“The energy provisions of the 900-plus page bill have come under particular scrutiny after last-minute changes phased out clean energy tax credits faster than expected and added new taxes on wind and solar projects.
At the same time, new last-minute inducements were unveiled for fossil fuels, including one classifying coal as a critical mineral when it comes to a government manufacturing credit.
“We’re doing coal,” Trump said in an interview released over the weekend on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” where he also called solar energy projects “ugly as hell.””
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/last-minute-changes-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-stun-clean-energy-industry-and-elon-musk-124435832.html
The Constitution clearly puts the power of deciding to go to war in the hands of the Congress. The attack on Iran was a clear act of war. It was not authorized by Congress. The attack on Iran was unconstitutional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06f9bioCYRY
“China on Friday signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals to the US, hours after White House officials said the two sides had reached a deal, in what would be a major breakthrough following weeks of negotiations over US access to the key materials.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-china-formalize-deal-rare-075006013.html
“The administration is using a process known as “rescission” to pursue the cuts, which allows the White House to ask Congress to claw back money it has already approved. The process has not been successfully used in over two decades, and the Senate rejected a rescission request in 2018, during Trump’s first term.
Lawmakers must approve the cuts within 45 days of the request — July 18 — or Trump is required by law to spend the money. The administration has said that this could be the first of several rescission requests.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/clocks-ticking-codifying-doge-cuts-174930140.html
We’re 8 Years Away From an Automatic 23 Percent Cut in Social Security Payouts
https://reason.com/2025/06/19/were-8-years-away-from-an-automatic-23-percent-cut-in-social-security-payouts/
“it’s perfectly legal for members of Congress to visit ICE detention facilities, even unannounced. And ICE’s attempt to circumvent that requirement threatens the constitutional system of checks and balances.”
https://reason.com/2025/06/19/ice-insists-that-congress-needs-its-permission-to-conduct-oversight/
What’s in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” nearing a final vote in the Senate
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whats-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-172443427.html
Hamas dressed as civilian woman successfully ambushes Israeli APC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttoXFOvXjk
Why Israel’s Adir Is the World’s Only Fully Autonomous F-35 Jet? Here’s Why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM9c3QJDk0U
E-3 Sentry Replacement Shake-Up! – USAF Turns To The Navy’s E-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-m669vukj0