May 20, 2025 Elon Musk, Military
Politico reports: President Donald Trump will announce $25 billion for his “Golden Dome” defense project Tuesday afternoon, according to a White House official, a fraction of the amount it would eventually cost to build the ambitious national missile system he’s demanded. The announcement, which Trump is expected to make in the Oval Office alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, will seek …
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May 20, 2025 Trump cultists, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: Kid Rock is distancing himself from his own restaurant after it reportedly closed its kitchen to avoid Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. The outspoken MAGA fan’s Big A– Honky Tonk Rock N’Roll Steakhouse was forced to close early on the weekend of May 10 after staff without legal citizenship either didn’t show up for work amid …
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May 20, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Trump cultists
“I don’t think that we’re out of the woods and I do think that the biggest threat with regard to this sort of stuff is less the tariffs than the feeling of uncertainty for investors as to what comes next. And that’s where the pharmaceutical EO starts to come in or the negotiations over the tax bill. What actually makes …
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May 20, 2025 Activism, LGBT News
DC News Now reports: There’s a new mural being created in the District just in time for the start of WorldPride. It’s a colorful display on 15th Street NW, but it also adds a safety component for families. “Everything’s coming together,” said Lisa Marie Thalhammer. Thalhammer is the lead artist with a mission to “just bring joy and color and …
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May 20, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Corruption
Mediaite reports: During a conference in Qatar, Musk was asked if he intended to be a big spender on future campaigns. “I think, in terms of political spending,” Musk began, “I’m going to do a lot less in the future.” Asked how he came to that conclusion, Musk said, “I think I’ve done enough.” The interviewer then asked if the …
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May 20, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
KRISTI NOEM: “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.” SEN. MAGGIE HASSAN: “Excuse me, that’s incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including …
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May 20, 2025 Environment, Republicans
Florida Politics reports: Speaking in Tampa, DeSantis complained about benchmarks that can qualify states for federal dollars, explaining that to “change your behavior to get crumbs from the federal government” is not “something that you want to do.” “They did this infrastructure bill, and you get the bill and they try to give you money. But then you’ve got to …
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May 20, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
“Social Security, another just obscenely broken program. What a complete fraudulent program Social Security is. They garnish all of our wages, then they spend all that — none of it goes to Social Security. “It’s a complete and total looting of the productive class to supplement the unproductive class, to create total fealty to the Democrat Party, and to scare …
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May 20, 2025 Homocons, Trump Administration
The New York Times reports: Richard Grenell, whom President Trump installed as the president of the Kennedy Center, claimed Monday night that the center’s deferred maintenance and its deficit — two things commonly found at nonprofit arts organizations — were “criminal.” He said he would refer the matter to federal prosecutors. Speaking to Mr. Trump and a group of board …
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May 20, 2025 Medicine, Trump Administration
Reuters reports: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under 65, effectively limiting their availability this fall to older adults and those with a higher risk of developing severe illness, FDA leaders said on Tuesday. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and top U.S. vaccines regulator Vinay Prasad …
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