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The 2nd Trump Administration is now 100 days old. What grade would you give it so far? Terrific? Terrible? Mixed?
#100Days #Trump2 #ReportCard
The Montana #Republican Party recently expelled 9 state senators for working with #Democrats on senate rules (not policy). This means they are no longer Republicans and will not receive party funds. Appropriate? Heavy-handed? What do you think?
Source – https://bit.ly/gopmt
President Trump has proposed forcibly exiling "homegrown" U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons. Thoughts? 🤔
#14A #8A #ValentineVsUnitedStates
The Constitution gives Congress authority over tariffs. Over time, Congress delegated much of that authority to the President. Is it time for Congress to take some of that authority back?
#Tariffs #S1272 #TradeReviewAct
The Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Democratic Biden administration brought corruption charges against the Democratic mayor of New York City, Eric Adams. The DOJ in the Republican Trump administration dropped all the charges against Adams. 𝗪𝗵𝘆?
#EricAdams #DOJ #JudgeHo
President Trump has been talking lately about a 3rd term, which he says is possible. What are your thoughts on this idea?
#22A #Trump
#Civility costs nothing, but its results are invaluable.
👉 https://bit.ly/prb-civil
🎶 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. ❤️
3 times during her testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, #TulsiGabbard said that no classified info was shared on the now infamous "Houthi PC small group" chat. Bombing targets, timing, and weapons are all classified info.
#DNI #Resign
The chat included other Cabinet members and intelligence officials, so it is mind-boggling that no one questioned the use of a commercial app or checked the participant list. Hegseth`s Department of Defense HAS secure apps for communicating military plans.
#FollowYourOwnRules
Dangerous and deeply flawed logic (the opposite is more likely true). Thankfully, the Commerce Department is not in charge of Social Security checks. Makes you wonder what else the Cabinet Secretary is wrong about... 🤔
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182ckTL2KBA&t=2493s
Unpopular speech is an opinion, not a crime, and is protected under the First Amendment for everyone living in the U.S.
#FreeMahmoudKhalil
Impeaching a judge over a ruling is unconstitutional. Appeal don`t impeach.
"... civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." U.S. Constitution, Art. II, Sect. 4
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Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym Richard Saunders (AKA "Poor Richard"), published Poor Richard's Almanack from 1732 to 1758. The almanack provided useful information, proverbial wisdom, and humor to the American colonies.
In keeping with Franklin's legacy, Poor Richard's Blog tackles today’s complex issues and the foundations of the Franklin Party, while hopefully also dispensing some wisdom and good humor along the way.
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Handcuffing the Lifeguard
The role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to protect and promote public health in America. In a sense, you can think of the FDA as the nation’s lifeguard when it comes to food and drug safety. But Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona does not want the FDA to do its job in the area of homeopathy.
An amendment by Representative Biggs to a necessary appropriations bill tells the FDA that it cannot take enforcement action on new homeopathic drugs if the drug meets the guidelines of an 1890 homeopathic manual. The only exception is if the Secretary of Health and Human Services has evidence that the new homeopathic drug is unsafe.
Representative Biggs’ amendment allows homeopathic drug makers to sell new drugs without proving their products are safe and effective, as long as they conform to a homeopathy manual written over 130 years ago, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. The amendment only requires homeopathy drug makers to follow this book, composed before the airplane was invented, while stipulating the FDA can only take action based on evidence.
This is completely backward to how drug approval is usually administered in the U.S. and other countries. Normally it is the responsibility of the drug manufacturer to prove in advance to governing bodies that a drug is safe and effective.
The drug safety laws that Representative Biggs and the homeopathy industry want the FDA to ignore were put in place years ago for good reason – to protect the public against bad medicine. Don’t let Congress handcuff our nation’s food and drug safety lifeguard.
Please use this quick & easy LINK to tell your U.S. Representative to “oppose Representative Biggs’ Appropriations Amendment #4 [homeopathy FDA exemption] to H.R. 4368.”
Let’s keep our lifeguard unshackled.
Yours in republic keeping,
James Carroll
BFPNC Chair
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This congressional appropriations season, please tell your U.S. Representative to oppose Rep. Biggs’ Appropriations Amendment #4 (homeopathy FDA exemption) to H.R. 4368.
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