May 9, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The New York Times reports: President Trump on Thursday attacked a law signed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling the effort “racist” and “totally unconstitutional” and threatening to end it “immediately.” Mr. Trump’s statement was one of the starkest examples yet of his slash-and-burn approach to dismantling the legacy of his immediate predecessor …
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May 9, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“Grand slam, home run, hat trick pick. I am beyond pleased with President Trump’s decision to make Jeanine Pirro the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. “She is exactly the right person at the right time to take on this responsibility. She brings to the table wide and deep legal experience combined with a passion for justice and …
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May 9, 2025 LGBT News, Military
NBC News reports: The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday. Buoyed by Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military, the Defense Department will begin going …
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May 9, 2025 Christianists, Hate Groups
The Associated Press reports: An appeals court on Friday blocked a federal judge’s order that three attorneys for Southwest Airlines get religious liberty training from a conservative advocacy group, saying the judge likely exceeded his authority. Three judges with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans put the training order on hold while appeals are pursued. The …
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May 9, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
“Ed Martin has done an AMAZING job as interim U.S. Attorney, and will be moving to the Department of Justice as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney. In these highly important roles, Ed will make sure we finally investigate the Weaponization of our Government under the Biden Regime, and provide much …
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May 9, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Via press release: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) introduced legislation to show Americans exactly how much of a dent the ‘Trump Tariffs’ are putting in their wallets. The Truth in Tariffs Act requires large retailers to clearly display the portion of an item’s price attributable to tariffs. At a time of increasing economic chaos generated solely by President Trump, this …
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May 9, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Huffington Post reports: Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended President Donald Trump’s statement that children will just have to deal with having fewer dolls as a result of his tariffs by offering parents a wild counterpoint: Those kids could go to war. “What I’d ask people is not whether they want two dolls or five dolls or 20 …
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May 9, 2025 Extremists, Infighting Is Funny
“This is arguably Witch Craft. I want to know which one of President Trump’s geniuses chose a woman who literally talks to trees and spiritual mediums and who doesn’t even have an active medical license to be the US Surgeon General. “I would call her a Witch Doctor, but she doesn’t even have a valid active medical license. So I’m …
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May 9, 2025 Racism, Republicans
CNN reports: A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional plan with a second Black majority district after courts, including the Supreme Court, repeatedly rejected maps with just one such district. With the finding, the court said it would consider whether to put Alabama under a Voting Rights Act provision …
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May 8, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are set to star in Justin Kurzel’s “Burning Rainbow Farm,” about a deadly Waco-like police siege that took place in 2001. Rocket Science will be launching the film in Cannes. CAA Media Finance is handling North American distribution rights. “Burning Rainbow Farm” is set to tell the story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie …
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