Wednesday, July 02, 2025

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US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill after the Senate passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

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Tuesday, July 01, 2025

VP Vance Breaks 50-50 Senate Tie Vote

What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into an all-night slog as Republican leaders bought time to shore up support.
The droning roll calls in the chamber belied the frenzied action to steady the bill. Grim-faced scenes played out on and off the Senate floor, amid exhaustion.

Jul 1, 2025

The Worst Bill in History

Trump’s budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even-richer bill is a historic travesty.
The Senate side of the U.S Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
 "One of my objectives in this daily letter is to equip you with the facts you need. As the Senate approaches a vote on President Donald Trump’s giant “big beautiful” tax and budget bill, I want to be as clear as possible about it.
  • Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all. It comes at a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth.

  • What you can do: Call your senators and tell them to vote “no” on this calamitous tax and budget bill. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121.

  • Beyond this, help ensure that senators who vote in favor of this monstrosity are booted out of the Senate as soon as they’re up for reelection.

 
 
 

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167000 To Lose Their Jobs As EU Brings AUSTERITY In Romania

 
Jul 1, 2025
167000 To Lose Their Jobs As EU Brings AUSTERITY In Romania 
 
Romania has started to implement austerity measures in order to reduce the budget deficit. This puts 167.000 people are at risk of losing their jobs in the public sector. 
 
VAT and other taxes will also be increased in order to bring the deficit down. 
 
Retired US General David Deptula has stated that Ukraine should be allowed to hit targets deep inside Russia with Western made weapons. Also, he argued that retired US pilots could assist Ukraine as long as they fly under Ukrainian command. 
 
Zelensky thanked Johann Wadephul for Germany’s U-Turn on Ukraine’s NATO membership and was also confident in joining the EU. 
 
Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party has accused European Pravda of siding with Peter Magyar and promoting anti Orban rhetoric. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHAPTERS 
  0:00 In this episode 
  0:25 Intro  
 1:36 Romania Economic Disaster  
 7:18 American Pilots In Ukraine  
 9:08 T-Shirt's NATO Dream 
11:41 More Budget Deficit  
13:11 Tisza Party Controversy
 
 

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