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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February 4, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Fox News reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday ceasing U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council and banning funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza. The order came as the president is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump said on Tuesday while signing the executive order, which calls for a review …
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February 4, 2025 LGBT News, Trump Administration
Semafor reports: The US State Department has suspended its organization for LGBTQ employees, with leadership ordering a pause on all official activities. The move is part of the department’s wider directive to all employee affinity groups to “cancel any planned events, meetings, announcements or other activities,” GLIFAA, the official group representing LGBTQ State Department employees, told its members in an …
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February 4, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday. Trump’s trip to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles was confirmed Tuesday by a White House official. It will be his first time attending the game as president. Trump is also scheduled to sit for an interview with Fox …
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February 4, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
The Hill reports: The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the next director of national intelligence (DNI), putting her in position to get confirmed by the full chamber after key senators threw their support behind her. The 9-8 vote was along party lines. It puts Gabbard only days away from being considered on the Senate …
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February 4, 2025 Republicans, Trump Administration
Politico reports: The Trump administration is making moves to place nearly all of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Washington-based staff on leave, according to two people familiar with the steps being taken. A person familiar with the situation said some 1,400 people will be notified Tuesday, on top of about 600 who were placed on leave starting Sunday night. …
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