Year: 2025
Voters Are Lighting Up the Senate Switchboard
1,600
New York Times: “Senators were informed this week that the Senate phone system was receiving 1,600 calls per minute, a sharp increase from the usual 40 calls a minute … While the phones had not completely stopped ringing, as they have in the past under heavy loads, members were told that some constituents would be sent straight to voice mail to prevent a complete shutdown.”
Lying Liars of Loyalty
Please answer the question, “Who’s your real boss?”
This is serious — not just partisan dross.
If you want a job with the FBI,
You have to be loyal enough to lie.
It’s your employment gain, but it’s democracy’s loss.
Senate Republicans Propose Spending $350 Billion on Trump’s Deportation Plan
$350 billion
“Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to fund President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, proposing to spend close to $350 billion on immigrant detention facilities, deportation raids and national security priorities,” the Washington Post reports.
Kash Patel Paid Cash by Russian Filmmaker
$25,000
“Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, was paid $25,000 last year by a film company owned by a Russian national who also holds U.S. citizenship and has produced programs promoting ‘deep state’ conspiracy theories and anti-Western views advanced by the Kremlin,” the Washington Post reports.
USAID Debacle: Worst Foreign Policy Blunder Ever
“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.”
— Former USAID Director Samantha Power, quoted by the New York Times.
Who Was the Musk Rat Who Barred Members of Congress from Entering a Federal Building? He should be identified and investigated for obstructing Congress
AP: Democratic members of Congress hold a news conference outside the Department of Education and oppose President Donald Trump’s plan to abolish it. They confronted security denying them access to the building.
This is outrageous. Who is this guy and on what authority can he prevent sitting members of Congress from access the federal headquarters of the Department of Education? This man needs to be identified and investigated for obstructing Congress.
Here’s a video of the incident:
