Senate Majority Leader John Thune apparently values vacation over confirming President Trump’s incredible nominees, including ones in the judiciary.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel August recess to get his judicial nominees confirmed. The Senate traditionally takes a month-long vacation at this point in the year, even though they don’t work enough to begin with.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT” Trump wrote on July.

Thune previously said he would consider the president’s request. He seemingly understood the importance of getting nominees confirmed, particularly as black-robed tyrants appointed by Democratic presidents continue to sabotage Trump’s agenda single-handedly.

But Thune and the rest of the Senate have now made their choice, which should infuriate all conservatives.

Andrew Desidero of Punchbowl News reports that Thune will keep senators to confirm Trump’s nominees for a few days, but not close to the whole month.

Instead, Thune and the rest of the Senate GOP want to spend the rest of August selling the Big, Beautiful Bill to their constituents.

Trump has approximately 135 outstanding appointments remaining. Most will remain on standby until the Senate returns in September.

From Punchbowl News:

Trump & his closest allies are prodding Thune to keep the Senate in session well into August to confirm noms. While Thune will keep them here for a few days into the recess, what Trump is calling for (scrapping recess) won’t happen.

Thune/R’s want to sell OBBB.

At the same time, Trump & his closest allies are prodding Thune to keep the Senate in session well into August to confirm noms

While Thune will keep them here for a few days into the recess, what Trump is calling for (scrapping recess) won’t happen

Thune/R’s want to sell OBBB

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) July 29, 2025

Reminder: your tax dollars will be funding this inactivity.

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German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) has published a report (behind a paywall) claiming that the European Union has made a severe economic threat against Ukraine, following the lightning-fast approval, on July 21, of legislation to scrap the independence of the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO.

And now, it seems that the threats have already materialized.

TASS reported:

“The European Union informed Ukraine on July 24 that all financial assistance has been ‘put on hold’ pending the resolution to concerns over the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies, the Ekonomicheskaya Pravda (or Economic Truth) newspaper reported, citing sources within the Ukrainian government, parliament and diplomatic circles.

The suspension primarily affects the ERA program (Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine) program, which was to provide 17.2 billion euro in emergency loans funded by frozen Russian assets until end of year, and the Ukraine Facility program, which was to allocate 12.5 billion euro in financial support.

The Ukrainian parliament is set to review the draft law aimed at guaranteeing the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), on Thursday, July 31. Since no aid tranches were expected in the coming days, the passage of the new law in the Verkhovna Rada could lead to a resumption of EU funding, eliminating any real consequences of the debacle for Kiev.”

This acomes after the EU had already suspended €1.5 bn in aid over the crackdown on the abti-corruption agencies.

The EU has finally hit the pause button on Zelensky’s blank check in Ukraine. The EU has cut €1.5 bn in aid over corruption.

UKRAINE = ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT NATIONS IN THE WORLD. pic.twitter.com/LK5da2OCLq

— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) July 27, 2025

Ukrainska Pravda reported:

“EU officials are preparing for a scenario in which, on Thursday 31 July, during a vote in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament), MPs either fail to pass any legislation restoring the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), or adopt amendments that result in only partial restoration.

As reported by Ekonomichna Pravda, ‘on 24 July, EU representatives informed PM Svyrydenko’s government via diplomatic channels that they are suspending all financial aid to Ukraine’. ‘Everything is on pause until the situation is rectified’, one source stated.

An EU official involved in this communication confirmed to European Pravda that Brussels has indeed issued a warning to Kyiv but clarified the scope of the freeze: ‘Yes, the EU has warned Kyiv. If the law is not passed, loans financed through revenues from frozen Russian assets under the ERA program will stop – we will simply stop disbursing them. Funding from the EBRD and EIB will also be suspended’, the official stated on condition of anonymity.”

Read more:

Zelensky Stripped Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agencies of Power Because They Were Investigating Officials Linked to His Grey Eminence Andriy Yermak: REPORT

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Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has insisted she deserved the top spot on the House Oversight Committee because she had a larger social media following .

Crockett, who is widely considered a Democratic rising star for her vulgar and exaggerated rants, said in a weekend profile with The Atlantic that she should not have been passed over for the position.

The profile explains:

She was losing her race to serve as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, she told me, a job she felt well suited for. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were planning to vote for the senior-most person in the race, even though that person wasn’t actually a Black Caucus member, Crockett complained.

California members were siding with the California candidate. One member was supporting someone else in the race, she said, even though “that person did the worst” in their pitch to the caucus.

Crockett was starting to feel a little used. Some of her colleagues were “reaching out and asking for donations,” she said, but those same colleagues “won’t even send me a text back” about the Oversight job.

To Crockett, the race had become a small-scale version of the Democratic Party’s bigger predicament. Her colleagues still haven’t learned what, to her, is obvious: Democrats need sharper, fiercer communicators.

“It’s like, there’s one clear person in the race that has the largest social-media following,” Crockett told me.

Despite her audacious bid for the role, even Crockett proved to be a step too far for her Democratic colleagues.

While she never made it to the voting stage, she dropped out after admitting that she had failed to garner much support.

“It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what they were looking for, and so I didn’t think that it was fair for me to then push forward and try to rebuke that,” Crockett said at the time.

She also acknowledged that “people may be disappointed” by her loss but vowed to remain a “team player” within the Democratic caucus.

Crockett, who is notorious for her lack of intellectual capabilities, recently insisted that all political violence is coming from Trump supporters and the MAGA movement.

“Violence doesn’t come from Democrats, just to be clear,” she said in a recent podcast appearance.

“Obviously, anyone can be a criminal. But it is MAGA. It is the specifically MAGA faction.”

Thicko Rep. Jasmine Crockett Claims Democrats Are Never Violent — Then Insists Trump Assassins Were MAGA Supporters (VIDEO)

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Bass Ndiaye, a Senegalese national who illegally entered the U.S. in 2023, attempted to stab ICE officers and about a dozen detainees using a pair of scissors while awaiting processing at the 26 Federal Plaza facility in New York City. Ndiaye had been arrested by ICE and was disarmed by law enforcement officers during the incident, preventing any injuries. He faces federal charges of assaulting a U.S. officer with a deadly weapon, which carries a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

In a separate incident, a viral video captured a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, where a white man was stomped on by a group of black people after an argument escalated. A white woman who attempted to intervene was knocked unconscious with a punch to the face by a man as well, resulting in blood pouring from her mouth and serious injuries requiring recovery time. Cincinnati police have charged five individuals in connection with the assault, with more arrests expected.

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