June 12, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Mediaite reports: “This man burst into the room, started lunging towards the podium, interrupting me and elevating his voice and was stopped, did not identify himself and was removed from the room,” Noem said. “So as soon as he identified himself, appropriate actions were taken.” Video from the incident seems to counter Noem’s claim. Secret Service and FBI personnel can …
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June 12, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: The Republican-led House voted 214-212 on Thursday to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding. The “rescissions” package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. It is part of an effort …
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June 12, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Trump cultists
“This is not what we voted for. This is not it. OK? Because what he’s talking about here is — what he’s indicating is a pullback at least, if not a full scale — if not full scale abandoning, at least pulling back from immigration enforcement because farmers have complained and people in the hotel and leisure business have complained …
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June 12, 2025 Uncategorized
Politico reports: A tense moment erupted at a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday afternoon when Rep. Maxwell Frost called upon the panel to subpoena Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The Florida Democrat’s request came shortly after California Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed by officers at a Homeland Security press conference. Frost interjected to call on House Oversight Committee chair James …
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June 12, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
The Guardian reports: DSH Sec. Kristi Noem has suggested that Sen. Alex Padilla hadn’t identified himself (he did). “I wish that he would have reached out and identified himself and let us know who he was and that he wanted to talk. His approach was something that I don’t think was appropriate,” Noem said. Asked why the response was to …
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June 12, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
CNN reports: DHS on Thursday told hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the US had been revoked and they should leave the country.The termination notice was addressed to nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who came in through a Biden-era parole program. More than half a million people from those four countries …
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June 12, 2025 Politics, Trump Administration
The New York Times reports: President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that there was a significant risk that Israel could soon attack Iran, but he said that “I don’t want them going in” at a moment when progress was being made toward an agreement to shut down Iran’s easiest pathway to building a nuclear weapon. Mr. Trump said that an attack …
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June 12, 2025 Democrats, Immigration
Axios reports: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was physically removed on Thursday from a Los Angeles press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “I am Senator Alex Padilla,” Padilla said in the video. He was then grabbed by multiple men and shoved out of the room. Noem subsequently said she would contact Padilla and “try to have a conversation,” …
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June 12, 2025 Christianists, Republicans
Columbia, South Carolina’s NBC affiliate reports: Documents state that a forensic analysis of May’s phone showed he deleted Kik as well as other apps Telegram, Mega and Loki Messenger, within seconds of each other in April 2024. The memo states May’s Mega account was registered to the name “Eric Rentling,” which was an alias he allegedly used to create a …
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June 12, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
Semafor reports: The Trump administration is planning to ramp up civil and criminal prosecutions of companies that employ workers without legal status, White House border czar Tom Homan said in an interview. “Worksite enforcement operations are going to massively expand,” Homan said. The White House has faced criticism from Democrats and even its own anti-immigration allies for exaggerating an immigrant …
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