Trump cultists

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), suggested that The Wall Street Journal reporter responsible for uncovering a DOGE employee’s racist tweets should be fired on Friday. In a story published on Thursday, the Journal‘s Katherine Long revealed that a “key DOGE staff member who gained access to …

Betsy DeVos writes for the Detroit Free Press: The Department has failed at its mission and no longer needs to exist. I can understand how that idea, which President Donald Trump is committed to advancing, might sound a bit radical. But having spent four years on the inside as secretary of education, struggling to get the department’s bureaucracy to make …

NOTUS reports: Republicans are already staring down the possibility of a politically disastrous government shutdown, with funding set to run out on March 14 and lawmakers seeing little reason for any optimism. “The clock is ticking and running away from us right now,” senior appropriator Rep. Steve Womack told NOTUS on Thursday. The March 14 deadline, House Appropriations Chair Tom …

The Latin Times reports: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced today she will introduce a bill to declare English as the country’s official language. USA.gov confirms that the U.S. does not have an official language, although “English is the most widely used language” in the country. Greene has also demanded Congress pass a bill to use “force” in renaming the …

Houston’s NPR affiliate reports: A Houston man released from federal prison in Colorado last month, after being pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, was arrested Thursday on a charge of online solicitation of a minor dating back to 2016. Andrew Taake, 36, was sentenced to six years in prison in June 2024 after pleading guilty to …

Axios reports: A group of House and Senate Democrats said they were denied access to the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is the third time this week that Democratic lawmakers were blocked from an agency that has been targeted by President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE. On Monday, a large group of Democrats tried to enter the …

“It was the USAID that was cut off and should have been cut off. I mean, $15 million for condoms for the Taliban! That’s what we hear. And that’s what they discovered. This is the type of thing that they’re finding in this kind of thing. We want them to find there is inefficiency. “When you have a government as …

The Associated Press reports: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asks her not to deport Venezuelans without criminal records as ordered by Trump. “I respectfully request, within all applicable rules and regulations, that you assess all options available to ensure that Venezuelan nationals without criminal records are not forcibly returned to one of the most repressive …

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: The Unified Police Department said surveillance footage failed to back up recent claims made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who said a driver had swerved at them last month. UPD officers were originally sent to assist the ICE agents with a traffic stop in Murray on the morning of Jan. 26. When …

From the transcript of today’s exchange: HARRY DUNN: You’re damn right I’m upset. BRANDON FELLOWS: Yeah, well you should be. You should probably control your emotions. DUNN: You know what? You know what? I’m glad you’re recording. FELLOWS: Let’s take a breath. DUNN: No. You are a lot more tough now that you don’t got 10,000 of your thugs out …

The Christian Post reports: International House of Prayer Kansas City’s disgraced founder Mike Bickle used predatory tactics and spiritual manipulation to sexually abuse at least 17 females, including minors, according to the findings of an independent investigative report. One victim claims she was so gaslit by Bickle he made her read Psalm 51 after sexual encounters. The 68-page report, Investigation …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joined in spreading the latest MAGA-world accusation against USAID on Wednesday, but it was quickly revealed that the claim was grossly misrepresented and that Boebert herself was engaged in the same practice she was raging about. Boebert shared a Politico report on the many false allegations Elon Musk has spread against USAID and captioned …

Ars Technica reports: Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond, and they paint an alarming picture for Tesla. Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK—all affluent countries that are key markets for Tesla’s electric vehicles. In France, sales of new Teslas fell by 63 percent, while total car sales in …

The Associated Press reports: In her first hours after being sworn in Wednesday as nation’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive Wednesday establishing a “Weaponization Working Group” that she says will be tasked with reviewing “politicized” actions of officials who investigated President Donald Trump at both the state and federal levels. Bondi’s memo mandates that …

“It’s been a great two weeks, Greg. Two weeks ago I was in prison and just last night I was in Mar-A-Lago at the president’s house. Last time I was on, I told you that I was gonna take some time, and I was going to really think about what I was going to do. “And I think my future …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: In Nassau County, Democrats are suing Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his creation of an armed citizen deputy program. It’s something that opponents say amounts to an illegal militia and they are calling it “an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban America.” In what’s been ranked as the safest county in …

“I think it’s Donald Trump’s bid to build a Dubai-like city on the Mediterranean. The Gaza Strip has been a pain to the nation of Israel since the time of Samson. Process that. From the time of the Judges on, this place has been a problem for Israel and Donald Trump is saying, ‘We’re going to put an end to …

Fox News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza a “bold step” toward restoring peace in the region. “Of course, the initial announcement yesterday, I think, was greeted with surprise by many, but cheered by, I think, people all around the world,” Johnson said during his weekly press conference on Wednesday. “Why? …

Reuters reports: Representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have gotten access to key payment and contracting systems, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The DOGE representatives have been on site at the agency’s offices this week, and are looking at the systems’ technology as …

The New York Times reports: Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms to join its “American Dynamism” team. Mr. Penny, a Long Island native and former architecture student, will work in a group that supports American interests, …