May 14, 2025 Extremists, Trump Administration
NPR reports: Paul Ingrassia, currently serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, has ties to multiple figures widely known for promoting antisemitism. In 2023, Ingrassia repeatedly praised the controversial “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate and worked on his legal team. Romanian authorities have accused Tate of human trafficking. The top of Ingrassia’s Instagram page features a …
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May 14, 2025 Environment, Trump Administration
The Washington Post report: The Environmental Protection Agency plans to rescind and reconsider limits on four different “forever chemicals” under a landmark drinking water standard implemented last year by President Joe Biden, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post. The drinking water rules were adopted as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to limit public exposure to per- and …
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May 14, 2025 Democrats, Politics
The Associated Press reports: Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa on Tuesday with some subtle and not-so-subtle messages about what’s changed since he ran in the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses. His speech included mentions of his adopted twins, a boy and a girl, and how he explained to his daughter the different nicknames for the American flag. He talked of …
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May 14, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump thinks Air Force One is impressive—but not when it’s parked next to planes owned by Middle Eastern royals. “The plane that you’re on right now is almost 40 years old,” Trump told Hannity aboard Air Force One while en route to the Middle East. “When you land and you see Saudi Arabia, and …
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May 14, 2025 Democrats, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. According to the complaints, both Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have …
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May 14, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Hill reports: Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), who have been among the leading voices in opposition, rolled out a resolution condemning “any acceptance of Presidential aircraft, or any other substantial gift, from a foreign government.” The aircraft is valued at roughly $400 million. “It really should go without saying, but no president should be accepting a …
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May 14, 2025 Extremists, Trump Administration
NBC News reports: The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group” said Tuesday he planned to “name” and “shame” individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols. Ed Martin described himself at a press …
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May 14, 2025 China, Trump Corruption
The New York Times reports: A struggling technology company that has ties to China and relies on TikTok made an unusual announcement this week. It had secured funding to buy as much as $300 million of $TRUMP, the so-called memecoin marketed by President Trump. GD Culture Group, a publicly traded firm with a Chinese subsidiary, has only eight employees, its …
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May 14, 2025 Fox News, State Television
Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters defended Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for swimming in a sewage-contaminated creek on Tuesday, arguing the water looked “clean.” “That creek looks clean. It doesn’t look like it’s filled with sewage,” said Watters. “And I have seen Pete Hegseth swim miles and miles in a Speedo in the …
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May 14, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Dead Pat Robertson’s CBN News reports: Today, as an outspoken congressman, he doesn’t mind mixing it up with the left. But being a conservative who happens to be Black can make it even more challenging. What has that journey been like? “I’ll tell you, you better have the courage of your convictions,” Donalds says. “You better know what you’re talking …
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