Joe Jervis

EU Considers Broader Range Of US Trade Restrictions

Reuters reports: The European Union is exploring a broader set of possible counter-measures against the United States as prospects for an acceptable trade agreement with Washington fade, according to EU diplomats. An increasing number of EU members, including Germany, are now considering using wide-ranging “anti-coercion” measures which would let the bloc target U.S. services and other sectors in the absence …

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Rights Group: Migrant Men Were Forced To Eat “Like Dogs” With Their Hands Shackled Behind Their Backs

Human Rights Watch reports: Staff were dismissive or abusive even when detainees were undergoing a visibly obvious medical crisis. For example, staff ignored a detained immigrant who began coughing blood in a crowded holding cell for hours. In that case, unrest ensued, and a Disturbance Control Team stormed the cell, forcing the men in it to lie face down on …

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Protesters Vow To Ruin Vance’s August UK Vacation

The Guardian reports: For his family’s holiday this year the US vice-president is understood to have chosen the Cotswolds, where Land Rovers outnumber pickup trucks. Vance, his wife, Usha, and their three young children are expected next month to rent a property in the region – an increasingly popular choice for wealthy tourists – soon after Donald Trump, the US …

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DeSantis Dodges On 2028: “That’s Just Not How I Roll”

“I’ve got enough challenges on my plate now. I mean, I think we have 23.5 million people here. We’ve got things happening all the time. I mean, the idea that I’m going to be worrying about things down the line. That’s just not how I roll. I’ve got to get the most out of my opportunity here to lead, and …

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TODAY: Texas Begins Special Session On Redistricting

The Washington Post reports: Today kicks off what will probably be a particularly contentious and closely watched special session of the Texas legislature. Republicans want to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create new Republican seats — five more, if President Donald Trump gets his way. Democrats at the national level say they won’t sit out this fight. The Democratic …

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Trump: “People Don’t Explain To Me, I Explain To Them”

“The Wall Street Journal ran a typically untruthful story today by saying that Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, explained to me that firing Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, the Worst Federal Reserve Chairman in History, would be bad for the Market. Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody what’s good for the Market, and what’s …

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Mamdani Visits Uganda, Mocks Haters With Video

The New York Times reports: Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani said on Sunday that he was visiting Uganda, where he was born, in a break from campaigning for the general election in November. In a video posted on X and Bluesky, Mr. Mamdani said he was making the trip to Africa with his wife, Rama Duwaji, whom he married in February, to …

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Bloomberg: Kennedy Is “Making America Sick Again”

Michael Bloomberg writes for Bloomberg News: Senate Republicans have made this mess, and they need to clean it up. They have a constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight of Kennedy, and they have a moral responsibility to do everything possible to constrain Kennedy’s deadly actions — or force him out. That should include demanding that the White House pressure Kennedy to …

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Bacon Credits Melania For Trump’s “Pivot” On Putin

NewsNation reports: Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), a moderate Republican, suggested in a Sunday interview that first lady Melania Trump deserves some credit for President Trump’s apparent pivot against Russia in its war against Ukraine. “Well, I’m glad that the president has pivoted on Ukraine,” Bacon said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.” “I think we owe Melania some …

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Flight Has Close Call With B-52 Bomber [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: A SkyWest flight had to perform a go-around maneuver after it nearly collided with a second aircraft Friday before it landed in North Dakota. SkyWest said it is investigating the incident. The air traffic control tower had cleared the plane to approach the airport, but the pilot “performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their …

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Felon Posts Fake Video Of Obama Being Arrested

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump shared a fake video depicting the arrest and imprisonment of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, following a furious weekend posting rampage. Trump shared the video from a pro-MAGA TikTok user, after posting throughout the weekend about Tulsi Gabbard’s claims that the Obama administration engaged in a “treasonous conspiracy” to subvert his 2016 …

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DOJ Has Flouted Dozens Of Rulings By Federal Judges

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump and his appointees have been accused of flouting courts in a third of the more than 160 lawsuits against the administration in which a judge has issued a substantive ruling, a Washington Post analysis has found, suggesting widespread noncompliance with America’s legal system. Plaintiffs say Justice Department lawyers and the agencies they represent …

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Trump Vows To Kill DC Stadium Deal Over Team’s Name

ESPN reports: President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The Hollywood Reporter reports: Superman has transformed into a bonafide crowd pleaser at the box office in a much-needed inaugural win for the Warner Bros.-owned DC Studios, which is run together by James Gunn — also the film’s director — and producer Peter Safran. The big-budget tentpole was all but assured of staying atop the domestic box office in its …

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Cuomo: If Mamdani Wins, “Even I Will Move To Florida”

The New York Post reports: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack his bags and flee to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani. “It’s all or nothing. We either win or even I will move to Florida. God forbid!” Cuomo told business leaders and other honchos at a Hamptons breakfast hosted by supermarket …

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Lutnick Claims Aug 1 Is “Hard Deadline” For Tariffs

CNBC reports: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that Aug. 1 is the deadline for countries to begin paying tariffs to the United States, but said that “nothing stops countries from talking to us after August 1.” “That’s a hard deadline, so on August 1, the new tariff rates will come in,” Lutnick said on CBS News, when asked about …

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ICE Chief: Masks Keep Agents And Their Families Safe

The Guardian reports: The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids. Todd Lyons, the agency’s acting director, was asked on CBS Face the Nation about imposters exploiting the practice by posing as immigration officers. “That’s one …

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Trump Demands Return To “Indian” Team Names

“The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times …

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Beto O’Rourke: Blue States Should Also Gerrymander

The Hill reports:   Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) called on his fellow Democrats to fight “fire with fire” as Republicans in his state move forward with an effort to alter Texas’s congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” O’Rourke said Democrats need to start playing the same game as Republicans …

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Duffy Sanctions Mexican Airlines, Blames Buttigieg

The Associated Press reports: The Trump administration imposed new restrictions Saturday on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico in response to limits the Mexican government placed on passenger and cargo flights into Mexico City several years ago. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexico’s actions to force airlines to move out …

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