@#1 ... Each side -- those in favor of permanent standard time, which means having more light earlier in the day, versus those who want year-round daylight saving time and more light in the evenings -- insists that Trump is in their camp. ...

Wait, what?

The GOP seems to be confused about what Pres-elect Trump has been saying?

That is a surprise .... why?

More from the article...

... Trump waded into the longtime sore subject Friday, surprising " and perplexing " some lawmakers.

Each side -- those in favor of permanent standard time, which means having more light earlier in the day, versus those who want year-round daylight saving time and more light in the evenings -- insists that Trump is in their camp.

"I'm confused," said Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), a major proponent of the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent but allow states to opt in to standard time. "I think he just doesn't want the clocks to go back and forth."

Trump pledged on social media Friday that "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't," adding that daylight saving time is "inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation." ...

@#20

One thing that is evident from the bills cited in #20 ..

Pres Biden worked to pass bills that would benefit the Country in the long term, even if that meant he might not get credit for the results of those bills that were passed because those benefits would not become visible for years.

Pres Biden seemed to be interested in the Country's future.

@#11 ... Trump was finally a good student at something. ...

Oh, I would not give Pres-elect trump that much credit.

He seems to be just obeying the orders he is receiving.

Not really a surprise ...

More from the article...

... Right now.

In written guidance

, opens new tab released on Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said "individuals who are in senior government or senior political positions" should "immediately review and apply" a series of best practices around the use of mobile devices.

The first recommendation: "Use only end-to-end encrypted communications. ...

More from the article...

... Researchers, who were alerted to the jaw-dropping scientific discovery in Orange County, spent about two and a half days digging at the home, uncovering more mastodon bone fragments and a complete adult jaw.

Mastodons are related to the modern day elephant and now-extinct mammoths. Historians say the ancient beasts lived across the Earth, but only fossils found in North America have been strictly identified.

"I'm thrilled that our property has yielded such an important find for the scientific community," the homeowner said in a statement. ...

@#24 ... That's one of his superpowers. ...

Similar to his saying that Mexico would pay for the wall?

Good grief, who believes his verbal miasma?

@#59

Well, yeah.

But, what else yer got?

@#4

coverall

--- should have been ---

collateral

Sometimes, spell-check is not your friend. :)

@#2 ... "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any!" ...

Wow, I had forgotten that aspect ...

@#3

Don't hold back.

Do say what's on your mind. :)

Also, if I may suggest, maybe provide the comment you are talking about?

I'm thinking coverall damage and all that.

@#56 ... But you resign at the last second and that makes it null and void? ...

At the moment, that seems to be fmr Rep Gaetz's (and his supporters') tactic.

More from the article in #7

... "If you just walk away and say. We're just raising the debt ceiling, in some ways, you pay a penalty by higher interest rates into the future," he said. "There's no more free options anymore." ...

Higher interest rates.

@#18 ... Site management has said something about "don't post whole articles". ...

Yeah, but more interesting to me on this thread is the apparent lame deflection attempt.

What is the concern about the topic of the thread that seems to require such a lame deflection attempt?

@#17 ... Then why do you post so much of the article? ...

The deflection attempts of your current alias seem to be getting weaker and weaker.

What else yer got?

Maybe a comment on the topic of the article?

Of course, that may be too much to ask from your current alias.

                                ;)

More from the article...

... Upon calling, users hear a voice say, "Hello again, it's ChatGPT, an AI assistant. Our conversation may be reviewed for safety. How can I help you?" Callers can ask ChatGPT anything they would normally ask the AI assistant and have a live, interactive conversation.

During a livestream demo of "Calling with ChatGPT" during Day 10 of "12 Days of OpenAI," OpenAI employees demonstrated several examples of the telephone-based voice chat in action, asking ChatGPT to identify a distinctive house in California and for help in translating a message into Spanish for a friend. For fun, they showed calls from an iPhone, a flip phone, and a vintage rotary phone. ...

@#10 ... Please post the rest of the article. ...

It's called the "web" for a reason.

Just follow the link I posted.

:)

@#9

Forgot to add, my comment was directed at the link in #7.

Whoa, that's an interesting article you cite ...

The title is: Lawmakers caught off guard by Trump debt ceiling demand

From that article...

...Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill, rejecting a sweeping bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown this week.

Trump said in a joint statement with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said that while the party wants disaster aid and support for farmers -- issues that are tackled in the temporary funding plan -- he wants Congress to pass a "streamlined spending bill" that doesn't give Democrats "everything they want" and has "an increase in the debt ceiling."

"The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed," the statement read.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she was "surprised" by the demand. ...

@#53 ... Only the ones in the news and not the millions and millions of Christians who don't. ...

I do not disagree.

But the ones being accused and convicted seem to be leaders ("elders") within the Christian movement.

And if that is what the leaders are doing ...

@#4 ... Hasn't it been for a while now? ...

Sadly, imo, more of an influence than I think may be appropriate.

But such seems to be Social Media of late.

@#4 ... That would be Senior Co-President Elect, ...

What is the distinction you draw to earn the Senior appellation?