February 14, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
REPORTER: “President Trump, first of all, congratulations for a fantastic 24 days of your presidency and the historic and unprecedented decisions that you’ve made.” TRUMP: “I like her!” [The reporter.] REPORTER: “I’m particularly impressed by the exposé on USAID. And I would like you to share with us, if you think USAID had a role in election interference in the …
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February 14, 2025 Elon Musk, Trump cultists
Reuters reports: Elon Musk’s The Boring Company and Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) have signed an initial agreement to build the Dubai Loop, an underground high-speed transport network spanning 17km (10.6 miles), they said on Friday. The United Arab Emirates’ Artificial Intelligence Minister, Omar Al Olama, announced the project on a video interview with Elon Musk during the World …
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February 14, 2025 Oligarchs, Trump Administration
“If you make x-amount of money and you’re worth $60 million, we’re gonna look at why that is. That’s where the panic is coming from. Let’s think about this. In our administration, we have a tremendous amount of billionaires who are successful businessmen. “And I could name them all, but we know who they are who have taken a leave, …
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February 14, 2025 Ukraine, United States
CNN reports: Vice President JD Vance warned on Thursday that the United States could hit Russia with economic and military “tools of leverage” if Russian leader Vladimir Putin doesn’t negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine in good faith. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Vance said the option of sending US troops to Ukraine was “on the table,” as …
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February 14, 2025 Oligarchs, Trump cultists
The New York Times reports: One of Elon Musk’s closest friends, a billionaire co-founder of Airbnb, is taking a role in President Trump’s administration to help Mr. Musk carry out his drive to slash the federal bureaucracy, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Joe Gebbia, the Airbnb co-founder, is a board member at Tesla who lives in …
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February 14, 2025 LGBT News, Republicans
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: An ongoing fight in Utah to ban pride flags in schools entered new territory Thursday after Rep. Trevor Lee proposed new legislation to ban the flags not just in public schools, but in any government building or on any government property. The bill, HB0077, originally applied only to schools. But an update to the bill …
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February 14, 2025 Politics, Trump cultists
“How much does the Trump administration need to take? There’s over 50 lawsuits filed so far. Lots of these judges are Obama appointees, Clinton appointees, who are — or Biden appointees — who are far-left activists, who are just having some fun trying to thwart the Trump agenda. And I do think, at some point, the Trump administration may be — …
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February 14, 2025 Democrats, New York City
City & State reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul did not rule out removing New York City Mayor Eric Adams during a Thursday night cable news appearance following a series of resignations by federal prosecutors who refused to drop corruption charges against the mayor. The new comments are in stark contrast to those she made just days ago, when she balked at …
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February 14, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, after he suggested that she could be “in trouble” for advice she is giving to immigrants if they are targeted in one of Homan’s raids. “I sent an email today to the deputy attorney general,” Homan told Laura Ingraham on Fox News …
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February 14, 2025 Military, Trump Administration
Via press release from Veterans Affairs: The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees. Those dismissed today include non-bargaining unit probationary employees who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment. The personnel moves will save the department more …
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