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https://www.europesays.com/iran/114582/ House Again Blocks War Powers Vote to Halt Iran Conflict #DonaldJ #HouseOfRepresentatives #Iran #RepublicanParty #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WarPowersAct(1973)
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House Again Blocks War Powers Vote to Halt Iran Conflict
House Republicans on Thursday narrowly blocked an effort to force an end to the war against Iran and…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #DonaldJ #HouseofRepresentatives #Iran #republicanparty #Trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #WarPowersAct(1973)
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https://www.europesays.com/news/28544/ Iran War Powers Vote Fails Again in Senate, but GOP Opposition Grows #Collins #DemocraticParty #DonaldJ #Headlines #Iran #Lisa #Murkowski #News #RepublicanParty #Senate #SusanM #TopStories #trump #UnitedStatesDefenseAndMilitaryForces #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WarAndEmergencyPowers(US) #WarPowersAct(1973)
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/112196/ Iran War Powers Vote Fails Again in Senate, but GOP Opposition Grows #collins #DemocraticParty #DonaldJ #Iran #Lisa #Murkowski #RepublicanParty #Senate #SusanM #trump #UnitedStatesDefenseAndMilitaryForces #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WarAndEmergencyPowers(US) #WarPowersAct(1973)
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Senate Blocks War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time, Conflict Grinds On
US Senate rejects war powers resolution for Iran conflict 7 times. Learn why this matters for US war decisions and what happens next.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #Congress, #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/us-senate-blocks-war-powers-iran-conflict/
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Senate Blocks War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time, Conflict Grinds On
US Senate rejects war powers resolution for Iran conflict 7 times. Learn why this matters for US war decisions and what happens next.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #Congress, #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/us-senate-blocks-war-powers-iran-conflict/
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The US Senate has now blocked a war powers resolution for the Iran conflict seven times. This is the seventh time the vote has failed.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #Congress, #USPolitics
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The US Senate has now blocked a war powers resolution for the Iran conflict seven times. This is the seventh time the vote has failed.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #Congress, #USPolitics
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Senate Rejects Another Push to Halt Iran War Amid Growing Opposition
Senate votes against stopping Iran war. Many lawmakers unsure about the conflict's length and cost. What happens next?
#IranWar, #SenateVote, #WarPowersAct, #Congress, #USPolitics
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The Senate voted against a bill to end the war in Iran. This is the fourth time a similar bill has failed. Some Republicans are now questioning the war.
#IranWar, #SenateVote, #WarPowersAct, #Congress, #USPolitics
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Jonathan Lemire (MSNOW): "Pres. Trump is desperate for the Iran war to end. Energy prices are up, his polls are down. Few U.S. military goals have been achieved. Trump doesn’t want to resume hostilities, so he keeps punting his deadlines - and Tehran is calling his bluff."
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@quietmarc I find the #WarPowersAct stuff infuriating as well b/c the initial attack was already both illegal under the WPA & unconstitutional. By trying to pass new resolutions & carrying on about the 60-day deadline, so many congresspeople & others are voluntarily conceding the basic point & actually enabling Trump. Even #Khanna
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"The United States has completed its offensive operations against Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, even as Washington warned it was ready to unleash a “devastating” response to any new attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
Due to the #WarPowersAct, Rubio is saying that the #IranWar is over but it could start again at any time:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260505-rubio-says-us-military-has-completed-offensive-operations-in-iran
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From our 1st and Greatest Fool, Donald Trump on his brilliant passing of medical check-up cognitive tests:
"I'm the only president to take a cognitive test at the doctor, and pass it...no one else could do that."
Uh huh...why again are YOU the "only president" to being required, REQUIRED to take an old man mental check because you have stupidly been handed our nuclear codes... cognitive test...EVERY TIME you go to the doctor (dumbass)?
Trump's boast is self-defeating as it often is, in a genuinely funny way, and Stewart's right to call it out. Trump is technically correct in a narrow, useless way. No president has publicly acknowledged taking a standardized cognitive test or made the results public except Donald Trump.
But that's not the flex he thinks it is.
Trump's implication is that passing a cognitive test makes him uniquely brilliant (more likely stupid, but whatever). While cognitive tests can rule out impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease and stroke, as we all know -- they do not measure intelligence.
Acing the MoCA, which includes identifying a drawing of a rhinoceros and counting backward, is a floor, not a ceiling.
Stewart's instinct is exactly right -- the bragging itself is the tell.
As we all know.
There's also the broader irony that Trump is the first president to make cognitive testing a public political football, largely by mocking others' fitness, and the test he passed is the same one his own critics have suggested he needs administered again regularly.
The show last night:
Jon Stewart marvels at our "genius" president's faulty math and cognitive skills.
As America’s situationship with Iran hits the 60-day War Powers Act deadline, Trump brazenly ignores Congress's authority, and...
Plus, a visit from a real monarch, King Charles, shines a light on the lack of checks and balances from America's absent Congress. #DailyShow #WarPowersAct #KingCharles #IranWar
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As #America’s situationship with #Iran hits the 60-day #WarPowersAct deadline, Trump BRAZENLY ignores Congress's authority while spouting NONSENSE about America's DEPLETED weapons inventory, and #JonStewart MARVELS at our "genius" president's faulty math and cognitive skills youtu.be/oneo86z5VG8?...
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Trump’s 60-Day Deadline on the Iran War
There are moments in U.S. foreign policy when the law moves from the margins to the center of…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Congress #DonaldTrump #Iran #iranwar #WarPowersAct
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"The 60-day deadline is arriving (soon) on requiring the president to seek authorization or wind down operations. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... suggested the clock can 'pause or stop' during a ceasefire":
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/01/iran-pentagon-hegseth-war-powers-senate-hearing-republicans
Hegseth is lying, but even if we assume what he said is true, the clock cannot pause because the US Navy still has a blockade there, and a blockade is an act of war. There can be no pause during an act of war.
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Trump Tests War Powers: A Familiar Presidential Playbook
President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. Congress is unhappy because they say he did not ask them first. This is a debate about who has the power to start a war.
#TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/trump-war-powers-iran-congress-dispute/
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Trump Tests War Powers: A Familiar Presidential Playbook
President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. Congress is unhappy because they say he did not ask them first. This is a debate about who has the power to start a war.
#TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/trump-war-powers-iran-congress-dispute/
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President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. This action has caused arguments with Congress, who believe they should have been consulted first. The debate is about who has the power to start a war.
#TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics
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President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025. This action has caused arguments with Congress, who believe they should have been consulted first. The debate is about who has the power to start a war.
#TrumpWarPowers, #IranStrikes, #CongressDebate, #WarPowersAct, #USPolitics
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The President started a war Feb 28. Today marks the 60-day constitutional limit under the War Powers Act. Gas is up to $4.39/gal ($25B spent). While he calls reporting "seditious," the math is undeniable. The resolution returns. Call your senator. The sky is blue, the war is real, and the clock is ticking. #WarPowersAct #EndTheWar #GasPrices #Politics #Resistance #CivicDuty #StopTheWar #Democracy https://twp.ai/9OUqJf
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60 days since the war started. Gas at $4.39. The War Powers Act limit is here. He calls truth "seditious," but the receipt is in the pump. Call your senator. The resolution returns. #WarPowersAct #EndTheWar #GasPrices #Politics #Resistance #StopTheWar
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As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Congress Grow Impatient With Trump
Key Republicans in Congress are growing impatient about the complex and costly conflict i…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Collins #Curtis #defensedepartment #Hawley #Hegseth #Iran #John(1960-) #JoshD(1979-) #lisa #Murkowski #Pete #RepublicanParty #Senate #SusanM #trump #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #WarandEmergencyPowers(US) #WarPowersAct(1973)
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#usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #usdemocracy / #usconstitution / #despoticact
„(…) Trump dismissed the #WarPowersAct, a law limiting any president's use of force beyond 60 days without #congressionalauthorization, describing the law as "totally unconstitutional."
"It's never been used before. Why should we be different?" Trump said, signaling he would not seek congressional authorization to continue the war with Iran.“
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Trump Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Authorization for the Iran War
President Trump sent letters to Congress on Friday making the case that a Vietnam-era law requiring him to…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #CharlesE #DonaldJ #Grassley #HouseofRepresentatives #Iran #Johnson #Mike(1972-) #Senate #Trump #UnitedStatesDefenseandMilitaryForces #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #WarPowersAct(1973)
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https://www.europesays.com/news/23280/ As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Congress Grow Impatient With Trump #Collins #Curtis #DefenseDepartment #Hawley #Headlines #hegseth #Iran #John(1960) #JoshD(1979) #Lisa #Murkowski #News #Pete #RepublicanParty #Senate #SusanM #TopStories #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WarAndEmergencyPowers(US) #WarPowersAct(1973)
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THIS IS WHY we need to end #Republican control of Congress:
YET ANOTHER attempt by #Democrats to curb the #WarPowersAct (that #OrangeHitler used to go to war with #Iran w/o Congressional approval) stymied YET AGAIN by Senate Republicans Wednesday:
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Senate Gathers for Familiar Vote: War Powers in Iran Remain With Executive Branch
Senate Republicans voted 47-52 on Wednesday to reject a Democratic measure limiting President Trump's war powers in Iran, continuing a debate on executive authority.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #ExecutivePower, #CongressionalOversight
https://newsletter.tf/senate-votes-against-limiting-presidents-war-powers-iran/
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This is the fourth time this year the Senate has voted on limiting the President's war powers in Iran, with the latest vote failing by a margin of 5 votes.
#WarPowersAct, #IranConflict, #SenateVote, #ExecutivePower, #CongressionalOversight
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Congressional war powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack — COLORADO COMMENTS
'I will join my colleagues in demanding a detailed, classified briefing on this operation and its long-term strategy, and will continue to support the War Powers Resolution to rein in this unhinged President'
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Congressional war powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack — COLORADO COMMENTS
'I will join my colleagues in demanding a detailed, classified briefing on this operation and its long-term strategy, and will continue to support the War Powers Resolution to rein in this unhinged President'
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Voters in #Missouri voted for #Venezuela #WarPowersAct flip-flopping Senator #JoshHawley to *represent them* in #Congress.
So, voters in the ‘Show-me State’ are tough guys in public, but cowards in private? 🤔 👀 👉 https://youtu.be/ByWvdGJ8CwM
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https://youtube.com/live/7JXQhff9aGc
#tRump #Venezuela #USA #America #UnitedNations #Ukraine #Taiwan #Greenland #Canada #Oil #Drugs #Congress #WarPowersAct #War #Epstein #Constitution #Billionaires #Pardon #Crisis #World #Politics #USPol #Activism #Resist #Protest #WeThePeople #LatinAmerica #sovereignty #WW3 #WWIII #BackStory #Truth #Facts #Democracy #Law
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Venezuelans That US Sent to El Salvador Mega-Prison Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse
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Letters from an American – November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 1, 2025
By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 01, 2025
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk, that it seemed likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.
But that image got overtaken just hours later by pictures from a Great Gatsby–themed party Trump threw at Mar-a-Lago last night hours before SNAP benefits ended. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby skewered the immoral and meaningless lives of the very wealthy during the Jazz Age who spent their time throwing extravagant parties and laying waste to the lives of the people around them.
Although two federal judges yesterday found that the administration’s refusal to use reserves Congress provided to fund SNAP in an emergency was likely illegal and one ordered the government to use that money, the administration did not immediately do as the judge ordered.
Trump posted on social media that “[o]ur Government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP,” so he has “instructed our lawyers to ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible.” Blaming the Democrats for the shutdown, Trump added that “even if we get immediate guidance, it will unfortunately be delayed while States get the money out.” His post provided the phone number for Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s office, telling people: “If you use SNAP benefits, call the Senate Democrats, and tell them to reopen the Government, NOW!”
“They were careless people,” Fitzgerald wrote, “they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
This afternoon, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson of the Washington Post reported that the administration is claiming it does not have to consult Congress to continue its attacks on Venezuela. The 1973 War Powers Act says it does.
In 1973, after President Richard M. Nixon ordered secret bombings of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution to reassert its power over foreign wars. “It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations,” it read.
The law requires a president to notify Congress in writing within 48 hours of the start of hostilities, including the legal grounds for those hostilities, the circumstances that caused them, and an estimate of their scope and duration. The law requires the president to get the approval of Congress for any hostilities lasting more than 60 days.
On September 4, 2025, Trump notified Congress of a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean that he said “was assessed to be affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and to be engaged in illicit drug trafficking activities.” The letter added: “I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution.”
Monday will mark 60 days from that announcement, but the administration does not appear to be planning to ask for Congress’s approval. It has been reluctant to share information about the strikes, first excluding senior Senate Democrats from a Senate briefing, then offering House members a briefing that did not include lawyers and failed to answer basic questions. The top two leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jack Reed (D-RI), have both said the administration has not produced documents, attack orders, and a list of targets required by law.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
#2025 #America #Caribbean #Congress #DonaldTrump #Education #FScottFitzgerald #Health #History #Hostilities #HungryAmericans #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Murder #Opinion #Politics #Reading #Resistance #Science #SNAP #Substack #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #Venezuela #WarPowersAct
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US Reps Seek ‘War Powers’ for Trump’s War With Iran
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/18/us-reps-seek-war-powers-for-trumps-war-with-iran/
The House proposal follows the introduction of a similar Senate resolution requiring the Trump administration to get congressional approval before attacking Iran. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Numerous House progressives said Tuesday that they will support legislation that would force President…
#Politics #Constitution #ForeignPolicy #Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #Militarism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.Congress #BrettWilkins #Codepink #DemandProgress #JusticeDemocrats #NationalIranianAmericanCouncil(niac) #Rep.RoKhanna #Rep.ThomasMassie #Sen.BernieSanders #Sen.TimKaine #WarPowersAct #WarPowersResolution
