Monday, May 18, 2026
Senate Parliamentarian won't let Republicans spend $1 billion through phony reconciliation interpretation to rebuild East Wing destroyed by the MAGA drone in the Oval Office
Trump ballroom money in question after Senate parliamentarian rules. Thune says GOP will persist
... Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough determined Saturday that the provision, which included $220 million for security upgrades tied to the East Wing ballroom project, fell outside the jurisdiction of the Senate Judiciary Committee. ... The White House and Senate Republicans have framed the $1 billion as Secret Service funding for security upgrades, not direct construction money for the ballroom. ... MacDonough has already ruled against several other pieces of the measure, forcing GOP leaders to revise multiple provisions as they try to keep the package on track. ...
Mein Führer . . . I CAN WALK !!
Elon Musk compares his company’s work to that of Jesus
... “It has enabled people who have completely lost their brain-body connection to speak again … and we believe it will enable people to walk again,” Musk said of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface, or BCI, technologies.
... “Restoring control of people who are tetraplegics and restoring sight I think are pretty big deals,” Musk said on Monday at the conference, adding: “They’re sort of what I might call Jesus-level technologies.” ...
Sheriff says not to worry because no one has told him that he should . . . ROFLMAO
... Cuba has acquired 300 military drones ...
... thousands of Cuban veterans of Russia’s war with Ukraine have come home to tell their leaders of the effectiveness of drones on the battlefield. U.S. officials have learned more about Cuba’s drone program from Venezuela since removing Nicolás Maduro from power earlier this year ...
A Blue Wave is building in the 2026 Generic Congressional Vote with Democrats now +7.2 points
As usual politics at the extremes is less about voting for someone and more about voting against someone.
All you have to do most of the time is not piss off the voters.
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