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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87 Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early ... 04/16/2024 - 3:47 pm | View Link
Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham dies TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham has died, his family announced Tuesday. He was 87. His family announced the death in a statement posted on X by his daughter Gwen Graham. 04/16/2024 - 3:26 pm | View Link
Bob Graham, former governor and Senator from Florida, dies at 87 Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early ... 04/16/2024 - 2:39 pm | View Link
Ailing George H.W. Bush Did a Last 'CAVU' Favor for Pence's Marine Son Jeb Bush, Neil, Marvin and Doro; and the Bush grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The military bearers placed Bush's flag-draped casket with great care on the catafalque that once bore the body ... 03/24/2024 - 9:37 pm | View Link
Former President George W. Bush, at FAU, weighs in on 2024 election and Israel-Hamas war Former President George W. Bush intends to vote in the 2024 presidential election, but he might write in the name of his brother, Jeb Bush — or his late Scottish terrier, Barney. Though joking ... 12/5/2023 - 1:17 am | View Link
House members are lobbying Speaker Mike Johnson to raise the threshold to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker. However, Johnson announced he would not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership after Republican hardliners reacted with fury to the proposed change of rules. A single member can force a floor vote on the motion to vacate - part of the deal Kevin McCarthy made to become speaker last year.
Jury selection for the remaining alternates continues Friday in former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
Democrats helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. Via CBS News:
After about nine hours of recess, the House Rules Committee reconvened late Thursday night and moved GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's foreign aid bills on a 9-3 vote, thanks to the votes of all four Democrats who sit on the committee: Ranking Member Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Rep.
Despite warnings from Judge Juan Merchan that the media should not be revealing too many details which could identify the jurors in the Trump trial in Manhattan, Fox's Jesse Watters spent another evening railing about them in the obvious hope that they'll either be identified or intimidated.
I watched at least one pundit on MSNBC say the judge could have shut this sort of thing down ahead of time by not making their information available to the media at all.
Juanita Jean - hubris, thy name is Donald;
Lawyers, Guns & Money - NPR agonistes and the Bari Weiss grift model;
Left Jabs - GOP Putin caucus now in the spotlight;
Obsidian Wings - the eyes have it;
Roy Edroso Breaks it Down - Romney: the Wrath of Rockefeller.
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Day 3 of the Trump Criminal Trial was quite a chaotic one!!!
Started with fireworks about more of Trump's gag order violations, the worst one being a post with a direct quote attacking the jurors. After his post accusing jurors of being "undercover liberal activists", Juror #2 (an oncology nurse that was outed by the incredible amount of detail reported by journalists), decided to leave the jury!
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday broadcast extensive biographical details about Juror No.