February 11, 2025 Christianists, Infighting Is Funny
The Oklahoma Voice reports: Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday replaced three of his appointees to the Oklahoma State Board of Education, criticizing the state’s top school board for driving up “needless political drama” rather than academic results. The board shakeup follows “ongoing controversy at the Oklahoma State Department of Education and disappointing scores on the (biennial) National Assessment of Educational …
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February 11, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
The National Catholic Reporter reports: Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the “major crisis” triggered by President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President JD Vance’s attempts to use Catholic theology to justify the administration’s immigration crackdown. “The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land …
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February 11, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: The website run by Kanye West, which had been selling shirts featuring a swastika, was offline Tuesday morning after the ecommerce platform it uses said the site had violated its rules. Shopify said in a statement to NBC News: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic …
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February 11, 2025 Christianists, Immigration
Suburban Chicago’s Daily Herald reports: An electronic sign outside a Palatine church has sparked controversy with its use of metaphorical immigration-related language. “Heaven has strict immigration laws, hell has open borders,” reads the sign at New Hope Community Church. The church is near Winston Campus Middle School, 900 E. Palatine Road, which has a substantial Hispanic student population. The relationship …
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February 11, 2025 Homocons, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell accused Voice of America’s White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman of acting in a “treasonous” way for posting a quote critical of the Trump administration while reporting on recent lawsuits being filed against the Trump administration following the shuttering of USAID over the weekend. As part of that reporting, Herman spoke …
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February 11, 2025 assholery, Pop Music
The Guardian reports: A Dolly Parton-themed musical had to be suspended mid-show in Manchester because of homophobic abuse, an actor in the production has said. Stevie Webb, who plays a superfan of the country music icon in Here You Come Again, said an incident at the Opera House last Wednesday resulted in the whole cast having to “leave the stage, …
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February 11, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars in Democrat areas, disobeying orders, but left the people of North Carolina high and dry. It is now under review and investigation. “THE BIDEN RUN FEMA HAS BEEN A DISASTER. FEMA SHOULD BE TERMINATED! IT HAS BEEN SLOW AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. INDIVIDUAL STATES SHOULD HANDLE STORMS, ETC., AS THEY COME. “BIG SAVINGS, FAR …
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February 11, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the nation’s premier health agencies to restore online access to several websites that monitor HIV, health risks for youths, and assisted reproductive technologies, which were abruptly taken offline to ensure they complied with Trump’s recent executive order on gender. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates granted a temporary restraining order …
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February 11, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Independent reports: A GOP congressman has announced new legislation to bolster Donald Trump’s efforts to take over Greenland, while also giving the autonomous Danish territory a new name: “Red, White and Blueland.” The president has recently escalated calls to purchase Greenland for national security purposes, despite Denmark insisting the Arctic island is not for sale. On Tuesday, Georgia Representative …
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February 11, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Politico Magazine reports: Over the weekend, Vice President JD Vance delivered a warning shot to the federal judiciary: “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive branch’s legitimate power,” Vance wrote in a post on X. The post — which landed as several federal courts have issued orders temporarily slowing or stopping the Trump administration’s early executive orders — prompted consternation …
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