June 3, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
The Hill reports: The Justice Department disclosed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading negotiations for the return of a Venezuelan man sent to a Salvadoran prison. The disclosure, made in Monday court filings, is no guarantee the Trump administration will secure the return of a man known only in court documents as Cristian, who was deported in spite …
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June 3, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Washington Post reports: In the latest presidential portrait revealed Monday by the White House, President Donald Trump is wearing a red tie and a blue suit against a black backdrop. He stares at the camera with a serious gaze, in a similar vein to his notable mug shot from two years ago. The White House website and Trump’s official …
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June 3, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump unapologetically promoted Kid Rock’s latest restaurant venture Monday, just weeks after another of the musician’s venues sent staff home to avoid an ICE raid. The president plugged Kid Rock’s new “very friendly MAGA establishment”, The Detroit Cowboy, on his Truth Social account, along with a website link. A bib salad is $15.00, a 10oz …
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June 2, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Billboard Magazine reports: Lizzo is dreaming of a better future for members of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically Black trans women. During her performance at WeHo Pride‘s OUTLOUD Music Festival on Saturday, the hitmaker dedicated a soulful cover of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to some of society’s most vulnerable members before penning a heartfelt message on Instagram. Sharing a clip of …
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June 2, 2025 Crime, Politics
Reuters reports: A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to participating in a years-long series of dangerous hoax phone calls and bomb threats targeting American legislators, law enforcement leaders, and government officials, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. In a statement, the department said that Thomasz Szabo, 26, who was extradited to the United States last year, admitted targeting more than …
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June 2, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: Layers of new red tape are plaguing federal staffers throughout the government under the second Trump administration, stymieing work and delaying simple transactions, according to interviews with more than three dozen federal workers across 19 agencies and records obtained by The Washington Post. DOGE’s intense scrutiny of federal spending is forcing employees to spend hours justifying …
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June 2, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Politico reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who has been vocal in opposing what he sees as major cuts to Medicaid, spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday about the issue, he said in a social media post. “Just had a great talk with President Trump about the Big, Beautiful Bill. He said again, NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS,” Hawley wrote on …
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June 2, 2025 Crime, LGBT News
NBC News reports: Jonathan Joss, the voice actor best known as John Redcorn from “King of the Hill,” was killed in a San Antonio shooting on Sunday, police said. A suspect, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was taken into custody and booked on a murder charge, the San Antonio Police Department said. Officers were dispatched to Dorsey Drive around 7 p.m. …
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June 2, 2025 Crackpots, Trump cultists
The Daily Beast reports: Mike Lindell has accused “Satan” of rigging the 2020 election against President Donald Trump. The MyPillow CEO revealed who he thinks was behind the “computer algorithm” that was “controlling” the 2020 election during a press conference outside the Denver courthouse Monday. “We’re in a battle of biblical proportions, of evil and good. This isn’t a party …
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June 2, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
Reuters reports: Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The U.S. hurricane season officially began on Sunday and lasts through November. The National …
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