Trump cultists

Courthouse News reports: A former aide to Donald Trump can proceed with her civil rape case against Trump’s longtime senior campaign advisor Jason Miller, a New York judge ruled Friday. The lawsuit is an escalation of a yearslong and salacious feud between Miller and former MAGA attorney A.J. Delgado, who claims that she was victimized in her publicized extramarital affair …

Wired reports: Elon Musk’s minions—from trusted sidekicks to random college students and former Musk company interns—have taken over the General Services Administration, a critical government agency that manages federal offices and technology. Already, the team is attempting to use White House security credentials to gain unusual access to GSA tech, deploying a suite of new AI software, and recreating the …

Via press release: Representative Thomas Massie announces that he has reintroduced H.R. 899, a bill to abolish the federal Department of Education. H.R. 899 is one sentence long, stating, “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2026.” “Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development,” said Rep. Massie. “States …

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: Federal prosecutors based in Nashville have withdrawn from the criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, an unprecedented move that could signal plans by the Trump administration to drop the case against a Republican ally. With no explanation, Acting U.S. Attorney Brian McGuire filed a notice late Thursday to withdraw Assistant U.S. from an on-going legal …

“I think that CNN spent all night last night focusing on what Donald Trump came out and said, ‘DEI is probably at the root of this’ just to paraphrase, and say why are you bringing it up now? Well fundamentally, it might be at the root of this, and this is moving at a break neck pace. When are they …

The Hill reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) signaled Thursday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence could be in jeopardy after her past defense of alleged traitors, adding to the list of skeptics. “I’m worried by what I hear from some of my Republican colleagues. I’m worried that her nomination may be in jeopardy,” Hawley …

NBC News reports: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in state jobs, ignoring President Donald Trump’s attempt to offer them a clean slate last week in a sweeping set of pardons and commutations. Pritzker directed the state’s Department of Central Management Services, the state’s …

“I’ll have my first granddaughter here in a couple of weeks. And my son and his wife have done their research about vaccines. And she’s not gonna be a pincushion. We’re not gonna allow that to happen. We have an attention deficit problem in this country. Attention deficit, when you or I were growing up, our parents didn’t use a …

“RFK is going to run HHS whether you like it or not. The Senate is ours, and the moment Trump decides he’s had enough of random Senators delaying our mission, JD is walking in and taking the gavel as President of the Senate. There’s zero you can do about that. We the People will not be stopped. We’re saving the …

“Clearly, Kash Patel is lying. He absolutely does know who I am and he’s very familiar on a lot of different levels. I’m not going to get into that because this guy is going through his Senate confirmation hearing. So I’m not going to get into too many personal specifics at this point, but that’s just flagrantly false, what he …

The Meidas Touch reports: Sean Duffy, former congressman and President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, is now investigating the tragic midair collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. However, Duffy’s past legislative record reveals he previously voted against a 2019 appropriations bill, H.R. 267. According to the bill’s summary, the legislation …

“Something the president said that I think bears reemphasizing, which is that when you don’t have the best standards in who you’re hiring, it means, on the one hand, you’re not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there. “And I think that is a core part …

“Myself and over 1,600 other J6ers showed up that day for Trump because he asked us to be there, and as a point in our country, I’m hoping that that was one of the reasons that the rest of America woke up and saw the corruption and destruction that was happening to our country. “As hard as it’s been, as …

“I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy — based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination. I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy to go fishing with. He fought for his country. He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out that were destroying his country and turning …

The New York Times reports: Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, informed NPR and PBS this week that he had ordered an investigation into the practice of their member stations airing sponsorships. Mr. Carr told Katherine Maher, NPR’s chief executive, and Paula Kerger, PBS’s chief executive, about the investigation in a letter on Wednesday. Mr. Carr, who …

“I’m a conspiracy theorist, and I hope you are too. Yes, it was made official today. They finally just, for everybody — when they say you’re a conspiracy theorist, that means you’re a critical thinker. That means you’re independent. “That means you don’t necessarily go with the fake news preferred narrative. You see things for yourself. You are not afraid …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) suggested Thursday that a fatal crash could have been caused partly by DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion in government hiring. “I think you have to look at this with eyes wide open, see what happened,” Ogles said on Fox News. “Human error. Was it some sort of equipment failure? Did DEI …

The Washington Post reports: Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday for what’s expected to be a contentious session focusing on her views on major foreign policy challenges, controversial statements on Russia and Syria, and her position on the delicate balance between government surveillance and civil liberties. The …

The New York Times reports: Kash Patel, the nominee for F.B.I. director, is expected to face bruising questions at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday about his relative lack of experience, his promise to persecute his enemies and whether he will preserve the bureau’s independence from President Trump. The nomination of Mr. Patel, 44, a self-described Trump campaign surrogate, has …

“Trump 2028. Could it happen? President Trump seems to be getting younger as he ages. We’ve gone from the Weekend at Bernie’s presidency to the Benjamin Button presidency. One of America’s oldest presidents may be the youngest at heart. “He’s healthy, he’s leading, and he’s actually as popular today as Obama was when elected. In a divided America, that’s a …