IT: 🖋 Trump signs COVID-19 stimulus package, and... What are your thoughts on the Nashville RV bombing?

by Causes | 12.28.20

Welcome to Monday, December 28th, butters and margarines...

President Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law.

However, the president added a caveat: that he's only signing it "with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed. I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill."

Congress is not required to honor this request.

The president ended his statement saying:

Last week, the president called for Congress to increase the size of stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill to $2000, a demand which was blocked by House Republicans.

Also last week, Trump followed through with his threat to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021 for, among other reasons, not including reforms to liability protections (the aforementioned "Section 230") for social media companies.

Do you support changes to the COVID-19 relief package?

Nashville Blast Suspect Died In Explosion

Authorities are saying the man suspected of setting off a bomb in an RV that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas morning died in the explosion.

Anthony Q. Warner, 63, owned a home in the suburban Nashville community of Antioch.

U.S. Attorney Don Cochran identified Warner as the suspect on Sunday evening, saying they used DNA to determine the remains were Warner’s. The FBI also matched the RV’s vehicle identification number to a registration belonging to Warner.

VETO OVERRIDE?

Congress will convene this week to hold votes on overriding President Trump’s veto of the annual defense authorization bill.

This week is the final week of the 116th Congress, as the 117th Congress is expected to be seated on Sunday, January 3, 2021 ― although lawmakers may still vote to move the first day of the new Congress back until Monday to avoid beginning the new session on a weekend.

The full schedule can be found here or by clicking on the image below.

And, in the End…

Everything is wild for National Card Playing Day.

Where'd they begin? Depends on whom you ask. Playing cards are believed to have originated in China and spread to Persia...or originated in Persia and spread to China.

Hope you win your hand,

—Josh Herman

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