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General Political Fúckery Thread: 119th Congress - Government Shutdown on October 1, 2025?
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If Scalise doesn't have a path, how would Jordan fare?
I don't fully understand how the votes would work on the Republican side, or how McCarthy got it eventually, after wringing concessions from the Freedom Caacus. Is it not majority?
I don't fully understand how the votes would work on the Republican side, or how McCarthy got it eventually, after wringing concessions from the Freedom Caacus. Is it not majority?
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Democrats have 212 seats and all of them are voting for Jeffries. The Speaker of the House needs 218 votes to win. So essentially, with how many repubs are in the house, it has to be almost 100% unanimous.
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Definitely not getting the votes today
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US agencies broaden crackdown on ‘junk fees’ | Financial Times
Efforts aim to stop bait-and-switch practices and ‘bogus fees’
www.ft.com
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Businesses are returning $140 million in surprise overdraft fees to consumers, according to a CFPB report
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's monitoring of illegal junk fees will result in a $140 million payday for consumers, according to a report.
Wow
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NASA Launches Psyche, a Mission to Explore a Metal Asteroid
The probe launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, beginning a six-year journey to one of the most enigmatic worlds in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Biden Administration Awards $7 Billion for 7 Hydrogen Hubs Across the U.S.
Clean hydrogen could help fight climate change, but it barely exists today. Now the administration wants to build an entire industry from scratch.
Biden
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In a state like Alabama, which has the third-highest maternal death rate and the sixth-highest infant death rate in the United States, some public health experts see birth centers as a potential solution to a gut-wrenching problem: Almost two-thirds of counties in Alabama have little to no local maternity care options. Next month, two labor and delivery units in the Birmingham area are set to close, including the last remaining unit in one of Alabama’s largest counties. Black mothers and infants make up a disproportionate share of bad health outcomes.
www.nytimes.com
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This country has basically outlawed abortion and now is banning a process that has positive birth outcomes for black women
For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground
Some say the facilities, which focus on autonomy in childbirth, could lead to better health outcomes — but officials are tightening rules, citing risk.
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This country has basically outlawed abortion and now is banning a process that has positive birth outcomes for black women
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How a Series of Air Traffic Control Lapses Nearly Killed 131 People
Two planes were moments from colliding in Texas, a harrowing example of the country’s fraying air safety system, a New York Times investigation found.
Troubling
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Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course
The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and included practices now viewed as abusive and racist.
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Don't know where to put this one, but....