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Almost five months after the January 6th Capitol Riot took place, Congress is taking action to prevent a similar incident from happening again through a "January 6th Commission" that Democrats are trying to put together to look into the root cause of the riot. The commission has been heavily backed by Democrats, but has been […]
The new China-Russia Iron Curtain that has risen in the east continues to cast a dark shadow over American and Latin American interests, as both nations continue to strategize together over garnering more control over natural, economic, and infrastructure resources of several nations in South America.
On top of the thousands of rockets fired into Israel, Middle East tensions have sparked massive political theatre here at home, leading many progressives such as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to call Israeli aid "an act of terrorism." However, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) has not taken kindly to the rhetoric, calling Israel a "non-negotiable" issue. […]
Weeks after Israel first started taking indiscriminate attacks from the Hamas terrorist group, many political figures have hesitated to comment on the delicate issue while Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has gone as far as accusing Israel of committing war crimes. However, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) believes that Democrats at large are divided over the conflict between Israel […]
Washington D.C.- Although it has been almost a year now since the Black Lives Matter riots plagued major American cities, some Republicans think the anti-police sentiment is still present in national politics, including Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) who claims political pressure has made anti-police rhetoric "even worse," and recently said that many House Democrats are […]
On the heels of a scathing New York Times investigative report on Big Tech Giant Apple and the apparent compromising of the operations in the People’s Republican of China, where it is alleged that it has ceded control to the Communist Chinese government, Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) told The Floridian that this kind of behavior is exactly what is...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives voted and passed H.R. 3233, the measure to convene a national 9/11 style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot that took place, but while the vote was expected to come down along political party lines, some thirty or so of their members voting alongside Democrats to push the vote through,...
Washington D.C.- Amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continues to dominate the world news, many Democratic politicians have been hesitant to publicly support Israel, including President Joe Biden, who Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) claims "doesn't have a backbone" after he appeared to remain complacent to the "radical left" Congresswomen who are advocating for Palestinians. "Where is […]
After taking a shot a Senator Marco Rubio late last week, and after POLITICO reported that she was considering a senate challenge to Sen. Rubio in 2022, Rep. Val Demings (D) has officially announced that she "seriously considering a run for the Senate."
As the President faces criticism from his party over his stance, some lawmakers like Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) are calling for the President to “suspend all aid to the Palestinians” as the conflict ensues.
Florida Rep.Brian Mast (R), the U.S. Army combat veteran who lost both his legs and a digit while serving in Afghanistan, is accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leadership of siding with the terrorist group Hamas the state of Israel.
While tensions rise in the Middle East, politicians at home are continuing to grapple with the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which has prompted Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to call out Democrats' indecisive action on Israel. Although President Biden (D) has claimed he backs Israel, little to nothing has been done, including […]
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R) becomes the latest member of the U.S. House of Representatives to join the bipartisan call for members to “Stand with Israel” and had given House Democrats like Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib an ultimatum: “Either you stand with Israel or you stand with terrorists.”
As the chasm between Israelis and Palestinians deepens as a result of the ongoing terrorist attacks by the Gaza Strip-based Hamas terror group, the Israeli-Palestinian violence divides congressional Democrats, particularly the pro-Israel Democratic and anti-Israel Democratic factions within the U.S. House of Representatives. The House’s only two Muslim-American legislators, Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just announced that it has all but lifted the indoor and outdoor mask mandate for anyone that is fully vaccinated.
This week in Washington, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) added to his long history of supporting veterans. After putting veterans first in the vaccine rollout and being named the most effective Republican in the House, Rep. Bilirakis recently saw his bipartisan measure, the Moms Who Served Act, passed in the House of Representatives. The bill passed […]
Senator Rick Scott (R) and congressional Republicans continue to criticize President Joe Biden over his perceived failure to act on the growing illegal immigration “border crisis” that the president himself has now acknowledged as being “a border crisis.
Cuban and American relations have been quite tense historically, to say the least, but  Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) is making a bipartisan push with Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) to focus on victims of Cuban socialism and the Castro regimes oppression decades-long human rights atrocities. Rep. Murphy's bill looks to help reunite Cuban exiles with their families.
