May 19, 2025 Homocons, Trump cultists
The Guardian reports: Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico. “It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: The Trump Organization and a local partner are exploring plans to build a skyscraper in Vietnam’s business hub of Ho Chi Minh City, with Eric Trump expected to visit this week, a Vietnamese government document seen by Reuters shows. The visit by the son of U.S. President Donald Trump comes just after Vietnam gave his family business the …
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May 19, 2025 Democrats, Joe Biden
CBS News reports: Former President Joe Biden expressed his gratitude Monday for an outpouring of support after his office announced he had been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer a day earlier. “Cancer touches us all,” Biden said in a social media post. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in …
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May 19, 2025 Russia, Ukraine
NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is set to speak Monday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in what the U.S. president said is an attempt to stop the “bloodbath” of the war in Ukraine. Trump said the call would be taking place at 10 a.m. — although he did not specify whether this was on eastern daylight time or …
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May 19, 2025 News, Politics
The Washington Post reports: There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the political right and far right, and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk’s candidate, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, and a conservative opponent …
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May 19, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Administration
Politico reports: Elon Musk and Donald Trump were the main characters on the Internet and across Washington day after day. Then the world’s richest man started to fade away. On Truth Social, where Trump is known for sharing his unfiltered thoughts, the president used to mention Musk every few days but now has not posted about him in more than …
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May 19, 2025 News, Trump Administration
Axios reports: Vice President JD Vance considered traveling to Israel on Tuesday but decided against it due to the expansion of Israel’s military operation in Gaza, a senior U.S. official told Axios. The U.S. official said Vance made the decision because he didn’t want his trip to suggest the Trump administration endorsed the Israeli decision to launch a massive operation …
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May 19, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Hill reports: A trio of Miami-area Republicans are pushing back against the administration as President Trump works to end programs protecting many of the region’s immigrant communities from deportation. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) asked for “nuance” in plans for a wholesale rescission of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), something the administration has axed for both Venezuela and Haiti. It’s a …
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May 19, 2025 Britain, European Union
The New York Times reports: Top officials from the European Union and Britain are gathering in London on Monday to announce a freshly struck deal meant to tighten their trade and defense relationships, as the two allies pivot toward a post-Brexit future. The summit has been billed as a major reset of relations, and it is being especially closely watched …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, is coming under criticism on social media for a tasteless message about President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis on Sunday. “ What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???” he wrote as he reposted a …
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