Congress Tries Giving Itself $69,000 Raise for Christmas; Pixar and Disney Retreat from Trans Indoctrination, by Al Perrotta

By Al Perrotta, The Stream, December 19, 2024

Al Perrotta is The Stream’s Washington bureau chief, coauthor with John Zmirak of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration, and coauthor of the counterterrorism memoir Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself Against Terrorism.

Today’s Brew starts out on Capitol Hill.

Continuing Resolution: Meet the New Swamp. Same as the Old Swamp … Or Did the Swamp Take One on the Chin?

We are six days from Christmas, but Congress is already offering enormous gifts to the Washington establishment and a lump of coal to the American taxpayer.

A 1,547-page continuing resolution that will keep the government running is loaded with provisions that should put anyone who supports it on Santa’s naughty list.

For example, Congress is giving itself a $69,000 pay raise, plus they want to exempt themselves from Obamacare. And in a rather insidious move, tucked away in the massive document is a provision that would block subpoenas for House data. For example, as Benny Johnson points out, if We the People want to dig into the shenanigans of the J6 Committee, we’d be out of luck. ….

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