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yaesu's JournalHouse fascists sneak in an overnight vote to extent FISA so the trump un American fascist regime can spy on Americans
With the help of 4 Dems House fascists sneak in an overnight vote to extent FISA so the trump un American fascist regime can spy on Americans. The fascists wanted months, they got 10 days.
four Democrats — Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Jared Golden (Maine), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), and Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) — casting highly unusual votes to vote in favor of the rule, which is normally a test of party strength.
The House of Representatives has approved a short-term extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over the objections of privacy advocates who warn it allows the government to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance on a massive scale. Without congressional action, the program was due to expire in three days. The White House and House Speaker Mike Johnson were seeking an 18-month extension, but those plans were thwarted when a bloc of conservatives revolted against the bill. It also faces opposition from some Democrats, including California’s Ro Khanna, who said in a social media post that Republicans called lawmakers back at midnight for a “secret vote to reauthorize FISA while America sleeps.”
Rep. Ro Khanna: “This would give Donald Trump the power to surveil or collect data on Americans through a back door. There really is not a philosophical debate here. A 'yes' vote is a vote to give Donald Trump more power over American citizens. A 'no' vote is a vote to stand up to Donald Trump. Every Democrat should be a 'no' on the reauthorization of FISA.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/17/headlines/house_temporarily_extends_fisas_mass_surveillance_powers_in_late_night_vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5835879-fisa-702-spy-powers-vote/
Department of Justice investigating Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations
but not the pedo dictator and his epstein connection.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/eric-swalwell-department-of-justice-investigation
Among the Democrats voting against the resolutions were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
WASHINGTON – More than three dozen Democrats supported an effort by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to block arms sales to Israel, signaling a growing discontent in the party with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the wars in Gaza and Iran.
The two resolutions to block U.S. sales of bulldozers and bombs to Israel were opposed by all Republicans and rejected 40-59 and 36-63. But Sanders has repeatedly forced votes on the issue to put pressure on his colleagues — both Democrats and Republicans — to oppose Netanyahu’s regime.
Similar resolutions forced by Sanders in 2024 and 2025 were also rejected, but the number of Democrats voting with the Vermont Independent has more than doubled in less than two years amid Israeli campaigns in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon and a stepped-up campaign by party activists who have increasingly seen support for Israel as a litmus test for support.
“It’s clear that Democrats are beginning to listen to the average American who is sick and tired of spending billions of dollars to support Netanyahu’s horrific wars when people in this country can’t afford housing or health care,” Sanders said after the vote.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/2026/04/16/senate-rejects-effort-to-halt-arms-sales-to-israel-but-most-democrats-vote-to-block-them/
the pedo pres told big oil he would do anything they wanted if they helped his takeover of the US, they did and he did
The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran, according to exclusive analysis for the Guardian. Saudi Aramco, Gazprom and ExxonMobil are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bonanza, meaning key opponents of climate action continue to prosper.
The conflict pushed the price of oil to an average of $100 (£74) a barrel in March, leading to estimated windfall war profits for the month of $23bn for the companies. Oil and gas supplies will take months to return to pre-war levels and the companies will make $234bn by the end of the year if the oil price continues to average $100. The analysis uses data from a leading intelligence provider, Rystad Energy, analysed by Global Witness.
The excess profits come from the pockets of ordinary people as they pay high prices to fill up their vehicles and power their homes, as well as from businesses incurring higher energy bills. Dozens of countries have cut fuel taxes to help struggling consumers, meaning those nations, including Australia, South Africa, Italy, Brazil and Zambia, are raising less money for public services.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
Trump told Big Oil he'd deliver their wish list if they spent $1 billion to elect him president. And he's doing it — giving them a blank check while gutting clean energy options that lower costs for Americans. Billionaires get richer, everyone else’s electric bills go up.
https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/videos/watch/trump-told-big-oil-hed-deliver-their-wishlist-if-they-spent-1b-on-his-campaign-and-hes-doing-it
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group Baltimore-based Venetoulis Institute
The publisher of a highly regarded nonprofit digital news outlet based in Baltimore announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the assets of the 239-year-old civic institution The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ending nearly a century of family control of the newspaper and ensuring the future of Western Pennsylvania’s largest news organization.
Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner. The newsroom and local business leadership will remain in Pittsburgh while other functions, including technology and business operations, will be combined with teams at the Venetoulis Institute.
The sale becomes effective May 4 and the Post-Gazette name will be unchanged. The Post-Gazette, one of the country’s oldest newspapers with roots dating back more than two centuries, was scheduled to cease operations on May 3.
The new owners said they plan to maintain the Post-Gazette’s two print publication days, Thursday and Sunday.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/04/14/post-gazette-venetoulis-institute-baltimore-banner/stories/209901010002
It's Taco Tuesday on Monday as king taco now claims Iran 'wants to work a deal' and that oil tankers are doing great!!!
He said that Iran had “called this morning” and that “they’d like to work a deal.” Reuters could not immediately verify the claim.
When asked if oil tankers will be operating in the strait of Hormuz, he said: “A lot of tankers are going in empty and out full, we have a great capacity of taking care of that.”
per guardian live
He must have made enough money manipulating the markets for today
The fake Jesus deletes post with AI image of himself as Christ-like figure after outcry
Trump deletes post with AI image of himself as Christ-like figure after outcry
The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’
per guardian live feed
UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius after us tantrum
The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.
On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks.
The latest setback in the UK’s push to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, which hosts a joint US-UK Diego Garcia military base, is a sign of the worsening US-UK relations after Donald Trump’s heavy criticism of Keir Starmer over his handling of the Iran war.
A government spokesperson said: “Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US. Ensuring its long-term operational security is, and will continue to be, our priority – it is the entire reason for the deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/uk-forced-to-shelve-legislation-to-return-chagos-islands-to-mauritius
DNC rejects resolution condemning influence of pro-Israel Aipac lobby Panel's decision a blow to progressives
When it comes to addressing how the party should deal with Israel, the Democratic establishment went to their favorite answer: no thanks.
The Democratic National Committee’s resolutions committee voted on Thursday to kill a measure targeting the pro-Israel lobby group Aipac and deferred two further resolutions on Middle East policy to a working group that critics say exists mainly to avoid difficult decisions.
During a meeting in New Orleans, the party rejected a symbolic resolution to confront what its sponsors described as the outsized influence of dark money in Democratic primaries – singling out the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which spent approximately $14m in a single Illinois Democratic primary and has pumped tens of millions more into races across the country to block candidates critical of Israel.
The defeat, while anticipated, lands as a fresh blow to progressives who have grown increasingly furious at Aipac’s intervention in Democratic contests. Aipac has spent more than $221m in Democratic primaries since the 2022 midterms, and over $22m in Illinois alone last month, funneled partly through shell groups with names such as “Elect Chicago Women” whose ties to the pro-Israel lobby were only confirmed after votes had been cast.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/dnc-resolution-aipac-israel-lobby-group
Using Fascist USA bombs and money It took just 10 minutes for evil empire Israel to bomb more than 100 targets
across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 254 people and wounding 1,165
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/lebanon-beirut-israel-strikes-hundreds-killed
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