The GOP-led Senate began its August recess on Saturday evening after President Donald Trump condemned a potential deal between Republicans and Democrats on confirming his nominees.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114961522912167613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had been &#8220;demanding&#8221; more than $1 billion in exchange for Democrats not impeding the process of confirming a &#8220;small number&#8221; of his &#8220;highly qualified&#8221; nominees.
&#8220;This demand is egregious and unprecedented, and would be embarrassing to the Republican Party if it were accepted. It is political extortion, by any other name. Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL!&#8221; Trump exclaimed.
Trump also gave his blessing to Senate Republicans to begin the August recess, a change in tune by the president who had been pressing Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to stay in Washington, D.C., and keep confirming his nominees in the face of delay tactics.
&#8220;Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;Have a great RECESS and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!&#8221;
The Democrats had sought to unfreeze more than $1 billion in money for the National Institutes of Health and foreign aid, as well as a pledge for no more rescissions packages to claw back funds that have already been allocated by Congress, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tells-schumer-go-hell-over-senate-nominee-deal-funding-demands-after-negotiations-collapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;Let me clear what happened: Donald Trump attempted to steamroll the Senate to put in place his historically unqualified nominees. But Senate Democrats wouldn’t let him,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1951818011523924234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in a post on X.
Senators <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1951802628465361130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a> to have pro forma sessions every few days during the August recess, preventing any recess appointments, and not return for votes until September 2. The House, which is also controlled by Republicans, already broke off for the summer.
The Senate did confirm a number of Trump&#8217;s nominees before leaving town, including a vote to keep Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and <a href="https://x.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1951670915214758045" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> some fiscal 2026 appropriations bills ahead of the September 30 deadline.
&#8220;Very proud of our great Republican Senators for fighting, over the Weekend and far beyond, if necessary, in order to get my great Appointments approved, and on their way to helping us MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114961147474079611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in another post on Truth Social.
He further exclaimed that &#8220;Radical Left Democrat Senators are doing everything possible to DELAY these wonderful and talented people from being approved,&#8221; and stated, &#8220;Thank you to Senator John Thune and our Republican Warriors in the Senate.&#8221;

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Trump Blesses Senate Recess, Blasts Schumer’s ‘Extortion’ Tactics

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to the second quarter economic numbers by attempting to gaslight other members of the deliberative body and effectively telling them they weren&#8217;t really seeing what they were seeing.
Schumer took to the Senate floor on Wednesday, where he reacted to the news that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States was up 3.0% in the second quarter — surpassing the predicted 2.3% and reversing a 0.5% decline from the first quarter.
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Schumer confronts GDP report: Labels strong numbers a “mirage.&#8221;
“If Donald Trump keeps up the chaos, the dangers for the economy will continue to get worse.&#8221;
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&#8220;And while the Trump administration will try to wave rosy headlines about the Q2 numbers, today&#8217;s GDP number is, in fact, a mirage,&#8221; Schumer claimed, warning, &#8220;Some ominous numbers lurk under the hood.&#8221;
&#8220;Business investment plunged in the second quarter,&#8221; he said, claiming that Trump&#8217;s economy was so unstable that businesses were afraid to deploy capital. &#8220;Businesses are worried about growing their operations, worried about hiring more workers, worried about trading with their international partners, and worried in general about the future.&#8221;
Schumer went on to blame President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariffs for the whole scenario — which he continued to insist was far gloomier than it looked, warning, &#8220;And if Donald Trump keeps up the chaos, the dangers for the economy will continue to get worse.&#8221;
During his remarks from the Senate floor, Schumer also panned Trump&#8217;s historic trade deal with the European Union — inked during his trip to Scotland over the weekend — and tried to claim that it would be bad for the United States.
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🚨Chuck Schumer is wailing about President Trump&#8217;s historic trade deal with the EU — which has been universally praised as a HUGE WIN for America.
&#8220;Donald Trump is, as usual, trying to hype up, exaggerate, and LIE about his accomplishment!&#8221;
&#8220;Donald Trump ALWAYS LIES — almost… <a href="https://t.co/0G9TCkhqUC">pic.twitter.com/0G9TCkhqUC</a>
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Using air quotes around the word &#8220;deal,&#8221; Schumer offered no evidence as he claimed, &#8220;It will result in a $90 billion per year tax hike on American families. When you raise tariffs, the American families pay for it. $90 billion tax on American families in the tariff deal with the European Union.&#8221;
&#8220;Donald Trump is, as usual, trying to hype up, exaggerate, and lie about his accomplishment!&#8221; he claimed, and then lost his place and had to check his notes for the right insult as he continued: &#8220;He — Donald Trump always lies — almost always lies — about his accomplishments — and this is no — exception.&#8221;

Chuck Schumer Gaslights Senate With His Take On Q2 Numbers: You Don’t See What You See

Chuck Schumer Gaslights Senate With His Take On Q2 Numbers: You Don't See What You See

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The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to confirm a Justice Department official who previously defended President Donald Trump during his criminal trials to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Overcoming vigorous Democrat opposition, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to the lifetime judicial position in a 50-49 vote. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) joined Democrats in voting against his appointment. 
“Congratulations to our dear friend Emil Bove on his confirmation to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals! This is a GREAT day for our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1950363578646544696">said</a> on X. “I cannot thank Emil enough for his tireless work and support at [the Justice Department]. He will be missed — and he will be an outstanding judge.”
Bove previously worked as Trump’s lawyer when the Biden administration prosecuted him over his alleged mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference in the 2020 election. Bove also worked with Trump on the New York hush money case, where Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records but given an unconditional discharge. Before working for Trump, Bove was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, working on drug and terrorism cases.
In the weeks after Trump nominated him to the judgeship, Democrats have pointed to numerous complaints against Bove from whistleblowers claiming that he instructed Justice Department officials to ignore judicial orders. Democrats were also critical of Bove’s role in the firing of some of the Justice Department lawyers who led the January 6 prosecutions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-orders-charges-to-be-dismissed-against-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-on-certain-conditions">dismissal</a> of the federal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. 
Ahead of the confirmation vote, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-exhaustive-efforts-to-vet-emil-boves-nomination-prove-hes-fit-for-the-job">defended</a> Bove, accusing Democrats of trying to “weaponize” the whistleblower process. 
“He has a strong legal background and has served his country honorably. I believe he will be a diligent, capable, and fair jurist,&#8221; Grassley said. “It’s no surprise to anyone who’s followed this nomination that I have serious concerns with how my Democratic colleagues have conducted themselves. The vicious rhetoric, unfair accusations and abuse directed at Mr. Bove by some on this Committee has crossed the line.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/emil-bove-confirmation-whistleblowers-trump-republicans-democrats-71f92822cb2e8d57387748c2451fa724">claimed</a> that the confirmation was a “dark day” for the country. 
“It’s unfathomable that just over four years after the insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices, desecrated this chamber, Senate Republicans are willingly putting someone on the bench who shielded these rioters from facing justice, who said their prosecution was a grave national injustice,” he said.

Jury Continues Deliberations In Trump Hush Money Trial

Republicans Push Past Democrat Obstruction To Confirm Trump-Aligned Judge

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Fresh off the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-house-delivers-trumps-9b-cut-to-global-aid-and-public-broadcasting-gets-final-approval" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passage</a> of a $9 billion rescissions package and other legislative victories during the first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/six-months-in-trump-celebrates-revival-of-hottest-country-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">six months</a> of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says Republicans are &#8220;anxiously&#8221; waiting to see whether Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats will eschew bipartisanship and push the government toward a shutdown at the beginning of October.
During an interview on Fox News, Thune spoke to &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; host Maria Bartiromo about the dozen 2026 fiscal year appropriations bills which lawmakers on Capitol Hill are putting together ahead of a September 30 deadline.
&#8220;We have got a couple, three or four of them now reported out of the Appropriations Committee. We&#8217;re going to try and get one up on the floor next week. And I hope we will find that the Democrats want to work with us,&#8221; Thune said. &#8220;They haven&#8217;t demonstrated much of a willingness on anything so far. I mean, they are making it extremely difficult to get any of the president&#8217;s nominees through the process here. It&#8217;s obstruct, it&#8217;s delay, it&#8217;s block. That&#8217;s been the pattern. And it&#8217;s Trump Derangement Syndrome on full display here in the United States Senate.&#8221;
Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-republicans-ruthless-rescissions-package-that-would-undermine-bipartisanship-and-gut-critical-programs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> earlier this month that Democrats would not be willing to cooperate if the GOP-led House and Senate chose to claw back $9 billion in funds allocated to foreign aid and public broadcasting for programs that Republicans deemed to be wasteful and idealogical driven.
&#8220;If Republicans cave to Donald Trump and gut these investments agreed to by both parties, that would be an affront — a huge affront — to the bipartisan appropriations process,&#8221; Schumer said on the Senate floor. &#8220;It is absurd to expect Democrats to play along with funding the government if Republicans are just going to renege on a bipartisan agreement by concocting rescissions packages behind closed doors that can pass with only their votes, not the customary 60 votes required in the appropriation process.&#8221;
Both the rescissions package and the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which contained many of Trump&#8217;s spending and tax cut priorities, passed through Congress via processes that allowed the Senate to bypass the filibuster. However, other measures to come may not be able to avoid the hurdle.
When Bartiromo asked Thune if he believes Schumer would like to see a government shutdown in the coming weeks, the majority leader did not dismiss the idea.
&#8220;I think he probably thinks that it&#8217;s beneficial to their political base, the far left of the Democrat Party, and you see it on — you can kind of see what&#8217;s happening up there in New York politics,&#8221; Thune replied, alluding to socialist Zohran Mamdani winning the primary in the race for New York City major.
&#8220;This is a party struggling for an identity. This is a party that&#8217;s completely out of step with the mainstream of this country. And I think, frankly, although it&#8217;s not going to be in their interest in the long term to do it, we&#8217;re going to be waiting to see anxiously what Chuck Schumer and other leaders on the Democrat side decide to do,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Because, ultimately, keeping the government funded is good for the country, and hopefully we will have bipartisan cooperation to do that. But if their recent track record is any indication, they&#8217;re under a tremendous amount of pressure from that far left wing of the Democrat Party to shut the government down.&#8221;
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Thune Warns Schumer May Cave To Far Left, Push For Govt Shutdown In Coming Weeks

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Some political observers are saying that New York Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a sleazy, two-faced, peddler of political snake-oil whose Communist agenda would only demonstrate yet one more wearisome time the capability of Marxism to reduce a city striving toward prosperity and peace to a rubble-strewn ruin of homelessness, crime and poverty in order to create an urban hellscape that would express through the human misery of others, a leftist like Mamdani’s virulent hatred of God, America, the Jews, humanity and himself even while he continues to disguise that hatred behind a smile of chilling insincerity and the sort of vague, Obama-like bromides of deceptive political oration that anyone but an idiot or a Democrat would recognize instantaneously as the mesmeric lies of a man whose heart has been poisoned by a diabolical socialist ideology that transforms every natural human instinct toward goodness into a bubbling black tar of destructive evil.
Other political observers are saying other things. Like, “What’s on TV tonight?” or “I wonder if it’s too late to get a reservation for dinner.” Because watching Mamdani’s rise to front-runner in the New York mayoral race is so disturbing, they’d rather think about practically anything else.
Left-leaning New York politicians are uncertain whether or not they should endorse Mamdani and have been nervously tracking the opinions of a mob of naked, blood-drenched maniacs who at first seemed to be the extras who played the rage zombies in “28 Years Later” but instead turned out to be the Democrat base. As New York Senator and career corruptocrat Chuck Schumer said, “I am one hundred percent in favor of Zohran Mamdani if that shrieking mob of naked blood-drenched zombies supports him, but if they would prefer to rampage down Fifth Avenue killing and devouring anyone who gets in their way, then I’m in favor of that instead. In other words, a lifetime of ideological pandering has left me a hollow doppelganger of the man God created me to be and I’ll basically do anything for just one more term in power before delivering the husk of what was once a human being into the hands of the Satanic overlord who owns the flaming ashes of my former soul.”
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On the other hand, shapely-but-evil New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Mamdani enthusiastically, telling her supporters, “Men have sleep-walked into self-destruction while gazing at a hot rack like mine through all of human history, I don’t see why this mayoral election should be any different.”
Some journalists have temporarily roused themselves from the sleep of reason that produces monsters to report on some of Mamdani’s little peccadillos, like the fact that he’s a Jew-hating, Islamist-appeasing, anti-American dirtbag who once gave the finger to a statue of Christopher Columbus, and wants to defund the police, seize the means of production, transform the state of Israel into a rerun of the holocaust and reduce New York to a socialist slave-city on the order of 1970s Detroit.
But Mamdani answered those accusations in a charming speech to a vast collection of matrix-like pods that contained residents of Park Slope Brooklyn, who were happily living in a dream that the world was like it is in the New York Times while their brains were being drained of electricity in order to power the Democrat machine. Mamdani said, “Sure, I’ve got some ideas that would make New York City look like it had been trampled by a Stalinist Godzilla, but, you know, Ronald Reagan used to say that a person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally, and in the same way, a person who agrees with me 80 percent of the time will soon be lying in the gutter in a pool of his own vomit wishing he’d paid closer attention to that other 20 percent.”
The Park Slope residents greeted this speech with thunderous applause and then went back to dodging bullets in slow motion because they were dreaming they were in a New York Times editorial that said yes, Mamdani’s crime-infested New York would be riddled with gunfire, but don’t worry, just take this blue pill, and you’ll be able to dodge the bullets in slow motion.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. Klavan is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&amp;storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Woman Underground.</a>” His most recent nonfiction release is “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Cain-Finding-Literature-Darkness/dp/0310368340/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=nMYjR&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&amp;pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&amp;pf_rd_r=133-8344803-2786917&amp;pd_rd_wg=7a8J3&amp;pd_rd_r=5791ea0f-6d96-4732-9d6a-3a4e6b348bb5&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness.</a>” (May 2025, Zondervan/HarperCollins). Follow him on X: <a href="https://x.com/andrewklavan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@andrewklavan</a>
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Intifada! Communism! Cannibal Rage Mobs! It’s Just Another NYC Election Season

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President Donald Trump slammed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday after the Senate minority leader tried to blame Trump for the Texas floods.
&#8220;I saw a Palestinian senator, his name is Schumer, he&#8217;s a great Palestinian,&#8221; Trump said in a White House cabinet meeting. &#8220;He&#8217;s become a Palestinian. He&#8217;s abandoned the Jews. But I saw him say, &#8216;It&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s fault. Yeah, yeah, that&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s fault.'&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> slams <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> for blaming him for the horrific Texas flooding: &quot;I actually saw that stupid guy try to blame it on me&#8230; but his career is limited because I hear AOC is going to beat him.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fFStWivf0J">pic.twitter.com/fFStWivf0J</a>
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Trump compared Schumer&#8217;s remarks to Jon Lovitz&#8217;s Saturday Night Live character Tommy Flanagan, the pathological liar.
&#8220;I actually saw that stupid guy try to blame it on me,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And I said, &#8216;Man, that&#8217;s a tough one to take.&#8217; But his career is limited, because I hear AOC is going to beat him, and she&#8217;s no bargain either, by the way.&#8221;
Schumer and other high-profile Democrats have suggested Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) might have exacerbated the crisis by reducing staff and funding from federal weather agencies.
In a letter, Schumer <a href="https://x.com/RossOKeefe2/status/1942180517396336816/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for an investigation into the National Weather Service on Monday to determine if staffing shortages &#8220;contributed to the massive loss of life and property.&#8221; He cited a New York Times report that said certain Texas forecasting and coordination positions were vacant.
&#8220;NYT further reports that the vacancy rate at many NWS offices nationwide has roughly doubled since President Trump returned to office — due in part to a wave of early retirements encouraged by the administration and a freeze on hiring,&#8221; Schumer&#8217;s letter said.
However, meteorologists have stated that cuts by the federal government did not impact flood warnings or responses, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theres-no-evidence-to-suggest-doge-cuts-caused-texas-flood-devastation-meteorologists-say">reported</a>.
“There is little evidence that any of the recent cuts to NOAA/NWS negatively impacted services for this event, regardless of what may be being said on social media,” Alan Gerard, a former director of the Analysis and Understanding Branch in the National Severe Storms Laboratory at NOAA, <a href="https://balancedweather.substack.com/p/balancedwx-special-tragic-flash-flooding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said.</a>
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also <a href="https://x.com/RealAmVoice/status/1942274920966414721">criticized</a> Schumer and &#8220;members of the media&#8221; for blaming Trump for the floods.
&#8220;Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning,&#8221; Leavitt said.
More than 100 people have died in the Texas flash floods, including 28 children.

Trump Trashes ‘Palestinian Senator’ Chuck Schumer For Exploiting Texas Flood

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) irritated members of his own party by complaining about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) move to force a clerk to read President Donald Trump&#8217;s One Big, Beautiful Bill in its entirety — and then complaining that the extra time spent on Capitol Hill had resulted in him missing out on a family vacation.
Schumer forced the move on Saturday, saying, &#8220;I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor. Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor. We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.&#8221;
Fetterman made it clear that he was unhappy with the move from the start, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything.&#8221;
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Fetterman not really happy with Dems forcing the clerk to read the bill: “it’s not like it’s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything”
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The delay apparently put the Pennsylvania senator off his family vacation at the beach, another development that left him none too pleased.
&#8220;Oh my God, I just want to go home,” the Pennsylvania Democrat told reporters on Monday. “I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach, my family&#8217;s going to be back before we do … I’m going to vote no. There’s no drama that — we know [how] the votes are going to go. The only interesting votes are going to be on the margins, whether that&#8217;s Collins or Johnson, but all the Democrats, we all know how that&#8217;s going to go &#8230; I don’t think it’s really helpful to put people here until some ungodly hour.&#8221;
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🚨 SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA) FUMES over extended voting on the Big Bill: “Oh my God, I just want to go home.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve already I&#8217;ve missed our entire trip to the beach…I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s really helpful to put people here till some ungodly hour.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/37nFBMtTLV">pic.twitter.com/37nFBMtTLV</a>
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Critics then turned on Fetterman, complaining that he was so worried about a family vacation that he didn&#8217;t care about working for the people who elected him.
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said, &#8220;There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don&#8217;t care if it takes a month.&#8221;
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JUST NOW: Mark Kelly speaks on John Fetterman’s comments: “There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don&#8217;t care if it takes a month” <a href="https://t.co/f74g2yJXle">pic.twitter.com/f74g2yJXle</a>
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoFoster_/status/1939780224507314259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Criticisms aside, Fetterman is likely correct in his assessment that it will be the fringe votes that drive whether or not the One Big, Beautiful Bill makes it across the finish line.

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Fetterman Trashes Dems Who Forced Reading Of Budget Bill, Making Him Miss Family Beach Trip

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President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Thursday of disclosing intelligence about the U.S. strike over the weekend, claiming the bombings on Iranian nuclear facilities did not fully destroy the sites after he declared they were &#8220;obliterated.&#8221;
In a post on Truth Social, Trump went so far as to suggest the culprits should face prosecution, although he did not name anyone in particular.
&#8220;The Democrats are the ones who leaked the information on the PERFECT FLIGHT to the Nuclear Sites in Iran. They should be prosecuted!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114751173173020083" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A probe is already underway after CNN, as well as The New York Times, reported on early intelligence claiming the bombings did not completely destroy the sites and set back Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program only by a few months.
&#8220;We’re doing a leak investigation with the FBI right now, because this information is for internal purposes, battle-damage assessments,&#8221; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-hegseth-slam-media-over-iran-strike-leak-professional-stabbers-undermining-u-s-victory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday. &#8220;And CNN and others are trying to spin it to make the president look bad when this is an overwhelming success.&#8221;
The CIA and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard contend that further analysis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cia-reveals-intelligence-showing-u-s-destroyed-key-iranian-nuclear-facilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicates</a> the facilities were in fact destroyed by the strike, which the Trump administration says was necessary to keep Iran from achieving nuclear weapons.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1938360522614649104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> after a briefing on the Iran strike that it was clear the Trump administration lacked a &#8220;coherent strategy&#8221; and &#8220;no plan&#8221; for keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. He also pushed for a war powers vote and more answers.
Earlier in the day, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fire-everyone-involved-trump-unloads-on-media-after-hegseth-presser-on-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assailed</a> the journalists from <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> and The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> who reported on the early intelligence, relying on unnamed sources.
“FAKE NEWS REPORTERS FROM CNN &amp; THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD BE FIRED, IMMEDIATELY!!! BAD PEOPLE WITH EVIL INTENTIONS!!!” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114750055630968441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclaimed</a> in all capital letters on Truth Social.
Trump also threatened a defamation lawsuit against the news outlets, demanding they retract the stories and offer apologies for them, but CNN and The New York Times are <a href="https://x.com/CNNPR/status/1937954110302519517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defending</a> their reporting.
&#8220;No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1938352292807221619" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> New York Times lead newsroom attorney David McCraw.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leavitt-debunks-completely-false-report-that-top-dems-not-given-advanced-notice-of-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> another CNN report over the weekend that claimed the Trump administration did not provide advanced notice of the strike to Democrat leaders in Congress, which led to a correction.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) went to the hospital and was treated for dehydration, his office said on Wednesday.
The announcement, which noted that Schumer had since returned to work on Capitol Hill, came as the greater Washington, D.C., area was in the midst of a heat wave, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s.
&#8220;Leader Schumer was at the Senate gym this morning and got lightheaded. Out of an abundance of caution, he went to the hospital to be treated for dehydration and is now back at work in the Capitol,&#8221; a spokesperson for the New York Democrat <a href="https://x.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1937947659471622166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;He wants to remind everyone to drink some water and stay out of the heat.&#8221;
NBC News reporter Frank Thorp V <a href="https://x.com/frankthorp/status/1937949234180812836" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Schumer, who is 74, had just attended a press conference in the U.S. Capitol but did not take any questions. Schumer delivered some remarks at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhsVtS0Qws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event</a> with the families of victims from Continental Flight 3407 and left the room right afterwards.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a <a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=VAZ054&amp;warncounty=VAC013&amp;firewxzone=VAZ054&amp;local_place1=2%20Miles%20N%20Fort%20Myer%20VA&amp;product1=Heat+Advisory&amp;lat=38.8774&amp;lon=-77.072" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bulletin</a> warning that a heat advisory was in effect for Wednesday until 9 p.m. for portions of D.C. and the surrounding region. Another heat advisory has been issued for Thursday from the late morning until the evening.
&#8220;Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors,&#8221; NWS said. &#8220;Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.&#8221;
Earlier on Wednesday, Schumer issued a <a href="https://x.com/chuckschumer/status/1937890929689420209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on X regarding Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who emerged victorious late on Tuesday in the Democratic Party&#8217;s New York City mayoral primary.
&#8220;I have known [Mamdani] since we worked together to provide debt relief for thousands of beleaguered taxi drivers &amp; fought to stop a fracked gas plant in Astoria. He ran an impressive campaign that connected with New Yorkers about affordability, fairness, &amp; opportunity,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;I spoke with [Mamdani] this morning and am looking forward to getting together soon.&#8221;

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt set the record straight after CNN reported over the weekend that the Trump administration did not provide advanced notice of the United States&#8217;s strike on three Iranian nuclear sites to Democrat leaders in Congress.
On Fox News, Leavitt said there was, in fact, outreach to both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the White House had the receipts to prove it.
&#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone,&#8221; Leavitt said during a &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SidHwZUl8RY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9NLotvijX7">pic.twitter.com/9NLotvijX7</a>
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Leavitt added that Jeffries was ultimately briefed after the strike, while Schumer was advised beforehand.
&#8220;This notion that CNN ran with that the White House did not give a heads up to Democrats is just completely false,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;In fact, both Sen. Schumer&#8217;s office and CNN had to retract that story last night because it was a blatant lie and we showed them the timestamps from those phone calls.&#8221;
CNN did initially <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250622041816/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that no top Democrats were told of Trump&#8217;s plans until after the attack, but later <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">updated</a> its headline and issued a correction to note that Schumer did receive a call prior to the strike after Leavitt initially <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1936900039752012235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> the news outlet on X.
Its revised story said that a source &#8220;conceded&#8221; Schumer had been called a little less than an hour before the attack &#8220;with little detail&#8221; and no mention of which country in which the action was taking place. NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin <a href="https://x.com/news_jul/status/1936968929051898044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> a Schumer aide who called the notification &#8220;perfunctory.&#8221;
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended Trump’s strike on Iran&#8217;s nuclear infrastructure and contended that top members of the legislature were notified.
&#8220;The President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
He added: &#8220;The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants ‘Death to America,’ simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight’s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties.&#8221;

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made an attempt at renaming the Republican-led One Big Beautiful Bill on Wednesday, and the wave of backlash was almost immediate.
Schumer declared that President Donald Trump and Republicans were &#8220;lying&#8221; about what the bill would actually do — and claimed that a better name for it would be the &#8220;Well, We&#8217;re All Going To Die Act.&#8221; He then proceeded to argue that passing the bill would strip health care from 14 million Americans, cut 11 million people off from accessible food, and fund &#8220;tax cuts for billionaires on the backs of families.&#8221;
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UNHINGED: <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> says &#8220;WE&#8217;RE ALL GOING TO DIE&#8221; if we pass the largest tax cut in history, block illegals from taxpayer-funded health care, and cut the deficit.
These are NOT serious people. <a href="https://t.co/AFeiDuaYjR">pic.twitter.com/AFeiDuaYjR</a>
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&#8220;Here&#8217;s the &#8216;We Are All Going To Die Act,'&#8221; Schumer read from his visual aid.
Critics quickly pointed out that if Americans died every time Democrats claimed that the passage of some Republican-led measure would kill them, most would have already been killed several times over.
&#8220;I&#8217;m already dead from Net Neutrality, climate change, sequestration, and building a wall,&#8221; one said.
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I&#8217;m already dead from Net Neutrality, climate change, sequestration, and building a wall <a href="https://t.co/ITMUcnv5vU">https://t.co/ITMUcnv5vU</a>
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarah_wxtx/status/1930328460955922693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I was murdered by the repeal of Net Neutrality,&#8221; another said.
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I was murdered by the repeal of Net Neutrality <a href="https://t.co/6hoEh9SmAI">https://t.co/6hoEh9SmAI</a>
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) <a href="https://twitter.com/awstar11/status/1930333466446704709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Doesn’t this act get old? Everyone was going to die if we repealed net neutrality. Passing a Georgia law that expanded voter access was going to bring back segregation. Passing tax cuts will kill everyone. Even the emotional value is gone because no one takes it seriously,&#8221; AG Hamilton posted.
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Doesn’t this act get old?
Everyone was going to die if we repealed net neutrality. Passing a Georgia law that expanded voter access was going to bring back segregation. Passing tax cuts will kill everyone.
Even the emotional value is gone because no one takes it seriously. <a href="https://t.co/nZ8fQUt4yI">https://t.co/nZ8fQUt4yI</a>
— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1930324886863417441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It really is like the Reason video when they mocked these clowns for saying &#8216;people will die&#8217; anytime a Republican proposed anything,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ProfessorF/status/1930356764136092033">another said</a>, sharing the video.
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&#8220;No one should ever &#8211; ever &#8211; take these people seriously ever again ever,&#8221; CNN Republican pundit Scott Jennings concluded.
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No one should ever &#8211; ever &#8211; take these people seriously ever again ever. <a href="https://t.co/x5epm89Qp5">https://t.co/x5epm89Qp5</a>
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1930323003818090905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump have both promised to foster and lead a United States Military that is less woke and more lethal than it has been in recent years, and reports published on Tuesday indicated that they have been hard at work on both fronts.
<a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html">Military.com</a> reported on Tuesday that Hegseth had ordered the U.S. Navy to strip the name of Harvey Milk from an oiler class ship. The ship was named for Milk, a gay rights activist, in 2016 by former President Barack Obama&#8217;s Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.
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Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship <a href="https://t.co/qPM9uoz6mu">https://t.co/qPM9uoz6mu</a>
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According to that report, a Defense Department official also confirmed that the timing of Hegseth&#8217;s order — just days into PRIDE Month — had been intentional.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) lashed out at Hegseth over the move, saying, &#8220;Erasing Harvey Milk’s name is disgusting, blatant discrimination—and during Pride Month to boot. He served the U.S. Navy and his country honorably, and he was assassinated while serving the public and fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. Hegseth should be ashamed of himself and reverse this immediately.&#8221;
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Erasing Harvey Milk’s name is disgusting, blatant discrimination—and during Pride Month to boot.
He served the U.S. Navy and his country honorably, and he was assassinated while serving the public and fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
Hegseth should be ashamed of himself and reverse… <a href="https://t.co/qc6pGh9chE">pic.twitter.com/qc6pGh9chE</a>
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1929994333186650240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On the same day that the news broke regarding Milk, the U.S. Army announced that it had already surpassed recruiting goals for the entire year, four full months ahead of schedule.
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The U.S. Army has met its 2025 recruiting goal FOUR MONTHS EARLY…
This is what happens when we have STRONG leadership at the top. <a href="https://t.co/Uykifax2pP">pic.twitter.com/Uykifax2pP</a>
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll responded to the news in a statement, saying, &#8220;Today the U.S. Army met our FY25 recruiting goals a whole four months ahead of schedule. I want to thank the Commander in Chief, President Trump, and Secretary of Defense Hegseth for their decisive leadership and support which helped make this feat possible. I’m also extremely proud of the recruiters, leaders, and other advocates who helped us smash this goal. America’s young women and men are proud of our country and want to serve in the U.S. Army and the results speak for themselves.&#8221;
While the U.S. Army has met its <a href="https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/06/03/army-hits-recruiting-goal-of-61000-soldiers-4-months-early/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tw_at">retention goals</a> for the last seven years, 2025 marks just the second year in a row that it also met recruitment goals for new enlistees.

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