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Trump Praises Republicans Who Helped Get the One Big, Beautiful Bill Over the Finish Line
The push in the Senate to get the One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) to the floor for debate was fraught with wrangling and drama, as our editors Bob Hoge and Becca Lower covered. But at the eleventh hour, it finally happened, despite North Carolina’s Thom Tillis’ need to…
Essex Files: The Death of Decency on Stage
There was a time when music festivals were about unity. About losing yourself in sound, not political tribalism. About crowd-surfing, not crowd-inciting. That time is clearly gone.
Military War College Professors Still Show Their Left-Wing Stripes
While sitting on my porch last week, one of my friends shared a social media post made by a professor at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC). The comment, posted by associate professor Ken Long the day after American forces struck Iranian nuclear sites, expressed…
Breaking: US Senate Holds Procedural Vote on Trump ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
On Saturday evening, the U.S. Senate took a preliminary but important step towards passing President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), by holding a procedural vote to allow debate on it. It passed by a 51-49 tally.
Trump Comes Out Swinging Against BBB Opponent Thom Tillis, Meanwhile Murkowski Votes to Advance
As we predicted, it’s Saturday night and the sausage-making going on in Congress over the “Big Beautiful Bill” is in full swing. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly forcing a full, out-loud reading of the almost 1,000-page legislation—a tactic meant to stick a thumb in the eye…
Schoolyard Games: Chuck Schumer Uses Juvenile Tactics to Delay Vote on Big, Beautiful Bill
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) faces a huge conundrum these days: how does he stay relevant as his nemesis Donald Trump dominates the news cycle and his party is eating itself alive by veering ever more into the extremist wasteland? Chuck has to be aware that few…
Respectful Memorial Service for MN House Speaker Hortman, Husband Marred by Divisive Political Rhetoric
The memorial service for Minnesota House Speaker Emerita, Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark was held on Saturday morning at Minneapolis’ Basilica of St. Mary.
And Now for Some Good News: Dozens of Abused Belgian Malinois Freed, Sent to Happy Homes
It’s a scorching Saturday where I’m sitting, and I can tell you what I do not want to do: read about Jeff Bezos’ wedding or the half-naked “celebrities” in attendance preening for the cameras. Meanwhile, it looks like there’s still a long way to go on the Big,…
Liberal Justice Kagan Explained Why District Courts Can’t Be Allowed to Constrain Presidents… in 2022
Welp, Justice Kagan, that sure didn’t age well, for you and the other liberals on the Supreme Court, that is.