May 18, 2025 Mass Shootings, Trump Administration
NBC News reports: The Justice Department on Friday announced a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the National Association for Gun Rights. The lawsuit challenged an ATF rule banning “forced reset triggers” — devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire rapid bursts of bullets. “This Department of Justice believes that the 2nd Amendment is not a second-class right,” Attorney General …
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May 18, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: Trump is raging against the Supreme Court after it temporarily blocked his administration from using a centuries-old wartime law to fast-track migrant deportations. On Saturday, the president ramped up his attacks by highlighting a plan to move “terrorists” near justices’ homes. “The president should release these terrorists near the Chevy Chase Country Club, with daytime release,” …
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May 18, 2025 Crime, Terrorism
ABC News reports: One person was killed and at least four other people were injured after a vehicle exploded outside of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday morning, in what the FBI called an “intentional act of terrorism.” The blast shattered windows and rained debris for blocks. “Make no mistake, this is an intentional act of terrorism,” …
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May 18, 2025 Mexico, New York City
New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Two people died and more than a dozen others were injured when a historic Mexican naval training ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, Mayor Eric Adams said. Nineteen people were injured, Adams said on X early Sunday, two of whom remained in critical condition “and 2 more have sadly passed away from …
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May 17, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Pedro Pascal had a strong message about the current political chaos in the U.S. at the Cannes press conference for Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” telling journalists: “Fuck the people who try to make you scared.” When the cast — also including Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Austin Butler — was asked if they were worried about reentering the U.S. …
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May 17, 2025 Crime, Donald Trump
The BBC reports: “Melania” appeared on the banks of the River Sava in July 2020, four months before her human inspiration left the White House. Now, four months after the erstwhile Melanija Knavs resumed residence at Washington’s most famous address, her larger-than-life-size avatar has apparently made an undignified exit from her Slovenian hometown, Sevnica. All that remains of the massive …
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May 17, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Mediaite reports: Trump on Saturday shared a video pushing a long-debunked conspiracy theories about Bill and Hillary Clinton – as well as other Democrats – being the murderous forces behind multiple deaths. The video, posted to his Truth Social account without comment, listed several individuals and implied they died under suspicious circumstances connected to the Clintons. Those featured in the …
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May 17, 2025 BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press reports: One person is dead after a car exploded in Palm Springs, California, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said. “This was a powerful explosion,” the source said, describing a very large debris field and damages to multiple businesses nearby. Reports indicate the blast was felt miles away. The identity and involvement of the deceased …
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May 17, 2025 Christianists, Republicans
NBC News reports: More than two dozen Ohio lawmakers are supporting a bill that would designate the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “Natural Family Month.” Though the bill, introduced by Republican state Reps. Josh Williams and Beth Lear [photo], doesn’t define “natural family” in its text, critics say it is intended to exclude LGBTQ families and promote marriage …
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May 17, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“I think first we got to remember who Qatar is. We’ve got a military base there. I have members of our immediate family that have deployed to the region, but Qatar has a long history of playing both sides. They support Hamas. They supported al Qaeda. Qatar has actually financed pro-Hamas protests on American campuses across the United States. “And …
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