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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April 23, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Trump Administration
Axios reports: Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of President Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS, two witnesses and three sources briefed on the matter tell Axios. “It was two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of …
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April 23, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
An “exclusive scoop” from the Heritage Foundation: President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday prohibiting higher education accreditors from participating in unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination, five sources familiar with the directive told The Daily Signal. The Wednesday order will ensure accreditors comply with federal anti-discrimination law like Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order prohibiting DEI practices in …
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April 23, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday. At the “intimate private dinner” on May 22 at his private club in Washington, Trump will talk about the future of crypto, according to the organizers. People who want to participate have to register, …
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April 23, 2025 Democrats, Immigration
The Huffington Post reports: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is asking his state’s pension funds and procurement agencies to examine any investments or contracts they have with companies in El Salvador, the first step toward a possible boycott of the country for assisting President Donald Trump in defying court orders on the treatment of migrants. “The United States Constitution guarantees …
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