February 3, 2025 Elon Musk, Republicans
The Washington Post reports: Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled plans to restructure and potentially abolish the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday, moving swiftly against an agency that has emerged as a chief target in President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape the federal government and refocus spending at home. n a letter to senior lawmakers from both parties, …
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February 3, 2025 Covidiots, Crackpots
The Associated Press reports: Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary, rejecting his claim that some who died in the country’s 2019 measles epidemic didn’t have the disease. “We don’t know what was killing them,” Kennedy said during tense U.S. Senate …
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February 3, 2025 Democrats, Elon Musk
“We will use every power that we have at our disposal in the United States Senate. My colleagues will do the same thing in the House. This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let’s call it what it is! The people get to decide how we defend the United States of America. “The people get to decide …
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February 3, 2025 Elon Musk, Extremists
The American Prospect reports: Elon Musk and his personal DOGE lackeys are attempting to take direct control of several government agencies, most worryingly the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which operates the financial pipelines that disburse more than $5 trillion in government payments every year. The potential consequences should a bunch of arrogant Silicon Valley “move fast and break things” …
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February 3, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Raw Story reports: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo issued a “read-out” of her call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday — but her list of what the two leaders agreed to is different from his in one major respect: guns. Washington Post staff writer Meryl Kornfield pointed out on X that in Sheinbaum’s list of things the U.S. had …
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February 3, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence. As one of the principal authors of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 that established this coordinating position, I understand the critical role the DNI plays in the Intelligence Community. “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, however, …
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February 3, 2025 Canada, United States
The CBC reports: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump will hold off on levying tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days. “Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together,” Trudeau posted on X. Trudeau said that Canada committed to taking new measures to secure its border with the …
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February 3, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“Elon’s got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good — if we agree with him, and it’s only if we agree with him. He’s a very talented guy from the standpoint of management and costs, and we put him in charge of seeing what he can do with certain groups and certain numbers.” “The numbers, …
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February 3, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Corruption
It just gets more and more stupid by the minute: Elon Musk has accused an X user of committing a crime for listing the names of alleged DOGE employees who helped Musk access the US Treasury payment system. News of Musk’s access to the closely-guarded Treasury data system—which controls and distributes trillions of dollars a year—raised alarm over the weekend. …
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February 3, 2025 Crime, Religion
Jackson, Tennessee’s ABC affiliate reports: 40-year-old Ryan Kelley McElrath is charged with statutory rape by an authority figure, sexual battery by an authority figure, and aggravated statutory rape. The charges stem from a May 2024 incident that occurred at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson. McElrath was working as a youth pastor at the church at the time. Records show that …
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