February 5, 2025 Christianists, Hate Groups
Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: President Donald Trump has cleaned house at one of the most controversial organizations in the federal government, announcing a mass firing of employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the White House revealed its deep funding of LGBTQ propaganda in traditionally Christian societies. “Much else of what the agency …
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February 5, 2025 State Television, Trump cultists
Lawrence Jones: “Agree or disagree with the idea that he presented, he was talking about a new day for the Palestinian people. And that’s one thing. They haven’t had hope. You got all these kids from birth that are taught to hate another country to hate another people. They need something that can uplift them. I’m not saying this is …
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February 5, 2025 Russia, Trump cultists
Newsweek reports: Russian state media has fact-checked lawyer Alina Habba after her interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Tuesday. During an interview with Watters on Tuesday, Habba spoke about Trump’s plans to take over and re-develop the Gaza Strip. Discussing former President Joe Biden’s foreign aid spending, Habba said: “We’ve seen $50 million to Gaza for condoms that they’re …
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February 5, 2025 China, United States
The New York Times reports: The United States Postal Service on Wednesday said it would continue to accept packages from China and Hong Kong, reversing a decision to temporarily halt those deliveries after an order by President Trump took effect that ended duty-free handling of many smaller parcels. Mr. Trump ordered on Saturday that all goods leaving China starting on …
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February 5, 2025 News, Politics
Politico Europe reports: Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede called for an early election on March 11, amid geopolitical tensions caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the Arctic island. “It’s time for an election to the Inatsisartut [Greenlandic Parliament]. If the Inatsisartut approves my proposal, this will happen on March 11th,” Egede wrote Tuesday in a post on …
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February 5, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: The CIA has offered so-called buyouts to its workforce, a CIA spokesperson said, the latest move by the Trump administration to overhaul and scale back the federal government. The offer of eight months of pay and benefits is similar to deferred resignation offers proposed to employees at other federal agencies. But at the CIA, some employees — …
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February 5, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: In a memo titled, “PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE,” acting deputy administrator for management and resources Pete Marocco advised USAID employees they were “being placed on excused absence (also known as administrative leave) with pay effective immediately.” “During the period that you are on administrative leave you are not to enter USAID premises, access USAID systems, or attempt to …
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February 5, 2025 State Television, Trump cultists
Laura Ingraham: “I think it’s so foreign to us to hear this, that, wait a second. We actually may solve a problem, we actually may make money on it. Like that’s a bad thing for the United States to get repaid for the tens of billions of dollars just in the last few years we’ve dumped into the Middle East …
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February 5, 2025 Republicans, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: The Trump administration said late Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics. The administration notified USAID workers in …
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February 5, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Axios reports: President Trump’s stunning declaration that the U.S. could “take over” Gaza surprised many of his own advisers, thrilled right-wing Israelis, and deeply alarmed the governments in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. Trump’s plan to displace two million Palestinians came at a very sensitive point of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal. It could even embolden both Hamas and …
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