‘You’ve been so negative’: Trump scolds Ron Johnson into backing down from fierce megabill opposition Someone just got schooled. We Got This Covered · Jun 13, 2025
Senate Mandates 3-Million Acre Public Lands Sale In Budget, Here's How to Fight It After public outcry removed the inclusion of a public lands sell-off in the House version of the 'Big Beautiful Budget Bill', Senate Republicans want to pay for billionaire tax breaks by selling off your public land. RideApart · Jun 13, 2025
Utah Republican proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US lands More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
As American as Due Process Those accused of wrongdoing have the right to challenge the evidence against them before the government takes away their liberty. Reason · Jun 8, 2025
Republicans call for an end to Trump-Musk feud: ‘I hope it doesn’t distract us’ The US president has played down any reconciliation, calling Musk ‘the man who has lost his mind’ The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025
Elon Musk Supports Warren Buffett’s Idea to Ban All Members of Congress from Re-election if the Deficit Exceeds 3% of U.S. GDP Buffett and Musk back a proposal barring Congress from reelection if the deficit exceeds 3% of GDP, sparking bipartisan debate on spending. Barchart · Jun 5, 2025
Public Land Sales Are Back on the Table Thanks to Utah's Mike Lee Utah Senator Mike Lee has stated he plans to put back public land sales into the Trump Administration's RideApart · Jun 5, 2025
Trump "furious" with Musk Musk has criticized the Trump-backed "Big Beautiful Bill," noting it would expand the federal deficit Salon · Jun 4, 2025
Trump wants his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ to sail through the Senate. These five factions stand in the way ANALYSIS: Between fiscal hawks, defenders of Medicaid and a potential stumbling block that may surprise you, this will be the first major test for Majority Leader John Thune, Eric Garcia writes The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025
A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate - Roll Call A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate - Uncategorized Roll Call · Jun 2, 2025
US senator introduces online porn ban proposal to 'safeguard American families', making a tired old 'won't somebody think of the children' argument familiar in videogames Senator Lee says the new definition is "for the internet age so this content can be taken down and its peddlers prosecuted." PC Gamer · May 15, 2025
Bill to make pornography a federal crime introduced by GOP senator Republican Mike Lee seeks to redefine ‘obscenity’ in order to empower prosecutors to punish those who make and distribute ‘extreme’ content online The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
Republicans Want To Redefine Obscenity A new bill would ban sharing visual content that might "arouse" or "titillate." Reason · May 12, 2025
This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage - Roll Call Three key House committees plan to meet this week to mark up Republicans' budget reconciliation plans. Roll Call · May 12, 2025
RideApart · May 8, 2025 A Public Lands Sell-Off Just Got Snuck Into a House Budget Proposal Rather than any sort of real hard look at the federal budget, one done so that actual fraud, waste, and abuse is rooted out in order to balance the budget—DOGE absolutely doesn't count—the current makeup of the House, Senate, and Presidency wants to sell your public lands. I mean, how…
The Conversation · Apr 28, 2025 Trump administration’s attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on ‘national security’ grounds furthers the GOP’s long-held anti-union agenda As the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal workforce, slash nonmilitary spending and curb opposition to its policies, it is taking steps beyond the firing and furloughing of thousands of government workers.
RideApart · Apr 24, 2025 Elon Musk's DOGE Controls Your Public Lands Now DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—controls your public lands now. I wish I was kidding, but on April 17th, supposed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum handed Elon Musk the entirety of America's accumulated public lands. That includes national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and Forestry lands, as well as the…
Roll Call · Apr 16, 2025 Fiscal hawks show a change of heart toward spending bills - Roll Call There are now only two Republicans in Congress who have never backed a regular appropriations or stopgap spending law.
RideApart · Apr 4, 2025 Here’s What I’m Sending Utah's Senators About Preserving Public Lands, You Should Join Me Earlier this week, I had the fortune to speak at length with Randy Newberg, who I consider to be the preeminent conservationist of our time. We talked about what's working, what's not, and how best we can all come together in order to save public lands from those who want…
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2025 Democrats, like Trump, have sought public lands for housing - Roll Call President Donald Trump’s pledge to use public lands to help address the housing crunch has some rare bipartisan support.
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025 Elon Musk responds after Republican senator alleges GOP lawmakers are scared of Trump and DOGE ‘We cannot be cowed into not speaking up’ Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski told reporters Tuesday
Roll Call · Mar 18, 2025 House majority rules: When a 'calendar day' isn't what it seems - Roll Call It can seem like a day on Capitol Hill never ends. Last week the House Rules Committee made that feeling a reality.
The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025 Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it? When Donald Trump’s benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it should perhaps have been more surprising.
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2025 US senator joins Elon Musk in calling for withdrawal from NATO Utah Sen. Mike Lee posted ‘get us out of NATO’ on X on Saturday
Latin Times · Mar 2, 2025 Utah Senator Suggests Allowing 'Pirates' to Take On Cartels: 'Fairly Common at the Time of the American Revolution' Senator Mike Lee also made the proposal back in January, with Elon Musk responding: "this would work very fast"