May 10, 2025 Travel, Trump Administration
Reuters reports: The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Friday it plans to meet with major airlines on Wednesday about potential temporary cuts in flights at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to address recent major disruptions. Earlier this week, Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration was working with airlines to cut flights at Newark after …
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May 10, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Axios reports: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth canceled his trip to Israel, which had been planned for Monday, in order to join President Trump on Air Force One for his trip to the Middle East, according to three Israeli and U.S. officials. Trump inviting Hegseth to travel with him to the Middle East is a signal that the president continues …
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May 10, 2025 Business, Crime
Ars Technica reports: Alex Mashinsky, the disgraced founder of the Celsius Network cryptocurrency bank who deceived hundreds of thousands into losing billions with the catchy slogan “unbank yourself”—was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday. In December, Mashinsky pleaded guilty to securities fraud and commodities fraud. Federal prosecutors slammed him for reaping $48 million in profits while causing billions …
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May 10, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“Any illegal alien can simply show up at an airport and receive a free flight out of our country. We have also launched a phone app called CBP Home. That’s C-B-P-H-O-M-E, where illegals can book a free flight to any foreign country. As long as it’s not here, you can go anywhere you want. “This deportation bonus will save American …
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May 10, 2025 Trump Administration, United States
CBS News reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congressional leaders Friday that the federal government could be unable to pay its bills as soon as August if Congress doesn’t act, urging lawmakers to address the debt limit by mid July. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Bessent said after reviewing April tax filings, “there is reasonable probability that …
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May 10, 2025 Business, Technology
Reuters reports: Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion in a settlement in principle reached with the state of Texas over allegations the company violated users’ data privacy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday. The agreement settles two lawsuits that covered three products for allegedly violating Texas consumer protection laws. “In Texas, Big Tech is not above the …
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May 10, 2025 Christianists, Hate Groups
Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms has received numerous complaints regarding the new ad campaign from Arm & Hammer Laundry. The commercial features Meghan Trainor launching the new Power Sheets laundry detergent. Unfortunately, it also features a “Get Your Sheet Together” slogan. Foul language (or implication of it) is unnecessary in this or any advertisement. …
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May 10, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said definitively on Friday that she will not enter the U.S. Senate race, as Republicans eye Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s seat in the battleground state of Georgia as a crucial pickup to expand their three-seat majority next year. Greene’s announcement comes a day after another Trump ally, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., announced …
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May 10, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Administration
The New York Times reports: A federal judge on Friday called for a two-week pause in the Trump administration’s mass layoff plans, barring two dozen agencies from moving forward with the largest phase of the president’s downsizing efforts, which the judge said was illegal without Congress’s authorization. Of all the lawsuits challenging President Trump’s vision to dramatically scale back the …
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May 9, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Liev Schreiber says his 16-year-old daughter Kai never actually told him and her mom, Naomi Watts, she was trans. “Kai was always who Kai is,” the “Ray Donovan” star told me Thursday morning. “But I suppose the most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns. To be honest with you, it didn’t feel like that …
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