Dems break ranks – end of shutdown in sight; POTUS announces $2,000 payment to Americans, funded by tariff revenues; Trump rails against the ‘Fat Cat’ health insurance companies; Mamdani accused of plans to confiscate NYC business owners’ buildings; Elise Stefanik announces run for New York Governor race; Laundry dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi opens in Italy; Catholics honor the sainted pope who faced off with Attila the Hun; and more —
Trump: ‘We’re close to ending the shutdown’
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Weary Senate Democrats break ranks, vote with GOP to advance bill ending longest federal shutdown
After more than one month of gridlock, the U.S. Senate on Sunday night advanced a deal that would end the longest federal government shutdown in American history.
Senators voted 60-40 to approve a clean reconciliation bill passed by the House weeks ago, setting the stage for a final vote that would formally end the 40-day shutdown.
Eight weary Senate Democrats broke ranks to to join Republicans in approval, Democratic Party rejected the same bill 14 times over the last month.
Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine who caucuses with Democrats, had emerged from a nearly three-hour meeting, expressing confidence enough Democrats would break with their party to reopen the government.
Read more at Just the News
Social media influencers calling out Dems continuing to vote for the shutdown
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President Trump Calls Anti-Tariff People ‘Fools,’ Promises $2,000 Dividends for Americans
President Donald Trump on Sunday made it clear how he feels about people who do not agree with tariffs.
Writing in a post on his Truth Social platform, the president said, “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!”
“We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion,” he added.
“Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place. A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump concluded.
Read more at Breitbart
Trump: ‘Send healthcare dollars to patients, not insurance companies’
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Louisiana Senator’s proposal to make health care affordable
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Trump’s America First move: Investigate meat-packing companies for driving up cost of beef
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Trump Proposing ‘Game Changing’ 50-Year Mortgage to Tackle Home Prices
The Trump administration is “indeed working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgages for home buyers, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced Saturday.
“Thanks to President Trump, we are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage – a complete game changer,” Pulte wrote in a statement on the social platform X.
The director included a graphic from a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump from earlier in the day showing a portrait of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt next to one of the current president with their mortgage lengths.
Roosevelt established the fixed-rate 30-year mortgage as part of his New Deal to help Americans recover from the Great Depression.
Trump campaigned on creating housing opportunities for younger and first-time buyers, but the U.S. has seen housing prices and mortgage rates remain high.
Read more at Breitbart
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte on 50-year mortgage
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Mamdani is going to SEIZE businesses in NYC!
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Zohran Mamdani Vows to Shut Down Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Zohran Mamdani is now the Mayor-elect of New York City. During his campaign, he “vowed to ‘protect New Yorkers from’ pro-life pregnancy centers which he accused of spreading ‘false or deceptive information.’” His threat refers directly to CompassCare.
CompassCare runs the only three pro-life medical pregnancy centers in all of New York City. His threat mimics the lawsuit brought by pro-abortion activist Letitia James, New York’s Attorney General, who endorsed Mamdani’s mayoral bid. …
The Christian pro-life pregnancy network is already managing lawsuits with New York State Legislation, lawsuits with New York City ordinances, lawsuits from New York Attorney General Letitia James, Big Tech censorship, and security concerns of a resurgence of pro-abortion violence, emboldened by the revolutionary rhetoric from Marxist politicians in Democrat clothes.
Read more at LifeNews.com
Elise Stefanik announces she’s running for New York Governor
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Trump issues pardons for Giuliani, Meadows, and others involved in 2020 presidential election controversy
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation, published on Sunday night, to multiple individuals for “certain offenses related to the 2020 presidential election,” granting them a pardon for any charges against them. The official date of the actual proclamation was not revealed.
“This pardon ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” read Trump’s proclamation. …
Among the noteworthy individuals granted pardons were former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former congressman and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, and Christina Bobb.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
BBC exposed for doctoring Trump’s Jan. 6 speech
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BBC execs resign over misleading Trump speech edit
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Jimmy Lai’s son: I am so grateful to Trump for pressing Xi
The son of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong businessman and newspaper owner on trial for challenging Communist Party rule in the territory, has thanked President Trump for raising his father’s case with President Xi last week.
Sebastien Lai has been appealing for his father, who is not in good health, to be allowed to go into exile rather than facing a lengthy prison sentence at the end of his trial for sedition. Jimmy Lai was arrested under new national security laws imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing.
Trump administration officials have said that the case was raised by the US president during his 90-minute meeting with Xi in South Korea last week.
Read more at The Times
Mass celebrated again at ancient St. Maron’s Shrine in Syria after 15-year silence
For the first time in over 15 years, the Maronite Church in Syria celebrated a solemn Mass at the ancient shrine of St. Maron in the village of Brad, northwest of Aleppo.
A pilgrimage to the site, organized by the Maronite Scouts, drew more than 80 participants, young and old, reviving one of the most sacred Christian sites in the region known as the “Dead Cities.”
Father Ghandi Mahanna, who led the liturgy, reminded worshippers that “the true presence of God is found in every human heart,” urging them to live faith through love. …
Accompanied by security forces ensuring safe passage, the pilgrims expressed hope that religious tourism to Syria would soon revive, reaffirming that “Syria was beautiful, and still is.”
Read more at the Catholic News Agency; read about St. Maron here
‘Laundry of St. Francis of Assisi’ opens in Italy
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Pope Leo XIV warns of new addictions attributable to excessive online use
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Vatican documentary on Pope Leo premiers today
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Today is the Feast Day of Pope St. Leo the Great
See @bishoplevoir; read more about St. Leo here and here
