July 22, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
“Well, first of all, I don’t believe the polls. Second of all, if there’s any movement in the polls at all, it’s because of the false stories out there about ICE. Like I read, I read in the paper every day that a majority of people in ICE custody are not criminals. Wrong. I think the media is purposely giving …
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July 22, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The New York Times reports: Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday morning canceled votes for Thursday and sent the House home early before a planned five-week recess, telling reporters at a news conference that he was doing so in order to serve the American people by shutting down Democratic efforts to demand more votes on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. “We’re …
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July 22, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Politico reports: House Republicans intend to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an aide for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. A House Oversight subcommittee Tuesday morning advanced a motion from Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett seeking approval of the subpoena. “The Committee will seek to subpoena Ms. Maxwell as expeditiously as possible,” the committee aide said …
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July 22, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“Democrats keep moving more and more to the left. They need to stand up against this guy. Because this is somebody who I would not say is a socialist, I would say he’s a communist because listen to his words. When you say you want to seize the means of production, that is right out of Karl Marx’s playbook of …
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July 22, 2025 Democrats, Healthcare
The Washington Post reports: The Democratic National Committee is putting up billboards outside rural hospitals that it said have already had to close or cut back services because of cuts included in the Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump recently signed into law. The billboards — which direct people to TrumpTax.com, a DNC-operated site — will appear …
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July 22, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Politico reports: House Republicans have lost control of the floor over their Jeffrey Epstein blow-up, and they’re struggling to chart a path out of the crisis. GOP leaders are talking with Trump administration officials, searching for ways to appease Republican members incensed over the lack of public information and Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of the matter broadly. House Majority Leader …
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July 22, 2025 Business, Trump Lies
NBC News reports: The Coca-Cola Company said Tuesday that it will launch a version of its signature drink made with U.S. cane sugar. The announcement comes days after President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had “been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so.” …
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July 22, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Axios reports: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that he is seeking a meeting with Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The MAGA revolt over the Trump administration’s recent handling of the case — which Hill Democrats have gladly seized on — has seen Attorney General Pam Bondi become a key target of their discontent. The president, who amid mounting …
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July 22, 2025 Employment, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances. If approved, the wide-ranging changes unveiled this month also would affect working conditions at constructions sites and in …
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July 22, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Newsweek reports: The White House said President Donald Trump has decided to pull the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after a review of American participation in the agency, citing “woke” activity. It is not Trump’s first withdrawal from UNESCO, having pulled the U.S. out during his first term, only for his successor, President Joe …
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