Donald Trump and John Thune will shut down the government: Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path.
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If they deign to mention it at all, the preferred way of Respectable conservative pundits to downplay the Trump administration's war on free speech is to claim that it's "conservative.
Here's CNN's lede about Donald Trump telling his Secretary of Defense to wage war on American cities as a form of military training: President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in.
I gotta say, this guy is starting to make sense. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1973023822623514725 All complete nonsense of course. But if you do want a 21st century battleship... President Donald Trump seems to.
Hilarity does not ensue: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's euphemistic applause line landed with a thud before an audience of top military brass — and the awkward pause did not go.
This is the grave of George Kubler. Born in 1912 in Hollywood, Kubler grew up wealthy. His father was an art historian, but died when his boy was only 8.
There's a reason why the shutdown is almost certain to happen: Now, call me an amateur, but I think that’s actually exactly how negotiations function. In fact, you might say.
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