April 24, 2025 Military, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal, a commercially available messaging app, on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, said three people familiar with the matter, illustrating the extent to which he has integrated use of the unclassified communications platform at the center of his political troubles with the highly secure systems the …
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April 24, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit is known as an automotive hub. The rally …
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April 24, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Huffington Post reports: President Donald Trump’s approval rating is sinking ― and not even Fox News can spin it. The right-wing network, which is usually a safe space for the MAGA faithful, on Wednesday shared its latest poll numbers, which show the president’s approval rating is now far behind every other 21st-century president at a similar point. Trump’s approval …
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April 23, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Start your engines, 18 times! “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” is commemorating its tenth season with a record 18 queens competing to join the “Drag Race” Hall of Fame and win a cash prize of $200,000. Those queens won’t all be competing at once, however. Instead, they will be split up into three groups of six — Team …
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April 23, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“I think it would be disruptive because a lot of the millionaires would leave the country. You know, the old days, they left states. They’d go from one state to the other. Now, with transportation so quick and so easy, they leave countries. You lose a lot of money if you do that. That would– and other countries that have …
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April 23, 2025 Christianists, Hate Groups
Politico reports: The White House is partnering with a prominent conservative Christian college in Michigan to produce videos ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary — a stark contrast to Trump’s ongoing battles with higher education institutions deemed adversarial by his administration. The White House’s rapid response team announced a partnership with Hillsdale College on a video series related to …
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April 23, 2025 Russia, Ukraine
“Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is boasting on the front page of The Wall Street Journal that, ‘Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea. There’s nothing to talk about here.’ This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not …
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April 23, 2025 Christianists, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi convened the first meeting of a task force President Donald Trump has charged with searching for and eradicating what he’s described as “anti-Christian bias” within federal agencies and regulatory practices. Joined by other Cabinet officials, Bondi kicked off the session by attacking the administration of former president Joe Biden, who she said …
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April 23, 2025 Canada, China
The Canadian Press reports: China’s ambassador says Beijing is offering to form a partnership with Canada to push back against American “bullying,” suggesting the two countries could rally other nations to stop Washington from undermining global rules. “We want to avoid the situation where humanity is brought back to a world of the law of the jungle again,” Chinese Ambassador …
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April 23, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Associated Press reports: A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has left the national trade policy subject to …
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