Boo..

 

On Friday, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said at a news conference following an antisemitic attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in her state that "certainly" Congress must fund DHS.

However, Slotkin and most Senate Democrats have voted four times to block DHS funding, including several attempts to temporarily reopen the agency while negotiations continue.

Slotkin is just one of several Senate Democrats calling for an end to the shutdown. Republicans argue the votes are part of a broader Democratic strategy to blame them for blocking efforts to reopen DHS.

"I remind my Republican colleagues, we're going to be back here again and again, winning this debate and eventually winning the American people," Schumer said.

Comment:

We really don't know what we are doing.   We want to look as if we are doing something for the regular Americans but. Just a thought.

No More ..

 

 Italy‘s Constitutional Court declared it would support a new law proposed by the government in 2025 to cut down on who can legitimately claim Italian heritage and, therefore, citizenship

Any Italian who has moved abroad but kept their citizenship can currently pass the right down their family line for generations under the principle known as ius sanguinis, confirmed in law in 1912 and 1992.

However, the government believes it is time for an overhaul to crack down on people “abusing” the nation’s citizenship principles.

“Being an Italian citizen is a serious matter, the granting of citizenship is a serious matter,” Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said last March.

The majority of those living abroad do not pay taxes in Italy, don’t vote, and have little if any contact with the country.

Or..

 

Action..

 

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Newsmax on Tuesday his fellow Democrats should acknowledge what he called the benefits of President Donald Trump's military action against Iran, saying that the operation was a welcome step toward blocking the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon and degrading its missile program.

Fetterman's remarks on "The Record With Greta Van Susteren" highlighted his split with many in his party on Iran and came as the conflict carried broader military and economic risks.

CNN reported that Iran had begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping route that carries about 20% of global crude oil, citing two people familiar with U.S. intelligence.

In the interview, Fetterman said Democrats have long agreed that Iran cannot be allowed to acquire a nuclear bomb, then questioned why more in his party would not call the latest action a positive outcome.

Discomfort..

 

Mirrored..

 

The top Senate Democrat said Hegseth’s spending in the final month of fiscal year 2025, $93.4 billion, which included millions of dollars on steak, seafood and furniture, could have instead been used to extend the Affordable Care Act.

Social media users panned Schumer online for the remarks, accusing him of cherry-picking a politically convenient area to care about spending, lambasting him for not supporting feeding high-quality meals to military members and citing similar defense spending during the Biden era.

During the Biden administration, Austin’s spending nearly mirrored Hegseth’s. Food expenses across administrations went toward feeding members of the military, according to the nonprofit Open the Books, which conducted the spending analyses.

Horseman..

 

Hormuz..

Pakistan has announced that its navy will begin escorting commercial vessels through the Middle East as tensions tied to the Iran conflict threaten global energy routes. The move is aimed at protecting the country’s critical oil shipments and ensuring essential fuel supplies continue reaching the country.

As reported by The New York Times, the growing conflict in the region is disrupting shipping routes and raising concerns about the stability of global oil markets. Pakistan has largely tried to remain neutral in the broader regional tensions, but its economy depends heavily on imported energy.

The country imports much of its natural gas from Qatar and a significant share of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Nearly all of those supplies arrive by sea, making maritime routes critical to Pakistan’s energy security.

Comment:

More countries will be taking sides here. Just a thought.

Big Mac..

 

Scott MacFarlane joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2021 and rose to prominence at the network with his coverage of the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

His final article for the network, dated last Friday, was an article about the incident.
According to Guardian U.S. media reporter Jeremy Barr, “it was known that MacFarlane was unhappy with the network’s very brief mention of the Jan. 6 anniversary on the CBS Evening News.”

Last month, CBS Evening News producer Alicia Hastey and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper also resigned from the network.
“There has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism,” said Hastey in her resignation note. 

“Stories may be instead be evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations — a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines.”

Meh..