February 10, 2025 Advertising, Trump Administration
CNN reports: The United States Secret Service tapped blockbuster movie director Michael Bay to create a recruiting advertisement that aired during the Super Bowl Sunday. The ad cost an estimated $2 million for the Secret Service to produce – a hefty price tag that comes amid massive budget cuts and layoffs at other government agencies. The thrust of the ad …
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February 10, 2025 assholery, Trump Lies
Forbes reports: Trump mocked Taylor Swift in a Truth Social post on Sunday night after some fans booed her at the Super Bowl. Trump, who was also in the stadium for a portion of the game, commented on the fans response to Swift in a Truth Social post, saying “The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City …
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February 10, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump cultists
The Washington Post reports: As much as half the government’s nonmilitary real estate holdings are set to be liquidated, a move aimed at closing offices and increasing commute times amid sharp new limits on remote and telework. That is intended to depress workforce morale and increase attrition. “We’ve heard from them that they want to make the buildings so crappy …
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February 10, 2025 Christianists, Trump Administration
NBC News reports: A union filed two lawsuits against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, Russell Vought, on Sunday after Vought issued a series of directives halting much of the bureau’s activity. The lawsuits were filed by the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees in the CFPB. The filing that centered on Vought’s email argued that a judge …
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February 10, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Washington Post reports: Trump says he has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies, calling their production “wasteful.” No other official announcement on penny production has been made, and Treasury did not immediately respond to an overnight request for comment. But the debate over whether to continue making lower-denomination coins has gone on for years, particularly as …
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February 10, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it, other people may do it, through our auspices. But we’re committed to owning it, taking it, and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back. There’s nothing to move back into. The …
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February 9, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Oscar-winning songwriter and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Buffy Sainte-Marie, known for the anti-war song “Universal Soldier” and stolen-land lament “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone,” has had her prestigious Order of Canada appointment terminated. The award is the country’s highest honor presented to a civilian. An investigation by the CBC’s “Fifth Estate” show alleges that Sainte-Marie fabricated …
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February 9, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will announce on Monday 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., another major escalation in his trade policy overhaul. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, also said he will announce reciprocal tariffs on Tuesday or Wednesday, to take effect almost immediately. Trump during …
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February 9, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“So, as you’re aware, a radical left judge said that the Secretary of the Treasury cannot access the Treasury computer system! [JMG: This is a lie.] This isn’t just unconstitutional! That ruling is an assault on the very idea of democracy itself! “Whether it be with the Treasury bureaucrats or the FBI bureaucrats or the CIA bureaucrats or the USAID …
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February 9, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Forbes reports: Vice President JD Vance suggested Sunday courts “aren’t allowed” to overrule President Donald Trump and his executive orders after judges across the country have issued orders blocking Trump policies. Vance also shared a post from legal scholar Adrian Vermeule, who claimed, “Judicial interference with legitimate acts of state, especially the internal functioning of a co-equal branch, is a …
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