If anyone needed a concrete sign that Republicans are preparing to put Trump on the raft and send him to sea, it was this that happened Thursday in the state of Indiana. There was a time when Donald Trump would bluster at any Republican, and they would fearfully disperse to appease him. Those days seem long gone, as Republicans in the Indiana State Senate have done what Republicans in Texas, Missouri and North Carolina were too afraid to do.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Indiana Republicans resisted relentless threats and pressure and said no to Donald Trump.According…
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Donald Trump came to power for the second time with a plan to get revenge on anyone who tried to hold him accountable. Trump filled the DOJ with loyalists and attempted to convert the nation’s top federal law enforcement agencies into his personal law firm that he intended to use for revenge.What Trump attempted to do is a blatant abuse of power.PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. We are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.It used to be virtually unheard of for the Justice Department to take a case to a grand jury…
It didn’t take long for Republicans to begin lining up House must force a vote to extend Obamacare’s enhanced subsidies for two years.PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.One of the first House Republicans to line up to sign the discharge petition was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who posted on X:This evening, I signed two discharge petitions: Rep. Fitzpatrick’s health care petition and Rep. Luna’s stock trading petition. Right now, I plan to sign every discharge petition – whether I support the bill or not. As a duly elected member of Congress, I…
It was a move that was considered a long shot just days ago, and now has a real chance of breaking Mike Johnson and getting an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies through the House.Punchbowl News reported who is the bipartisan group in the House supporting the bill:A bipartisan group of House members presents an invoice extend Obamacare’s enhanced subsidies for two years with new income limits and anti-fraud measures.Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) is leading the effort, along with GOP representatives. Don Bacon (Neb.), Rob Bresnahan (Pa.) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY), as well as Democratic Reps. Jared Golden (Maine),…
Democrats have an intense thirst for a third impeachment of Donald Trump if they retake the majority in the House next year. Trump has given Democrats plenty of opportunities for a third impeachment of this president. However, with a possible federal criminal referral of Trump no longer an option thanks to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, presidential impeachment has become a symbolic gesture whose impact appears to have been weakened in the eyes of many Americans.PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party, special interest, or corporation. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Furthermore, even if Democrats were to win back…
For those who are paying attention and willing to talk about it, Trump’s cognitive problems have been getting worse for years. It was one thing for an increasingly weakened-looking president to swim in conspiracy theories and accept false peace prices from football’s governing bodies. It’s a very different thing for these potential cognitive problems to start a war and potentially kill members of the US military. The president does nothing about rising prices and financial accessibility. The Trump presidency is a sinking political ship. This president has embarked on his own fantasy agenda that involves waging imaginary wars on drugs…
Jasmine Crockett will have no problem attracting media attention or raising money, which is quite an accomplishment in a state where no Democrat has won statewide in a decade.Crockett is one of Donald Trump’s leading national critics. She speaks her mind, is not afraid of the president, and embodies the fighting spirit that so many Democrats want to see in their party. PoliticusIUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Rep. Crockett’s Senate candidacy became a no-brainer after the Supreme Court upheld Texas’ new, hand-picked Republican map. The map knocked Crockett out of his seat, making…
A political party needs a few basic elements to maintain a majority in Congress. To maintain a majority, a party needs money, a record of accomplishments and incumbents.Voters are often creatures of habit.Regardless, truth to power is what PoliticusUSA exists for. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Congress as a whole may remain extremely unpopular, but this unpopularity often does not extend to individual members of Congress. This dynamic explains why it is possible for Congress to have an approval rating of 25-30%, but 98% of incumbents are re-elected.Having an incumbent president is usually a pretty big advantage in a House…
The Donald Trump administration has a privileged tool to attack its political enemies. Trump is asking members of his administration to dig through records to accuse or, in the case of New York Attorney General James, accuse people they perceive as enemies of committing mortgage fraud by obtaining a mortgage loan for a primary residence that is not the applicant’s primary residence. PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. We are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.It has become commonplace that Trump is guilty of what he accuses others of doing. It was only…
The story the Trump administration told to justify the deaths of everyone on a boat following multiple missile strikes in the Caribbean continues to collapse. It appears that not all of the details the administration told the American people were true.Trump and his White House claimed the boat they blew up was headed to the United States, but according to CNNit was not true:According to intelligence gathered by U.S. forces, the stricken boat planned to “rendezvous” with the second ship and transfer drugs to it, Adm. Frank Bradley said during the briefings, but the military was unable to locate the…