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“I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA — ONLY THE BEST. RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS!” – …

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staff, a government watchdog warned Monday. The new administration’s rapid dismantling of USAID has left oversight of the humanitarian aid “largely nonoperational,” the inspector general’s office for …

San Francisco’s ABC affiliate reports: Leaders for San Francisco Pride are sharing the new steps they’re taking to increase security. It comes as the Trump Administration pushes a series of policies taking aim at the LGBTQ community, in particular transgender people. “I expect people are going to be emboldened and we are going to encounter more threats this year,” SF …

Mediaite reports: Kanye West made a Super Bowl ad on his phone to promote a website he’s currently using to sell t-shirts with swastikas on them. In the days before the Super Bowl, West — having recently returned to Twitter/X — posted a near-incessant stream of tweets praising Hitler and repeating anti-Semitic hate speech. The artist eventually deactivated his account …

Daniel Lefferts writes for GQ Magazine: Not long ago I went to a party at a penthouse on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. A young man in a tuxedo greeted me at the door and ushered me into a well-appointed living room, where a fire glowed in a corner and prints of ancient Greek temples overlooked a grand piano. Gathered therein …

Florida Politics reports: “With more than 170,000 regulatory restrictions, Florida ranks 11th nationally in bureaucratic burden — putting it in the company of high-regulation states like New York and California,” said a joint press release put out by Sen. Danny Burgess and Rep. Tiffany Esposito. Burgess and Esposito’s legislation (SB 448/HB 305) would exempt the rules if agencies are required …

The Huffington Post reports: Conservatives melted down over Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. Some of President Donald Trump’s MAGA acolytes said they couldn’t understand what the Grammy Award-winning musician was rapping about during his set. Others suggested he was somehow in league with the devil. Actor Samuel L. Jackson’s appearance as Uncle Sam has …

The Washington Post reports: As much as half the government’s nonmilitary real estate holdings are set to be liquidated, a move aimed at closing offices and increasing commute times amid sharp new limits on remote and telework. That is intended to depress workforce morale and increase attrition. “We’ve heard from them that they want to make the buildings so crappy …

“I think the Canadian people, many of them, would love to join the United States with no tariffs, with lower taxes. I have all kinds of neighbors down in Florida who are Canadians who are escaping the liberal policies and are moving in. “What you’re seeing is a reassertion of American leadership in the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic all …

Politico reports: “I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today,” Noem said Sunday. “We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters, like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California, but you need to let the local officials make the decisions on how …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk sounded off on a federal judge for blocking access to the Treasury Department’s data systems to Musk and his DOGE team. Musk was not pleased by the ruling, to say the least. He kicked off what has been a day-long social media screed by pushing a claim from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that Engelmayer’s decision even …

The New York Times reports: The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be president of the United States posted on his social media account that his family had issued a cryptocurrency called $Trump. In those first minutes, a crypto wallet with a unique identification code …

CNN reports: Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ordering all employees at the consumer watchdog to stop virtually all work – including fighting financial abuse. “Effective immediately, unless expressly approved by the Acting Director or required by law, all employees, contractors and other personnel of the bureau shall…cease …

The New York Times reports: The city of Springfield, Ohio, which was singled out by Donald J. Trump and JD Vance during the presidential campaign with false and outrageous claims about Haitian immigrants, has sued a neo-Nazi group that helped draw national attention to the small city in the first place. The suit, filed in federal court on Thursday, was brought …

The New Republic reports: One of Donald Trump’s biggest donors is looking to the Supreme Court to limit tough press coverage of the MAGA leader’s administration. Republican megadonor Steve Wynn filed a petition with the nation’s highest judiciary on Friday to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark 1964 decision that raised the standards required for a plaintiff to …

The Daily Beast reports: Republican congressman Byron Donalds appears to have played hooky and skipped out on his legislative duties for an appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher. Jake Sherman, a political analyst with MSNBC and founder of Punchbowl News, posted to X Saturday that Donalds might have went to see Maher at HBO’s studios in California over voting …

The Daily Mail reports: MAGA favorite Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene signaled she could have ambitions to run for higher office as President Donald Trump loyalists move to lock in control in Washington. Greene acknowledged she is thinking about challenging Democratic Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff who is up for reelection next year in the battleground state. She is also considering a …

“I said we’re going to open a portal tonight over the White House. And we are going to give glory to God as this happens. God wants that portal to be opened, so we’re believing for that. “And we’re going to get rid of all that’s wicked, that all the presidents before Donald Trump invited by their actions and let …

“I enjoy my eggs, too. So, this is certainly an issue. Look, I think two things at play here. Number one, the bird flu issue is obviously a concern. Twenty million chickens, egg producing chickens were slaughtered in the fourth quarter of last year. “So, that supply, and that obviously impacts supply and demand. But the other issue is that …

ABC News reports: House Judiciary Democrats sent a terse letter Friday to newly minted Attorney General Pam Bondi, expressing concerns that Elon Musk’s role at DOGE creates “conflicts of interest” due to what they said are his “sprawling financial interests” in federal contracts and subsidies. Democrats contend that Musk’s companies’ routine engagement with federal agencies on defense contracts, telecommunications regulations, …