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Breaking: Republicans Cancel Votes to Avoid Embarrassment as Trump Becomes Lame Duck
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House Republicans canceled votes over war powers resolutions that would have stopped Trump's war in Iran because they didn't want the President to face embarrassment. Senate Republicans revolted, leading to the Senate being sent home until June over the $1.8 billion weaponization fund. We're getting to the point where the President is entering lame duck status. We knew it would happen. We didn't know it would happen this soon. There is no question, no denying, the President of the United States has an iron grip over the Republican Party as it relates to elections. If he endorses against you, you're likely to lose. We've seen it in Indiana, we've seen it in Kentucky, in Louisiana. But those inside Congress, the Republican nominees already Trump isn't going to endorse a Democrat over Republican and so he has no power over them. And we're seeing it play out in real time. At the same time, we're learning more about why the President of the United States needed that audit settlement. See, Donald Trump owed or potentially owed more than $100 million to the IRS if audits of his, him and his companies continued no longer given the new settlement. And it comes as the Trump administration sought to seize voting machines across the country in an effort to federalize elections. I have all the latest like Comment Share get the word out and if you can subscribe to support my work by clicking the link below to my substack or upgrading a subscription today. Last night you haven't watched Stephen Colbert's last show. That is what happens when media censorship takes over. Media censorship canceled Colbert show and now more than ever, independent media is important to ensure that the truth gets out. So subscribe if you can. Today this morning, House Republicans canceled House Republicans canceled a vote on war powers resolution to stop Trump's war in Iran. Watch the moment it happened.
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Speaker, can you explain to the members of the chamber what is happening with the Iran War Powers Resolution that was scheduled to be voted on this evening? The gentleman have a parliamentary question that is my Parliamentary inquiry. I just want to know what has happened with the Iran War Powers Resolution.
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The gentleman may consult with your leadership
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regarding scheduling, Mr. Speaker. Further parliamentary inquiry. Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that it's costing tens of billions of dollars? Gas prices are through the roof. People can't afford. People can afford their groceries. Is that why you're pulling it? You guys don't have the. The House will be in order.
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They didn't have the votes and that is pretty stunning. House Republicans canceled a vote to end Donald Trump's war in Iran because they were worried that they would lose that vote. The Senate already voted to advance the same measure. Four Republicans flipped and many more House Republicans were preparing to flip overnight. And House Republicans canceled votes and left town until June. It came after Senate Republicans canceled votes and left town until June. Not over the War Powers Resolution because they already faced that revolt, but rather over that $1.8 billion weaponization fund. With that fund came and audit protection for the President. And we're learning why he may want to have that. A ProPublica investigation revealed that Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, losing a year long audit battle over claims that could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. The Trump Organization built a 92 story glass sheet sky skyscraper along the Chicago River. It's the tallest, at least for now, the last major construction project by Trump. But combination of cost overruns and the bad luck of opening in the teeth of the Great Recession, it also lost a whole lot of money. And so the Trump family, the Trump administration, the Trump Company. When I say the Trump administration, I mean Trump companies in the Trump Organization, they wrote it off as a loss. The first write off came in 2006. They reported losses as high as $651 million for that year. Okay, I arrested and challenged that initial claim. But in 2010, Trump and his advisors tried to do it again. Here's how they did it. They shifted the company that owned the tower into a new partnership because Trump controlled both companies. It was like moving from your left pocket to your right pocket. And afterwards, they declared another $168 million in additional losses over the next decade. If audits proceeded as planned, Trump would have owed a tax bill of more than $100 million, along with interest, which would rack up pretty quickly, and potential penalties from the irs, which would also rack up pretty quickly. But now he won't have to do that because the audit settlement agreement in place alongside that weaponization fund blocks these audits from continuing. But as I've reported and as I've spoken to folks, this audit agreement can be undone and these audits can be restarted later after Trump leaves office. But that's not all we're learning. We're learning today that Donald Trump has used his office for personal financial gain in more ways than any other president in American history. Remember that recent ethics disclosure that showed Trump make more than 3,600 trades? We learned today that those trades were worth up to $750 million in the first three months of 2026 alone. For perspective, that is more than the entire United States House and the entire United States Senate trade. In a typical year, 535 members of Congress trade less collectively than Donald Trump did in the first three months alone of 2026. And while everyone is talking about what's happening on Capitol Hill, the White House quietly tried to seize voting machines across the country and federalize the upcoming elections. See According to Reuters, Trump's election securities are Kurt Olson sought to ban voting machines used in more than half US States by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare the components national security risks. A member of the administration's election integrity team took apart machines taken from Puerto Rico. Remember Tulsi Gabbard, the director of National Intelligence, went down and seized voting machines to see whether or not their company the components of the voting machines came from adversary countries. The Election Star then pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems. The idea emerged, and Olson and other officials brainstormed about how the federal government could take over elections from US States, an idea publicly aired by Trump. Now, this plan didn't go anywhere. It died. But this is where they're thinking. They're also thinking of possibly curbing international travel to blue cities. Mark Wayne Mullen, the new chief at the Department of Homeland Security, floated an idea of cutting federal screening of international passengers and cargo in cities with sanctuary policies, which would limit cooperation with ice. Such a move would trigger flight cancellations to airports like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other major cities. Many thought he was just joking, but that's not true because now we're learning. According to the Atlantic, that last week Mullen convened a small group of airline and travel industry executives at at headquarters in Washington, telling them he may reduce Customs and Border Protection in Washington, and told them that cities like Portland, New York City, Washington, Dulles and others could lose resources and as a result, curb international travel into those cities. We'll see what he ends up doing. If he ends up doing it, I'll have more updates for you very soon. As always, Like Comment Share subscribe subscribe to my substack link below to support my work. See you soon for more warning the
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