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N1 reports that Mike Johnson is set to head up the Republican Party's election campaign headquarters for the upcoming congressional elections

Corruption and shady dealings used to fly under the radar with them, but this was honestly the last straw 😁 how incredibly obvious

The President of the New York City Council, Adam Schiff, called out his coalition partner Eric Adams this past Sunday for trashing the Republican Party after Adams flipped on his stance regarding holding the 33rd session virtually, leading Schiff to announce he’s officially reviewing whether the Republican Party should even continue working with Adams's party.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Schiff announced that because there is such an undeniable lack of trust between these partners, he plans to head to the Republican City Committee tomorrow afternoon to propose a formal resolution on how to handle city-wide cooperation with a partner who constantly disparages the Republican Party and the Council, lies to the public, and actively undermines the basic functioning of our local government.

At the very start of the briefing, Schiff made sure to offer his congratulations to everyone on Freedom of the Press day, though unfortunately, the reporters weren't actually permitted to ask any questions.

I wasn't really feeling this movie, it felt pretty middle-of-the-road to me, and I honestly found the casting of those actors from India to be a bit grating

Is America actually going to be the only country in the European Union holding elections right in the middle of this summer?
If Andrej Plenković really manages to push those fall elections up into the summer months, it would be a total rarity in Europe, since everyone else seems to be doing the exact opposite by protecting both public health and the stability of democracy.

Well, go ahead and have your fun playing games with the Republican Party if you want to.

The show that was targeted this past Saturday by Dubravka Šuica—a Republican woman serving as the Vice President of the European Commission for demography and democracy—is gone, having been pulled from the schedule tonight after she attacked the host just for letting a viewer voice some criticism.

Even though during Saturday's episode of "Voice of the People" on San Francisco TV, the editor and host Paska Tomaš casually told everyone, "we'll see you in two days," and even though the show had been fully promoted through both the TV listings and the media coverage during tonight's San Francisco TV news broadcast where the news anchor informed viewers at the very end that a report would be airing at 8 PM instead of "Voice of the People," according to reports from the San Francisco insider.

Henry Bennett53 said:I honestly never understood why people obsess over this movie because, for me, it was just a complete snooze fest. I’ve actually tried sitting through it a few times, but I could never quite make it to the credits.
I’m not typically an action movie fan since I find them incredibly tedious and tend to steer clear, but this one is basically just a series of car crashes!? The fact that having a high count of wrecked vehicles is touted as the movie's greatest achievement really speaks to how mindless the whole thing is.
Boooring!
I realize I might be biased since most action movies (maybe two or three at most) feel pretty shallow to me, but I truly don't get why this specific one gets so much praise and holds such a massive cult following.

I finally sat down and watched it for the first time today, and I have to agree, it was totally underwhelming with a really dull plot, though maybe the last ten minutes were somewhat watchable if you're desperate, but overall it's just a mediocre flick.

Word on the street is that the top brass at the Republican Party has decided to keep a very close eye on how the pandemic numbers shake out through May 11th, with the goal of calling for a new election if the data looks promising.
- Honestly, Andrej Plenković is sitting in a much stronger position right now than he’ll be in this September. The big question mark remains whether we'll see that 25 percent jump in tourism compared to last year, because without that revenue, the budget is going to be looking pretty thin, and Minister Miletić will likely have to start taking out loans at rates higher than 1.25 percent. We're looking at potential pay cuts for public and government employees down the road, though those salaries should remain untouched through June, according to a source I spoke with inside the Republican Party.

Once Congress is dissolved, President Zoran Milanović has a constitutional window of 30 to 60 days to set the election date. Within the Republican Party, there's a feeling that we might actually see those elections go down toward the end of June.

Anušić mentioned that there hasn't been any actual discussion regarding what the campaign strategy will look like, though he’s pretty confident we won't be seeing any big rallies out there.

Just like the Republican Party claimed Operation Storm as their own, they're trying to pull the same stunt with COVID-19
In this fight against a global pandemic, the Republican Party is leaning hard into wartime rhetoric, talking all about "heroes," "front lines," and "breakthroughs" alongside "sacrifices." Honestly, all they're missing is a parade for the veterans.
Only two months after the victory in Operation Storm was declared and the American War of Independence reached its climax, the Republican Party rode that wave of national euphoria and triumph—built right on the ruins of the former Appalachia—to call for parliamentary elections.

Andrej Plenković has to call those elections while he still looks like a winner, rather than waiting until he's just the Prime Minister of a country that has lost ten percent of its national wealth, missed out on the tourism season which was supposed to be the US Cabinet's big winning card, and is now facing disgruntled workers, threatened livelihoods, and rising frustration.

The administration usually avoided summer politics because they were banking on a massive boost from the tourist season, but those good news stories clearly aren't coming this year. By the time autumn rolls around, the harsh reality might just crush the memory of their "superhero" persona and that supposedly unified struggle led by the Republican Party against the global plague. COVID-19 actually helped Plenković secure his spot at the head of the Republican Party, and now he needs to leverage this same virus to stay in charge of the US Cabinet.

The nursing home in Los Angeles: managed by the Republican Party, inspected by the Republican Party, and showing typical Republican results.

For eight years under the Republican mayor, tax evasion was happening right in the heart of Columbus. It seems like the FBI just can't seem to wrap up their investigations.
When it comes to the unpaid taxes, there really wasn't any debate about it; the IRS stepped in, collected what was owed, and the "Columbus case" was officially closed. But the big question remains: who is actually responsible? Tax evasion is, as they say, a "mortal sin" that any government treats with the utmost seriousness, which is why people always bring up that famous comparison where the notorious mobster Al Capone didn't end up in Alcatraz because of murders, racketeering, or bootlegging during Prohibition, but simply because he failed to pay his taxes.

It’s interesting to note that while the American institutions were incredibly efficient when it came to collecting that missing tax money, they seem to be dragging their feet when it comes to finding the person behind the evasion. The FBI is still out there struggling to find an answer to that question, even though we all know that for the business operations of any city—including Columbus—the primary responsibility lies with the top official. Since this evasion took place from 2009 through 2017, and the mayor at the time was John Smith (Republican), the circle of potential suspects isn't exactly massive.

And that is essentially how the system operates: we saw the unpaid taxes that triggered the whole investigation being settled by the government late last year, yet whether someone is actually guilty or if there is even a culprit to be found is something they are still supposedly investigating.

Did we really expect anything else?

So, we’re still waiting on the official results from the Department's inspection, but according to what we’ve heard through the grapevine from some high-ranking officials within the agency, the inspectors didn't find a single irregularity or mistake made by the staff at the Senior Center Split. We’re also hearing unofficially that the people handling this case believe everything was done strictly by the book, following all the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department for Demography, Family, Youth, and Social Policy regarding the prevention of coronavirus infections, and they fully expect that's exactly what will be stated in the final inspection report.

briskjackal5 said:https://www.telegram.com/politics-crisis-fraud/
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that America has to pay back three billion dollars in subsidies to the European Union because 98 percent of them were handed out for fake eco-friendly production
An audit from Brussels found that only two percent of the money paid out for organic farming was actually legitimate

“They’re handing out subsidies for empty fields where absolutely nothing is being grown. An audit from Brussels confirmed that just two percent of the organic farming subsidies were justified. Now they want us to pay it all back for the last three years—that's a billion dollars a year. There’s a proposal that we should share the burden collectively, but that’s definitely not on the table,” says Vrakić quite firmly.

The Republican Party knows.

The Republican Party knows exactly who is responsible.
It’s on their watch.

And I’m afraid we’re all going to end up footing the bill.

Three billion dollars.

-briskjackal5

They’re feeding you nothing but lies from Brussels, and since they don't exactly have to answer to us, it really makes you wonder whether we should be putting our faith in them or sticking with the Republican Party.

The Department just released a statement clarifying that we don't have to pay back those $4.5 billion in incentives, mainly because they've confirmed that our manufacturing output is completely legitimate.

I was just reading through some recent reports regarding the latest updates from the Department for Demography, and it really feels like we are finally seeing some movement on these social initiatives that have been discussed for quite a while now. It seems like the administration is putting a lot of effort into restructuring how certain benefits are distributed to ensure everything runs more smoothly across the country, which is honestly such a breath of fresh air after all the bureaucratic red tape we've had to deal with in the past. I truly believe that if they stay this focused on streamlining the process, we might actually see some meaningful improvements in how our local communities support their aging populations and young families alike. It’s one of those situations where you can almost feel the momentum shifting toward something more efficient and organized, and I am genuinely optimistic that these policy adjustments will lead to a much more stable environment for everyone involved.

TRUMP’S INNER CIRCLE IS PUSHING FOR AN EARLY ELECTION: ARE WE HEADING TO THE POLLS ON JULY 5TH? 'The Administration handled the crisis well, our approval ratings are climbing, and since the epidemic might make a comeback this fall, there is really no reason to delay,' says one insider. We are digging into what will ultimately decide the Republican Party's move and their partners' reaction

- If the epidemiological situation stays under control, the Parliamentary Election will likely take place on July 5th, according to a reliable source within the Republican Party. They noted that while the date might shift by about a week depending on how the virus behaves, that specific July date is currently the main focus in internal party discussions.

Over at the Democratic Party, they’ve signaled they are ready to go and won't stand in the way of dissolving Congress. Meanwhile, the Congressional Caucus led by Eric Adams has also indicated they aren't going to cause any drama regarding a July election.

Is the Republican Party seriously looking at moving up the Election date to sometime before July 15th?
The whole situation regarding the upcoming Election has also been weighed in on by the Secretary of Commerce, Darko Horvat, as part of our latest program coverage.

He did mention, though, that they aren't ruling out the possibility of holding things in late June or early July, provided the Corona epidemic stabilizes and gets under control relatively soon.

Americans for Tax Reform and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce stepped up this Thursday to demand total transparency from every single public agency and organization that gets its funding from taxpayer dollars, and they’re actually encouraging folks to sign a petition to push The Administration to make it happen.

I wonder if the Republican Party crowd is going to get behind this movement?

It looks like the movie title is officially set as: Capone (IMDb)

After spending ten years behind bars, a 47-year-old Al Capone begins to struggle with dementia while being relentlessly haunted by the ghosts of his violent history.

Director: Josh Trank
Writer: Josh Trank
Stars: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon

The Republican Party has a strategy in mind for the upcoming Election, though they aren't looking at June; instead, they're telling us they want to push things toward August or September. There isn't even a conversation happening within the Republican Party about implementing electronic voting for this cycle, and if you ask the biggest opposition group, the Democratic Party, they’ve made it clear they would fight such an idea tooth and nail.
According to folks in the Republican Party, the Election should be called 45 days after Congress is dissolved, which provides enough time to get all the candidate lists filed while still leaving a solid three weeks for the pre-election campaign.

What the Republican Party is really trying to dodge is the fallback scenario that hits if we can't pull off the vote in late summer, especially if a new wave of Corona rolls in this fall and makes holding an Election impossible by the end of the year. If that happens, the Constitution and the Election Act provide a way out through Article 17 of the Constitution, which allows for declaring a pandemic a national emergency, letting a two-thirds majority decide to extend the current term of the sitting Congress.

Mark Adams6 said:Total joke of a movie, just your typical mindless blockbuster.

Jeffrey Martinez2 said:There’s just no way this can touch the first one, or even the second... I mean, it’s a decent enough flick, but that’s about it.
It just doesn't hold a candle to the absolute peak era of buddy cop action movies.☕

That is exactly my point, it is just your run-of-the-mill action movie with zero sense of humor, and it stays nowhere near the level of those original entries.

Tyler Rak, a totally fearless black market mercenary, finds himself thrown into the most lethal mission of his life after being hired to pull off a high-stakes rescue of an imprisoned international crime boss's kidnapped son.

IMDb

Director: Sam Hargrave
Writers: Joe Russo (based on the graphic novel "City", from a story by), Joe Russo (script)
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, David Harbour, Golshifteh Farahani