#thune — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/people/88605/ Thune Casts Doubt on Trump Settlement Fund Plan #Collins #DonaldJ #FederalBudget(US) #JohnR #JohnThune #Senate #SusanM #thune #Trump

https://www.europesays.com/people/86379/ Donald Trump Rages at ‘VERY Disloyal’ John Cornyn on Eve of Primary Runoff #BillCassidy #JohnThune #KenPaxton #PresidentDonaldTrump #Senate #SenatorCornyn #SenatorJohnCornyn #ThomasMassie #thune

https://www.europesays.com/news/32702/ Trump’s Self-Indulgent Streak Deepens G.O.P. Fears He Is Risking Losses in Midterms #Bill(1957) #Cassidy #Cornyn #DC #DonaldJ #elections #Headlines #HouseOfRepresentatives #Iran #John #JohnR #Ken #Michael(1968) #MidtermElections(2026) #News #Paxton #RepublicanParty #Senate #ThomasR #Thune #tillis #TopStories #trump #Whatley #WhiteHouseEastWingAndBallroom(Washington

https://www.europesays.com/people/82949/ Thune defends ‘targeted’ Senate advisor from Trump #Immigration #JohnThune #MacDonough #midterms #parliamentarian #SECURITY #thune #Trump #TruthSocial

https://www.europesays.com/news/31757/ In a Rarity, Republicans Stand Up to Trump #Bill(1957) #Cassidy #Collins #Cornyn #DonaldJ #Headlines #John #JohnR #JusticeDepartment #McConnell #MidtermElections(2026) #Mitch #News #RepublicanParty #Senate #SusanM #Thune #TopStories #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

https://www.europesays.com/people/80194/ Senate Republicans at odds with Trump’s endorsement against their Texan colleague #Cornyn #JamesTalarico #JohnThune #Paxton #Republicans #SenatePrimary #Texas #thune #Trump

https://www.europesays.com/news/30921/ Trump’s Spring Revenge Tour Routed G.O.P. Foes. But Fall Headwinds Loom. #Bill(1957) #Brad #Cassidy #Cornyn #DonaldJ #elections #Georgia #Headlines #HouseOfRepresentatives #John #JohnR #Ken #Kentucky #Louisiana #Massie #MidtermElections(2026) #News #Paxton #Raffensperger #RepublicanParty #Senate #Texas #ThomasH #Thune #TopStories #trump

https://www.europesays.com/people/78642/ Blanche Defends $1.8 Billion Fund as Skepticism Mounts #2021 #AttorneysGeneral #Biden #Blanche #ChristopherJr #CompensationForDamages(Law) #DonaldJ #DonaldTrumpJr #Hagerty #Hunter #InternalRevenueService #Jerry(1954) #JohnR #JusticeDepartment #moran #Senate #StormingOfTheUSCapitol(Jan #thune #Todd(Attorney) #Trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #VanHollen #WilliamF

https://www.europesays.com/news/22585/ G.O.P. Congress Struggles to Do the Basics Amid Party Infighting #AnnaPaulina #Burchett #Cole #DonaldJ #Headlines #HomelandSecurityDepartment #HouseOfRepresentatives #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement(US) #JohnR #Johnson #LawAndLegislation #Luna #MidtermElections(2026) #Mike(1972) #News #RepublicanParty #Senate #Thune #Tim #Tom(1949) #TopStories #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

https://www.europesays.com/people/45794/ Facing Immigration Backlash, Trump Called Schumer to Cut a Deal #CharlesE #ChuckSchumer #DemocraticParty #DonaldJ #FederalActionsInUSCities #FederalBudget(US) #HomelandSecurityDepartment #HouseOfRepresentatives #IllegalImmigration #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement(US) #JohnR #johnson #LawAndLegislation #Mike(1972) #RepublicanParty #schumer #Senate #Shutdowns(Institutional) #thune #Trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

https://www.europesays.com/people/45472/ Thune Is in a Vise as Trump and the Far Right Demand a Fight on SAVE America Act #DonaldJ #FilibustersAndDebateCurbs #JohnR #JohnThune #LawAndLegislation #LiveDetached #MidtermElections2026 #RegistrationAndRequirements #RepublicanParty #Senate #thune #Trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #VotingRights

https://www.europesays.com/people/43762/ Elon Musk Whips Up Frenzy Against John Thune Over SAVE America Act #Elon #JohnR #JohnThune #LawAndLegislation #MidtermElections2026 #Musk #RegistrationAndRequirements #Senate #SocialMedia #thune #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #VotingRights

https://www.europesays.com/people/39487/ Senate moves to fund ICE and Border Patrol #AmendmentVote #amendments #bill #BorderPatrol #BudgetReconciliation #BudgetResolution #ChuckSchumer #democrats #department #dhnd #DhsShutdown #DonaldTrump #FederalAgents #HomelandSecurity #HomelandSecurityDepartment #house #ICE #ImmigrationEnforcement #ImmigrationEnforcementAgency #JohnThune #JudicialWarrants #MikeJohnson #OtherLegislation #parliamentarian #Republicans #rest #SaveAmericaAct #Senate #thune #Trump

https://www.europesays.com/people/17428/ Majority Leader | Video | Videos | THE NEWSROOM #JohnThune #MajorityLeader #Senate #SenateMajorityLeader #SouthDakota #thune #UsSenate

"To be sure, there are 53 Senate Republicans, most of whom appear content to simply take orders from the White House and indifferent to the constitutional role of Congress when it comes to war. Indeed, as the sixth week of the military operations get underway, it’s extraordinary that neither the House nor the Senate have held a single hearing about the war, its merits, its cost, its objectives or the way in which it’s been executed."

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/on-the-war-in-iran-the-white-house-confronts-cracks-in-the-republican-facade

#Iran #Trump #GOP #Israel #Republicans #Senate #Congress #Thune #Johnson

In August 1974, U.S. #House and #Senate leaders visited #President #Nixon and told him he no longer had any support in #Congress. The next day, Nixon resigned. The next few days will tell us whether Mike #Johnson and John #Thune have the balls to do similar with #Trump. Threatening to destroy a "whole civilization" needs to be THE bright red line. #Iran

https://www.europesays.com/people/13473/ Majority Leader | Video | Videos | THE NEWSROOM #JohnThune #MajorityLeader #Senate #SenateMajorityLeader #SouthDakota #thune #UsSenate

https://www.europesays.com/people/9872/ Senate advances DHS funding plan to end shutdown #agreement #AirportChaos #backpay #BipartisanPlan #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #day #democrats #department #dhnd #DhsShutdown #DonaldTrump #GovernmentShutdown #HakeemJeffries #HomelandSecurity #HomelandSecurityFunding #house #ICE #JohnThune #johnson #MikeJohnson #PlanWednesday #ProFormaSession #RepublicanDivisions #Senate #senator #SpendingLegislation #thune #Trump #TSA #TsaAgent #WashingtonLastWeek

https://www.europesays.com/people/8709/ Trump says he’ll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security #agency #AirportSecurity #backpay #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #dhs #DHSFunding #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #FederalWorkers #FEMA #FundingIce #GovernmentShutdown #HomelandSecurity #house #ICE #ImmigrationFunding #JohnThune #MikeJohnson #order #PartisanStandoff #pay #Republicans #shnd #support #thune #traveler #Trump #TSA #USCoastGuard #week

https://www.europesays.com/people/?p=7750 Trump says he’ll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security #agency #AirportSecurity #backpay #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #dhs #DHSFunding #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #FederalWorkers #FEMA #FundingIce #GovernmentShutdown #HomelandSecurity #house #ICE #ImmigrationFunding #JohnThune #MikeJohnson #order #PartisanStandoff #pay #Republicans #shnd #support #thune #traveler #Trump #TSA #USCoastGuard #week

https://www.europesays.com/people/5987/ Senate advances DHS funding plan to end shutdown #agreement #AirportChaos #backpay #BipartisanPlan #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #day #democrats #department #dhnd #DhsShutdown #DonaldTrump #GovernmentShutdown #HakeemJeffries #HomelandSecurity #HomelandSecurityFunding #house #ICE #JohnThune #johnson #MikeJohnson #PlanWednesday #ProFormaSession #RepublicanDivisions #Senate #senator #SpendingLegislation #thune #Trump #TSA #TsaAgent #WashingtonLastWeek

https://www.europesays.com/people/5691/ Trump says he’ll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security #agency #AirportSecurity #backpay #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #democrats #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #dhs #DHSFunding #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #FederalWorkers #FEMA #FundingIce #GovernmentShutdown #HomelandSecurity #house #ICE #ImmigrationFunding #JohnThune #MikeJohnson #order #PartisanStandoff #pay #Republicans #shnd #support #thune #traveler #Trump #TSA #USCoastGuard #week

https://www.europesays.com/people/4173/ Senate advances DHS funding plan to end shutdown #agreement #AirportChaos #backpay #BipartisanPlan #BorderPatrol #ChuckSchumer #Congress #day #democrats #department #dhnd #DhsShutdown #DonaldTrump #GovernmentShutdown #HakeemJeffries #HomelandSecurity #HomelandSecurityFunding #house #ICE #JohnThune #johnson #MikeJohnson #PlanWednesday #ProFormaSession #RepublicanDivisions #Senate #senator #SpendingLegislation #thune #Trump #TSA #TsaAgent #WashingtonLastWeek

Heute vor 5 Jahren:
Komm schon #napfbefueller, ich lauf vor. Dann wird die Brücke auch dich aushalten.

Moin in die Runde ☕☕🚬🚬
Ein entspanntes Wochenende @all

#django #dogs #MastodonDogs #dogsofmastodon #Mastodonrudel #hunde #Leonberger #dog #hund #fotografie #fotosamstag #samsdog #Fellnasen #Morgenrunde #hunderunde #gassirunde #hundebesitzer #gutenmorgentroet #gutenmorgen #erinnerungen #lovemydog #lebenmithund #großehunde #bigdogs #bigdog #outdoor #Thune #schlossneuhaus #Hundehalter

Heute vor 5 Jahren:
Komm schon #napfbefueller, ich lauf vor. Dann wird die Brücke auch dich aushalten.

Moin in die Runde ☕☕🚬🚬
Ein entspanntes Wochenende @all

#django #dogs #MastodonDogs #dogsofmastodon #Mastodonrudel #hunde #Leonberger #dog #hund #fotografie #fotosamstag #samsdog #Fellnasen #Morgenrunde #hunderunde #gassirunde #hundebesitzer #gutenmorgentroet #gutenmorgen #erinnerungen #lovemydog #lebenmithund #großehunde #bigdogs #bigdog #outdoor #Thune #schlossneuhaus #Hundehalter

Heute vor 5 Jahren:
Komm schon #napfbefueller, ich lauf vor. Dann wird die Brücke auch dich aushalten.

Moin in die Runde ☕☕🚬🚬
Ein entspanntes Wochenende @all

#django #dogs #MastodonDogs #dogsofmastodon #Mastodonrudel #hunde #Leonberger #dog #hund #fotografie #fotosamstag #samsdog #Fellnasen #Morgenrunde #hunderunde #gassirunde #hundebesitzer #gutenmorgentroet #gutenmorgen #erinnerungen #lovemydog #lebenmithund #großehunde #bigdogs #bigdog #outdoor #Thune #schlossneuhaus #Hundehalter

Heute vor 5 Jahren:
Komm schon #napfbefueller, ich lauf vor. Dann wird die Brücke auch dich aushalten.

Moin in die Runde ☕☕🚬🚬
Ein entspanntes Wochenende @all

#django #dogs #MastodonDogs #dogsofmastodon #Mastodonrudel #hunde #Leonberger #dog #hund #fotografie #fotosamstag #samsdog #Fellnasen #Morgenrunde #hunderunde #gassirunde #hundebesitzer #gutenmorgentroet #gutenmorgen #erinnerungen #lovemydog #lebenmithund #großehunde #bigdogs #bigdog #outdoor #Thune #schlossneuhaus #Hundehalter

Heute vor 5 Jahren:
Komm schon #napfbefueller, ich lauf vor. Dann wird die Brücke auch dich aushalten.

Moin in die Runde ☕☕🚬🚬
Ein entspanntes Wochenende @all

#django #dogs #MastodonDogs #dogsofmastodon #Mastodonrudel #hunde #Leonberger #dog #hund #fotografie #fotosamstag #samsdog #Fellnasen #Morgenrunde #hunderunde #gassirunde #hundebesitzer #gutenmorgentroet #gutenmorgen #erinnerungen #lovemydog #lebenmithund #großehunde #bigdogs #bigdog #outdoor #Thune #schlossneuhaus #Hundehalter

#MissKittyPolitics #AI #Research to find out what we already knew. There will be no cross aisle cooperation no matter who dies. Children. Mothers. Soldiers. The Donald Trump administration treats human life like a commodity. - #Johnson #Thune blockade for #pedophilia. We have to prove they knew. 🔦🔦🔦

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pcgjpwxmhq7u7wssq7yyld6q/post/3mgiqdyseyc2f

Trump's expansion of unilatera...

#MissKittyPolitics Yea, the moron from Alabama, Senator Britt, is correct. It is way not good faith on GOP's part. Thus it is as I have been saying, #WAR. Senator #Britt is an #accomplice to first degree #murder. I want that trial. After #Thune. After Johnson. They all wearing #Depends these days.

Republicans pan Democrats' dem...

Merry Christmas from the #eugenicists, #fascists, and so-called #Christians in #MAGA.

From $2 to $1600 a month for lower-quality health insurance. In addition to raking over the coals #Trump, #Johnson, #Thune and so many more, bring the insurance companies to Congress and ask them why this is what insurance costs.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/affordable-care-act-enrollees-say-expiring-subsidies-will-hit-them-hard_n_693d79afe4b0d58462beb318?31

#USPol

#USPOL #USPolitics
My take: The filibuster dies in 2029, at least for statehood votes. Remember the disgusting scene from The Life of Pi? The dems have fallen in and are swimming in it. Even idiots learn.

Everyone knows [why the Republicans haven't abolished the filibuster as Trump wants]. Republicans are afraid of losing the House in 2026 and the Senate and White House in 2028 after 4 tumultuous years of Trump's reign of terror. They know that if they abolish the filibuster now, then by roughly March 1, 2029, the Democrats will have admitted D.C. and maybe Puerto Rico as states, passed the "John Lewis Voting Rights Act" and "For the People Act," overhauled the Supreme Court, made abortion legal nationwide, and implemented a long laundry list of other things Republicans hate. If the GOP keeps the filibuster now, if and when Democrats get control, the Republicans can say: "Look, when we had the trifecta, we didn't abolish it. In all fairness, you shouldn't now either."

Enjoy your day.

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Items/Nov03-4.html

#BoostingIsSharing

#Filibuster #Senate #thune

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is ready to bring to a vote legislation imposing sanctions on countries that trade with Russia.

“I don’t want to commit to a hard deadline, but it will be soon,” he said, adding that he would schedule a vote in the “next 30 days”.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-16/thune-says-senate-will-vote-on-russia-sanctions-bill

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Thune

Native American Day is a legal holiday in South Dakota.

South Dakota was the first state to abandon Columbus Day.

Native Americans make up 8.2% of John Thune's constituency. Of course he should say positive things about it.

#Thune

https://www.newsweek.com/senate-republican-sparks-conservative-fury-native-american-day-post-10877654#Echobox=1760457317

https://www.europesays.com/uk/410990/ Majority Leader | Remark | Remarks | THE NEWSROOM #Business #Economy #JohnThune #MajorityLeader #Senate #SenateMajorityLeader #SouthDakota #Thune #UK #UnitedKingdom #USSenate

Majority Leader | Remark | Remarks | THE NEWSROOM

09.09.25 “[W]ith the working families tax reform Republicans enacted this year, America’s tax code is now permanently oriented…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #Business #JohnThune #MajorityLeader #senate #SenateMajorityLeader #southdakota #Thune #UK #UnitedKingdom #USSenate
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/125619/

Senate Majority Leader John #Thune said Monday he would hold off on advancing a package of sanctions targeting Russia’s trading partners after Trump said he was prepared to act himself later this summer if Putin doesn’t move toward a peace deal with Ukraine.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/14/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-russias-trading-partners-to-pressure-putin-00452131

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump

Senate Majority Leader John Thune expects a vote this month on tough new Russia sanctions, signaling Trump’s growing rift with Putin. Backed by 85+ senators, the bill includes 500% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil, gas or other goods.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/senate-gop-eyes-russia-sanctions-as-trump-amps-up-putin-rhetoric

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Thune

Last year Dopey Yam told everybody the Chinese would pay his enormous import taxes. Now he says Walmart has to pay them. Hmmmm. Where's Walmart gonna get the money for that?

ImpeachConvictRemove #ImpeachTheFascists #TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Tesla #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse #immigrants #immigrantrights

Senators are privately (and publicly) saying they hope Donald Trump
💥stays out of the internal election to replace #Mitch #McConnell as Senate GOP leader.

Why it matters:
None of them know — or it's a damn good secret — whether the felon-candidate will make an endorsement.

But senators and advisors fear a Trump intervention could turn the secret ballot leader election into a public feud.

"I said, 'Sir, if I was you, I would stay out of the race, because there's no win for you in this,'" Sen. #Markwayne #Mullin (R-Okla.) told us about a recent call with Trump.

"I hope not," said Sen. #Thom #Tillis, when asked if he thinks Trump will weigh in. "I think outside influence could be problematic."

"He's offered some views on it to me,"Sen. #Josh #Hawley (R-Mo.) told us. "It's safe to say he has a pretty consistent prediction of who he thinks it'll be." -- Hawley said he did not know if Trump would weigh in.

Between the lines:
This the first real competitive Senate GOP leadership race of the Trump-era,
and his endorsement still carries a lot of weight with a segment of the conference.

McConnell has had a tumultuous relationship with the pussy-grabber.

The top two candidates
— Sens. John #Thune and John #Cornyn
— each have had rocky relationships with Trump.
However, they have worked to make amends.

After Jan. 6, Thune denounced Trump and initially endorsed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for president.

Cornyn has said the GOP needed to move on from Trump.

Senate sources do not talk about Sen. Rick #Scott's (R-Fla.) bid as seriously as Thune's or Cornyn's, though he has a good relationship with Trump.
"Sen. Scott is focused on dramatically changing the way the Senate operates and creating a member-driven process," according to spokesperson McKinley Lewis.

Sources often describe Thune as the likely favorite,
though they say not to discount how much Cornyn's long history of hard-dollar fundraising for Senate campaigns means to people.

Cornyn told us it's been a few weeks since he spoke with Trump about the leadership race.

But he visited Mar-a-Lago a couple months ago "to talk about planning for the future,"
adding they've been "visiting with some of the transition folks."

Mullin said Trump "likes" Thune despite their rocky past.

The Oklahoma Republican has publicly backed Thune.

Some sources suspect there could be a late entry:
NRSC Chair Steve #Daines (R-Mont.) is the most-floated name.

The bottom line:
There's not a lot of incentive for senators benefiting from both Thune and Cornyn's aggressive fundraising efforts to commit too early.

"If one of them felt that they really had a majority, I think they would not be shy about saying that,
but I don't think anybody does," Hawley said.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/03/trump-senate-republicans-mcconnell-thune-cornyn

Now Dopey Yam is lying and telling everyone "Xi called me! Xi called me! Xi called me!"

It's pathetic, but par for his course.

#TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Tesla #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse

Ruhle and Hayes are right about Tesla and the economic outlook as a whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMvSlEr1j4

#Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #Doge #DogeBags #Hayes #Ruhle #TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Tesla #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse

"Gee, I wonder if people would be more energized to support a party that used every tool possible to fight fascism rather than sit around and talk about egg prices.

Such a mystery!"

Gabe Garbowit‬

#ImpeachTheFascists #Tyranny #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse #Constitution #marker

Me: They have to demand impeachment.

Dork: They shouldn't talk about impeachment. They don't have the votes.

Me: Their job is to get the votes, and to get the votes they have to make the case that it is absolutely necessary.

#ImpeachTheFascists #TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Tesla #FascistTakeover #EconomicCollapse #marker

"Trump is the enemy of the entire world. He is too self-absorbed, too corrupt, too bigoted, and too stupid to produce anything but complete devastation. He and every inch of his political movement must be completely destroyed"

Will Stancil‬ ‪

#TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Trump #FascistTakeover #EconomicCollapse #marker

Congress can end this trade war any time they want.

Every day this economic collapse continues is a choice they made.

#TradeWar #Imports #Tariffs #MikeJohnson #Thune #Senate #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #Tesla #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse

“A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country.

The Republican budget will force everyone—especially Congress and the White House—to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.”

-- Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

#billionaires #taxcuts #budget #trump #mikejohnson #thune #medicaid

@ewen
Sur ce thème il y a aussi le podcast https://www.thunepodcast.fr/
notamment les épisodes 12 / 136 / 142
On y apprend (enfin j'apprends) que la
pension alimentaire est imposable pour celui (enfin surtout celle) qui la reçoit et que celui qui la verse (quand il y pense) la déduit de ses impôts (comme un don quoi).
#thune #podcast

The new Senate Majority Leader says he wants to get President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet through the confirmation process as quickly as possible
but spent a good part of Sunday cautioning there is “a process” that must be followed first.
U.S. Sen. #John #Thune, in the wake of a deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans,
said that the incident was a good example of why “the Senate must get President Trump’s national security team in place as quickly as possible.”
On Friday, when the U.S. Congress began its 119th session, the Majority Leader said the upper chamber would work swiftly to “ensure President Trump has his team in place to secure our border, protect our homeland, and provide for our nation’s defense.”
But by Sunday the South Dakota Republican was tapping the brakes as he made the talk show rounds, explaining that Trump’s top picks are going to have some “hard questions” to answer before they are confirmed.
“The Senate has a role:
advise and consent.
And we intend
— we have a lot of our senators who take that role very seriously.
And so we will make sure that these nominees have a process,
a fair process,
in which they have an opportunity to make their cases
not only to the members of the committee
and ultimately to the full Senate
but also to the American people,”
he told NBC.

Whether all of the 47th president’s picks make it past muster is an open question, Thune acknowledged,
saying that he doesn’t have “clarity” on how the votes will play out.
However, he’s inclined to provide the chief executive due consideration when it comes to deciding who serves in his administration, he said.
Republicans only have a three vote margin to work with,
so whether any nominee makes it through “is going to be up to each individual senator and how they decide to vote,” the Majority Leader said.
“I suspect a lot of them will get through and we’ll see about all of them.
Remains to be seen, but I think that’s why we have the process,
and we will adhere to that process
and give all of these nominees an opportunity to make their case,”
he told CBS.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/01/05/senate-majority-leader-warns-no-clarity-on-trump-cabinet-picks-as-hearings-due-to-begin/

Ma non è difficile immaginare uno scenario che potrebbe far venir meno questo autocontrollo.

#Trump, durante il suo primo mandato, ha oltraggiosamente imposto sanzioni al precedente procuratore della Corte penale internazionale, Fatou Bensouda, e a uno dei suoi vice per aver semplicemente aperto un'indagine in Palestina che avrebbe potuto portare ad accuse contro funzionari israeliani e una in Afghanistan che avrebbe potuto coinvolgere i torturatori dell'era di George W. #Bush.
L'amministrazione #Biden ha revocato le sanzioni.

Il nuovo leader della maggioranza del Senato degli Stati Uniti, John #Thune, ha già minacciato di riproporre sanzioni simili.
Se Trump cederà di nuovo a questo tentativo di manipolare un'istituzione di giustizia indipendente, non prevedo alcun ritegno da parte di Khan. ⬇️9