May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump’s trade wars with China and other nations are widely expected to cause sharp economic pain, but some experts have warned consumers not to hoard supplies and goods before prices skyrocket, arguing that mass stockpiling could backfire spectacularly. Well, many Americans aren’t listening to that advice, according to survey data this year, instead preparing for the …
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May 1, 2025 Business, Trump Administration
The Dallas News reports: Airbus SE said it won’t cover the cost of tariffs on its planes imported by U.S. airlines, setting up a clash with carriers unwilling to shoulder surcharges imposed by President Donald Trump. The European planemaker is responsible for any added duties on supplies it imports to its own aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, and then …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty, openly questioning the separation of church and state in an escalation of the White House’s increasing fervor for Christianity. “They say separation between church and state … I said, ‘All right, let’s forget about that for one time,’” the president said during …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first. I know he will do the same in his new …
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May 1, 2025 Homocons, Republicans
“Once I finish my obligations with the US criminal justice system I will leave and never return. I rather take my chances in other countries than live in a country that has a weaponized justice system and is run by the industrial prison complex.” – George Santos, who last month was sentenced to over seven years on fraud and identity …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“It was a rigged election. We might as well say it. But it was totally rigged. It’s disgraceful. I think it’s going to go down as one of the biggest disgraces. Think of it. Your son would be home. You wouldn’t have had October 7. You wouldn’t have the Ukraine/Russian horror show that’s going on that we’re trying to stop …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The New York Times reports: Sitting in front of a packed auditorium in Dubai, a founder of the Trump family cryptocurrency business made a brief but monumental announcement on Thursday. A fund backed by Abu Dhabi, he said, would be making a $2 billion business deal using the Trump firm’s digital coins. That transaction would be a major contribution by …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump has announced he is nominating Anthony Lomangino to the USPS board of trustees. The USPS Board of Governors is the governing body of the USPS, and comprises of 11 members. It is responsible for setting rates, appointing the postmaster general and deputy postmaster general, and overseeing the Postal Service’s operations. They are appointed by the …
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May 1, 2025 Impeachment, Republicans
“We’re ready, willing and able to take it to the next level. We have submitted plans to DHS to say if this is approved, we will go off to the races. And we will be able to do really from soup to nuts, from apprehension to detention, even putting some of our people in the National Guard in line to …
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May 1, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Independent reports: The Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan immigrants accused of being gang members “exceeds” the scope of the law and runs “contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning” of the wartime statute. Texas District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, who was appointed by Trump himself, ruled on Thursday that the administration cannot rely on …
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