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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution aimed at forcing Donald Trump to end the war in Iran unless he receives congressional authorization to continue it.

Tuesday's 50-47 vote marks the first time the chamber has advanced the bill, the eighth attempt at doing so since the conflict began in February.

Four Republicans joined all but one of the Senate's Democrats in voting to pass the bill.


Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump " and AIPAC

The race was widely viewed as a referendum on the president. It was also a test of the pro-Israel lobby's power.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky primary on Tuesday, handing a victory to the president in a race seen as a referendum on Donald Trump.

It also reaffirmed the grip of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in GOP politics.

AIPAC's super political action committee and two other groups backed by pro-Israel donors poured more than $15.8 million into the race either opposing Massie or supporting his opponent, former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, according to Federal Election Commission reports released through Tuesday.


President Trump's special envoy has arrived in Greenland amid reports that the United States is pushing for access to the island's minerals and has demanded the right to station American troops there indefinitely.

Greenlandic politicians are bracing for a major announcement to coincide with Trump's 80th birthday on June 14, as the president's attention returns to the autonomous Danish territory.


The Pentagon's top watchdog says cuts to civilian harm mitigation and response efforts have been so severe under War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the United States cannot adequately protect civilians in conflict zones. read more


Sunday, May 17, 2026

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks suddenly resigned from his position Thursday following accusations of sexual impropriety. read more


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#6

I loved all those shows back in college

And To the Manor Born, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Fawlty Towers... Monty Python, of course. Lots more!

Apparently they still call it, 'the golden era of UK television" across the pond.

Reggie:

www.youtube.com

Good Life/Neighbors

www.youtube.com


Britain was also where most of the music was coming from in that era, and the satire on life, the cultures, the gov, and Everything of Britcoms was really good TV at the time.

Better than Bonanza, which finally went off the air in '73.

#9

www.google.com

Maybe?

www.naplesnews.com

my old hometown newspaper... which once carried a story about a famous comedienne who once told a joke about how all the old people don't live in Naples... all the old people live in Sarasota.

Their parents live in Naples.

Wow... Ferrell stole my haircut!

bloodsnlreviews.com

It's cool, though. I can pass for him again now.

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