Embedded Files
Next Meeting: 9/08/25, 7 PM, Ozark-Dale Library
Focus on Other Actions and Statements By Republicans (Maybe Not Covered Elsewhere) That are Either Outrageous or Otherwise Detrimental to the General Public (Post November 2024 Elections):
AP News: Defamation case against Fox News highlights role of its hosts in promoting 2020 election falsehoods
Comment: Court papers in a voting technology company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News point to Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro as leaders in spreading false stories about election fraud in the weeks after Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in 2020."
"Arguments for summary judgment by Smartmatic were filed in lightly redacted form this week at the New York Supreme Court. It’s like a bad rerun for Fox: Similar revelations about its conduct following the 2020 election came in a lawsuit by another company falsely accused of doctoring votes, Dominion Voting Systems. Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787 million in a 2023 settlement after the judge found it was 'CRYSTAL CLEAR' that none of the claims against the voting system company were true."
"In short: Fox let Trump aides spread conspiracy theories despite knowing they were false because it was what their viewers wanted to hear. Fox was trying to hold on to viewers who were angry at the network for saying Biden had won the election."
Comment: "The focus on Pirro is noteworthy because the former Fox personality now serves in Trump's second administration as U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C."
"Smartmatic, relying on emails and text messages revealed as part of the case, said Pirro was using her position as a Fox host in 2020 to help Trump and persuade him to pardon her ex-husband, Albert Pirro, who was convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion. Trump pardoned him before leaving office in 2021."
"In a text to then-Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in September 2020, Pirro said, 'I’m the No. 1 watched show on news cable all weekend. I work so hard for the President and the party,' Smartmatic said in court papers."
Axios: Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100-seat Republican majority
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/trump-redistricting-republican-100-seats-mail-voting
Comment: "President Trump shared his ultimate voting reform goal in a Wednesday Truth Social post, saying he wants the GOP to pick up 100 congressional seats."
"Why it matters: Trump's unrealistic vision of a Republican supermajority in the House relies on a combination of GOP-led states redistricting out Democrats and ending mail-in balloting nationwide."
Comment: So, a 100 seat pickup, not based on popular public policies, but based instead on gerrymandering and changes to the election process. This should give you an indication of the level of election corruption that Trump and the GOP will engage in to attempt to achieve Trump's fantasy. What will you do, as a citizen, to stop this level of corruption?
Axios: Trump threatens "harsh measures" against Colorado if Tina Peters is not freed from prison
https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/08/21/trump-threat-colorado-tina-peters
Comment: "The remark, made Thursday on his Truth Social platform, is the latest attempt by Trump to intervene on behalf of Peters, one of the nation's most prominent 2020 election deniers."
Comment: "Last October, a Colorado judge sentenced Peters to 8 ½ years and six months in jail after a jury found her guilty on seven of 10 counts related to her role in tampering with county voting equipment after the 2020 election."
Comment: "Federal authorities cannot overturn a state court conviction, raising questions about the premise of Trump's threat."
Comment: "The administration could target Colorado by withholding federal funds or pursuing legal action regarding the state's immigration laws."
Comment: Another attempt at intimidation and abuse of power?
Video: ‘It’s nuts’: Lawmaker reacts to Trump referring to himself as a ‘war hero’ - August 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuB4P7i6XGg
Comment: Reaction from former GOP congressman and military pilot Adam Kinzinger.
CBS News: Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in public school classroom
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ten-commandments-texas-abbott-law-blocked-federal-judge/
Comment: The outrage is that this law was passed to begin with. Shouldn't the Ten Commandments be taught in church, rather than public schools?
Video: Trump says the Smithsonian is too focused on ‘how bad slavery was’ - August 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcwNF5bVN6I
Comment: Trump wants to rewrite history to support his narrative, at the expense of the truth.
PBS: Oklahoma to require ideology test for teachers from New York and California
Comment: "Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against 'radical leftist ideology,' but which opponents decry as a 'MAGA loyalty test.' ”
"Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against 'radical leftist ideology,' but which opponents decry as a 'MAGA loyalty test.' ”
" 'As long as I am superintendent, Oklahoma classrooms will be safeguarded from the radical leftist ideology fostered in places like California and New York,' Walters said in a statement."
The Independent: DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts
Comment: "A speechwriter at the Department of Homeland Security has been linked to hateful posts on social media, reportedly claiming that American conservatives are ostracized like the Jews were in Nazi Germany."
"A blog post reportedly authored by Eric Lendrum celebrated the January 6 insurrection and compared the following fallout for conservatives to the Holocaust and slavery, Notus reported.
Comment: "His podcast, The Right Take, is listed in the author’s description on the site. On one episode of the podcast, he said he liked watching videos of scared legislators during the Jan 6 insurrection."
" 'There’s something so gratifying about seeing the images of these members of Congress — especially the Democrats — crouching under their chairs, putting on those stupid, like, bubble masks, those anti-gas bubble masks, and then taking selfies,' a laughing Lendrum said just days after the Capitol riot."
"In another episode, published in October 2022, Lendrum said immigrants put Europe at risk, while also backing the 'great replacement theory.' The far-right theory claims that nonwhite immigrants are damaging the influence of white people."
Comment: The examples listed above are only a part of Lendrum's personal public statements.
Comment: " 'The DHS Office of Public Affairs states that a speechwriter at the department is responsible for preparing 'speeches, talking points, editorials, Congressional testimony, video scripts, web content, and other written content for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.' The department ranks as the largest federal law enforcement agency."
Comment: This guy is responsible for preparing speeches for Kristi Noem, and helping to speak for DHS?
Inside the fight to stop US from destroying $10M of contraceptives
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5455267-contraceptives-destruction-lawmakers-activists/
Comment: "The contraceptives have been sitting in a warehouse in Belgium for months after President Trump froze all U.S foreign aid and shuttered USAID earlier this year."
" 'They are not even close to being expired,' said Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins, president and CEO of reproductive health rights group PAI, adding the government 'could redistribute them or could let an entity or a set of entities acquire them, but the administration has opposed that.' ”
"Lawmakers, activists and reproductive health nonprofits alike have decried the move as a waste of taxpayer money that will hurt millions of women and girls in the developing world."
" 'It’s a death sentence that’s written in policy,' Kazi Hutchins said."
"More than 75 percent of the stockpile was earmarked for five countries in Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mali and Congo, according to a report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation."
The Daily Beast: Trump Says He’ll Make His Own Crime Stats to Justify Takeover
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-hell-make-his-own-crime-stats-to-justify-takeover/
Comment: "President Donald Trump says data showing crime decreasing in Washington, D.C., is fake and has a novel way to fix it: releasing his own crime statistics."
"After firing the labor statistics chief because he didn’t like her latest jobs report and then demanding changes to the Census, Trump has turned his sights to D.C.’s decreasing crime rate, insisting it has been manipulated."
"Asked if the administration would now release its own crime stats to counter D.C.’s official figures, the president replied, 'Yes.' "
" 'They are giving us phony crime stats, just like they gave other stats in the financial world,' Trump told reporters on Thursday. 'But they’re phony crime stats. Washington, D.C., is at its worst point, and it will soon be at its best point. You’re going to have a crime-free city.' "
Comment: Don't like reality? Just make up your own. Trump does.
The Guardian: Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/14/trump-nobel-prize-norway
"Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister last month to ask about a nomination for the Nobel peace prize, Norwegian press reported on Thursday."
"The Norwegian outlet Dagens Naeringsliv, citing unnamed sources, reported: 'Out of the blue, while finance minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called … He wanted the Nobel prize – and to discuss tariffs.' ”
"The outlet added that it was not the first time that Trump had raised the question of a Nobel peace prize nomination to Stoltenberg."
Comment: If one assumes that the reporting is accurate, do you think that Trump's blatant narcissism embarrasses himself and Americans in general?
AL.com: Trump says he’ll host awards show after arm twisting: ‘Are you fools asking me?’
Comment: "Donald Trump is going to host an awards show after some rigorous arm twisting, the president claimed Wednesday."
"While announcing the honorees of the 2026 Kennedy Center Honors, the president said he will host the event celebrating country star George Strait, actor Sylvester Stallone, actor and comedian Michael Crawford, singer Gloria Gaynor and rock band KISS."
Comment: "Trump has transformed the Kennedy Center in his image during his second term by becoming chairman, removing the board and installing loyalists."
"The president has also taken a keen interest in renovating the culture center, even hinting at wanting to change the name to the Trump Center."
Comment: Do you think the loyalists had anything to do with Trump being approached as host? Do you think that the board members wanted to keep their jobs?
Video: Trump's Family-Linked Crypto Business Announces $1.5B Digital Coin Deal | TRENDING - August 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q5ndGDCdtw
Common Dreams: 'This Isn't Normal!' Secret Pentagon Plan for Troops to Put Down Local 'Unrest' Nationwide
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pentagon-plan-civil-unrest
Comment: "Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post and reported on Tuesday reveal a secret Pentagon plan by the Trump administration to create a standing force of military personnel that could be rapidly deployed to U.S. cities or communities to quell public protests or any situation President Donald Trump deems 'domestic civil unrest.' "
"The proposal to create what it dubs a 'Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force'—which evidence shows has been under serious consideration by the administration over recent months—would utilize existing statute, including invocation of Title 32, to authorize the deployment of specialized National Guard units anywhere in the country within hours, according to the documents."
"According to the Post: The plan calls for 600 troops to be on standby at all times so they can deploy in as little as one hour, the documents say. They would be split into two groups of 300 and stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona, with purview of regions east and west of the Mississippi River, respectively."
Comment: "The leaked documents detailing the plan, which the Post noted 'represents another potential expansion of [Trump’s] willingness to employ the armed forces on American soil,' comes just a day after the president sparked serious concerns (and local protests) by deploying National Guard troops in the city of Washington, D.C. and announcing a federal takeover of the D.C. police force."
"Civil liberties advocates and critics of Trump's growing authoritarianism warn the president is raising 'a trial balloon' to see just how much he can get away with when it comes to deploying U.S. soldiers onto the nation's streets."
Comment: Will one of these units be stationed at Fort Rucker? We note that Fort Rucker in Alabama and Fort Huachuca in Arizona are Army training bases with substantial helicopter resources. According to its website, Fort Huachuca is also the home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center.
White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-review-250th-anniversary-2e26f9555bb8d51c7c0f92edede1c866
Comment: "The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country’s 250th birthday with a goal of aligning the institution’s content with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history."
Comment: How do you feel about Trump's efforts to rewrite American history?
The Guardian: Ohio law requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/ohio-private-charter-school-buses
Comment: "Ohio law means that public school districts such as Dayton’s are responsible for transporting students who attend private and charter schools. When they fail to do so, they risk fines of millions of dollars."
Comment: "A shortage of drivers and buses combined with the threat of fines, means that public school districts in Dayton and around Ohio find themselves relegating their own students to the back of the transportation line."
Pam Bondi fired him for prosecuting January 6 rioters. He’d do it again: ‘it’s about justice’ | US Capitol attack | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/10/mike-gordon-trump-administration-january-6
Comment: "When he showed up to work on 27 June, Mike Gordon was having one of the best weeks of his career."
"Gordon, a federal prosecutor in Tampa, had spent the last month working on a complex case involving allegations that well-known businessman Leo Govoni stole $100m from a fund for children with special needs. That Monday, the US attorney for the middle district of Florida held a press conference announcing an indictment in the case. On Wednesday, Gordon had his semi-annual performance review and received the top rating: outstanding. On Thursday, he appeared on behalf of the government in court and successfully convinced a judge that Govoni should remain in jail until his trial."
"As the end of the day rolled around on Friday 27 June, Gordon was fired."
"He wasn’t given a reason for his dismissal. An office assistant simply knocked on his door while he was preparing a witness for trial, and handed him a letter that told him he was being immediately fired 'Pursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States', signed by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi. Gordon was told to turn in his devices, pack up his things and leave. The firing was so abrupt he had no chance to hand over his work to colleagues."
"Even without an official explanation, there was little doubt why he was fired. From 2021 until the end of 2023, Gordon had volunteered for the team prosecuting people involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. During his time working in a unit called the Capitol siege section, Gordon became known as one of the most skilled trial litigators and became a kind of coach to other prosecutors as they prepared for trials."
Comment: "“I got fired because I prosecuted people that this administration wanted protected. Bottom line,” Gordon said."
Video: NY AG James' Attorney Abbe Lowell: Trump has turned the DOJ into the ‘Department of Weaponization’ - August 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtnJDLWHtw
NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/09/nx-s1-5497226/women-pastor-pete-hegseth-vote
Comment: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reposted and praised a video interview of a self-described Christian nationalist pastor whose church doesn't believe women should be allowed to vote."
"In the CNN interview, Wilson also defended previous comments where he had said there was mutual affection between slaves and their masters. He also said that sodomy should be recriminalized. The Supreme Court invalidated sodomy laws in 2003."
"Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told NPR in an emailed statement on Saturday that Hegseth is a 'proud member of a church affiliated with the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Churches,' which was founded by Wilson."
" 'The Secretary very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson's writings and teachings,' Parnell also wrote."
Comment: Don't think most Christians believe that women should not vote. Do you think Christianity and Christian nationalism are one and the same?
Trump orders federal law enforcement to patrol DC after Stephen Miller claims crime in capital ‘more violent than Baghdad’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-orders-federal-law-enforcement-020414879.html
Comment: "“It’s our capital city, it is more violent than Baghdad, it is more violent than parts of Ethiopia and parts of many of the most dangerous places in the world,” White House deputy chief of staff Miller told NewsNation Thursday."
Comment: Really, Mr. Miller? More violent than Ethiopia? Do you have crime statistics from Ethiopia, or did you just pick an African country to perpetuate a racist stereotype? More violent than Baghdad? Is that before or after Saddam Hussein was toppled? Perhaps you would prefer an authoritarian government like Saddam's to keep crime (and dissent) in check?
Comment: "Figures from the Metropolitan Police Department found that crime was down 35 percent in 2024 compared to 2023 in the city—a 30-year low. Preliminary numbers from the police found that violent crime was down 26 percent for 2025 so far."
Comment: I suspect that certain areas of of Washington DC do have violent crime, but so do areas of Alabama. Rather than touting isolated incidents and anecdotal information, please address the facts, like the crime statistics above, before gutting municipal government and "federalizing" our nation's capital. Otherwise, citizens may suspect that your actions are driven by political purposes and/or by a desire to seize control of Washington DC law enforcement for more nefarious reasons.
Video: DOJ opens investigation into NY AG's office over fraud case against Trump - August 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8StEUU9yI
Comment: Unbelievable political retribution?
ABC News: GOP's Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away
Comment: "As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain seats in Congress -- at President Donald Trump's request -- residents in Austin, the state capital, could find themselves sharing a district with rural Texans more than 300 miles away."
"The proposed map chops up Central Texas' 37th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett, will be consumed by four neighboring districts, three of which Republicans now hold."
"One of those portions of the Austin-area district was drawn to be part of the 11th District that Republican Rep. August Pfluger represents, which stretches into rural Ector County, about 20 miles away from the New Mexico border."
Comment: Doesn't this look like gerrymandering?
BBC: US diplomat says UK would have lost WW2 with Starmer as leader
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yp78gd636o
Comment: "The UK would have lost World War Two if Sir Keir Starmer had been its leader at the time, the US ambassador to Israel has suggested in an attack on the prime minister's response to Israel's Gaza City takeover plan."
Comment: "His comments come after Starmer condemned Israel's plans to take over Gaza City as 'wrong' and urged its government to immediately reconsider its decision 'to further escalate its offensive'."
Comment: What kind of diplomat is Mike Huckabee to publicly disparage the prime minister of one of our closest allies? Is Mike Huckabee an ambassador to Israel or an ambassador for Israel? Is he looking out for U.S. interests, or looking out for Netanyahu's interest?
CBS News: Video from Jan. 6 attack shows Justice Department adviser telling rioters attacking police to "kill 'em"
Comment: "Video footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol shows a man who now works as an adviser at the Justice Department shouting at rioters to 'kill' law enforcement officers responding to the attack and calling them 'the Gestapo.' "
"The footage, from a body camera worn by a Metropolitan Police Department officer, was first published Thursday by NPR. The network joined CBS News and other news organizations in suing to obtain thousands of hours of surveillance footage and court exhibits from the more than 1,000 criminal cases brought by the Justice Department against people who allegedly participated in the Capitol attack."
"Among those defendants was Jared Wise, who eventually faced six charges as a result of his alleged actions on Jan. 6. He pleaded not guilty. Wise's hiring by the Justice Department was reported last month. A Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement that Wise 'is a valued member of The Department of Justice and we appreciate his contributions to our team.' "
Comment: "In accompanying court papers, an FBI agent said that video footage depicted Wise inside the Capitol building on the afternoon of Jan. 6 after entering from a Senate door. Body camera footage from the Metropolitan Police Department also showed Wise engaging with police officers outside the Capitol, telling them, "You guys are disgusting. I'm former — I'm former law enforcement. You're disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo. You can't see it because you're chasing a pension, right? Your pension. Your retirement right?' "
Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/energy-chief-suggests-trump-administration-150917358.html
Comment: "Energy Sec. Chris Wright said Tuesday night the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites."
" 'We’re reviewing them, and we will come out with updated reports on those and with comments on those reports,' Wright told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in an interview on 'The Source.' ”
"Wright dismissed the past reports, saying 'they weren’t fair in broad-based assessments of climate change.' ”
Comment: Is the Energy Department normally the agency responsible for the National Climate Assessments? Chris Wright's statements seem to imply that it is responsible now. Wonder if the new assessments come out different from what Trump wants to hear, if those responsible will be fired?
ABC News: A woman accused of fraud hired the AG's brother as her lawyer. Months later, DOJ dropped charges
https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-accused-fraud-hired-ags-brother-lawyer-months/story?id=124429973
Comment: "Federal prosecutors on Wednesday moved to dismiss criminal charges against a woman accused of fraud in Florida who was being represented in court by Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi."
"The Biden Justice Department filed a criminal complaint against Carolina Amesty, a former Republican lawmaker, in mid-January -- just days before President Donald Trump took office. Amesty faced two counts of theft of government property related to Covid relief fraud and, if convicted, faced a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison."
Comment: "The dropping of charges Wednesday was not the first legal victory Brad Bondi has scored during the Trump administration. He previously represented Trevor Milton, the disgraced Nikola founder who was sentenced to four years in prison for lying about the viability of his electric vehicle technology; Milton secured a pardon from President Trump in March."
Comment: Do you think Pam Bondi and/or the Trump Justice Dept. might be ethically challenged?
The Daily Beast: ICE Barbie Now Begging Teenagers to Become Agents
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-now-begging-teenagers-to-become-agents/
Comment: "The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants, opening applications up to people as young as 18."
Comment: "Previously, applicants had to be at least 21 and no older than 37 or 40 depending on the position, but the department now hopes that by removing existing age requirements, 'even more patriots will qualify to join ICE in its mission to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America’s streets.' Applicants will still be required to pass medical screenings and a physical fitness test."
Comment: If you thought ICE agents used racial profiling and excessive force before, can you imagine hormone charged teenage agents provoked by Noem's incendiary characterizations of immigrants? Do you think applicants should also be required to take psychological fitness tests (similar to that used by the military to check enlistees) to check mental and emotional stability?
Trump on Texas redistricting: ‘We are entitled to 5 more seats’ - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-texas-redistricting-00493624
Comment: Entitled? How is the GOP "entitled" for 5 more seats? Is this the justification for cheating the precedent stopping mid-census redistricting for political purposes?
Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
Comment: "In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Trump may have other plans."
"An exective order signed by Trump on Tuesday names him chair of a White House task force on the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, viewed by the president as 'a premier opportunity to showcase American exceptionalism,' according to a White House statement. Trump, the administration said, 'is taking every opportunity to showcase American greatness on the world stage.' ”
Comment: Does this perspective remind anyone else of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
Video: Jeanine Pirro's own producer thought she was unfit for live TV. Better make her a U.S. Attorney! - August 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4FRZ8KvYQ
Alabama Republican Party votes to disqualify GOP officials who appoint Democrats
Comment: "The Alabama Republican Party Saturday approved a new rule that would allow the party to disqualify an elected GOP official if they appoint a Democrat to a position during their term."
"About 83% of the attendants at the GOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery voted for the rule that prohibits elected partisan officials from appointing people other than Republicans. Suzelle Josey, a former candidate for Senate District 30 in 2014, wrote the rule change."
Comment: "The Alabama Democratic Party’s bylaws do not have a similar rule."
Comment: This rule change clearly illustrates the mindset of the Alabama Republican party. Don't consider the best candidates for appointment, regardless of political party. Instead pick a party hack, who may not be the best qualified. Don't consider that this choice might adversely impact the constituents the elected official is supposed to represent. After all, according to the Alabama Republican party, the Party comes first, the constituents second.
The Guardian: Federal agency opens inquiry into ex-special counsel Jack Smith over Trump investigations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/02/jack-smith-inquiry-trump-investigations
Comment: "Smith led investigations into Trump’s part in the January 6 Capitol attack and the mishandling of classified documents"
Comment: "The confirmation of an investigation comes after Arkansas senator Tom Cotton, a Republican, requested last week that Smith, 56, be investigated for 'unprecedented interference in the 2024 election'."
Comment: Jack Smith Investigated for just doing his job? If anyone needs to be investigated, it's the Trump appointed judge (Aileen Cannon) handling the classified documents case. She let Trump get away with a terrible crime and breach of national security. If anyone else had taken special compartmented information (SCI) classified documents from a SCIF and hidden them in his home, they would be imprisoned in the federal Supermax prison facility in Florence Colorado, possibly for the rest of their life.
With regard to Tom Cotton, we note that he later claimed that the DC rioters simply 'roamed into' the capitol on January 6th. Please contrast that with tape of him quickly escaping down capitol halls from the rioters on January 6th.
This investigation of Jack Smith is truly outrageous and hypercritical.
How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reeling
Comment: "A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He’s looking to claw back funds, including almost 1,000 political donations totaling more than $1 million, that often backed far-right Republican insurgents."
"Some of these same politicians say they too lost money, but others left holding the bag for First Liberty Building & Loan are rank-and-file conservatives, swayed by talk show pundits who promoted it as an opportunity for Christians and 'America First MAGA patriots.' ”
Comment: "Georgia and Alabama also are investigating. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urged politicians to return campaign cash. Hays said he’s already received $110,000, plus a returned $20,000 charitable donation."
Comment: "But no criminal charges have been announced, and some Frost relatives retain influential positions in the Georgia Republican Party, whose chairman, Josh McKoon, has had the Frosts’ political and financial support. McKoon said the party returned nearly $37,000 in Frost donations and he’s 'profoundly saddened that members of our conservative movement' lost money.
Comment: "Campaign disclosures show First Liberty, the Frosts and associated companies contributed widely to Republican causes, including more than $700,000 in Georgia, $150,000 in Alabama and nearly $140,000 in Maine, where the Frosts spent $230,000 over multiple years renting a Kennebunkport vacation home."
Comment: "In Alabama, Republican state Auditor Andrew Sorrell says he and a political action committee he controls both lost money. He hasn’t said how much he lost personally, but records show Alabama Christian Citizens PAC invested $29,000."
Comment: "But Sorrell, now running for Alabama Secretary of State, also benefited: He pocketed $55,000 for his campaigns, while Alabama Christian Citizens and Sorrell’s federal-level U.S. Christian Citizens PAC each got $12,500."
Republicans to Roll Out ‘America First’ Test For Teachers Arriving From Blue States
https://time.com/7306969/oklahoma-education-america-first-teachers/
Comment: "Oklahoma’s education department has announced plans to introduce an 'America First' certification test to ensure that teachers moving from liberal states align with its values."
" 'One of the things that we wanted to do is, first of all, make sure that they're great teachers, right? And No. 2, make sure we're not getting these woke, indoctrinating social justice warriors in the classroom,' the state’s Superintendent Ryan Walters said in an interview with Fox Digital."
"Walters said that every teacher moving to work in Oklahoma must pass the test in order to begin teaching, and that Conservative think-tank PragerU will assist in the development of the test."
Comment: Brainwashing Oklahoma school children? It's not Hitler Youth; it's Trump Youth!
Axios: Giuffre family blasts Trump for Maxwell's prison move: "Smacks of a cover up"
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/virginia-giuffre-ghislaine-maxwell-prison-camp-epstein
Video: Ghislaine Maxwell moved to Texas prison on heels of meeting with DOJ over Epstein - August 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xmlGsZ4pD0
Axios: Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell moved to minimum security prison camp
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-minimum-security-prison-camp
Comment: "Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was serving her 20-year sentence in Florida, was moved to a minimum security prison for women in Texas, her attorney told Axios on Friday.
Comment: "Maxwell recently met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in an attempt to gather more information about the Epstein files, as the Trump administration faces mounting bipartisan pressure to be more transparent for the public."
Comment: "The move comes while Maxwell is appealing her conviction, and shortly after her attorney suggested his client would appreciate 'any relief.' "
Comment: "President Trump has said he had not 'thought about' giving Maxwell a pardon, but noted that he was 'allowed to do it.' "
Comment: "Maxwell was granted 'limited' immunity from the Justice Department to answer questions related to the child sex-trafficking ring that led to her arrest."
Comment: Do you think that Maxwell was rewarded with better prison conditions for speaking with Todd Blanche? Do you think the extent of any present or future rewards were contingent upon the content of what she was willing to state, or not to state?
Video: White House says Trump deserves overdue Nobel Peace Prize - August 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuw8SgCtgF0
Comment: What can we say? Unbelievable!
Video: Trump unveils his new golf course in Scotland before returning to his side hustle as POTUS - July 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll8jpFBAwDU
Comment: The Daily Show's comedic take on Trump's visit to his new Scottish golf course.
Video: Watch "Some GOP lawmakers ‘don’t see danger’ in conspiracies with legislation banning weather modification" on YouTube - July 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Qq9XM2YAg
Video: Trump says Epstein was ‘taking people’ from Mar-a-Lago spa - July 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eatJjtwMow8
Axios: Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/28/ghislaine-maxwell-supreme-court-appeal-epstein-files
Comment: "Ghislaine Maxwell pressed ahead with an appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn her conviction on the grounds that she was unlawfully prosecuted for sex trafficking minors with Jeffrey Epstein."
Comment: "Why it matters: The filing by Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022, comes just three days after she met with a top Justice Department official tapped to re-examine the Epstein case."
Comment: Does anybody think the timing of the appeal is just coincidence?
Hegseth Secretly Splurges Nuclear Cash on Trump’s ‘Free’ Jet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-secretly-splurges-nuclear-cash-172858019.html
Comment: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has found a new money pot to fund President Trump’s Qatari-backed Air Force One project."
"The Pentagon has transferred $934 million from the “Sentinel,” a $77.7 billion project dedicated to modernizing the U.S.’ ground-based nuclear missiles, to fund a classified project, according to The New York Times, and Air Force officials said at least some of the funds will go toward renovating a Qatari-funded Boeing 747-8 to Trump’s liking."
Comment: "The $400 million plane would function as Trump’s Air Force One, then be transferred to Trump’s presidential library once he leaves the White House."
Fact check: Trump calls to prosecute Beyoncé based on a nonexistent $11 million payment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-trump-calls-prosecute-160431618.html
Comment: "President Donald Trump over the weekend called for the prosecution of music superstar Beyoncé – based on something that did not actually happen."
"Trump claimed in a social media post that Beyoncé broke the law by supposedly getting paid $11 million for her endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during an October 2024 event in Houston. But there is simply no basis for Trump’s claim that Beyoncé received an $11 million payment related to the Harris campaign, let alone for the endorsement in particular."
Comment: So, Trump is threatening supporters of his political opponents with malicious prosecution? Does this sound like abuse of power to you?
‘He fumbled this 1,000%’: How Ron DeSantis keeps making powerful enemies in Trump’s GOP
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fumbled-1-000-ron-desantis-090042416.html
Comment: "Thirty minutes into a routine appearance Thursday on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis abruptly turned his fire on a fellow Republican, accusing a veteran state lawmaker of betraying the party’s voters."
"Hours later, President Donald Trump endorsed that same lawmaker, Joe Gruters, to become the next chairman of the Republican National Committee."
Comment: In this case, it is difficult to determine where to direct the outrage. Should the outrage be directed at Trump for selecting an unworthy head of the Republican Party? Or should the outrage more likely be directed at Ron DeSantis, the Florida Governor and former presidential candidate, for being so politically inept?
NOAA Puts 2 Officials Who Investigated Trump For Changing A Forecast Map On Leave
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/noaa-puts-2-officials-investigated-205959570.html
Comment: "Two top officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) who investigated President Donald Trump’s disinformation about a 2019 hurricane have been placed on administrative leave."
"Stephen Volz is an assistant administrator for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. Jeff Dillen serves as NOAA deputy general counsel. Both were placed on leave Friday, CNN first reported."
Comment: "Both Dillen and Volz led an investigation into Trump using a Sharpie to draw on a map of a forecast for Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Trump did it to indicate the storm would go over Alabama. It didn’t."
"Following Trump’s false claim, the National Weather Service’s Birmingham, Alabama, office tweeted out: 'Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east.' ”
"NOAA then released a statement defending Trump's false claim and criticizing the Birmingham office for speaking 'in absolute terms.' ”
Comment: Does anyone believe that these 2 officials were punished for anything but for their contradiction of Trump's erroneous hurricane forecast clear back in 2019? These trained individuals were just doing their job, and sparing the people of Alabama from unnecessary worry and hurricane preparation. After nearly 6 years, has Trump finally applied retribution?
Business Insider: Photos show the extreme inequality between rich and poor Americans during the Gilded Age
Comment: WhenTrump talks about "Making America Great Again" he's talking about returning to the Gilded Age, If you doubt this, please take a look at the following article from back in March:
Trump has touted Gilded Age tariffs, an era which saw industrial growth together with poverty
NBC 5 Chicago: One-time US Senate candidate charged with solicitation of murder in Illinois
Comment: "Allison Salinas ran as a Republican for U.S. Senate against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth in the 2022 election."
House GOP launches new select subcommittee on the Jan. 6 attack - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "House Republicans are launching their own select subcommittee around the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, part of the broader effort among the GOP to rewrite what happened when rioters stormed the building that day in 2021."
Comment: "Loudermilk emphasized that the investigative panel has been a priority for Trump, and the two began speaking about it before he was inaugurated in his second term. Although negotiations with GOP leadership have been in the works since last October, talks around the panel picked up again in earnest last month, Loudermilk said. He told reporters that at a meeting with Trump in June, the president pressed Loudermilk about the reason for the delay and said he had expected the panel to be established earlier this year."
Video: Lawmakers vote to name Kennedy Center opera house after Melania Trump - July 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IluNBRYYnSU
ABC News: Trump accuses Obama of 'treason' in the Oval Office
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-accuses-obama-treason-oval-office/story?id=123963917
Comment: "Days after President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated fake video showing former President Barack Obama's arrest on his social media platform, the current president pushed conspiracy theories about Obama in the Oval Office on Tuesday, accusing him of treason without providing evidence regarding the 2016 presidential election."
Trump Makes Unconfirmed Claim Skydance Will Give Him $20 Million in ‘Advertising, PSAs or Similar Programming’ After Paramount Merger Goes Through
Comment: If true, shouldn't this be investigated as a bribe?
Texas Public Radio | TPR: Prosecutors for Ken Paxton cut this alleged sex trafficker a deal. He was just rearrested.
Comment: "The episode raises questions about how this case was handled inside the attorney general’s office. The agency has seen significant turnover over the course under Paxton, a Republican who has fought accusations of impropriety for years, with the much-lauded trafficking unit particularly struggling to secure convictions."
"A Republican now running for the U.S. Senate, Paxton has been critical of local prosecutors who he says have been too lenient on those accused of crimes. He has pushed for new state laws that would deny bail for some violence offences."
Comment: And now Ken Paxton has a good chance to be the GOP candidate for Texas Senator?
Mother Jones: Tulsi Gabbard’s Dangerous Disinformation Campaign Against America
Comment: "The Trump administration has launched a war on former Obama administration officials, and to do so, it has engaged in one of the most egregious and obvious acts of politicizing intelligence in decades."
Comment: "On Friday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released formerly classified US intelligence reports about the 2016 election that she said were evidence of an Obama administration 'conspiracy to subvert President Trump’s 2016 victory and presidency.' In a hysterical press release, she accused former President Barack Obama and his national security aides of having 'manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the ground for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump.' Describing this as a 'treasonous' plot, she said she was forwarding documents to the Justice Department, presumably to initiate a criminal investigation. Naturally, she went on Fox News to amplify her allegations against Obama and his advisers."
"It’s all a fabrication. What’s worse, her skullduggery appears to have been the catalyst for one of President Donald Trump’s most disturbing and dangerous social media posts: An AI-generated video of Obama in the Oval Office visiting a smiling Trump, being manhandled and arrested by FBI agents, and then tossed into a prison cell."
Trump threatens to restrict stadium deal with Washington Commanders if they don’t change name back to ‘Redskins’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/politics/washington-commanders-trump-stadium
Comment: "President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his call for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the 'Redskins,' threatening to restrict the NFL team’s stadium deal if they don’t, though it’s unclear how he would be able to."
Comment: With all our nation's problems, did you elect Trump to meddle in a sports team name decision? By what authority could Trump impact the NFL team's stadium deal?
Gabbard threatens Obama officials with criminal referral over 2016 election assessment
https://share.google/Sb63Q8K8sBQQhcwfh
Comment: "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday threatened to refer Obama administration officials to the Justice Department for prosecution over the intelligence assessment of Russia’s 2016 election interference, in the latest example of officials going after perceived enemies of President Donald Trump."
"Gabbard declassified documents Friday that she claimed were evidence the Obama administration’s intelligence officials 'manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork' for the FBI’s Russia investigation into Trump."
Comment: "Democrats criticized Gabbard’s release Friday as an attempt to 'rewrite history.' "
" 'The Senate Intelligence Committee conducted a bipartisan investigation reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents and interviewing witnesses over several years. The unanimous, bipartisan conclusion was that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump,' Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement. 'This is just another example of the DNI trying to cook the books, rewrite history, and erode trust in the intelligence agencies she’s supposed to be leading.' "
”Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement, 'Every legitimate investigation, including the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation, found no evidence of politicization and endorsed the findings of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment.' ”
"The FBI’s criminal investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia began in 2016 and stretched into the first Trump administration. It then became the subject of investigations by the Justice Department’s inspector general and by special counsel John Durham, who was appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to also examine the handling of intelligence that led to the Trump-Russia probe."
"The Durham probe ended with no finding of wrongdoing in the handling of the intelligence, but it did end with the indictment of three people, including a former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to falsifying information in a surveillance warrant request targeting a Trump campaign aide."
Comment: How many times are Republicans going to investigate this false narrative? Until they get the answer they want, no matter how untrue?
Trump's DOJ contacted states for voter data, access to voting machines: Sources - ABC News
Comment: "Members of the Department of Justice in recent weeks have reached out to several states around the country requesting voter information, according to sources familiar with the outreach and letters obtained by ABC News."
"The outreach was made to at least six states. In some of the letters obtained by ABC News, the DOJ requested from the states broad information about voting systems, how counties maintain updated voter information and how noncitizens who are on voter lists are identified."
"The letters also, in some cases, requested copies of the state's voter registration lists."
Comment: " 'He contacted me in particular to see if I'd be willing to work with him in the White House to allow a third party to come in and do a review of the [voting] machines,' Grantham said." [emphasis added]
Comment: Weren't there RICO indictments in Coffee Co. Georgia for meddling with voting machines as part of the 2020 attempt to overturn the election results?
Video: Trump falsely claims his uncle taught the Unabomber at MIT - July 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuJNQy3FrR0
Comment: Trump tells another bald face lie, apparently just to stay in practice. What could be the purpose of this false story? Doesn't Trump realize that it undermines his credibility when discussing more important issues? Perhaps he doesn't care, knowing that the gullible will believe him anyway. How would you like to be the press secretary somehow justifying his lies and embellishments?
AG Bondi heads to Alcatraz for briefing after Trump's order to reopen infamous prison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsNRgvoNXj4
Comment: Does any sane person think that remaking Alcatraz into a federal prison is a good idea. How many of you think that Bondi's trip is part a political stunt in an attempt to help Trump look strong on crime?
Big Oil has been lying to us for decades: Don’t let it off the hook
Comment: "Simultaneously, during last month’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach urged Congress to rewrite the Clean Air Act to block states from regulating fossil fuel emissions."
"Kobach also joined a group of 16 state attorneys general on a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi asking the Department of Justice to create a “liability shield” exempting fossil fuel companies from being held accountable for their deliberate climate deception and the worsening climate crisis."
"All signees are members of the Republican Attorneys General Association, to which the American Petroleum Institute is a top 10 donor."
"These blatant attempts to grant polluters nationwide immunity show just how far some officials will go to deny communities their day in court. In recent years, dozens of climate cases have been filed in the U.S., as litigation has become an increasingly important pathway for holding the fossil fuel industry accountable."
Mother Jones: Red States, Defying Reality, Are Reclassifying Gas as a “Green” Fuel
Comment: "The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding."
Comment: "Reclassifying natural gas as 'green' energy means that proposed natural gas pipelines may be able to access funding that would otherwise have gone to new solar or wind projects; it may also make natural gas companies more appealing to environmentally conscious investors."
Comment: "Over the years, ALEC has succeeded in getting laws that benefit fossil fuel companies passed across the country. Recently the group, which was founded in the 1970s, has helped draft legislation criminalizing grassroots protest against pipelines, gas terminals, and other fossil fuel infrastructure—versions of that bill had passed in 17 states by 2022. Its members have also drafted bills aiming to punish economic boycotts of the oil industry. And there are currently 114 different model policies related to energy on ALEC’s website, 23 of which specifically address 'green energy.' "
The Daily Beast: Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica
Comment: "President Trump has revealed that the champions of the Club World Cup won’t be getting the original trophy, because he’s keeping it."
Comment: "It has since been revealed that the intricate prize hoisted aloft by the London club’s captain, Reece James, was a replica because the president of football’s governing body, FIFA, has let Trump use the original as an ornament in the Oval Office. The trophy, crafted in collaboration with Tiffany & Co, features a central disc with three rotating outer rings. It has a 24-carat gold-plated finish and is thought to have cost around $230,000 to make. If FIFA lets Trump keep the orbital award for good, it is likely to end up in the National Archives."
The Hill: DOJ drops charges against Utah doctor accused of throwing away COVID vaccines, distributing fake vaccination cards
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5398661-justice-department-drops-charges-against-doctor/
Comment: "The Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss charges against a Utah doctor charged in connection with a COVID-19 fraud scheme, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Saturday."
"Michael Kirk Moore Jr. and three of his associates were indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023 and accused of discarding more than $28,000 worth of government-provided COVID-19 vaccines and of distributing nearly 2,000 fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards in exchange for cash or required 'donations.' "
"The indictment also alleged that Moore and his associates administered saline shots to children, at the request of the parents, so the children would think they were receiving the COVID-19 vaccine."
Bondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents cases
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/pam-bondi-fires-justice-employees-jan6-documents-trump
Comment: "Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired more than 20 Justice Department employees who worked on cases involving the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, sources told Axios."
"Why it matters: The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and support staff who took part in Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump for Jan. 6 and possessing classified documents unlawfully."
Comment: Do you think perhaps Pam Bondi should be charged with obstructing justice? Do you think perhaps that those who have been fired have a good civil case against her and the Trump administration?
The Wall Street Journal: Jan. 6 Rioters Are the New Hot Event in Town for Republicans
https://www.wsj.com/politics/jan-6-rioters-are-the-new-hot-event-in-town-for-republicans-e3a02170
Comment: "County parties say they want to hear directly from people charged with storming the Capitol; former defendants are eager to recast the narrative"
Federal officials say a prominent Georgia Republican was running a $140 million Ponzi scheme
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-officials-prominent-georgia-republican-024729300.html
Comment: "Frost has been an important player in Georgia politics since 1988, when he coordinated televangelist Pat Robertson's Republican presidential bid in the state. His son, Brant Frost V, is chairman of the Coweta County Republican Party, where the company is based, and is a former second vice-chair of the state Republican Party. Daughter Katie Frost is Republican chairman of the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Coweta County and other areas southwest of Atlanta."
"At last month’s state Republican convention, Katie Frost chaired a nominating committee that recommended delegates reelect state Party Chairman Josh McKoon. Delegates followed that recommendation, rejecting a number of insurgent candidates."
Fact Check: Laura Loomer posts about feeding 'illegals' to alligators are real
https://share.newsbreak.com/dwslu7xf
Comment: This far-right influencer has been an unofficial advisor to President Trump, traveling with the President and making recommendations regarding administration national security staff.
The Guardian: Donald Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds
Comment: "Trump floats UFC fight on White House lawn in 2026"
"President says bout could draw 25,000 spectators"
"Plan part of celebration for US semiquincentennial"
Comment: Do you think Eric and Don Jr. will get the pay-for-view rights? [sarcasm added]
President Donald Trump announces upcoming UFC event at White House in 2026
Comment: "No, we are not making this up! Do you suppose the next step will be for Trump to build an arena on the White House lawn so that he can feed immigrants to the lions, while he imagines himself to be an American Caesar?
Trump Threatens to Arrest 2 Political Opponents in Same Press Conference, Hours After Entertaining Elon Musk Deportation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-arrest-2-political-203315289.html
Comment: Do you think that threats of jailing your political opponents may sound just a bit authoritarian?
Trump again brings up the idea of deporting US citizens for crimes - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-brings-idea-deporting-us-citizens-crimes/story?id=123385213
Comment: "President Donald Trump continued on Tuesday to float his idea, which some legal experts say is unconstitutional, to deport U.S. citizens who commit crimes."
Ex-FBI agent charged in Capitol riot now works on Justice Department's 'weaponization' task force - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-agent-charged-capitol-riot-now-works-justice-123395614
Comment: "Wise repeatedly shouted, 'Kill ’em!' as he watched rioters assaulting officers outside the Capitol, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. Wise clapped his hands and raised his arms 'in triumph' after he entered the building through the Senate wing door, the affidavit says. He left the building about nine minutes after entering."
Former FBI agent pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 charges now serving in Justice Department: Sources - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-fbi-agent-pardoned-trump-jan-6-charges/story?id=123397023
Comment: "A former FBI agent accused of egging on rioters to attack police during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol is now serving in the Justice Department as part of the so-called 'Weaponization Working Group,' sources familiar with the appointment confirmed to ABC News."
"Jared Wise was on trial when he was pardoned as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping series of pardons and commutations for nearly all of the more than 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the Capitol attack."
"According to sources, Wise is now serving in the department as an investigator and counselor to Ed Martin, the former interim D.C. U.S. Attorney, whose permanent nomination to the post was rejected by Republican senators concerned over his past vocal advocacy for Jan. 6 rioters and other controversial actions he took in Trump's first four months in office."
Comment: So, are these examples of "law & order" Republicans? Is this what is meant by "backing the blue"?
Trump’s Secret Service detail to pay $600K for golf carts and port-a-potties to use at his New Jersey club
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-golf-course-set-bill-182126370.html
AP News: Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say
Comment: "The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to two people familiar with the matter." :
Comment: Do you think this might be the result of electing a convicted felon as president of the United States?
NPR: Kari Lake takes her war on Voice of America to Congress
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5445313/kari-lake-voice-of-america-radio-free-europe-congress
Comment: "The Trump administration official running the parent agency of the Voice of America defended her efforts to shut it down at a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, at one point insisting — without evidence — that the Chinese Communist Party has more influence than American values over the federally funded network's news coverage. [Emphasis added]"
Trump cites presidential immunity to try to toss out $83M judgment he owes to E. Jean Carroll
https://share.newsbreak.com/dr3eqb9p
Politico: A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/ed-artau-trump-judge-nomination-florida-00415408
Comment: "A Florida state judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one."
Comment: "About two weeks after the court published his opinion — which called for the overturning of a landmark Supreme Court case that made it harder for public officials to sue journalists — he interviewed with the White House Counsel’s Office. In May, Trump announced his nomination to the federal judiciary."
Alabama Political Reporter: Alabama county commissioner tells followers to arm themselves against No Kings protests
Comment: Do you think this Alabama public official might have been trying to intimidate peaceful protesters?
Trump’s Pardoning Spree Cost Victims and Taxpayers More Than $1 Billion
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-pardoning-spree-cost-victims-and-taxpayers-more-than-1-billion/
Axios: MAGA voices spread falsehoods to link Minnesota shooter to Democrats
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/minnesota-shootings-misinformation-conspiracies-lee-moreno-musk
Comment: "Prominent MAGA figures — including the president's son — have amplified false rumors that the Minnesota shooting suspect was a Democrat in an effort to paint their political opponents as violent."
Includes Video: Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5431731/padilla-removed-dhs-press-conference
Comment: "Democrat Adam Schiff, Padilla's fellow senator from California, vowed to hold the administration accountable."
" 'When a U.S. senator goes to demand answers about the lawfulness or lawlessness of these actions to see him tackled to the ground, brought to the ground, what is becoming of our democracy?' he asked on the Senate floor. 'Are there no limits to what this administration will do? Is there no line they will not cross?' "
Includes Additional Video: Padilla pushes back against Noem's claim he barged into news conference
Colorado Public Radio: Millions of acres of public land in Colorado, other Western states could be sold under Senate reconciliation bill
Proud Boys’ lawsuit is legally weak — but Trump’s DOJ will likely just surrender
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/proud-boys-lawsuit-trump-doj-enrique-tarrio-rcna211941
Comment: "The Justice Department already settled in the Ashli Babbitt case, signaling it won't fight back against legally unsound MAGA lawsuits."
Axios: Mike Johnson says Gavin Newsom should be "tarred and feathered" over L.A. protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/la-protests-johnson-newsom-tarred-feathered
Comment: "House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to say Tuesday whether he believes California Gov. Gavin Newsome should be arrested — but he did say that the Democrat should be 'tarred and feathered.' "
Comment: "President Trump and White House border czar Tom Homan have both floated the idea of arresting California officials — including Newsom — for allegedly impeding deportations."
Axios: Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted, potentially faces 17 years in prison
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/lamonica-mciver-indicted-alina-habba-doj
Comment: "McIver has denied the charges and said in a statement that 'the facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation.' "
Comment: "McIver has said she was the one who was assaulted in the clash."
AP News: Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor's wife
Comment: "Florida’s child welfare agency sent a letter to a Florida newspaper telling it to 'cease and desist' its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit associated with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife that is the subject of an investigation."
Orlando Sentinel: Editorial: Intimidation won’t make the Sentinel back down on Hope Florida story
Ars Technica: Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department
Comment: "David Geier was previously disciplined for practicing medicine without a license."
NBC News: Former federal inmate pardoned by Trump tapped as Bureau of Prisons deputy director
Comment: "A former federal inmate who was pardoned by President Donald Trump in his first term for drug trafficking crimes more than two decades ago has been tapped as deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, according to bureau spokesperson Kristie Breshears."
22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/22-old-leading-terrorism-prevention-021028606.html
Comment: " '“CP3 strengthens our country’s ability to prevent targeted violence and terrorism nationwide through funding, education, training, evidence-based resources, increased public awareness, and strategic partnerships across every level of government, the private sector, and in local communities,' reads the center’s mission statement on its website."
Comment: "Prior to assuming his role at the DHS, Fugate served as an 'advance team member' on President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, according to his LinkedIn page. He also interned [emphasis added] at several political organizations including The Heritage Foundation, widely known as the think tank behind Project 2025, and the Texas House of Representatives."
Comment: How does his experience make him qualified to take on the defined responsibilities of this anti-terrorism center?
UPDATE TO ABOVE STORY - July 22, 2025
Trump’s Anti-Terror Gardener, 22, Humiliated by His Own Boss
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-anti-terror-gardener-22-172811045.html
Comment: "When Kristi Noem put 22-year-old Thomas Fugate in charge of a unit fighting domestic terror in June, her department rushed to praise the MAGA loyalist for his 'leadership.' ”
Comment: "The DHS has been scrambling to downplay his role ever since, with Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin saying on June 20 that Fugate was actually just one of 'several staffers' assisting the 'Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Undersecretary' with reforming CP3."
"Then, after The Daily Beast reported on July 10 that Fugate’s law enforcement experience extended to being investigated by cops less than four years ago in connection with a teenage love triangle gone wrong, the DHS finally appeared to have faced enough humiliation."
"McLaughlin told Fox News Digital Monday that Fugate was 'never in a position of leadership within the program.' Fox News said she 'even referred to him as a ‘low-level’ staffer.' "
Trump Administration Makes New Federal Employees Write Essays to Prove MAGA Loyalty
news/trump-administration-makes-federal-employees-155935637.html
CNN: Laura Loomer meets with JD Vance at White House complex, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/laura-loomer-jd-vance-meeting
Comment: "Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who once posted a video claiming 9/11 was an 'inside job,' was back at the White House complex Tuesday morning, where she met privately with Vice President JD Vance, three sources familiar with the meeting tell CNN."
Comment: "After Loomer’s last known visit to the White House in April, the White House fired several National Security Council staffers whom she labeled as disloyal. The administration also fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency."
Trump’s Pardons Since Jan 6 Spree Show an Infuriatingly Corrupt Trend
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8i20t8
Republican bill would name the DC Metro the ‘Trump Train,’ as part of a ridiculous pattern
The Guardian: RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies
Comment: "The report exposes glaring scientific failures from a health secretary who earlier this week threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals."
Video: Vance: Crypto has 'ally' in White House as Trump family gains billions - May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQAfdeDnHsQ
Trump pardons ex-sheriff convicted of bribery
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/27/trump-pardon-sheriff-bribery-fraud-conviction-virginia
Vietnam bypassing its own laws to fast-track $1.5B Trump golf resort amid tariffs threat, report says
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9uzf7jn
Taxpayers Face Shocking Sum to Protect Trump’s Border Czar
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taxpayers-paying-shocking-sum-protect-213922378.html
CNN: Inside the room at Trump’s meme coin dinner
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/trump-crypto-meme-coin-dinner
Comment: "The dinner, which was billed by the White House as an event Trump was attending in his personal capacity, caused a flurry of concern back in Washington, with critics’ chief concern being that it presented foreigners with the opportunity to purchase access to the president. The Constitution bans a president from receiving foreign gifts without Congressional consent."
SFGATE: National parks ordered to police 'negative' history under Trump directive
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/national-parks-negative-history-trump-20343308.php
Comment: "The National Park Service is directing park units to display signs that encourage guests to report any information that is critical of American history."
NPR: A Jan. 6 rioter convicted of assaulting police scored a visit to the White House
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5403788/trump-jan-6-white-house
Axios: Republican moves to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver from Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/lamonica-mciver-expel-congress-nancy-mace
Why Florida school vouchers can pay for Disney tickets, TVs while draining billions from public schools
Politico: Charges against House Dem sets up clash at immigration hearing
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/20/democrats-ice-new-jersey-hearing-00358193
Yahoo: Ashli Babbitt's family to receive $5 million in settlement with Trump administration: Sources
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ashli-babbitts-family-receive-5-182535597.html
Comment: "The Trump administration is set to pay out nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Monday." [Emphasis added]
Yahoo: Trump Demands 'Major Investigation' Into 4 Huge Stars In Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-demands-major-investigation-4-091902411.html
Trump Shares Unhinged Plan to Release ‘Terrorists’ On Justices’ Doorsteps
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shares-unhinged-plan-release-222202277.html
‘Open season for corruption’: FBI shuts down public corruption unit that investigated Trump
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5vq3_6HQk
AP News: Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love
NPR: Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election 'discrepancies'
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5384282/oklahoma-education-standards-2020-election
Trump Struck Secret Deal With El Chapo’s ‘Terrorist’ Cartel
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-struck-secret-deal-el-180135999.html
AL.com: Why does Alabama’s GOP chairman have a Tennessee driver’s license under a different name?
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says
Comment: Isn't the DOJ responsible for prosecuting crimes, not actions it subjectively labels "shameful?"" Why didn't Ed Martin find the actions of the January 6th rioters shameful? I thought the GOP blamed Democrats for "weaponizing" government.
Fact Check: Yes, Oklahoma's new academic standards say to teach students 2020 election fraud myths as fact
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-oklahomas-academic-130000411.html
Trump is hosting a dinner for the biggest buyers of his memecoin. The guest list is now set—and many of the winners are foreign nationals
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-hosting-dinner-biggest-buyers-221016203.html
The Guardian: Crass, flashy, outrageous: Trump media blitz redefines meaning of presidential
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/trump-media-white-house-communications
You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l5hc8d
Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l86pjl
Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820
Comment: "Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false."
Comment: "In 2019, Pirro was reportedly suspended by Fox News after she questioned the loyalty of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to the U.S. Constitution, citing Omar's Muslim faith."
Trump picks conspiracy theorist ‘wellness influencer’ Casey Means with no medical license to replace Fox contributor as Surgeon General
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-withdraws-surgeon-general-200057816.html
Kari Lake announces Voice of America partnership with OAN: 'This is a defeat for truth'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kari-lake-announces-voice-america-205011357.html
Comment: "Senior Trump adviser Kari Lake announced that she’d struck a deal with One America News to blast the right-wing channel’s pro-Trump propaganda out to the audience of Voice of America, making it clear what her intentions are for the government-run radio network."
Mother Jones: North Carolina GOP judge finally concedes after six-month effort to steal the election Fails
A group of anonymous traders scored a $100 million payday by buying Melania Trump’s memecoin just before it launched publicly
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/group-anonymous-traders-scored-100-143627552.html
Video: Senator Tommy Tuberville: We "can't afford" due process | Video | waaytv.com
Comment: Is this Tommy Tuberville's idea of defending the Constitution?
The Guardian: US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/covid-hydroxychloroquine-steve-hatfill
The Guardian: Maga media mob: meet the new rightwing faces in the White House briefing room
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/white-house-briefing-rightwing-media
NPR: Catholic leaders criticize Trump for posting apparent AI photo of himself as the pope
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-5386516/catholic-leaders-criticize-trump-ai-pope-photo
Politico: Trump when pressed on if he needs to uphold the Constitution: ‘I don’t know’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/i-dont-know-trump-constitution-00326040
JURIST Legal News: US House Republicans vote against blocking ICE from deporting US citizens
Comment: Does this mean that House Republicans approve of deporting US citizens?
Trump: GOP should start thinking about expelling Democrats pushing impeachment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gop-start-thinking-expelling-125800375.html
HuffPost: Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-coins-freight-influence_n_68153967e4b03d516aad99d3
Even Republicans are Raising Eyebrows Over Trump’s Exclusive Memecoin Dinner
https://www.yahoo.com/news/even-republicans-raising-eyebrows-over-033915183.html
Trump’s Corruption Hits Next Level With Shady $2 Billion Crypto Deal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-open-corruption-hits-next-194013720.html
Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5380933/ed-martin-trump-hale-cusanelli-antisemitic
Stephen Miller claims Trump ‘has literally saved America’ as White House continues to deflect from bad economic news
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-claims-trump-literally-143438983.html
AP News: Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
https://apnews.com/article/army-parade-trump-birthday-96bb9c8e9af1ef285c56fdc3d1ba4b35
RFK Jr. Unhingedly Claims Measles Vaccine Made With Aborted Fetuses
https://newrepublic.com/post/194661/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles-vaccine-abortion-conspiracy
Comment: An outrageous an ridiculous claim, even for RFK Jr.
Trump Goes Full Dictator With Grim Warning About Courts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-full-dictator-grim-133401630.html
WIRED: DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
Comment: "A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government."
ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-invades-wrong-home-makes-165441707.html
Trump Jokes About His 'No. 1 Choice' For Pope, And People Pray He's Really Kidding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-jokes-no-1-choice-213700064.html
Musk ‘finds’ his savings: Dems accuse DOGE cuts of saving tech mogul $2bn in tax liabilities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-finds-savings-dems-accuse-210502059.html
Karoline Leavitt Lets Unhinged Sycophant Into White House Briefing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-lets-unhinged-sycophant-195527010.html
Daily Kos: Meet a little-known scumbag behind some big DC chaos
Trump Says He Wouldn’t ‘100 Percent’ Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wouldn-t-100-155335124.html
American Civil Liberties Union: ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation
Daily Kos: Agency that targets corporate crooks shuttered by Trump—of course
Daily Kos: WTF Time Magazine? 200 trade deals? But there are only 164 countries to strike trade deals with!
Comment: The math would seem to call into question some of Trump's recent outlandish statements.
Trump Axes Top Trade Official Over Wedding Pic With Critic
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-axes-top-trade-official-212521497.html
'Trump 2028' apparel on sale at the Trump Organization's online store
Comment: Trump is prevented by the Constitution from running for a third term. Is this an attempt to flout the restrictions imposed by the Constitution? Is this a cheap merchandizing gimmick to sell items based upon a fraudulent hope of a third Trump term? A combination of both?
NPR: A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5368535/ron-desantis-florida-governor-political-scandal
Stephen Miller Delivers Chilling Warning to Judges on Deportations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-delivers-chilling-warning-165640958.html
Comment: Another insane rant from Stephen Miller?
Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/whitney-plantation-museum-trump-funding
Trump administration looking at $5,000 'baby bonus' to incentivize public to have more children
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-looking-5-000-175904522.html
Fact Check: Trump really showed kids 'assassination trading card' at White House Easter event
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-really-showed-223300342.html
Comment: While boasting about his invincibility, do you suppose Trump also showed the children pictures of the dead and wounded at the event, or has he conveniently forgot about them?
The New Republic: Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship
https://newrepublic.com/post/194261/stephen-miller-new-attack-birthright-citizenship
Comment: Forget about the US Constitution. According the Stephen Miller, all of America's problems can be traced back to Birthright Citizenship. How can this man have a prominent role in Trump's White House?
Brazen White GOP Rep Refuses to Apologize for Racial Insult
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazen-white-gop-rep-refuses-224758440.html
White GOP Rep Calls 77-Year-Old Black Congressman ‘Boy’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-gop-rep-calls-77-211731646.html
Private security guards who dragged Idaho woman from town hall meeting hit with charges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-security-guards-dragged-idaho-132230080.html
Coeur d'Alene Press: Post Falls woman files tort claim with Kootenai County clerk over town hall removal
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/apr/21/borrenpohl-files-tort-claim-with-county-clerk/
Comment: "The incident led to a police investigation into Lear Asset Management and several of its employees, which resulted in criminal charges against six men. Coeur d’Alene city officials also revoked the private security firm’s license."
"Regan is chair of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, which organized the town hall."
Team Trump Drafts Dystopian Plan to Get Women to Have More Babies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/team-trump-drafts-dystopian-plan-200255011.html
CNN: Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration — more than double the previous record, new filings show
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-fundraising-total/index.html
Comment: How much influence did these contributions buy?
Jet-Set Kash Patel Took FBI Plane to NHL Game and GF’s City
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jet-set-kash-patel-took-183136612.html
Stephen Miller Uses Unhinged Rant to Demand ‘Reparations’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-uses-unhinged-rant-041039310.html
Comment: According to Stephen Miller, all of America's problems are caused by immigrants, especially those unproven members of a terrorist gang who have tattoos or wear Chicago Bulls hats..
El Salvador’s president offers Maduro US-deported Venezuelans for prisoner swap
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/20/americas/el-salvador-bukele-prisoner-swap-venezuela-intl-latam
Comment: Does this mean that immigrants captured in the US and sent to El Salvador can then be bartered by an El Salvadorian dictator with some other third party country like some kind of commodity? How does this differ from other forms of human trafficking and how is the US complicit?
AP News: Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-riots-trump-politics-39d3882eaa8ba2131f7607099eec915d
Border czar Tom Homan argues US justified in removing 'public safety threat' Abrego Garcia to El Salvador - ABC News
Comment: Tom Holman has no problem making unsubstantiated accusations in the media, but the Trump Administration is unwilling to bring Garcia back to the US to face a trial or a legal hearing. We wonder why. Could it be a complete lack of evidence to back up those accusations? Is this why Holman is referred to as a czar?
NBC News: U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
Don Jr. And Eric Trump Landed $3 Million In Stock For Joining Firm’s Advisory Board That Had Little Public Presence Before Their Appointment
Trump Adviser Says Opposing Deportations Is Basically Terrorism
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pyaeu
WCHS: U.S. Rep. Riley Moore tours El Salvador prison, takes selfie with prisoners
Comment: GOP " photo op?"
Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man | CNN Politics
Comment: Fired for pointing out the Justice's Department's mistake! Trump Administration seems to want to purge anyone who has honesty and any sense of justice.
ABC News: Arsonist sets fire to Pennsylvania governor's mansion with Shapiro family inside
Comment: "A mechanic who has previously expressed disdain for Democrats on social media is arrested in connection with the overnight fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence..." It is very doubtful that the Republican Party was directly involved in any way.
The Hill: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons spark several surprises
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5245516-trump-clemency-jan-6-rioters/
Raleigh News & Observer: North Carolina’s Supreme Court justices crossed the Rubicon. They should resign. | Opinion
https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article304126691.html
The Guardian: ‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-king-economy-golf
Trump trades the Oval Office for The Octagon with UFC appearance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-trade-oval-office-octagon-210856371.html
Comment: Does he imagine himself as Caesar viewing the gladiators at the Coliseum in Rome? Maybe Nero?
CBS News: Justice Dept. fires longtime spokesperson who worked for Robert Mueller and Jack Smith
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/longtime-justice-department-spokesperson-fired/
Comment: Retribution for doing his job?
For world's wealthy, a 'gold card' path to American citizenship is almost here
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-wealthy-gold-card-path-224442546.html
News from Bloomberg Industry Group: White Collar & Criminal Law News: DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait (1)
The Daily Beast: Elon Musk’s DOGE Found Something It Can Cut—Its Massive Savings Target
US government moves for release of ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about the Bidens | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-informant-phony-biden-bribery-scheme-3657377598d5b9c4e44a28ccf63e2ad8
NBC News: Pete Hegseth senior adviser is pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America
NPR: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities
Comment: The attorney was a U.S. citizen!
Politico: Trump’s new executive order victim: Your shower
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-shower-water-pressure-executive-order-00283036
Comment: Is this issue really worth an executive order?
President Trump's New York fraud debt tops $500 million
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjch1d4r
Opinion: Lavish Trump spending undermines public trust
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcm9w9y
Trump Cabinet member accused of illegally voting
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjck189y
NBC News: FBI creates multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino
Comment: Is this how you want your tax dollars spent? I thought the FBI was supposed to protect us.
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocf1ha
Politico: DOJ: Some Jan. 6 defendants should be repaid money they sent to Congress
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/doj-jan-6-congress-00280031
ABC News: Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November
The New Republic: Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself
https://newrepublic.com/post/193674/trump-military-parade-birthday
Stephen Miller Wants Congress to ‘Step Up’ and Abolish Courts
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciobuaqt
GOP senator believes there would be less ‘fake news’ if violence were used against reporters
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocvmif
Reuters: US marshals were mobilized to warn fired DOJ lawyer over congressional testimony, attorney says
Comment: "Warn" her or "intimidate" her?
The Guardian: Robert F Kennedy Jr claims anti-vax physicians healed ‘some 300 measles-stricken children’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles
NBC News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets November special election for deep-blue House seat
Comment: By delaying the election, the Republican governor denies House representation to the citizens in that Democratic leaning congressional district for an additional 8 months.
Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-target-mass-deportations-u-142214066.html
Comment: To be fair, Trump was talking about U.S. prisoners. However, as citizens, they are still protected from being deported.
CNN: National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/us/national-parks-underground-railroad-harriet-tubman/index.html
WSJ: Trump Golfs, Fires Off Social Media Posts as Markets Convulse
Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave
Comment: This looks like punishment for failure to lie and cover up for one's superiors.
ProPublica: Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race
New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out
The Guardian: Wisconsin recipient of $1m from Musk was active in Republican campaigning
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/nicholas-jacobs-check-musk-wisconsin-republican
Comment: Does anyone still believe that this was some kind of lottery?
JD Vance Tells Paycheck-to-Paycheck Americans to Suck Up Tariffs Pain
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-tells-paycheck-paycheck-143404812.html
Axios: Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
https://www.yahoo.com/news/emails-confirm-social-security-administration-132130583.html
Politico: Fauci allies, Covid vaccine officials get ax at NIH
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/fauci-allies-covid-vaccine-officials-dismissed-nih-00265714
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/
Lawsuit says DOGE put a 28-year-old in charge of USIP, an organization that promotes international peacebuilding and conflict resolution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-says-doge-put-28-093852849.html
The New Republic: Now We Know Why Elon Musk’s DOGE Seized That Independent Nonprofit
https://newrepublic.com/post/193424/elon-musk-doge-usip-nonprofit-seize-building
The Guardian: Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/new-book-bans-library-schools
Trump makes history by pardoning a corporation
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5224229-trump-makes-history-by-pardoning-a-corporation/
Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/agriculture-department-no-longer-safe-165348567.html
NPR: DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5345708/doge-data-access-labor-cfpb-hhs
WIRED: Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-access-federal-payroll-systems-officials-leave-interior/
Axios: Trump's "restoring truth" order could return toppled Confederate monuments
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/30/trump-executive-order-confederate-monuments
The Bulwark: Trump’s Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality
The Associated Press: Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa
Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taxpayers-tab-trumps-second-term-133826954.html
The Guardian US: Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-new-college-fires-chinese-professor
Comment: Yet another insane law in Florida.
Government Hires Crackpot to "Study" Nonexistent Link Between Vaccines and Autism
https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-hires-crackpot-study-nonexistent-134516937.html
The Guardian US: Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
People Are Absolutely Losing It After Trump Said There's "Talk" About A "Compensation Fund" For Jan. 6 Rioters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reparations-insurrectionists-got-people-not-164446114.html
No timetable from Texas governor on filling late Democratic congressman's vacant seat | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/sylvester-turner-congress-democrats-d3c5565aad5c9c2f0d3bafdcb47977dd
The Associated Press: Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’
Elon Musk doubles down on calling Mark Kelly ‘a traitor’
The Guardian US: Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/pete-hegseth-tattoo-arabic-language
This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appoints-first-buddy-doge-185639477.html
The Associated Press: Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system
https://apnews.com/article/trump-judiciary-executive-power-lawsuits-547ba740ad8689c8b8bd80291d2f4ad0
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Reuters: US House Speaker Johnson says Congress can 'eliminate' district courts
Axios: Florida's proposed solution for losing migrant workers: more teen labor
https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/03/25/florida-child-labor-bill-migrant-workers
Mother Jones: Report: The White House Easter Egg Roll Is for Sale
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/white-house-easter-egg-roll-sponsorships/
POLITICO: Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/22/donald-trump-trans-athletes-maine-00003871
Comment: Even though Maine gets cold, I doubt that h*ll (or Maine) has frozen over!
Mississippi Today: The Typo Tax Swap Act of 2025 may be the most Mississippi thing ever
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/22/income-tax-elimination-typo/
Comment: If you think the Alabama GOP led legislature is inept, take a look at Mississippi's version.
Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-doge-checks
BBC.com: Trump cancels executive order against law firm after $40m promise
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d4kex0w2ro
Comment: This is nothing less than extortion by executive order.
Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-group-offers-100-wisconsin-142333249.html
Comment: How is this possibly legal?
Trump admin erases ban on contractors running segregated facilities
Comment: Although other Federal laws stop segregated facilities, the fact that a specific effort was made to delete this language sends a chilling and symbolic message.
Axios: These are all the federal judges Republicans aim to impeach for blocking Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/house-republicans-impeach-federal-judges-trump
Comment: Just a PR move in attempt to show allegiance to Trump rather than to the Constitution and the Rule of Law.
The Guardian US: Man charged in US Capitol attack announces run for Senate in Florida
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/senate-florida-january-6-rioter-jake-lang
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
https://share.newsbreak.com/c6c7uzge
The Hill: DC drops Proud Boys lawsuit
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5198992-washington-dc-attorney-general-drops-lawsuit/
Highest-Ranking Black Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in Pentagon DEI Purge | Military.com
Comment: This is a special outrage. Read the article.
Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep | Military.com
Axios: Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
The Guardian US: Trump makes unsupported claim Biden pardons are ‘void’ as he used autopen
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-biden-pardons-void
Push to Amend the Constitution Could Expand Trump’s Power — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
Axios: MAGA figures fuel idea of Derek Chauvin pardon
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/derek-chauvin-pardon-ben-shapiro-trump
AL.com: Archibald: Alabama wants you to pray or pay
https://www.al.com/news/2025/03/archibald-alabama-wants-you-to-pray-or-pay.html
POLITICO: ‘Be careful about this’: Warnings abound as GOP considers writing off tax cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/gop-considers-writing-off-tax-cuts-00227219
Comment: Republicans plan to cook the books.
Vandalize Tesla property and the White House will prosecute you as a domestic terrorist, Trump pledges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vandalize-tesla-property-white-house-122430254.html
Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hours-trump-promises-buy-tesla-120810589.html
Yahoo News UK: People Zoomed Into Donald Trump's Tesla Sales Pitch And Can't Believe What They're Seeing
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-tesla-sales-script-150620563.html
Comment: Warning - Article contains language that some may find offensive.
Here are 8 things to know about the Trump-backed SAVE Act : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5301676/save-act-explainer-voter-registration
The Guardian US: House hearing ends abruptly after Republican misgenders trans member
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/republican-misgenders-sarah-mcbride
Lara Trump: Americans should be ‘kissing the feet of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lara-trump-americans-kissing-feet-141941105.html
Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-testifies-court-plan-abolish-224504230.html
CNN: Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/politics/darren-beattie-marco-rubio-deleted-tweets-kfile/index.html
PENTAGON KEEPS POURING CASH INTO GOLF COURSES — EVEN AS TRUMP SLASHES GOVERNMENT SPENDING
ABC News: MRNA vaccines now face attacks from some in the GOP
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mrna-vaccines-now-face-attacks-gop/story?id=119553285
The Guardian US: ‘She is evil’: Amy Coney Barrett under attack by right wing after USAid ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/amy-coney-barrett-under-attack-by-right-wing
Pentagon Wipes Records of Famed WWII Plane 'Enola Gay,' Named After the Pilot's Mom, Because 'DEI Is Dead'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pentagon-wipes-records-famed-wwii-175754450.html
SFGATE: Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from Calif. reservoirs just got even uglier
Trump yanks security clearances of lawyers at firm that probed any Trump-Russia ties
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxldx6l7
Jonathan Butcher: Education Department shuttering should be 'priority' for Trump
Opinion - Trump may have already planted the seeds of his political collapse
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-may-already-planted-133000888.html
ProPublica: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas
Peter Navarro: ‘Canada has been taken over … by Mexican cartels’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/peter-navarro-canada-taken-over-171218371.html
Alabama war hero’s family ‘saddened’ Pete Hegseth removed his name from Georgia Army base
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl6omvh
ProPublica: A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill
US House speaker's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech | Reuters
Opinion: Trump rebrands party. GOP now stands for: ‘Good ole’ Putin’
https://share.newsbreak.com/bv8tw7ky
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed,' former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News
https://www.yahoo.com/news/families-captured-north-korean-troops-090313885.html
Comment: North Korea and Russia. These are the countries that Trump seems to want to cozy up to.
Fact Check: Musk reposted meme saying people who benefit from federal programs are the 'Parasite Class'
https://share.newsbreak.com/bv8w3ivz
Speaker Mike Johnson lives at a house at the center of a pastor's secretive influence campaign • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/03/02/speaker-johnson-house/
Axios: GOP piles on Trump's Zelensky hostility
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/02/gop-trump-zelensky-meeting-lawmakers-react
Following Trump's lead, his allies criticize Ukraine's Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign
https://www.yahoo.com/news/following-trumps-lead-allies-lash-200050641.html
AOC asks Attorney General Bondi if she is under DOJ investigation
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/aoc-pam-bondi-doj-investigation-ice
The Guardian: Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals. Hardly anyone’s paying attention | Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/trump-pga-liv-saudi-arabia
Video: Beshear: GOP more focused on party loyalty than their own constituents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beshear-gop-more-focused-party-172436673.html
Comment: Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear explains.
Mike Johnson claims ‘paid protesters’ are disrupting GOP town halls — then backtracks when asked for proof
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-claims-paid-protesters-142202159.html
Presidential meme coins should be against the law, House Democrat says
https://apnews.com/article/trump-meme-coin-liccardo-crypto-1ecccef627173b01927f03d9b526b7a7
Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-social-media-purge-lethality-cc404f00493578d4210e3efe2440648f
Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal workers don't deserve their jobs or paychecks
Axios: Exclusive: GOP staffers told to call occupied West Bank Judea and Samaria
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/west-bank-judea-samaria-name-change-gop?ref=upstract.com
Trump Gaza: AI video teases president's vision for takeover plan
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-gaza-ai-video-israel-hamas-war
Comment: Apparently, Trump posted the video. Is it any wonder that many in the Middle East hate America?
Outrageous video about Gaza's future! Posted Under Donald Trump's Account on Truth Social
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114068387897265338
Comment: Is this a hack? Does Donald Trump approve of this Video? It's under his account!
Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/why-project-2025-guy-suddenly-210034781.html
I am MAGA Man: Trump's version of the ideal American is pro-Putin and anti-truth | Opinion
Comment: How about a little sarcasm to express one's outrage.
WTOP: Acting D.C U.S. attorney opens inquiries into 2 Democrats over remarks on DOGE, justices
TIME: A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I’ve Known My Whole Life
https://time.com/7258245/disability-protections-section-504-texas-v-becerra-essay/
1 Of Trump’s Most Infamous Photos Is Now Hanging Outside The Oval Office
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-outside-oval-office_n_67b2f8e9e4b0c6b4a50456d9
January 6 Insurrectionists Take Trump Pardons to Horrifying Level
https://www.yahoo.com/news/january-6-insurrectionists-trump-pardons-200306708.html
NPR: Top federal prosecutor in Washington previously defended Jan. 6 rioters
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5292205/ed-martin-dc-federal-prosecutor
Here’s How Much Money Trump Has Made Off the Presidency So Far
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/much-money-trump-made-off-143021540.html
Buddy Carter floats renaming Greenland to 'Red, White and Blueland'
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5138543-buddy-carter-donald-trump-greenland-name-change/
Forbes: 17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293524/ap-gulf-of-mexico-white-house-oval-office
Fortune: Transportation secretary's memo to tie funding to marriage and birth rates is called 'bizarre and a little creepy
ABC News: Trump administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department employee who resigned over racist posts
Booz Allen Removes Subcontractor Who Wrote Report on DOGE Access
https://www.yahoo.com/news/treasury-warned-insider-threat-risk-005911245.html
NPR: Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5276336/donald-trump-jan-6-rape-assault-pardons-rioters
The Intercept: The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/04/jan-6-prosecutions-ed-martin-reparations/
ABC News: Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints, ends guidance
The Associated Press: The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces
NBC News: Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program
POLITICO: Inside the battle to remove fluoride from Florida drinking water — and the effort’s RFK Jr.-aligned ally
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/fluoride-florida-drinking-water-rfk-ladapo-00201507
Trump celebrates win by lawmaker who said Omar, Tlaib should ‘consider leaving’
Bill to add Trump to Mount Rushmore introduced in House
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/trump-mount-rushmore-house-bill
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee Republican women’s group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/jan/23/tennesssee-republican-womens-group-cites-hitler/
A Republican court candidate in North Carolina wants to toss out thousands of votes
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5269775/north-carolina-supreme-court-challenged-ballots
‘I wouldn’t take responsibility’: Trump won’t take blame if something happens to Fauci after security detail removed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wouldn-t-responsibility-trump-won-195626934.html
‘The gloves are off’: Trump appears poised to cash in from his presidency in new ways
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gloves-off-trump-appears-poised-120058246.html
Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wh-press-secretary-took-200109900.html
A Pastor's Powerful Plea For 'Mercy' Drew Trump's Ire — And Faith Leaders Have Something To Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastors-powerful-plea-mercy-drew-002115333.html
AL.com: White House’s Spanish-language website taken down, briefly replaced with ‘Go Home’ message
Video: Watch "Crypto Bought the 2024 Election" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WYQ1cheGBs4
Fears over lawmakers’ sexual texts to star Jan.6 witness being released may have stopped GOP subpoena: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-aide-advised-against-subpoena-205259834.html
AL.com: Former Alabama congressman: Trump makes ‘dishonest statements just for the fun of it’
ProPublica: On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious
The Associated Press: Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court
https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-law-poster-school-76d86dd745bf5bcd0964faf5b732d894
NPR: Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots : Shots - Health News
Trump’s team weighs withholding massive research grants from universities that are too ‘woke’: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-team-weighs-withholding-massive-231517765.html
Vance, GOP committees ask Supreme Court to strike down coordination limits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-gop-committees-ask-supreme-000227736.html
Groups urge Congress to rein in federal bureaucracy after Supreme Court slashes agency authority
https://www.yahoo.com/news/groups-urge-congress-rein-federal-100000524.html
POLITICO: FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/smirnov-bidens-plea-agreement-00194004
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