Homocons

The Washington Post reports: Sales of subscriptions for the coming season of programming at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are down by about $1.6 million, or roughly 36 percent, compared with last year. By this point in 2024, the center had generated $4,413,147 in revenue from selling subscriptions to its theater, dance, classical and other seasons of performances. …

From the MAGA outlet Florida’s Voice: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advocated for the U.S. to adopt fiscal policies mirroring those of Florida, contrasting the state’s approach with that of New York. “We want the U.S. to be more like Florida and less like New York,” Bessent said during an interview on Fox News with Bret Baier. Bessent highlighted the significant …

The New York Times reports: In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power. Mr. Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But behind the scenes, officials …

Courthouse News reports: The treasurer for former Rep. George Santos’ congressional campaign was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to a felony count of conspiracy to defraud the US, admitting to filing false campaign finance reports, obstructing the FEC and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert handed down the sentence to Nancy Marks about …

“For those asking… Even though I initially considered the prospect of petitioning the president with a pardon application I have seized that approach as I will not spend the last 61 days I have of life scrambling on how to get past a bunch of guard dogs. The so called ‘friends’ I have that said they’d help legit should have …

CNN reports: Amid an antitrust battle with the Justice Department, global entertainment company Live Nation is adding one of President Trump’s closest advisors to its board of directors. Richard Grenell, who is both Trump’s presidential envoy for special missions and the newly installed president of the Kennedy Center, was named to the Live Nation board. Live Nation, the parent company …

The New York Times reports: Richard Grenell, whom President Trump installed as the president of the Kennedy Center, claimed Monday night that the center’s deferred maintenance and its deficit — two things commonly found at nonprofit arts organizations — were “criminal.” He said he would refer the matter to federal prosecutors. Speaking to Mr. Trump and a group of board …

The Guardian reports: Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico. “It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot …

“I’ll take a commutation, clemency, whatever the president is willing to give me. Seven years and three months in prison for a first-time offender over campaign matters just screams ‘over the top,’ and I would appreciate if the president would consider. I do believe this is an unfair judgment handed down to me. I think there was a lot of …

“Any performer who isn’t professional enough to perform for patrons of all backgrounds, regardless of political affiliation, won’t be welcomed. In fact, we think it would be important to out those vapid and intolerant artists to ensure producers know who they shouldn’t hire — and that the public knows which shows have political litmus tests to sit in the audience. …

Newsweek reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has defended President Donald Trump’s comments that children may have fewer toys this Christmas, arguing that they should take solace in the administration’s efforts to create a stronger economy in the long term. “I would tell that young girl that you will have a better life than your parents,” Bessent told Fox News on …

“Shame on you, American Idol. Inviting Lin Manuel to be a mentor to young people 3 weeks after Lin pulled his show from the Kennedy Center because he can’t work with Republicans is an obvious move to support political intolerance. We need performers who perform for everyone. Not radicals who litmus test the audience’s voting history. Dumb move, ABC.” – …

The Washington Post reports: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday designated the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, as an “extremist endeavor,” a move that lowers hurdles for the spy agency in conducting certain kinds of surveillance on the party, the second-largest in Germany’s parliament. AfD party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla called the upgraded classification a “severe …

New York City radio station 1010 WINS reports: Former U.S. Rep. George Santos will seek a pardon from President Donald Trump after he was sentenced last week to more than seven years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft. Santos’ lead attorney, Joseph W. Murray, told 1010 WINS he is preparing to submit a request for a pardon to …

“Once I finish my obligations with the US criminal justice system I will leave and never return. I rather take my chances in other countries than live in a country that has a weaponized justice system and is run by the industrial prison complex.” – George Santos, who last month was sentenced to over seven years on fraud and identity …

Mediaite reports: Jordan Conradson asked Trump about the “leftist media” while complimenting his “Gulf of America” hat he was holding. Conradson accused the media of trying to “hide” mugshots of illegal migrant criminals. “They’re trying to hide the mugshots that are featured on the front lawn of rapists, murderers, pedophiles. What do you think of that? Aren’t they proving to …

The Virginia Mercury reports: Days after John Reid became the de facto Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has asked him to drop out of the race. Reid vowed he would “not back down” in a fiery video response on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday evening. Youngkin’s request, first reported by The Richmonder, came in response to allegations …

“This is the hardest statement I have ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and fully accountable for choices that shattered the faith so many placed in me. I betrayed the confidence entrusted to me by many. For that, I offer my deepest apology. “When I pled guilty, I did so without reservation. I said then, and I repeat now, …

“It was quite dramatic. I’ve got to tell you, the federal judge was expressing some real disappointment in George Santos before handing down the sentence, essentially saying that he is fully deserving of the sentence that she was about to give him. “And when she did add up the total of 87 months, which is what the prosecution was requesting …

New York Playbook reports: Disgraced former Rep. George Santos is set to learn today just how many years he’ll spend behind bars for the web of deceit that began revealing itself before he took office in January 2023. He’s resigned to his fate, he told Playbook, but he seeks leniency. He’s remorseful, he said, but he has words for anyone …