May 19, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
“We stood over it and I said, I think it’s some kind of political message and she said, ’86’ when I was a server — she did a lot of working in restaurants meant to remove an item from the menu when you ran out of ingredients. And I said, well, to me, as a kid, it always meant to …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
ABC News reports: It’s crunch time in the House, where the next 48 hours will test Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership like never before as he scrambles to secure the needed votes to pass a megabill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. And now the president is set to attend the House GOP conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Washington Post reports: The gala dinner at the Trump National Golf Club on Thursday will link the president to an unusual collection of deep-pocketed crypto players from around the world, some of whom have told The Washington Post they hope to influence his views on how their industry is regulated or otherwise capitalize on the presidential access. The identities …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
The Hill reports: At least 50 Venezuelan men who were sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration had immigrated to the U.S. legally, a review by the Libertarian Cato Institute found. The Monday report reviewed data for just a fraction of the men sent to the prison for whom immigration records are available. “The government calls them …
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May 19, 2025 Sports, Trump Administration
Yahoo Sports reports: NASCAR is undeniably one of the top sports when it comes to patriotism and honoring the nation’s military. The biggest Cup Series event that recognizes the military services each season is the Coca-Cola 600 around Memorial Day. On Friday, Charlotte Motor Speedway made what appeared to be an announcement that aligned with the sport’s mission when it …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Bloomberg News reports: From its New York headquarters on Trump Tower’s 22nd floor, Dominari Holdings operates a tiny investment bank that, less than three years ago, pivoted from developing cancer therapies into finance. Since then it has lost about $US70 million. One of its senior executives was named in a now-settled complaint alleging “Boiler Room” style business practices at an …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday introduced a bill that would prevent any foreign aircraft from being used as Air Force One, the aircraft that transports the US president. Schumer introduced the “Presidential Airlift Security Act” after news last week that President Donald Trump planned to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar, which legal experts said …
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May 19, 2025 Christianists, Extremists
“I mean, it’s nice that they’ve given their opinion. So, the Supreme Court has given their personal opinion that they think, you know, if you’re gonna deport an illegal alien, they should get more than 24 hours notice. So that’s their personal opinion. “Thanks for letting us know, guys. Really interesting. I’m glad you chimed in. Really interesting opinion. Thanks …
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May 19, 2025 News, Police
The Washington Post reports: For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in any major American city that may violate municipal guardrails around use of the technology, an investigation by The Washington Post has found. Police increasingly use facial recognition software …
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May 19, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump Administration
CNN reports: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully removed the board of the US Institute of Peace earlier this year and that subsequent actions taken by officials installed by the Department of Government Efficiency to cripple the agency are therefore “null and void.” The lengthy ruling from US District Judge Beryl Howell is the latest defeat …
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