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politicalhumor·Political Humorbykreskin

Congressional dems invoke rarely used 1865 fisticuffs law to battle GOP for house floor time

While it hasn't been used in 170 years, a forgotten trial by combat law still exists in Washington DC.

A group of 8 congressional dems challenged an 80 year old republican for floor time to debate a new bill to restore medicaid to its previous funding. Here is a video of the combat.

https://www.tiktok.com/@aikidoforglasgow/video/7527073992214105366

Congressional dems invoke rarely used 1865 fisticuffs law to battle GOP for house floor timehttps://www.tiktok.com/@aikidoforglasgow/video/7527073992214105366Open linkView original on lemmy.world
politics·politics bykreskin

Democrats tap freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin to deliver response to Trump’s March 4 joint address to Congress

New Democrat coalition (pro-business centrists), and Problem Solvers cuacus (committee emphasizing bipartisan) darling up and comer Elissa Slotkin will detail the DNC democrats rebuttal to Trumps speech. Its unclear whether she will talk about Democrat's positions on key issues.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/politics/elissa-slotkin-democrat-response-trump/index.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
news·Newsbykreskin

Astronomers are closely monitoring a newly discovered asteroid with a slightly increased chance of hitting Earth

For those people wishing for "giant meteor" in the last US election, your desired meteor has finally arrived. The 40x90 meter fast moving meteor currently has a 2.2% likelihood of hitting earth. The effects of its impact would be severe but regional. For scale, the 30x98 meter meteor that hit the Podkamennaya Tunguska River Siberian forest in 1908 impacted 2150 sq meters (830 square miles).

Due to its lateness, smaller than needed size, lack of probable impact, and likeliness to actual deliver zero results, the meteor has been named "Centris" by observers.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/science/asteroid-2024-yr4-earth-risk/index.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world

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