February 4, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Netflix is distancing itself from “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón in an effort to salvage the film’s Oscar prospects. And as the Spanish actress tries to defuse the blowback for her past social media posts, in which she shared offensive views that were seen as Islamophobic and racist, she’s doing it on her own, without the guidance …
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February 4, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The New York Post reports: President Trump proposed a US takeover of the Gaza Strip Tuesday — shortly after proposing removing “all” Palestinians living there. “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a good job with it too,” Trump said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We’ll own it and be …
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February 4, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“One of the things I want to investigate rapidly – because I’ve never seen anything to this extent – the train that’s being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco, is the worst managed project I think I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen some of the worst. We’re gonna start a big investigation on that because it’s– I’ve never seen …
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February 4, 2025 Democrats, Politics
Gothamist reports: A bill Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Monday aims to make it harder for authorities in other states to prosecute New York doctors who prescribe abortion medication online. The new law allows doctors to keep their names off of prescription labels for mifepristone and misoprostol, drugs commonly used to terminate early pregnancies. Instead, they’ll be allowed to list their …
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February 4, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Huffington Post reports: Labor unions sued the federal government Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s controversial “deferred resignation” program, saying the effort to nudge government workers out of their jobs violates the law. Officials have told federal employees in a series of emails that they can submit a September resignation now and still receive pay and benefits while doing little …
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February 4, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Former congressional candidate Sean Parnell has been chosen to serve as the spokesperson for the Pentagon and the assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Mr. Parnell, a Western Pennsylvania native and veteran, often appeared alongside Trump when he campaigned in the region last fall, including when Trump was shot at during a rally …
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February 4, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“There’s groups that you know believe in violence now as a way to get the change they want and you know you just have to condemn it and hold these people accountable for bad acts. If you look at what’s happened on television – I mean, he’s not been convicted yet – but it sure looks like [the murder] was …
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February 4, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
Law & Crime reports: The far-right Proud Boys extremist group has lost control of its trademarked name, which has now been handed over to a historically Black church in Washington, D.C., that members of the group vandalized in 2020. The church is now entitled to the group’s interests in the Proud Boys trademark, and the group cannot sell or transfer …
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February 4, 2025 Donald Trump, Politics
“The Gaza thing has not worked. It’s never worked. And I feel very differently about Gaza than a lot of people. I think they should get a good, fresh, beautiful piece of land and we get some people to put up the money to build it and make it nice and make it habitable and enjoyable. “I think if they …
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February 4, 2025 Crime, Trump Administration
NBC News reports: Thieves poached about 100,000 eggs from the back of a distribution trailer, authorities in Pennsylvania said. The theft occurred around 8:40 p.m. Saturday at Pete and Gerry’s Organics LLC in Greencastle, police said in a report. The eggs are worth about $40,000. State police did not have additional details Tuesday and said the incident was under investigation. …
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