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[Frumple]

Nearly three dozen GOP house critters breaking ranks when they're going to be working with a sub-10 majority and the house in general breaking against trump... all I can think is that the DC narcotics market is going to be doing some real brisk business this christmas season.

Kinda' makes me wonder what the odds are a congresscritter ODs in the next few years, someone out there's got to be betting on that.

[martinuzz]

US diplomats in Damascus met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the unofficial leader of the new Syrian regime.
Barbara Leaf, head of the diplomatic delegation said they had a good, extensive conversation about the political transition in Syria.
After the meeting, the US announced that it has withdrawn the 10 million dollar bounty that was offered for information that would lead to his arrest.

[Duuvian]

Michigan House kills hundreds of bills. See what died on final day of Dem control
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-house-kills-hundreds-bills-see-what-died-final-day-dem-control

Michigan lame-duck Legislature: House ends year with tears, fingerpointing
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-lame-duck-legislature-house-ends-year-tears-fingerpointing


In what is becoming a party tradition, a Democrat which these articles say often votes with Republicans has stifled a large number of reforms by walking out and reducing the number present below a quorum. This was only the 4th time in state history (the state was founded in 1837 but I don't know if it's counting from then or before that from time as a territory or even afterwards for some reason I don't remember) that the Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature. This forgets the massive political shift under President Johnson of course; the last time the Democrats held both was prior to that, in the 1930s IIRC from somewhere in the very long second link, as it was updated over days.

[martinuzz]

Trump threatens to take back the Panama canal from Panama if they do not lower the costs for US ships passing through.