Classic #FAFO
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Via #RawStory @ 4:07pm ET - Mar 26, 2025

#Punchbowl reporter #JakeSherman revealed.. #SenateRepublicans may have "buyer's remorse" after allowing #SecretaryOfDefense #PeteHegseth 2 sail through confirmation

Speaking to #MSNBC Wednesday, host #KatyTur noted "significant Republican" Sen. #RogerWicker of #Mississippi, chair of the #SenateArmedServicesCommittee, has indicated he's unhappy about what has been coined "#Signalgate"

#SecDef #FireHegseth

https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2671522109/

#RawStory, 6:10pm ET - Mar 24, 2025

"His decision, announced this weekend, to send high-powered US delegation to the island, apparently uninvited, is already backfiring," wrote #JeffreyGettleman and #MayaTekeli. "The admin tried to present it as a friendly trip, saying that #UshaVance, wife of VP #JDVance, would attend a dogsled race this week with one of their sons and that #MichaelWaltz, the #NationalSecurityAviser, would tour an American #military base."

#Greenland

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2671396642/

#RawStory 12:13pm, March 23

#Fox News host #HowardKurtz expressed concerns about "a major conflict of interest" after reports said the #Pentagon intended to provide billionaire #Elon #Musk with US #WarPlans against #China.

According to #TheNewYorkTimes & other outlets, the #DepartmentOfDefense was preparing a briefing for Musk but changed course after the intentions were revealed in the press. Musk has significant financial ties to #Beijing and the #Chinese government.

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-elon-musk-china/

Yeah, I guess that settles it
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Via #RawStory 1:09pm ET - March 20, 2025

#ErrolMusk, father of #Tesla CEO #ElonMusk, believes his son can't b #racist due 2 his past relationships w/ "Black servants" who worked 4 the family in #apartheid #SouthAfrica

In email sent 2 #WashingtonPost regarding inquiries abt his son's animosity toward diversity, equity, & inclusion (#DEI) initiatives, Errol Musk said his 2 sons were never interestd in political mattrs while growing up

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-racism-2671371615/

Via #RawStory @ 7:45am ET on Mar 17, 2025

#Canada's #NationalPost has interviewed #ForeignPolicy experts about President Donald #Trump's pitch to make Canada into America's "51st state" — and none of them were impressed with what they've heard.

#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CANpoli

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-canada-2671340476/

#RawStory, 10:14pm ET, March15, 2025

#Trump's #MAGA allies on Sat had 2 #conservative #SupremeCourt justices in their crosshairs after a fed judge put a stop to the President's plans to deport individuals the administration says are members of a gang.

#InnerCityPress reported on Saturday that Chief Judge #Boasberg said, "AUSA, you must inform your client immediately. Any plane in the air must be returned to the US. You must make sure this is complied with immediately."

https://www.rawstory.com/maga-meltdown-john-roberts-venezuela/

This guy obviously sucks at Math!

Via #RawStory

Defiant #Senate Minority Ldr #ChuckSchumer defended his decision Fri 2 vote in favor of cloture 4 #Republican-backed #FundingBill that would avert a looming government #shutdown, & brushed off threats 2 his leadership position

In an interview..shortly after his vote roiled his fellow #Democrats, #Schumer stood firm, [insisting] that “as bad as the [continuing resolution] was,” a government shutdown “would be far worse.”

https://www.rawstory.com/government-shutdown-2671332524/

Via #RawStory @ 12:58pm ET on Mar 14, 2025

The 118th #Congress, which is currently controlled by #Republicans in both the #House and #Senate, is "enthusiastically" giving away its constitutional powers to President Donald #Trump, argues a new article in The #NewYorkTimes.

#Reporters #CarlHulse and #CatieEdmondson cited the current stopgap spending bill that would provide for the Trump agenda without any concessions to #Democrats.

https://www.rawstory.com/cowards-who-kowtow-gop-lawmakers-accused-of-relinquishing-their-power-to-trump/

Via #RawStory, 10:36pm ET, Mar 03, 2025

#RachelMaddow drew a direct comparison between a 1940s #Minnesota senator who was secretly on #AdolfHitler's payroll & pushing pro-Nazi policies to the #MAGA embrace of pro-#Russia policies..noting that shortly after President #Roosevelt urged lawmakers to push back against a surging #Nazi #Germany w/ $7 billion, Sen. #ErnestLundeen gave a "national speech on the radio in which he demanded that #England should say thank you to us"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ukraine-2671256219/

Via #RawStory @ 1:44pm ET on Mar 02, 2025

#CNN #conservative #ScottJennings' decision to claim Americans are very pleased with the direction the country has taken now that #DonaldTrump is firmly ensconced in the #OvalOffice led a #Democratic lawmaker to offer an invitation to hear what voters really think.

https://www.rawstory.com/scott-jennings-2671249665/

Is anyone going to tell him that 5 Eyes quietly became 4¼ eyes a few days before Tulsi Gabbard was confirmed as the US's Director of National Intelligence?

(Agent-Orange's Face is obscured because I am sick of seeing it)

#FiveEyes #Global #Intelligence #Trump #Trudeau #USA #Canada #Australia #UK #NewZealand #Politics #USPol #PoopEmoji #RawStory @RawStory

Via #RawStory @ 1:38pm ET on Feb 25, 2025

#Politico legal reporter #KyleCheney on Tue brought word that the #Trump #DepartmentOfJustice stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development

During hearing in front of US District Court for #DistrictOfColumbia Judge #AmirAli, #DOJ lawyers took heat for refusing to say if government had taken any steps to comply w/ Ali's earlier order to unfreeze funding for #USAID

https://www.rawstory.com/smartnews/court-hearing-goes-exceptionally-badly-for-trump-doj-as-judge-loses-patience-reporter/

'All deserve to die': Bomb threat at conservative anti-Trump summit blamed on Proud Boys
#RawStory #PrinciplesFirst #ProudBoys #BombThreat #DeathThreats
https://www.rawstory.com/principle-s-first-summit-bomb-threat/

Via #RawStory @ 10:17am ET on Feb 22, 2025

Normally mild-mannered #CNN host #MichaelSmeroconish shut down an investment firm CEO who has been pitching what he calls a " #DOGE dividend " where government savings would be refunded to #taxpayers.

Simply put, the CNN host dismissed the proposal as an attempted #FraudulentScheme being used to sway the public to support for #DonaldTrump-appointed #ElonMusk's highly controversial gutting of the U.S. government.

https://www.rawstory.com/doge-divident-fishback/

#RawStory
'25th Amendment remedies' mulled as Trump Fox interview goes off the rails.

Story by Travis Gettys.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/25th-amendment-remedies-mulled-as-trump-fox-interview-goes-off-the-rails/ar-AA1zxczH?ocid=sapphireappshare

Elon Musk's #DOGE fires #FDA officials regulating his brain implant company: report
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Via #RawStory @ 8:22pm ET on Feb 17, 2025

Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at tech billionaire #ElonMusk's #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency task force are Food and Drug Administration staff who oversee regulation of one of Musk's companies, #Reuters reported Monday evening.

#FDA #Neuralink

https://www.rawstory.com/doge-neuralink/

Via #RawStory @ 7:00pm ET on Feb 13, 2025

#Republican senator #LisaMurkowski is proposing legislation in direct defiance of President Donald #Trump.

Trump announced in his inaugural speech that he would seek to rename #Alaska's #Denali as part of his day-one actions, a move that would override the will of the state's #Indigenous population and its elected leaders.

https://www.rawstory.com/denali-national-park/

Via #RawStory @ 3:38pm ET on Feb 13, 2025

#CNN's #BriannaKeilar pressed #GOP Rep. #WarrenDavidson (R-OH) to answer her question Thursday about President #DonaldTrump's new reciprocal #tariffs and the danger they could pose to #NationalSecurity.

https://www.rawstory.com/can-you-answer-my-question-cnn-s-keilar-presses-gop-rep-on-tariffs-and-rising-prices/

Via #RawStory @ 3:47pm ET on Feb 06, 2025

"We have received info that US #BorderPatrol agnts may be boarding school buses @ highway checkpoints in & out of the Valley to question students about their #citizenship status," Superintendent Anysia Trevino warned. "We strongly encourage families to be aware of the potential implications of these encounters. If a student→found to be without proper documentation, they may be removed from the bus, detained, & possibly deported"

https://www.rawstory.com/border-agents-school-buses/