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Congress was granted many powers under Article I of the Constitution. Recently, lawmakers under current GOP majorities have ceded much of their authority to the president, while Washington is plagued by gridlock, and Congress is marginalized. The US House and Senate are for the most part failing to address many problems facing Americans, and whether they are optimistic that Congress beset by partisanship, gerrymandering, and the president's pressures to do his bidding – could one day find its way again.

On this super Sunday of sports, we take a look at junior varsity Vance, the understudy of weird billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, who serves as JD Vance’s political mentor and primary financial backer. They met in 2011 at Yale Law School and have since maintained a close professional relationship, with Thiel hiring Vance at Mithril Capital and contributing $15 million to Vance's 2022 Senate race.

We know that liars will unconsciously distance themselves from their subject, The co-worker is doing that when, rather than using his colleague’s name, he says, “I told that woman I did not take her bagel.”
Qualifying language: Statements like “in all honesty” or “to tell you the truth” can be other telltale signs you’re being lied to. Now, it’s also true that many people use phrases like these innocently enough in conversation. But given their potential association with dishonesty.
Questionable content: Ask a deceptive person to tell their story, they’re going to pepper it with way too much detail in all kinds of irrelevant places,
Vocal characteristics: People who are lying may sound tense, and their voices may be more high-pitched than usual.

This is the annotated "4-point forensic" image that's been circulating, essentially a visual version of Laura Loomer's original complaints. Let us take a look at what we see at each marked point, and cross-reference against what's been reported to date.

The following figures are consistent with the fiscal picture, but they benefit from a bit of context.

Here's what they mean:

No court ruling yet — it's still inside the FCC. This hasn't reached a federal judge. Right now it's playing out through the FCC's own administrative process:

ABC filed its "reply comments" on July 7 defending "The View" as a bona fide news program under a 2002 FCC precedent, arguing the government can't "sit in an editor's chair."
More than 77,000 public comments were submitted, with an undeniable majority backing "The View" and free speech, according to ABC's filing.
ABC is also arguing the FCC's selective focus — going after daytime/late-night TV while leaving talk radio alone — isn't evenhanded regulation.
The FCC pushed back through a spokesperson, saying ABC should focus on compliance rather than "misleading the public."
There's a separate wrinkle worth watching: the sole Democratic FCC commissioner, Anna Gomez, has alleged the agency offered other ABC affiliates amnesty for late equal-time disclosures but withheld that same offer from the Disney-owned station now under investigation — which, if it holds up, would be a much sharper claim of selective/unequal treatment than the broader "bias" argument.
Separately, ABC's local station license renewals are also under review, with public opposition to those due July 29 and replies due in August.

This could be an unexpected, unprovoked, or unfair blow delivered metaphorically for a sudden, emotional shock. These individuals are Trump loyalists and Republican donors.