Veganism Social

gentlegardenerHere is the bill that passed the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#senate</a> yesterday averting an orderly shutdown on a date certain, continuing the disorderly one underway, and authorizing MORE CUTS in the next 6 months it was not a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/continuingresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#continuingresolution</a> just like <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doge</a> was not and is not about efficiency<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1968/all-actions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1968/all-actions</a>

gentlegardenerMessage misses from the opposition <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a> are tongue tied <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> already underway by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dogees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/continuingresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#continuingresolution</a> was not that - it was a wholly new set of cuts and more authority for the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/executivebranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#executivebranch</a> for 6 months<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/importtaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#importtaxes</a> on the end consumer <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trumpSlump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpSlump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wallstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wallstreet</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mainstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mainstreet</a> are united against uncertainty introduced by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tusk</a>

Dmitry BorodaenkoToday is a good day to spot unserious people.Yesterday, demanding that <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> filibuster the <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> <a href="https://mastodon.circle.lt/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> could be motivated by one of two opposite reasons: 1) pressure the party to unite behind a single tactic; 2) amplify division over the tactics.Now that the filibuster didn't happen, ripping into Democrats who refused to do it can only be motivated by reason #2. These are not serious people.Serious people are moving on to the next opportunity to unite us.

aztecladyU.S. Politics, budget, urgent call to action.

David AugustI just used <a href="https://mastodon.social/@5calls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@5calls</a> to contact my Senators and encourage/thank them in advance for voting no on cloture and the CR. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cloture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cloture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a>

David AugustIs the Government Shutting Down? What is a Continuing Resolution? What is Cloture? Adam Schiff answers these questions in this video: <a href="https://schiffnotes.substack.com/p/is-the-government-shutting-down?utm_source=davidaugust.com&utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://schiffnotes.substack.com/p/is-the-government-shutting-down?utm_source=davidaugust.com&utm_medium=social</a> Encourage your Senators to vote no on Cloture and the CR. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cloture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cloture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a>

aztecladyU.S. Politics, budget, urgent call to action

Voting is Your POWERPSSST!Do You Want to Know a Secret?YOU Have POWER! Use it NOW by Calling 202-224-3121 and DEMANDING that Your SENATORS Vote NO on the Continuing Resolution (CR) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#senate</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SenateDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SenateDems</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/continuingresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#continuingresolution</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://www.5calls.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.5calls.org/</a>

Lisa Gets PolitikThere’s not a business owner on the planet that would dismantle the accounts receivable department when money is still owed to them.Yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are doing. The continuing resolution to keep the government running is drafted in such a way that it sneakily cuts the last $20 billion in long-term IRS enforcement funding earmarked for auditing ultra-wealthy tax cheats. <a href="https://union.place/tags/governmentshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#governmentshutdown</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/continuingresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#continuingresolution</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/spendingbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spendingbill</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1898162/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1898162/</a> Republicans unveil Trump-backed bill to avoid shutdown, daring Democrats to oppose it <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congress</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DefenceSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefenceSpending</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HakeemJeffries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HakeemJeffries</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HouseRepublicans</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PattyMurray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PattyMurray</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POTUS</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentOfTheUnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RosaDeLauro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RosaDeLauro</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpendingBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpendingBill</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#washington</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicReprehensible: The real reason Co-President Musk scuttled the first version of the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> Bill“In the end, Congress passed a bill much like the one Musk scuttled, but one of the provisions that Congress stripped out of the old bill was extraordinarily important to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a>.As David Dayen explained in The Prospect, the original agreement had an “outbound investment” provision that restricted the ability of Americans to invest in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> factories in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>”<a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-21-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-21-2024</a>

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘FOUR STORIES ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING highlighting the difference between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>, and what a disaster the next 2/4 years will be:1) Pres. Biden forgives another $4.3B in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StudentLoan</a> debt (so NOT an Election ploy.)2) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdFlu</a> in infected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RawMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RawMilk</a> kills 2 house cats (another species jump.)3) Louisiana prohibits Drs/nurses from promoting vaccines for Flu/spox/#Covid.4) Dems save Repubs from themselves by voting on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> to avoid gov't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> over Xmas.

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicLame Duck President-Elect Trump and Co-President Musk have started the shitshow already and their not even in office yet 🤬The original bipartisan bill would have extended telemedicine services for Medicare patients. As it stands now, that’s out the window<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> scared the legislators into nixing the bipartisan bill and even if they do get a <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> passed, there is a good chance <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Telemedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telemedicine</a> won’t be includedThe GOP majority tried and failed to fast-track a measure that would keep the government funded and also raise the debt ceiling, a demand issued at the 11th hour by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> <a href="https://apple.news/A1PqZyyzfSmiW28BG8iIG7g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apple.news/A1PqZyyzfSmiW28BG8iIG7g</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Message to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HouseDemocrats</a>: Remember, if you cede any ground now, you will have obeyed in advance.Do Not Obey In Advance<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimothySnyder</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shutdown</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:«Speaker <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikeJohnson</a> has a massive new headache as he races to stop holiday <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdownh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentShutdownh</a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>.The tech scion & mega-ally of President-elect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> took to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> platform <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a> Wed to slam short-term funding bill Johnson backed, criticizing the 1,547-page <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> for its numerous unrelated spending measures — including a raise for lawmakers — and calling it “criminal,” “unconscionable” and a “crime against the American people"»<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/mike-johnson-elon-musk-cr-congress-00195202" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/mike-johnson-elon-musk-cr-congress-00195202</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1696464/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1696464/</a> NSBA Wins Year-Long CTA Delay <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CapitolHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CapitolHill</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congress</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CTA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EleventhCircuitCourtOfAppeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EleventhCircuitCourtOfAppeals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NSBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSBA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpendingBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpendingBill</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RawStory</a> @ 2:10pm ET<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricBurlinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EricBurlinson</a> (R-MO)→blasting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikeJohnson</a> over the speaker's bipartisan legislation to keep the government running past the Friday midnight deadline and through the middle of March — calling it a "total dumpster fire" and "garbage."Asked about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a>, which includes $100 billion in disaster relief for areas hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, Congressman Burlinson declared, "it's a total dumpster fire."<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-funding-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-funding-deal/</a>

NonilexJust hours before a potential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentShutdown</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> passed a 45-day <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a> w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisasterRelief</a> funds, an extension of a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FloodInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FloodInsurance</a> program & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAA</a> reauthorization — but no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a>. Saturday’s passage in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> ended a weeks-long <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> debate over govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a>…. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> eventually ditched its own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stopgap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stopgap</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bill</a> to pass a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> version.The Senate vote was 88-9.

NonilexAs for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContinuingResolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContinuingResolution</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blumenthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blumenthal</a> said no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> indicated they were going to vote against it over its lack of funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>. He expects a vote on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a>-passed CR w/in the next few hours.(Hours? what happened to 6:30?)<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentShutdown</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RepublicanDysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanDysfunction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Obstruction</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#continuingresolution