Senate Reaches Deal On Short-Term Spending Bill To Re-Open Government

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 13:33

WASHINGTON — On day three of the government shutdown, Republican leadership in the Senate managed to garner enough Democratic votes to break a filibuster on a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Feb. 8.

A vote on the spending bill itself is expected to happen Monday afternoon, before the bill moves to the House.

STATE DEPARTMENT SPENDING $592,500 TO ‘EXPLORE GENDER IDENTITIES OF BOYS AND MEN IN KENYA’

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 13:30

The State Department announced a new $600,000 taxpayer-funded study that suggests “ideals of masculinity” in Kenya are contributing to terrorism.

The department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism is seeking a nonprofit group to “explore gender identities of boys and men in Kenya.” The grant proposal states that men being “tough, heterosexual, aggressive, unemotional, and achieving” can make them vulnerable to joining Islamic extremist groups.

ANTI-TRUMP BILLIONAIRE: PARTY TO IMPEACH! Delusional elitist thinks partying will make Trump go away

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 13:11

Anti-Trump billionaire Tom Steyer is calling on fellow Trump opponents to throw house parties across the country next month to demand his impeachment.

“Thousands are expected to attend the house parties, which will be held from coast to coast in both large cities and small towns across the country,” Steyer-funded group Need to Impeach said in a statement. “Those who would like to host house parties can.”

British Police Ordered To Arrest Hugely Successful Pedophile Hunters

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:25

Over the last few years, in post Savile Britain, child sex rings are finally being exposed after years of official cover-ups and citizen groups are now tackling the problem of pedophiles head on.

Kamala Harris [D-Ca] Insists ‘Dreamers’ be Protected in Any Deal to End Shutdown

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 10:54

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a rising star in the Democratic Party, has insisted that any deal to end the ongoing government shutdown should include protective measures for so-called “Dreamers.”

Dreamers are illegal aliens who arrived in the United States as minors and earned temporary protection under former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) plan in 2012, which the Trump administration considers unconstitutional.

Donald Trump Rips Shutdown Democrats for Siding with Illegal Immigrants over American Citizens

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 10:49

President Donald Trump continued to challenge Democrats for shutting down the government over amnesty demands for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.

“The Democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favor of services and security for non-citizens,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday. “Not good!”

Supreme Court Will Decide If The Feds Can Control Private Property For An Endangered Frog That Doesn’t Live There

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 10:47

The US Supreme Court will hear a Louisiana family’s case against the federal government’s decision to designate their land as critical habitat for an endangered frog species that hasn’t lived there in decades.

Justices will decide if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred in designating 1,500 acres of private land in St. Tammany Parish as critical habitat for the endangered dusky gopher frog. The high court, however, declined to hear a case on the bearded seal.

'Shoot me' if I become a dictator: Philippine leader tells troops to protect constitution

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 10:01

MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday instructed the army and police to shoot him if he became a dictator and stayed on beyond his term, a scenario his foes are warning against, amid moves by his loyalists to change the constitution.

The firebrand leader sought to dispel speculation he had ordered loyalists in Congress to change the constitution to introduce a federal system that would let him stay in power beyond 2022, when his single term ends.

Senators Who Will Not Accept Salary During Shutdown

JD Mon, 01/22/2018 - 09:51

Some members of the U.S. Senate are choosing to either go without pay or donate their salary for the duration of the government shutdown.

The government ran out of funding early Saturday morning, and while operations will remain fairly normal over the weekend, many federal employees will be furloughed come Monday if Congress fails to reach a funding deal.

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