June 12, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate reports: Tensions between Los Angeles and the federal government reached a new level as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ratcheted up rhetoric against the Democratic leaders of Los Angeles and California Thursday. While holding a news conference in Los Angeles, Noem pledged to continue with immigration operations in LA while warning violent protesters of …
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June 12, 2025 News, Travel
Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: A ground stop was in place at Boston’s Logan International Airport Thursday afternoon due to a plane off the runway. At around 11:55 a.m., JetBlue Airways Flight 312 skidded into the grass while turning off the runway after landing, according to a statement from the FAA. A ground stop was immediately issued for all flights departing …
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June 12, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Politico reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said ”every single person who was involved in manhandling Senator Padilla should be held accountable to the full extent of the law.” Tensions flared on the House floor between purple-district Reps. John Mannion (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.). Mannion told Lawler to “shut up.” Later, Lawler [photo] posted on X telling Mannion to …
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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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