Rep. Levin: You Paid for Trump’s Illegal Propaganda

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/svd3SmsIdQk

 

Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint - POLITICO

The expense is not illegal or against Senate rules, but it’s raising questions about why the charter flights were necessary for official business…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/11/rand-paul-private-jets-01071502

 

Like... ew

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ighm1mB5XLs

 

A Total Collapse of Our Economy

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gv_7z6aWErk

 

Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities

 "We're the largest Democratic county in Florida. We have 2 million people and nine county commissioners, all of us Democrat. So is it a coincidence we're the first county they Doge'd, or that he announced the results before they had any data?" he said. 

In addition to Broward, Ingoglia has appeared in recent days in several other Democratic-run municipalities, making broad allegations of fraud and excessive spending. But analysts say there is little evidence, other than a few individual examples of comparatively small amounts going towards LGBTQ+ events or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives… "

Even Ingoglia admits he hasn't found any wasteful spending, but they're going after the things they like to go after, like Pride parades, DEI initiatives, things the DeSantis base is against. 

"And going after his enemies allows him to ignore how he has wasted money on things like Alligator Alcatraz, a tax holiday for assault weapons, going after Disney in lawsuits that he keeps losing."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/12/blaise-ingoglia-doge-florida-ron-desantis

 

Republicans Again Kneel Before Trump, Giving Up More Powers | HuffPost Latest News

Congress is supposed to have the power to control government spending as laid out by the framers of the U.S. Constitution. Lately, though, congressional Republicans are more than happy to sit back and hand over the reins to President Donald Trump...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-recissions-congress_n_68781dcfe4b0e8b95ec836af 

 

'You Are Inaccurate': Rosa DeLauro Grills Sec. Howard Lutnick About Government spending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNl2-bCB8Ng

 

They know they’re damaging the #economy, so they’re trying to hide from it

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nvqVoMqYAiw

 

What to know as the deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown creeps closer | PBS News

The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to appropriate money and requires the executive to pay it out. A 50-year-old law known as the Impoundment Control Act makes that explicit by prohibiting the president from halting payments on grants or other programs approved by Congress. 

Democrats have sought to place in the spending bill some guarantees the administration would follow what Congress intended…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-as-the-deadline-to-avoid-a-partial-government-shutdown-creeps-closer 

DOGE is now dramatically raising the potential for a government shutdown - POLITICO

Senior Republicans are seriously exploring how to include cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in an upcoming government funding bill — a move that would skyrocket tensions with Democrats and drastically raise the potential for a government shutdown...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/doge-gop-shutdown-spending-00206536

Republican House Speaker IN PANIC As His Own Party Abandons Him Over Medicaid cuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmbIbWB56Q

DOGE says its savings total $55 billion, but analysis shows it’s less - The Washington Post

Yet a Washington Post analysis of the contract data found that many of the canceled contracts were already complete, meaning canceling them didn't yield any money back because they had been fully paid out — and indeed, 417 of the deals on DOGE's list indicate that they saved $0. Another 51 added up to savings of just under $1 million...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/22/doge-savings-found-list-analysis/

Nicolle Wallace Says Trump Funding Freeze Stunt Has A Huge Silver Lining | HuffPost Latest News

Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's brazen attempt to suspend federal assistance to review whether certain programs are too woke has revived Democrats…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicolle-wallace-donald-trump-resuscitate-democratic-party_n_679a5684e4b0e3f22979be90 

 

Gov Walz PUTS THE SCREWS in Trump for GOV FREEZE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Gyl3Et5qs

US Senate approves funding proposal that does not include Trump’s demand to raise debt limit

Passage of the funding bill, which extends federal funding at current levels through and adds $100bn in disaster aid and $10bn in assistance to farmers, capped a week of turmoil that offered a preview of the internal clashes to come when Trump returns to power on 20 January… 

Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, called the House's passage of the government funding bill "a victory for the American people". In the House vote, Democrats provided more support than Republicans to advance the measure. 

"The House Democrats have successfully stopped extreme MAGA Republicans from shutting down the government, crashing the economy and hurting the working class Americans all across the nation," he said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/republicans-trump-spending-bill   

Lawrence: The weakness of Elon Musk and Donald Trump has now been fully exposed to the GOP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgB_S7WZfVM

Trump Tossed a Debt Limit Grenade Into Spending Talks. Here’s Why. - The New York Times

As he prepares to push an agenda of tax cuts and border security, Mr. Trump fears that a debt limit fight next year could interfere. His plans are expected to cost trillions of dollars, much of which will most likely need to come from borrowed funds. A drawn-out debt limit fight next year could force Mr. Trump and Republicans to bow to the demands of Democrats and could consume the congressional calendar. 

"This is a nasty TRAP set in place by the Radical Left Democrats!" Mr. Trump wrote on social medial on Wednesday night...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business/trump-spending-talks-debt-limit.html

Biden signs three-month funding bill to avert US government shutdown

Stopgap bill, passed by House and Senate with bipartisan majorities, extends funding until December…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/government-funding-spending-bill-biden

Congress Passes Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown - The New York Times

In a pair of votes in quick succession, the House and Senate moved to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20. But they punted a bigger spending fight to the end of the year...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/house-short-term-spending-bill.html

House Democrats weigh Mike Johnson's fate as discord roils GOP

As House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stares down growing threats of removal from his rebellious right flank, Democrats are debating whether they would save him or or vote to oust him like they did former Speaker Kevin McCarthy…

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/18/democrats-mike-johnson-motion-vacate