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Bytes Europe<p>Republican infighting fuels concern about Trump tax bill’s chances <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1086284/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1086284/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Branch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Branch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mike</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OverallNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverallNegative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RandPaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandPaul</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.HouseOfRepresentatives <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.Senate</p>
Luca da Firenze<p>MeidasTouch ; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> gets TERRIFIED over a FUTURE IMPEACHMENT.</p><p>🤣😂</p><p>first : the '<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senators</span></a> are too afraid to vote for an Trump impeachment<br>second : if Trump were impeached America would find herself having that slimy pudding of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> as a POTUS ... YACK!<br>and NO ONE wants it.<br>so.. no<br>Trump is NOT afraid of being impeached.</p>
Nando161<p>They’re moving to cut nearly $1 trillion from <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> to hand it to <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a>. Keep pressuring your <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a></p>
WINGS_radio<p>Rep. Menendez: "They had over 20 armed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> HSI officers, they were heavily <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/armed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armed</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faces</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/covered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covered</span></a> and they wearing no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identification</span></a> So this is who they chose to have come engage with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mayor</span></a> of Newark and 3 elected members of the House of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> <br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lovkxlx2222v" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/p</span><span class="invisible">ost/3lovkxlx2222v</span></a></p>
Yle News<p>KAJ and Erika Vikman perform at event hosted by Finnish and Swedish embassies</p><p>The Eurovision representatives will take the stage later this week in Basel, Switzerland.</p><p><a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20161052" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yle.fi/a/74-20161052</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Eurovision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurovision</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Basel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basel</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/musiccelebration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musiccelebration</span></a></p>
Luca da Firenze<p>At last !<br>some <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> go to speak in Red districts Town Hall.</p>
waysideollie<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> He's created a climate so hostile that visitors who would normally visit our <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nationalparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalparks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nationaltreasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationaltreasures</span></a> are now going elsewhere. So let's make it worse? Our losses will exponentially increase. The race to the bottom continues. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> could stop this nonsense. DO NOT GIVE YOUR <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/REPRESENTATIVES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REPRESENTATIVES</span></a> ANY PEACE.</p>
Luca da Firenze<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.deluma.biz/@dogzilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dogzilla</span></a></span> </p><p>Anyway...<br>My “Why did you vote to be represented by people like that ?”</p><p>meant that it is unfair that they get angry with the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a><br>they knew who they were voting for (fascists)</p><p>if they want to 'get angry' they can only get angry with themselves for having voted for them.<br>Only <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> have the right to be angry.</p>
Luca da Firenze<p>I have followed with interest many '<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Townhalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Townhalls</span></a>' in which questions were asked to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> '<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a>'<br>I have heard the questions and listened to the 'NON-answers'</p><p>if I had the opportunity to participate.... <br>I would Not ask question to the MAGA representatives<br>but to the 'represented'</p><p>&gt; Why did you vote to be represented by people like that ?<br>&gt; how could you expect something different from what is happening in your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nation</span></a> <br> after voting for that ?</p>
Daniel Dvorkin<p>The text at the end of the post is copied rather than shared, at previous poster's request, and lightly edited. Feel free to share my post, though, with commentary intact.</p><p>You know this was always their endgame. The bullshit answers <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> Jr. and his fellow loons gave Congress were even more transparent lies than all the other confirmation hearing testimony. Everyone who voted to confirm them shares the blame, but Bill <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Cassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cassidy</span></a> has earned a special place in hell.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Noem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Noem</span></a>, and all the rest of the cabinet are all assholes, and profoundly dangerous. Justice and Homeland Security are slaying their thousands, and Defense is gearing up to slay its tens of thousands. Health and Human Services is chuckling at them and saying "amateurs."</p><p>I'm skeptical that any amount of lobbying <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> directly, or any of its sub-departments such as <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>, will have much effect. But maybe, just maybe, calling your <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senators</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> will have an effect.</p><p>Let's face it, members of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> will suffer a lot less from idiocy like <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> than the rest of us, and they're (probably) safe from roundup and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viruses</span></a> don't care about such distinctions. Mighty and humble alike can choke to death on their own liquefying lung tissue.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Antivaxers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antivaxers</span></a> are not "skeptics." They're not interested in evidence. They can't be bargained with, they can't be reasoned with, and they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.</p><p>===</p><p>Marty Makary and Tracy Hoeg at the FDA are currently trying to set a policy that would effectively eliminate all covid vaccines. They want to require a full clinical trial every year for companies to update the covid vaccine to match the current strain, which they know is not possible.</p><p>Please contact the FDA and demand continuing access to yearly updated covid vaccines and ask for the Novavax 2025 covid vaccine to be approved.</p><p>mmakary1@jhmi.edu<br>ocod@fda.hhs.gov<br>tracybeth.hoeg@fda.hhs.gov<br>800-402-8010</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Medicaid cuts will devastate NY health care, economy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/935564/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/935564/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Enabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enabled</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/highlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highlights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a>(NY) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OpinionContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpinionContent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OverallNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverallNegative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>story</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StoryHighlightsAIEnabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoryHighlightsAIEnabled</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.Congress <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.HouseOfRepresentatives <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/york" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>york</span></a></p>
Luca da Firenze<p>If in the future<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> will want to blame someone<br>for the establishment of a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> Regime in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a><br>The culprits are<br>the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Magas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Parlament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parlament</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a><br>But above all the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> MAGA judges.<br>Without their support, the votes of the magas would not have been sufficient.</p>
Kay<p>The Independent: <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> calls budget vote despite <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> anger over <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> cuts and deficit (cost in bill to give tax breaks to the rich)<br>The House of <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> pulled an expected vote Wednesday night on the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/budgetblueprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budgetblueprint</span></a> as Republicans faced resistance from their own party — which several <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> lawmakers warned would happen.<br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/johnson-trump-budget-house-congress-b2730530.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/johnson-trump-budget-house-congress-b2730530.html</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Rallies were held in different communities across <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a>, including Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Red Oak &amp; Waterloo. In Central Iowa, there were protests in Ames at Bandshell Park &amp; a large one drawing thousands to downtown Des Moines...</p><p>"I'm hoping this is a start. I hope everybody is not home posting memes, but they're calling our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senators</span></a>. They're calling our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a>. They're writing letters," said Barb Farrow"<br><a href="https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-hands-off-trump-administration-protests/64396497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kcci.com/article/des-moines-ha</span><span class="invisible">nds-off-trump-administration-protests/64396497</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p>Some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are pushing back on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> and one quite loudly.</p><p>Will it work? That remains to be seen butI predict that this will affirm the fear of many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> voters leading to them calling &amp; writing to their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senators</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a>. That &amp; the wave of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> might *make* a difference. How much these leaders care about their own ellectorate is unclear, but they *do* care about their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prestige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prestige</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randpaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randpaul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kapok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kapok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globaleconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globaleconomy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/07/tariffs-rand-paul-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/07/tariffs-rand-paul-trump/</span></a></p>
ozoned<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Remittancegirl</span></a></span> Absolutely horrified and disgusted by this. I've reached out to my Federal <a href="https://social.ozoned.net/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> about this. They're all <a href="https://social.ozoned.net/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>, because <a href="https://social.ozoned.net/tags/nc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> <a href="https://social.ozoned.net/tags/gerrymanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymanders</span></a> elections. My grandfather was in WW2 and literally fought against this garbage.</p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Nine Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives joined Democrats to continue efforts to allow new parents who serve in Congress to vote remotely or by proxy. Read more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CBSNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CBSNews</span></a></span><br><a href="https://flip.it/7JBdNM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/7JBdNM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parents</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a></p>
Luca da Firenze<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constituency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constituency</span></a> that find themselves having<br>'<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a>' that (after being elected)<br>do NOT represent the wishes of their Constituency<br>MUST DEMAND their resignation<br>and not wait for the 'term' to expire.<br>&gt;Replace them with whom is willing to represent their interest&lt;.</p>
Luca da Firenze<p>I saw some '<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Townhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Townhall</span></a><br>Among ' <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a>' and their <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constituency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constituency</span></a><br>(people who elected them to be &gt;represented&lt;)</p><p>One of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Rep. said that 'She was not in agreement' with the requests of his Constituency<br>(who care if you agree ? you job is to represent)<br>Another, to the request of his Constituency to intervene against <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a><br>replied 'I support Musk'</p><p>But ... <br>if these <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> 'representatives' do not represent who voted them to be represented ...</p><p>shouldn't they resign?</p>
Rixt Lothein<p>This very moment we are watching <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelensky</span></a> live on France2 with <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/coalition_of_the_willing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coalition_of_the_willing</span></a>. Interview sent live in 50 countries. Except <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/The_Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>The_Netherlands</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Shameful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shameful</span></a>.</p>