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Democrats boycott Republican-led hearing on alleged cover-up of Biden’s mental decline https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/democrats-biden-cover-up #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #Democrats #USSenate #JoeBiden #USnews

Congressional District OR-6 #Tualatin townhall with Rep. Andrea Salinas

This Friday, June 20, 5:30 p.m. at Tualatin High School

no rsvp required

https://salinas.house.gov/

#orpol #oregon #uspol #uscongress #washingtoncountyor #tigard #yamhillcounty #willamettevalley #tualatinvalley #wilsonvilleoregon

‘Not our war’: bipartisan US lawmakers back resolution to block involvement in Iran https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-us-iran-israel-war #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #USmilitary #Worldnews #USnews #Israel #Iran

Minnesota senator confronts colleague over ‘appalling’ posts on Hortman assassination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/melissa-hortman-mike-lee-minnesota #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #Minnesota #Democrats #USnews

"Nearly two-thirds of adults oppose President Donald Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' approved in May by the House of Representatives, according to a KFF poll released Tuesday.

And even Trump’s most ardent supporters like the legislation a lot less when they learn how it would cut federal spending on health programs, the poll shows."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-big-beautiful-bill-public-opinion-poll-health-care-impact/

#healthcare #hospitals #medicaid #CHIP #disabilities #insurance #ACA #RuralHealth #TaxCuts #UScongress #USpol

"As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps."

https://apnews.com/article/poll-government-spending-medicare-medicaid-social-security-0ccb0538c06d715b43bbbcaa4a1348cf

#healthcare #medicaid #PublicHealth #food #FoodInsecurity #FoodAssistance #SNAP #SocialSecurity #education #military #ForeignAid #TaxCuts #UScongress #USpol

Congress reviews security boost after deadly Minnesota shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/congress-security-minnesota-shooting #USCongress #USpolitics #Minnesota #USnews

"The reality is that back channels can be only so effective. Cassidy’s main power is to call Kennedy before the Senate health committee, which he chairs, and demand an explanation for Kennedy’s new appointees to the CDC’s vaccine-advisory committee. Cassidy might very well do that."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/06/bill-cassidy-rfk-jr-vaccines/683191/

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #measles #misinformation #disinformation #rfkjr#HHS #CDC #ACIP #UScongress #USpol

Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them? | David Kirp https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/16/trump-steamrolling-republicans #HouseofRepresentatives #Republicans #DonaldTrump #USCongress #USpolitics #USSenate #USnews

Geothermal energy is poised to push fossil fuels out of the power generation picture.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/geothermal-energy-has-a-new-163-gigawatt-message-for-fossil-fuels/

#geothermal #geothermalenergy #newmexicoenergy #bigbeautifulbill #budgetbill #usbudget #uscongress #energyemergency #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #datacenters #meta #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

Geothermal energy is poised to push fossil fuels out of the power generation picture.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/geothermal-energy-has-a-new-163-gigawatt-message-for-fossil-fuels/

#geothermal #geothermalenergy #newmexicoenergy #bigbeautifulbill #budgetbill #usbudget #uscongress #energyemergency #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #datacenters #meta #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

https://www.fogolf.com/986220/donald-trump-should-focus-on-sagging-job-approval-rating-not-45m-birthday-parade/ Donald Trump should ‘focus on sagging job approval rating’ not $45M birthday parade #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #DonaldTrumpGolfing #KingCharles #trump #TrumpGolf #TrumpGolfing #UsCongress #WashingtonDc

One of the problems with doing antifascist analysis while the Trumpenreich appears to be going for the full Pinochet experience, is that whenever you're right about what these nazis are trying to do, it's no reason to celebrate. I wrote a bit about Pete Hegseth's recent testimony during a Congressional hearing and why what he described there means we might already be looking at the Klepto Kaiser's dictatorship in real time.

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/06/13/nina-bytes-a-portable-pork-reich-dictatorship/

Nina-Bytes: A Portable Pork Reich Dictatorship

"To completely understand what Trump’s crusader Secretary of Defense is getting at here, you have to place it in the larger context of the regime’s fascist mass deportation project, and the conditions which administration officials, including President Trump himself have outlined to “justify” escalation and additional military involvement. Crucially, this includes accounting for the Trump regime’s ability to coordinate multiple security forces, including the ICE Gestapo, the Kash Patel-run FBI, and ideologically sympathetic local law enforcement agencies. With Hegseth’s proposal in place, and a little cooperation among Trump-loyal actors, the regime can both cause the inciting incidents that allow them to summon the Army to a given location, and then use those military forces to essentially enforce Trump’s (often illegal) policies even over the objections of local elected officials."

#Fascism #Trump #StephenMiller #InvasionOfLA #USPol #Dictatorship #PeteHegseth #PoliceSstate #InsurrectionAct #USCongress #CivilRights

Republicans back Israeli attack on Iran but some Democrats say it sabotages nuclear talks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-republican-democrats-reactions #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Iran'snuclearprogramme #Trumpadministration #BenjaminNetanyahu #Irannucleardeal #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #MikeJohnson #Republicans #MarcoRubio #USCongress #USpolitics #JohnThune #Democrats #Worldnews #TimKaine #Israel #USnews #Iran

Democrats accuse acting head of US employment agency of failing to protect trans and nonbinary workers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/us-employment-agency-trans-nonbinary-workers #Transgender #USpolitics #USCongress #Democrats #USnews

#USCongress is pushing through so many proposals. The #houseofrepresentatives just approved by 2 votes (214-212) HR4 which claws back $9.4b in funding for #PBS #USAID and other items.

I watched as much of the debate as I could, but it was just pure animus and cruelty. The loss of funding will affect #EmergencyManagement for rural areas that rely on these public broadcasts and alerts for fire and weather danger.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/12/npr-pbs-cpb-funding-house-vote/

#uspolitics #GremlinZoo