August 14, 2025 Fox News, State Television
“So the president implemented this Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and in less than a week they’ve taken 100 violent criminals off the streets. I think it’s great. I wouldn’t mind seeing the National Guard, especially if it’s in areas where there is a lot of crime. I mean, think about Times Square. There is a lot of …
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August 14, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that a Justice Department employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer Sunday evening. In court documents filed Wednesday, police allege that Sean Charles Dunn approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
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August 14, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
The New York Post reports: A raucous chorus of obscene jeers greeted mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani as he took his weeklong, five-borough anti-President Trump tour to Staten Island on Wednesday. Infamous Staten Island artist-activist Scott LoBaido said he was arrested by cops after first trying to confront the Democratic socialist at the event in a Stapleton Heights restaurant — and …
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August 14, 2025 Politics, Trump Administration
Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports: D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday. It comes four days into President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department. A memo from Chief of Police Pamela Smith says …
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August 14, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
NBC News reports: Trump said in an interview on Fox News Radio that he was not sure he would hold a joint press conference with Putin. “I’m going to have a press conference. I don’t know if it’s going to be a joint,” Trump said in the interview on “The Brian Kilmeade Show.” “We haven’t even discussed it. I think it …
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August 14, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal, and that the threat of sanctions against Russia likely played a role in Moscow seeking a meeting. Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin in Alaska on Friday. The U.S. president said he is unsure whether an immediate ceasefire can be …
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August 14, 2025 Christianists, Extremists
“There are going to be people in the audience, people who are a little light in the loafers maybe, people who are squishy on the right, people who are on the left — there are plenty of moderate liberals who watch this show. And they’re gonna say, Michael, come on. Why do you care about Obergefell? Why do you care …
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August 14, 2025 Impeachment
The Tampa Bay Times reports: The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades. “We are calling this the Deportation Depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference on Thursday. “This will be …
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August 14, 2025 Economy, Trump Administration
Bloomberg News reports: US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, suggesting companies are passing along higher import costs related to tariffs. The producer price index increased 0.9% from a month earlier, the largest advance since consumer inflation peaked in June 2022, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report out Thursday. The PPI rose 3.3% …
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August 14, 2025 LGBT News, Pop Music
Pink News reports: Trump’s decision to choose Gloria Gaynor as an honoree comes amid increased criticism of his attack on the LGBTQ+ community and their rights in the US. Although there is no public record of Gaynor endorsing or supporting Trump, unfortunately, her past comments about the LGBTQ+ community have been problematic. The Christian singer has refused to confirm if …
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