May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO??? “I am going to call for a major investigation into …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump went on another Truth Social posting spree over the weekend to rehash a bizarre dig at Barack Obama while appealing to his QAnon base. Early Sunday morning, Trump reposted a photo of himself with the 44th president captioned, “All roads lead to Obama. Retruth if you want public military tribunals.” It’s not the …
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May 19, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The New York Times reports: The House Budget Committee late Sunday night revived President Trump’s stalled bill to cut taxes and spending, after a handful of fiscally conservative Republicans relented and allowed it to advance even as they continued to press for deeper reductions to health and environmental programs. The vote signaled a temporary resolution to a remarkable revolt from …
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May 18, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
USA Today reports: Austria won Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on May 17, the country’s first victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won in 2014. Operatic singer JJ won ahead of Israel’s Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Oct. 7 attacks, who sang “New Day Will Rise.” The event is the world’s biggest music competition, watched by more than 160 …
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May 18, 2025 Donald Trump, Joe Biden
The Huffington Post reports: President Donald Trump offered measured condolences on Sunday, after the office of his predecessor Joe Biden announced that the former president has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. “Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis,” the president posted on Truth Social. “We extend our warmest and best …
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May 18, 2025 Politics, Trump cultists
Bloomberg News reports: The centrist mayor of Bucharest won Romania’s presidential runoff on Sunday, quashing the ambitions of a far-right Donald Trump loyalist as voters came out in force to ensure that the Black Sea nation held steady on a pro-European path. Nicusor Dan, an independent and one-time math prodigy, secured more than 54% of the vote in the contest, …
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May 18, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“A giant banner featuring Donald Trump’s photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture. A military parade is being planned for his birthday, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. His cabinet members shower him with praise every time they have a meeting. These are not the kinds of things that normally happen …
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May 18, 2025 Democrats, Joe Biden
CNN reports: Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized …
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May 18, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Trump cultists
MARIA BARTIROMO: “You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it.” KASH PATEL: “Well, I mean, listen, they have a right to their opinion, but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor, who’s been in that prison system, who has been in the Metropolitan Detention Center. Who’s been in segregated housing. You know a …
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May 18, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Guardian reports: A proposed rule change making it easier to fire civil servants deemed to be “intentionally subverting presidential directives” could pave the way for the White House to fire statisticians employed to produce objective data on the economy but whose figures prove politically inconvenient, experts warn. Statistics released by agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) …
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