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ADL Begs Musk To Stop Posting “Holocaust Jokes”

Mediaite reports: Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, responded to Elon Musk on Thursday after the Tesla billionaire and close Trump ally posted a joke related to Nazis. Musk has been at the center of a heated debate over whether or not he made two Nazi salutes during a speech on Monday night. He has since spent the …

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Hegseth Advances In 51-49 Vote, Final Vote Tomorrow

NBC News reports: The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, setting up a final confirmation vote for the end of the week. Senators voted by the narrowest of margins, 51 to 49, to advance Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon, with just two Republicans — moderate Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, …

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LIVE VIDEO: Full Senate Votes On Advancing Hegseth

The New York Times reports: Republican leaders are plowing ahead with their drive to confirm Mr. Hegseth, as Democrats who have called him unfit to lead the Pentagon work to persuade a handful of G.O.P. senators to join them in opposition. They are pointing to a sworn statement submitted to the Senate on Tuesday by a former sister-in-law of Mr. …

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John Ratcliffe Confirmed To Lead CIA In 74-25 Vote

USA Today reports: The Senate on Thursday easily confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, making him the second key player to join the new Republican administration’s national security and foreign policy team. Ratcliffe, who formerly served as director of national Intelligence in Trump’s first term, won on a 74-25 vote. The Senate confirmed …

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Johnson Stopped Subpoena Of Trump Aide Over Fear That “Sexual Texts” Sent By GOP Reps Would Surface

The Washington Post reports: An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attacking an effort to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her. In a meeting following the June conversation, Johnson (R-Louisiana.) and senior aides also …

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ABC News: Armed Suicidal Man Breached US Capitol

ABC News reports: A Massachusetts man was found to be carrying a gun after attending a tour of the U.S. Capitol as he left the nearby Library of Congress on Tuesday, police officials told ABC News on Thursday. Authorities in Washington were alerted by police in Carlisle, Massachusetts, on Monday that a man with a gun who had expressed suicidal …

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski: I Will Vote No On Pete Hegseth

“While the allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking do nothing to quiet my concerns, the past behaviors Mr. Hegseth has admitted to, including infidelity on multiple occasions, demonstrate a lack of judgment that is unbecoming of someone who would lead our armed forces. These behaviors starkly contrast the values and discipline expected of servicemembers. Men and women in uniform …

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Reagan Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order On Birthright Citizenship As “Blatantly Unconstitutional”

The New York Times reports: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship to babies born on American soil, dealing the president his first setback as he attempts to upend the nation’s immigration laws and reverse decades of precedent. In a hearing held three days after Mr. Trump issued his executive order, a …

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MTG Rants After UK Rejects “Gulf Of America” Name

The Telegraph reports: Britain will not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America despite Donald Trump’s order for it to be renamed, The Telegraph understands. Britain will continue to call the body of water by its current name unless the new title ordered by Mr Trump gains widespread usage in English. The US president instructed the …

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