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Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for troops is housing money approved by Congress

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President Donald Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” bonus for service members, which he suggested would be funded by tariff revenue, is actually a one-time basic allowance for housing stipend already approved by Congress, according to a senior administration official. The $ 1,776 bonus payment Trump announced while addressing the nation Wednesday night will be paid using funds Congress appropriated to the Defense Department in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed into law in July, to supplement the basic allowance for housing. Congress appropriated $ 2.9 billion to supplement the…

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Gates Foundation Secretly Deals a Powerful Blow to the Left’s Dark Money Engine

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This summer, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation secretly began the process of withdrawing from its longstanding partnership with Arabella Advisors, a central hub of the Left’s dark money network. This news, first reported by The New York Times, may seem irrelevant or esoteric, but it will likely send shockwaves through the political world. The Gates Foundation isn’t just some billionaire’s side hustle—it’s the largest private foundation in the world. The foundation’s endowment stood at $ 77.2 billion at the end of last year, and it spent $ 102.3 billion…

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The Sneaky Way Government Unions Rake in Taxpayer Money, and How Congress Can Fight It in Reconciliation

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While public-sector unions file lawsuits to block President Donald Trump’s reforms to the bureaucracy, federal government workers are getting paid by the taxpayer for time they spend doing work for those very same unions. The little-known practice of “official time” allows bureaucrats to bill the taxpayer for hours they spend doing work for the union. Members of Congress have filed bills to ban the practice, but a budget expert suggests that taxing the practice instead might pose a smaller hurdle for getting it through Congress. While most bills face a…

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How Musk And Trump Are Making It Easier for Corporations To Take Your Money

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are making it easier for corporations to rip you off, and here’s how: Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025, is now in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Musk and Vought want to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and they’ve already started. All CFPB staff have been told to stop working. What does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau do? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau does important work, including: Remove medical debt from credit reports Lower late fees on credit cards…

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Bragg Won’t Drop Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Sentencing, But May Suspend It for 4 Years

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THE CENTER SQUARE—Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Tuesday that his office will oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his felony conviction in New York. Bragg said that despite plans to oppose Trump’s motion, his office would agree to hit pause on the proceedings pending the judge’s decision on Trump’s motion to dismiss. Bragg also suggested the case could wait until Trump finishes his term in the White House.  “No current law establishes that a president’s temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a post-trial criminal proceeding that was initiated…

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MoveOn Calls on Kennedy Jr. to Fire Jan 6 Insurrectionist and Return MAGA Money

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NBC News reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hired a right-wing influencer who was at the Capitol during the deadly insurrection. The news follows previous reporting that this latest hire also believes January 6 was a “Democrat misdirection.”  In response to Kennedy Jr. running a shadow MAGA campaign, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne release the following statement:  “Why is an insurrectionist on the Kennedy Jr.’s campaign payroll? MoveOn is still waiting for Kennedy Jr. to denounce and publicly call on all of his…

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