Author: Eleanor Stratton
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Trump Directs DOJ to Investigate Epstein’s Democratic Connections While Opposing Full File Release
President Trump announced Friday he’s ordering the Justice Department and FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s “involvement and relationship” with prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and financial institutions JPMorgan and Chase. “This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats,”…
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The Constitutional Loophole That Paid Congress $20,000 While Air Traffic Controllers Missed Two Paychecks
Members of Congress earned approximately $20,000 each during the 43-day government shutdown. Their paychecks arrived on schedule every two weeks while air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and over a million federal workers went without pay. The Constitution guarantees it. Article I, Section 6: “The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to…
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The 7 Constitutional Amendments That Almost Happened: What American’s Failed Changes Reveal About Power
The Equal Rights Amendment passed Congress in 1972 with overwhelming bipartisan support. It needed ratification from 38 states. Within five years, 35 states had ratified. Just three more states and women’s constitutional equality would have been guaranteed. Fifty-three years later, the ERA still isn’t in the Constitution. Three more states did eventually ratify between 2017…
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After 43 Days, Democrats Surrendered For A Promise Republicans Don’t Have To Keep
Republicans on the House floor erupted in cheers Wednesday night as the vote total crossed the threshold needed to pass. Democrats quietly exited the chamber. The final tally was 222-209. After 43 days – the longest government shutdown in American history – Congress sent a bill to President Trump’s desk to reopen the federal government.…
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Epstein’s Email Bombshell — Trump’s Name Surfaces in 20,000-Page Release
The Discharge Petition, The Delayed Swearing-In, And The Epstein Files Trump Doesn’t Want Released Adelita Grijalva won her congressional election on September 23. House Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore her in Wednesday afternoon – 50 days after her election was certified. Not because of vote counting delays or certification problems. Because Johnson refused to administer…
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Late-Ballot Rule on the Brink: SCOTUS to Review Challenge on Counting Mail-in Ballots Received After Election Day
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has succeeded in getting the Supreme Court of the United States to review a major dispute over state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted if postmarked by Election Day but received days later. The case centers on whether such “grace period” rules run afoul of federal election-day statutes.…
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How Trump’s $2000 Promise To American Taxpayers Works In Practice
President Trump announced on his social media platform that Americans can expect checks for $2,000, funded by “massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries.” The money would go to “low and middle income USA Citizens” – direct payments from trade policy revenue. The proposal raises two distinct questions that deserve examination. First,…
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Climate Lawyer Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: ‘It’s Really Just a Carbon Tax’
David Bookbinder used to be the lawyer representing Boulder, Colorado, in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. He’s no longer actively involved in the case. Which apparently freed him up to say what the lawsuit is actually trying to accomplish. “Essentially, the tort liability is an indirect carbon tax,” Bookbinder told a Federalist…
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Reagan Judge Throws Away Lifetime Appointment to Speak Freely About Trump Administration
Mark Wolf spent 40 years on the federal bench. He had a lifetime appointment – the kind of job security that exists nowhere else in American life. He could have served until he died, drawing his salary, wielding his power, secure in the knowledge that no president could touch him. Sunday, he walked away from…
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Eight Democrats Just Ended the Shutdown – And Their Own Party Is Furious
Eight Democratic and Independent senators walked onto the floor Sunday evening and voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history. They knew what was coming – fury from their base, accusations of betrayal, charges that they’d surrendered without getting anything in return. They voted yes anyway. The government will reopen. SNAP benefits will…