biden is expected to have new sanctions on russia. on saturday, the u.s. firmly accused russia of committing war crimes against humanity in ukraine. putin s war has cost thousands of lives. it is targeted civilians. putin has even taken aim at a maternity hospital in mariupol. as we enter year two of the invasion, there is no clear end in sight. and now there are new concerns about china s involvement. this weekend, u.s. officials warn that china might be providing russia with non lethal military assistance. it could provide lethal assistance in the future. here s what secretary of state anthony blinken said earlier today on msnbc. jen is trying to have it both ways. publicly, and privately as i said we have seen already over the past months. the nonlethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting russia s war. and some further information that we are sharing today. i think it will be out there soon. it indicates that they will have lethal assistance to russ
Hill. Kevin mccarthys inability to satisfy his farright members is leading to a move by matt gaetz to take away the gavel. The only way that Kevin Mccarthy as speaker of the house at the end of this coming week as if democrats bail him out. I think they probably. Well bring it on. Lets start governing. If he is upset because he tried to push a shut down, then lets have that fight. President biden speaking a short time ago for the First Time Since the vote with a clear message for republicans in congress. Enough is enough is enough. This is not that complicated. The brinkmanship passed and. There shouldnt be another crisis. So while there is no shot down, there is a crisis coming on two fronts today. You have the covid era subsidies for childcare, they are relieving thousands of families without the money for daycare. Also ending the freeze on Student Loan Repayment payments that threatens to show people back into financial and security if they cant come up with that money. Theyre cover
Deficit. your thoughts on this? well, you know, this is like a slow boil. it did happen where children and minors were allowed to get m medi-cal and you mentioned california s version of medicaid and then seniors, 55 and older or whatever the number was. the central group and everybody in between the minors are allowed, between the minors and seniors, now will get this free medi-cal. and you know, people in california who can t get insurance because their income might be a little too high or maybe they re entrepreneurs or own businesses, they can t get insurance so they have to pay for insurance and yet, the people that just walk across the border now are qualified for insurance in california. we re already one of the most heavily taxed states. we re going to have a deficit, a budget deficit of over $60 billion this year. and this tacking on another 2 1/2 to, 3 billion dollars for
More labor protections or higher pay. this is something that he is, you know, getting criticized by not only the union but lawmakers. progressive lawmakers meeting last week peppered biden officials about this, asking basically how do we make sure these jobs we re creating are good-paying union jobs. you know, there are some, i think, legislative limitations there. there are things they wanted to get into the law. they didn t end up in the law and so that s presenting a little bit of a challenge. folks are trying to comb through and see exactly what they can do to ensure this. but when you look at, for instance, in october, the first 3 billion dollars of grants for battery makers from the bipartisan infrastructure law, it went to companies that were almost entirely nonunion.
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