Trump Lies

Military.com reports: As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom — amid the president’s controversial move to deploy the National Guard and Marines against protesters in Los Angeles — as well as former President Joe Biden and the press. The soldiers roared with laughter …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump drew charged reactions of both admiration and ire at the Kennedy Center’s opening night of “Les Misérables” – with a greeting of cheers and boos, drama at intermission and drag queens in the audience. When the lights came on after the end of the first act Wednesday, many people cheered and clapped as the president …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is set to attend the opening night of “Les Misérables,” a musical set against a background of revolution and protest, at Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday. “I love the songs, I love the play,” Trump told Fox News Digital last week. “I think it’s great.” Protests against …

Pew Research reports: U.S. President Donald Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Center survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs. Majorities in most countries also express little or no confidence in Trump’s ability to handle specific issues, including immigration, the Russia-Ukraine …

TRUMP, YESTERDAY: “For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force. And I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is [sic] people that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.” REPORTER, TODAY: “Can you clarify what kind of protest President Trump does support or …

Raw Story reports: The Department of Homeland Security posted an extreme meme asking X users, “Don’t make me tap the sign.” The meme was a screenshot from a Simpsons episode where Homer is tempted to tap a bus sign that says “Do not talk to driver” to get Lisa to stop talking. The “Do not talk to driver” phrase was …

The Daily Beast reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a flood of texts to Bill Nye trying to convince the beloved “Science Guy” of his anti-vax claims. The old text chain, sent before Kennedy became Donald Trump’s health secretary, was revealed by Nye during a Men’s Health profile of the children’s television presenter. The barrage of messages from the prominent …

Mediaite reports: Peter Rothpletz reported on Tuesday through Substack that the Trump administration is seeking to get approximately 2,000 historical military costumes, which will be used in Saturday’s parade in Washington, D.C. The massive parade also falls on Trump’s 79th birthday. Citing multiple sources familiar with the situation, Rothpletz reported that the Trump administration is going through the Motion Picture …

NPR reports: The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to post signage at all sites across the country by June 13, asking visitors to offer feedback on any information that they feel portrays American history and landscapes in a negative light. The June 9 memo sent to regional directors by National Park Service comptroller Jessica …

The Associated Press reports: The White House broke ground Monday on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the grass in the Rose Garden and install flagpoles on the north and south lawns. The projects are part of a series of personal touches that Trump has added or is adding to the Executive Mansion and its grounds. …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” states off Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own. “We’re moving it back to the states, so the governors can …

“You know what November 5th was? It was the election of a president that loves you. And that’s when it all changed. That’s when it all changed. “Within the span of a few decades, Los Angeles has gone from being one of the cleanest, safest, and most beautiful cities on Earth, to being a trash heap with entire neighborhoods under …

Politico reports: The Trump administration is considering cutting federal education funds to California, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking. The discussion comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom and Trump feud over the president’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop immigration protests. A Trump administration employee told POLITICO the Education Department may stop the disbursement of …

Just in via press release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Governor Gavin Newsom today asked the court to take immediate action to block President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the U.S. Department of Defense from using the military and the federalized California National Guard to patrol our communities and engage in other law enforcement activity. They …

“We have tanks, we have planes, we have all sorts of things, and I think it is going to be great. We are going to celebrate our country for a change. You know, recently, as you know, with World War II, the victory of World War II, I called up France and they were celebrating the victory. Well, we helped …

Politico reports: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay starting this week, with at least 9,000 people being vetted for transfer, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. That would be an exponential increase from the roughly 500 migrants who have been held for short periods at the base since February and a …

The Huffington Post reports: After persistent questioning about the cost of sending National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles, Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who said it would cost $134 million. Hegseth defended Trump’s decision to send the troops, saying they are needed to protect federal agents as they do their jobs. The House Defense …

The Associated Press reports: In a series of questions on the news that Marines would be sent to Los Angeles, House Appropriations defense subcommittee ranking member Rep. Betty McCollum told Hegseth “this is a deeply unfair position to put our Marines in,” she said. “There’s no need for the Marines to be deployed.” McCollum asked what the cost of the …

ABC News reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to testify before a House panel on Tuesday, his first time on Capitol Hill since being sworn in five months ago and as questions swirl about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of an immigration crackdown. During the hearing, Hegseth is widely expected to dodge many of the …

“If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. do to an incompetent Governor and Mayor – Incidentally, the much more difficult, time consuming, and stringent FEDERAL PERMITTING PROCESS is virtually …