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It is a rule of thumb that for every person who marches, there are 10 to 20 who sympathize. That would equate to 70 million to 140 million people, as a record 7 million participated. While some complain that these rallies don't do anything, they are an essential demonstration of the depth and breadth of popular sentiment and resistance, and they serve to hearten and motivate people to engage.

The board was demanding that I compromise my integrity and values. I would not do that, Landreth wrote. I stand by my values and my reputation as a professional administrator for the past 25 years. Landreth wrote that the board of directors demanded she take actions she said would have harmed her professional and personal reputation, which she refused to carry out, but did not specify what those actions were.

They put out something, Say today, the costs are up,' the president continued. They feed it to the anchors of ABC, CBS, and NBC, and a lot of other, CNN et etc. It's like a standard I'll never forget they used a word like manufactured.' Do you remember the word manufactured? It's a manufactured economy.' Nobody uses that word. Every anchor broke in, Manufactured.' They do exactly what they say.

I'm very proud to be here with Sergio, my friend, he's been my friend for many years. He is someone who is loyal, he is trustworthy, and he works as hard as anyone I know, said Pirro. And Mr. President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America.

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As President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned leaders who tried to overturn his 2020 loss, the US Supreme Court took up the national Republican Party's argument that counting mailed ballots shortly after Election Day violates federal law. Voting by mail has long been a target of the GOP president, who has falsely claimed that the practice fuels voter fraud. This case concerns a Mississippi law that allows mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted as long as they arrive within five business days,

To me, that is nothing sort of racial profiling. And to me, it is so disheartening to see these ICE agents terrorize our community,

Most major US cities spend WAY TOO MUCH on police departments to police poverty & WAY TOO LITTLE on public schools, health departments, recreation departments, & housing to eliminate poverty. Fixing that is what the #Defund movement is about, declared Abdul El-Sayed in 2020. The police have become standing armies we deploy against our own people, read another one of the thousands of tweets deleted by the progressive Democrat, who was also a CNN contributor at one point.

The eight senators who moved to end the shutdown were not. Their decision has set off a round of recriminations in the party and fury from its base. The reasons are no surprise. Democrats shut the government down in large part as a response to anger from their backers, who wanted to see more fight. Now a faction of the party has surrendered. Not only that, it surrendered at a time when Democrats appeared to be winning politically.

Over the course of the roundtable, President Donald Trump suggested that protests against him had been organized by mysterious funders, who he hinted could soon be in 'deep trouble.' He complained about television networks that were biased against him but praised CBS, whose parent company had recently been purchased by a Trump-friendly billionaire. And he touted an executive order that demanded the Justice Department bring charges for burning American flags.

Schumer, who has led the Democratic caucus in the Senate since 2017, voted against the resolution. However, the group of Senate Democrats who voted for the deal had conferred with Schumer through the negotiation process, and thus had his tacit approval. The deal, which many other Democrats have denounced as "terrible" and a betrayal, was advanced in a vote on Sunday evening, in one of the first steps to reopen the government after a historic shutdown.

For the record, Chuck Schumer voted against the motion to proceed on a government-reopening measure that is likely to bring his eight-plus years as Senate democratic leader to an end, probably sooner rather than later. But that doesn't seem to matter. Democrats angry over the abrupt abandonment of a Senate filibuster that seemed to be working in the party's favor are blaming Schumer, either because they believe he quietly encouraged the eight Democrats who defected, or because he couldn't keep them in line.

Almost since PolitiFact's 2007 founding, we've been covering Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced her retirement, effective in January 2027. We first fact-checked the former House speaker on Aug. 25, 2008, when she characterized then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as a state legislator with a history of bipartisanship, a claim we rated Half True. In all, we have rated Pelosi's statements 56 times on Truth-O-Meter, with a median rating of Half True.

People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or the Civil War? Did the dramatic events of the 1960s generate the same kind of social and political forces seen today? Are there lessons from the past that show us how eras of intense political turmoil eventually subside?

Democrats have held out for weeks, demanding that Republicans work with them to extend expiring ACA tax credits in exchange for funding the government. Prolonged shutdown pain ultimately won out, with moderate Democrats accepting a promise of an ACA vote despite progressives and House Democrats adamantly warning against accepting a handshake deal. Driving the news: The final tally on the procedural vote was 60-40. Eight Democrats voted "yes" with Republicans, while Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP "no" vote.

We will agree to open the government until January 30th, 2026. During that time, we will pass three bipartisan appropriation bills that will fully fund SNAP, WIC, and all the veterans' programs and finish our work on the remaining spending bills for this fiscal year, Durbin said, adding: The agreement would also reverse the Trump administration's mass firing during the shutdown and prevent future ones through January 30th. We credit Senator Kaine of Virginia for this provision.

Hundreds of community association leaders visited Capitol Hill this past Thursday for the Congressional Advocacy Summit hosted by the Community Associations Institute (CAI). More than 200 advocates from CAI representing more than 77 million homeowners association, condominium and co-op residents met with members of Congress and their staff to discuss federal issues in those sectors. Meetings with legislators addressed access to affordable insurance, disaster recovery, affordable housing, preservation of community self-governance and other policies affecting community associations nationwide.

Coming off an overall successful election last Tuesday, Democrats are once again divided. The shutdown deal did not extend health care subsidies - their one big ask behind the prolonged standoff. Many congressional Democrats have expressed frustration with the party's leadership, particularly with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) - signaling that change may be coming. Driving the news: Eight Senate Democrats, excluding Schumer, broke ranks to advance a deal that will fund the government until late January.