May 16, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal bag of tricks, is, in a very coordinated manner, PLAYING THE REF with regard to the United States Supreme Court. They lost the Election in a landslide, and with it, have totally lost their confidence and reason. They are stone cold CRAZY! I hope the Supreme Court doesn’t …
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May 16, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
Reuters reports: Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation. The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration’s decision in January to cut global aid programmes. …
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May 16, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Wall Street Journal reports: Donors are being offered a “dedicated VIP experience” at several events that President Trump is planning with the U.S. military this summer, according to several donors familiar with the matter. Those who give to America250, a committee created to support what Trump envisions as a large national celebration next year for America’s 250th birthday, will …
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May 16, 2025 Business, Media
Axios reports: Charter Communications has agreed to buy Cox Communications from Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises for approximately $34.5 billion, the companies announced on Friday. The combined company would become America’s largest cable TV and broadband provider by subscribers, leapfrogging Comcast. The combined company eventually will be called Cox Communications, with Charter CEO Chris Winfrey retaining his title and Cox Enterprises CEO …
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May 16, 2025 Trump Administration, Weather
ABC News reports: The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told staff members on Thursday that he believes President Donald Trump is a bold man with a bold vision for the agency — but that FEMA doesn’t yet have a full plan to tackle hurricane season. “As FEMA transforms to a smaller footprint, the intent for this hurricane …
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May 16, 2025 Travel, Trump Administration
CBS News reports: The Federal Aviation Administration has resorted to buying replacement parts on eBay and making new parts with 3D printers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told lawmakers Thursday — as the air safety system draws scrutiny for decades-old technology and persistent staffing problems. “We do try to buy replacement parts on eBay for this really old equipment,” Duffy told …
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May 16, 2025 Fox News, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters played a clip of a group of liberal protesters and asked, “When you play your concerts, do you ever see anybody with blue hair, armpit hair– female armpit hair? Some of these people we’re looking at, Kid, I don’t know.” “Listen, I was just watching your clips, and you know, we have this …
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May 16, 2025 Employment, News
NBC News reports: Members of the railroad engineers union for New Jersey Transit went on strike right after midnight Friday morning, crippling a system that around 350,000 people rely on, officials said. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said that its around 450 members in New Jersey Transit were walking off the job at 12:01 a.m., in a dispute …
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May 16, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
The New York Times reports: The Trump administration on Thursday fired nearly 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded news network that provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedoms. The layoffs targeted contractors, most of them journalists but also some administrative employees, and amounted to over a third of Voice of America’s staff. They signaled that …
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May 16, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump cultists
The Daily Beast reports: Tim Petit said he shelled out $640 to buy his wife a pink “limited edition” timepiece from GetTrumpWatches.com. Yet upon closer inspection, the watch he received read “RUMP” on its face, NBC 10 News reported. “With the president’s voice hawking the watches. I was curious, so I went on to the website,” he said. “I just …
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