Joe Jervis

DHS Shitposts With Alligator Alcatraz ICE Meme

Newsweek reports: The Department of Homeland Security has shared an apparently AI-generated meme depicting alligators as ICE agents outside of a Florida detention center. “Alligator Alcatraz” is a new migrant detention center being developed on a remote airstrip in the Everglades. The facility aims to house up to 5,000 detainees and uses the area’s natural isolation and wildlife as part …

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Trump Vows To Unseat Thom Tillis Over Megabill Vote

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked Sen. Thom Tillis for opposing the party’s sweeping domestic policy bill, threatening to meet with potential primary challengers to the North Carolina Republican. Tillis, who faces re-election next year in a battleground state, was one of two Republicans, along with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to vote against advancing the “big, …

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Senate Advances Trump’s Megabill In 51-49 Vote

ABC News reports: The Senate voted to advance the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” kicking off a lengthy process that GOP leadership hopes will end in its final passage. For much of the night, it was believed that Vice President JD Vance would be required to cast a tie-breaking vote. But at the last minute, Sen. Ron Johnson switched his no …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Broadway World reports: Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller has shared a video of “One Gay More,” set to Watch the video above, featuring Seth Rudetsky on the piano. Seller hosted the event alongside Democratic senators including Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren, Love Is Love featured The participants include Tony winners John Cameron Mitchell, Lisa Kron, and Brandon Uranowitz, as well as …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senate Likely To Begin Megabill Debate

Politico reports: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Democrats they will force the out-loud reading of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” if the Senate votes to start debate Saturday. The maneuver, which was described by a person granted anonymity to describe private plans, is meant to slow down Senate passage of the megabill and give Democrats more time to …

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Musk: “Utterly Insane” Trump Megabill Will Destroy Jobs

The Independent reports: Elon Musk has slammed the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” as support for the motion to proceed with the legislation in the upper chamber comes down to the wire. “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” Musk wrote on X …

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Hundreds Protest Outside Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

Miami’s NPR affiliate reports: A seemingly non-stop stream of dump trucks and semi rigs entering the grounds of what’s now been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” roared past hundreds of sign-waving and chanting protestors Saturday as they lined U.S. 41 east and west of the site in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs …

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Megabill In Peril With Four GOP Senators Opposing

NBC News reports: The Senate on Saturday is eyeing an afternoon procedural vote to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after two key holdouts changed their vote, but the push appears to be on shaky ground as a handful of Republican senators have warned they will vote against the reconciliation package. Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy threatened to vote against …

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Budapest Pride Draws Record Crowd Of Over 100,000

The New York Times reports: A government ban on Hungary’s annual Pride parade backfired on Saturday when more than 100,000 people marched through the Hungarian capital, far more than have taken part in previous such events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday warned people to stay away from the banned parade, threatening “clear legal consequences” for anyone taking part. Government …

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Mace Asks WH To Unfreeze $285M In Climate Funds

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. In a two-page letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Mace asked the administration to disburse roughly $285 million for the …

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REPORT: Pro-ICE MAGA Canadian Dies In ICE Custody

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports: Johnny Noviello, 49, who co-owned Daytona Auto Sales on Mason Avenue, died June 23 while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a release from the agency. The cause of death is under investigation. Noviello, a Port Orange resident, entered the United States from Canada in 1988 with a legal …

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DHS Revokes Status Of 500K Haitians: It’s “Safe” There

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration announced an end to temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants in the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. The temporary protected status for Haitian nationals in the United States, granted after a 2010 earthquake near Port-au- Prince caused up to 200,000 deaths, will terminate Sept. 2, the …

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Johnson: I’ll Vote Against Proceeding On Megabill

“I just can’t accept this is the new normal. So President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the big, beautiful bill even better. I’d like it much better. Right now, I’m not going to vote for a motion to proceed today. We just got the bill. I got my first copy about 1.23 in the morning this …

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Judge Blocks Order Sanctioning Dominion’s Lawyers

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit with Fox News over the network’s coverage of President Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said the effort violated the Constitution and threatens the independence …

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Comer “Demands” Top Biden Aides Appear For Grilling

Via press reports: As part of the investigation into the cover-up of President Joe Biden’s mental decline and potentially unauthorized issuance of sweeping pardons and other executive actions, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent letters to Karine Jean-Pierre, Ian Sams, Andrew Bates, and Jeff Zients demanding they appear for transcribed interviews. “President …

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Morale Plummets As Layoffs Loom At State Dept

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration’s plan for mass layoffs at the State Department has left much of the workforce exasperated and embittered, tanking morale as extra demands were made to assist U.S. citizens seeking to flee the Middle East amid Israel’s war with Iran, employees say. Rubio had set a July 1 timeline for the dismissals, but execution …

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LIVE: Budapest Pride Goes On In Defiance Of Orban

Agence-France Presse reports: Record-breaking numbers of revellers are expected to turn out on the streets of Budapest on Saturday in defiance of a new law by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition that bans Hungary’s annual Pride celebrations. A record number of people are expected to attend Saturday’s Pride march in the Hungarian capital Budapest, defying a ban that marks …

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Revised Senate Megabill Would End Tax Credits For EVs

Reuters reports: U.S. Senate Republicans late Friday released a revised tax and budget bill that would end the $7,500 tax credit on new electric vehicle sales and leases on September 30 as well as the $4,000 tax credit for used EVs. The prior version would have ended the credit for new sales 180 days after the bill was signed into …

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GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson To Run For South Dakota Gov

Politico reports: Rep. Dusty Johnson will announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday, according to two people granted anonymity to speak about private conversations. Johnson has served as South Dakota’s sole House representative since 2019. He’s been a key player in major deals on Capitol Hill in recent years as the head of the Main Street Caucus of Republicans. …

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Eric Trump Floats Running For President In 2028

The Guardian reports: Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end. Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his …

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