Trump Lies

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency set up by Congress to be independent of political pressures. The justices, granting an emergency request filed by the Trump administration, blocked a Maryland-based federal judge’s ruling that reinstated Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Richard Trumka …

The Independent reports: Justice Department officials told President Donald Trump earlier this year that his name, among others, appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein documents, known as the so-called Epstein files, according to a report. Attorney General Pam Bondi informed the president back in May that his name appeared in the documents, senior officials told the Wall Street Journal. His name …

Mediaite reports: Tulsi Gabbard listed off a series of Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories Tuesday — as part of her breifing appearance to discuss newly-declassified documents targeting the Obama administration. Gabbard released a report Friday that the House Intelligence Committee originally drafted in 2017, which she says proves Russia favored Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election — going against the Obama …

The Washington Post reports: The Pentagon’s independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said. The revelation appears to contradict longstanding claims by the Trump administration that no classified information was divulged in unclassified group …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is angry. His team is exasperated. The Republican-controlled House is in near rebellion. Trump and his closest allies thought they’d spend the summer taking a well-earned victory lap, having coaxed Congress into passing the megabill, bullied foreign governments into a slew of new trade arrangements, convinced NATO allies to spend billions more on collective defense …

“They want to do anything to get us off the subject of making America great again. And we’re not going to put up with it. And remember, don’t let them forget, it’s so important, Obama cheated on the election. Look, the camera just went off. [This is a lie.] Obama, the red light just went off. Can you believe these …

Reuters reports: U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters. The supplies have been stuck for months in a warehouse in Geel, a city in the Belgian …

“We’re gonna get the drug prices down. Not 30 or 40 or 50%, not 60% – which would be great. We gonna get em down 1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1500%. These are numbers not even thought to be achievable. Because I used a certain talent that I have and convinced the drug companies that you have no choice. The drug companies …

“Where’s Tulsi? She’s like, hotter than everybody. She’s the hottest one in the room right now. Speaker, she’s hotter than you right now, speaker. She’s the hottest person in the room right now, speaker. She found out that Barack Hussein Obama led a group of people and they cheated in the elections and they cheated without question. She has all …

“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made. Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it. Perhaps most importantly, Japan will open their Country to …

Reuters reports: A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration on White House access by Associated Press journalists after the news organization declined to refer to the body of water long called the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as he prefers. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the …

CNN reports: Newly uncovered archived video footage and photos reveal fresh details about Donald Trump’s past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Photos from 1993 confirm for the first time that Epstein attended Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. Epstein’s attendance at the ceremony at the Plaza Hotel was not widely known until now. In addition, footage from a 1999 Victoria’s Secret …

The New York Times reports: At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the Trump administration is set to review, and possibly remove or alter, signs about how climate change is causing sea levels to rise. At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the administration will soon decide whether to take down exhibits on the brutality of slavery. And at Castillo …

Fox News reports: A federal judge in Baltimore cleared the way for potential contempt proceedings to be brought against the Trump administration on Tuesday after it failed to comply with a court order requiring it to return a deported Venezuelan migrant from El Salvador back to U.S. soil. The update from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher capped an extraordinary court …

“Out of respect for the office of the presidency our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. The bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction. Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted …

Agence France-Presse reports: Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food. Attorney General Tarek William Saab presented photos and testimonies at a news conference in Caracas of some of the men, who said they had …

“Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement, and we also anticipate receiving $20 Million Dollars more from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming, for a total of over $36 Million Dollars. This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread …

Mediaite reports: Observers on social media reacted to a graphic shared by the Trump White House on Monday night with equal parts horror and embarrassment. The graphic, which depicted Trump in the foreground with American flags, eagles, and fireworks in the background included a quote attributed to Trump that read, “I was the hunted — NOW I’M THE HUNTER.” “They …

REPORTER: “Any comment on Deputy AG Todd Blanche seeking a meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell?” TRUMP: “He’s a very talented person. He’s very smart. I didn’t know that they were going to do it. I don’t really follow that too much. It’s sort of a witch hunt. Just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be …

“The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone. These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, …