivePower
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Nonilex

#Congress #Trade hearing: Jamieson Greer, the US trade rep, defended the aggressive #tariffs imposed by #Trump in a hearing before the #Senate #Finance Cmte, pointing to requests from dozens of nations to strike new trade deals as proof the strategy is working. Financial #markets regained a *measure* of calm after 3 days of #market turmoil unlike anything seen since the early days of the coronavirus #pandemic.

#economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession #RevengePolitics
nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/poli

In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said about 50 countries had reached out to discuss how to “achieve reciprocity on trade.”
The New York Times · Trump Officials Point to Outreach on Tariffs in a Bid to Calm MarketsBy Alan Rappeport
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Voting is Your POWER

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Nazi Regime nominees going forward.

This will force the Nazi party to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda. #uspol #uspolitics #politics #congress #UnitedStates

bsky.app/profile/briantylercoh

Bluesky Social · Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social)Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward. This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda. 🔗: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-hill-leaders-45c66f80-13e0-11f0-a395-1b4a90cfae84.html
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Tens of thousands of #protesters mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the #Trump administration's cuts to the federal #government and its policies.

Carrying homemade posters and chanting "Hands Off," the protesters came out to the more than 1,200 rallies nationwide despite rain in many cities"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-c

#Resist#Resistance#Protest
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Akshay

Watching the stock market shenanigans? Let me remind you:

—> Insider trading is near-universal among American politicians.

In case non-Americans can’t believe this:

—> Insider trading is near-universal among American politicians.

That’s why they’re all multimillionaires.

Dems do this too. Ethics and Laws are toothless. AOC, and some others, have been fighting it for years.

nbcnews.com/think/ncna975906

NBC News · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right about corruption in CongressBy Lynn Stuart Parramore
#Corruption#Congress#USPol
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