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Election Nov 2024 - April 30, 2025
Election Nov 2024 - April 30, 2025
The following are news articles (from the Nov 2024 Election - April 30, 2025) that were once listed on our website. Much of the information is still relevant, but it was taken off the www.dalecodemocrats.com website to reduce storage requirements and for brevity. This is a good source for history and can be used to help explain some of the current actions of today.
Trump Goes Full Dictator With Grim Warning About Courts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-full-dictator-grim-133401630.html
WIRED: DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
Comment: "A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government."
ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-invades-wrong-home-makes-165441707.html
Trump Jokes About His 'No. 1 Choice' For Pope, And People Pray He's Really Kidding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-jokes-no-1-choice-213700064.html
Musk ‘finds’ his savings: Dems accuse DOGE cuts of saving tech mogul $2bn in tax liabilities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-finds-savings-dems-accuse-210502059.html
Karoline Leavitt Lets Unhinged Sycophant Into White House Briefing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-lets-unhinged-sycophant-195527010.html
Daily Kos: Meet a little-known scumbag behind some big DC chaos
Trump Says He Wouldn’t ‘100 Percent’ Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wouldn-t-100-155335124.html
American Civil Liberties Union: ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation
Daily Kos: Agency that targets corporate crooks shuttered by Trump—of course
Daily Kos: WTF Time Magazine? 200 trade deals? But there are only 164 countries to strike trade deals with!
Comment: The math would seem to call into question some of Trump's recent outlandish statements.
Trump Axes Top Trade Official Over Wedding Pic With Critic
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-axes-top-trade-official-212521497.html
'Trump 2028' apparel on sale at the Trump Organization's online store
Comment: Trump is prevented by the Constitution from running for a third term. Is this an attempt to flout the restrictions imposed by the Constitution? Is this a cheap merchandizing gimmick to sell items based upon a fraudulent hope of a third Trump term? A combination of both?
NPR: A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5368535/ron-desantis-florida-governor-political-scandal
Stephen Miller Delivers Chilling Warning to Judges on Deportations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-delivers-chilling-warning-165640958.html
Comment: Another insane rant from Stephen Miller?
Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/whitney-plantation-museum-trump-funding
Trump administration looking at $5,000 'baby bonus' to incentivize public to have more children
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-looking-5-000-175904522.html
Fact Check: Trump really showed kids 'assassination trading card' at White House Easter event
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-really-showed-223300342.html
Comment: While boasting about his invincibility, do you suppose Trump also showed the children pictures of the dead and wounded at the event, or has he conveniently forgot about them?
The New Republic: Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship
https://newrepublic.com/post/194261/stephen-miller-new-attack-birthright-citizenship
Comment: Forget about the US Constitution. According the Stephen Miller, all of America's problems can be traced back to Birthright Citizenship. How can this man have a prominent role in Trump's White House?
Brazen White GOP Rep Refuses to Apologize for Racial Insult
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazen-white-gop-rep-refuses-224758440.html
White GOP Rep Calls 77-Year-Old Black Congressman ‘Boy’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-gop-rep-calls-77-211731646.html
Private security guards who dragged Idaho woman from town hall meeting hit with charges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-security-guards-dragged-idaho-132230080.html
Coeur d'Alene Press: Post Falls woman files tort claim with Kootenai County clerk over town hall removal
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/apr/21/borrenpohl-files-tort-claim-with-county-clerk/
Comment: "The incident led to a police investigation into Lear Asset Management and several of its employees, which resulted in criminal charges against six men. Coeur d’Alene city officials also revoked the private security firm’s license."
"Regan is chair of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, which organized the town hall."
Team Trump Drafts Dystopian Plan to Get Women to Have More Babies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/team-trump-drafts-dystopian-plan-200255011.html
CNN: Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration — more than double the previous record, new filings show
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-fundraising-total/index.html
Comment: How much influence did these contributions buy?
Jet-Set Kash Patel Took FBI Plane to NHL Game and GF’s City
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jet-set-kash-patel-took-183136612.html
Stephen Miller Uses Unhinged Rant to Demand ‘Reparations’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-uses-unhinged-rant-041039310.html
Comment: According to Stephen Miller, all of America's problems are caused by immigrants, especially those unproven members of a terrorist gang who have tattoos or wear Chicago Bulls hats..
El Salvador’s president offers Maduro US-deported Venezuelans for prisoner swap
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/20/americas/el-salvador-bukele-prisoner-swap-venezuela-intl-latam
Comment: Does this mean that immigrants captured in the US and sent to El Salvador can then be bartered by an El Salvadorian dictator with some other third party country like some kind of commodity? How does this differ from other forms of human trafficking and how is the US complicit?
AP News: Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-riots-trump-politics-39d3882eaa8ba2131f7607099eec915d
Border czar Tom Homan argues US justified in removing 'public safety threat' Abrego Garcia to El Salvador - ABC News
Comment: Tom Holman has no problem making unsubstantiated accusations in the media, but the Trump Administration is unwilling to bring Garcia back to the US to face a trial or a legal hearing. We wonder why. Could it be a complete lack of evidence to back up those accusations? Is this why Holman is referred to as a czar?
NBC News: U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
Don Jr. And Eric Trump Landed $3 Million In Stock For Joining Firm’s Advisory Board That Had Little Public Presence Before Their Appointment
Trump Adviser Says Opposing Deportations Is Basically Terrorism
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pyaeu
WCHS: U.S. Rep. Riley Moore tours El Salvador prison, takes selfie with prisoners
Comment: GOP " photo op?"
Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man | CNN Politics
Comment: Fired for pointing out the Justice's Department's mistake! Trump Administration seems to want to purge anyone who has honesty and any sense of justice.
ABC News: Arsonist sets fire to Pennsylvania governor's mansion with Shapiro family inside
Comment: "A mechanic who has previously expressed disdain for Democrats on social media is arrested in connection with the overnight fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence..." It is very doubtful that the Republican Party was directly involved in any way.
The Hill: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons spark several surprises
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5245516-trump-clemency-jan-6-rioters/
Raleigh News & Observer: North Carolina’s Supreme Court justices crossed the Rubicon. They should resign. | Opinion
https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article304126691.html
The Guardian: ‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-king-economy-golf
Trump trades the Oval Office for The Octagon with UFC appearance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-trade-oval-office-octagon-210856371.html
Comment: Does he imagine himself as Caesar viewing the gladiators at the Coliseum in Rome? Maybe Nero?
CBS News: Justice Dept. fires longtime spokesperson who worked for Robert Mueller and Jack Smith
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/longtime-justice-department-spokesperson-fired/
Comment: Retribution for doing his job?
For world's wealthy, a 'gold card' path to American citizenship is almost here
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-wealthy-gold-card-path-224442546.html
News from Bloomberg Industry Group: White Collar & Criminal Law News: DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait (1)
The Daily Beast: Elon Musk’s DOGE Found Something It Can Cut—Its Massive Savings Target
US government moves for release of ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about the Bidens | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-informant-phony-biden-bribery-scheme-3657377598d5b9c4e44a28ccf63e2ad8
NBC News: Pete Hegseth senior adviser is pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America
NPR: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities
Comment: The attorney was a U.S. citizen!
Politico: Trump’s new executive order victim: Your shower
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-shower-water-pressure-executive-order-00283036
Comment: Is this issue really worth an executive order?
President Trump's New York fraud debt tops $500 million
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjch1d4r
Opinion: Lavish Trump spending undermines public trust
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcm9w9y
Trump Cabinet member accused of illegally voting
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjck189y
NBC News: FBI creates multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino
Comment: Is this how you want your tax dollars spent? I thought the FBI was supposed to protect us.
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocf1ha
Politico: DOJ: Some Jan. 6 defendants should be repaid money they sent to Congress
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/doj-jan-6-congress-00280031
ABC News: Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November
The New Republic: Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself
https://newrepublic.com/post/193674/trump-military-parade-birthday
Stephen Miller Wants Congress to ‘Step Up’ and Abolish Courts
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciobuaqt
GOP senator believes there would be less ‘fake news’ if violence were used against reporters
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocvmif
Reuters: US marshals were mobilized to warn fired DOJ lawyer over congressional testimony, attorney says
Comment: "Warn" her or "intimidate" her?
The Guardian: Robert F Kennedy Jr claims anti-vax physicians healed ‘some 300 measles-stricken children’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles
NBC News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets November special election for deep-blue House seat
Comment: By delaying the election, the Republican governor denies House representation to the citizens in that Democratic leaning congressional district for an additional 8 months.
Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-target-mass-deportations-u-142214066.html
Comment: To be fair, Trump was talking about U.S. prisoners. However, as citizens, they are still protected from being deported.
CNN: National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/us/national-parks-underground-railroad-harriet-tubman/index.html
WSJ: Trump Golfs, Fires Off Social Media Posts as Markets Convulse
Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave
Comment: This looks like punishment for failure to lie and cover up for one's superiors.
ProPublica: Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race
New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out
The Guardian: Wisconsin recipient of $1m from Musk was active in Republican campaigning
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/nicholas-jacobs-check-musk-wisconsin-republican
Comment: Does anyone still believe that this was some kind of lottery?
JD Vance Tells Paycheck-to-Paycheck Americans to Suck Up Tariffs Pain
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-tells-paycheck-paycheck-143404812.html
Axios: Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
https://www.yahoo.com/news/emails-confirm-social-security-administration-132130583.html
Politico: Fauci allies, Covid vaccine officials get ax at NIH
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/fauci-allies-covid-vaccine-officials-dismissed-nih-00265714
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/
Lawsuit says DOGE put a 28-year-old in charge of USIP, an organization that promotes international peacebuilding and conflict resolution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-says-doge-put-28-093852849.html
The New Republic: Now We Know Why Elon Musk’s DOGE Seized That Independent Nonprofit
https://newrepublic.com/post/193424/elon-musk-doge-usip-nonprofit-seize-building
The Guardian: Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/new-book-bans-library-schools
Trump makes history by pardoning a corporation
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5224229-trump-makes-history-by-pardoning-a-corporation/
Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/agriculture-department-no-longer-safe-165348567.html
NPR: DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5345708/doge-data-access-labor-cfpb-hhs
WIRED: Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-access-federal-payroll-systems-officials-leave-interior/
Axios: Trump's "restoring truth" order could return toppled Confederate monuments
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/30/trump-executive-order-confederate-monuments
The Bulwark: Trump’s Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality
The Associated Press: Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa
Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taxpayers-tab-trumps-second-term-133826954.html
The Guardian US: Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-new-college-fires-chinese-professor
Comment: Yet another insane law in Florida.
Government Hires Crackpot to "Study" Nonexistent Link Between Vaccines and Autism
https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-hires-crackpot-study-nonexistent-134516937.html
The Guardian US: Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor
People Are Absolutely Losing It After Trump Said There's "Talk" About A "Compensation Fund" For Jan. 6 Rioters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reparations-insurrectionists-got-people-not-164446114.html
No timetable from Texas governor on filling late Democratic congressman's vacant seat | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/sylvester-turner-congress-democrats-d3c5565aad5c9c2f0d3bafdcb47977dd
The Associated Press: Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’
Elon Musk doubles down on calling Mark Kelly ‘a traitor’
The Guardian US: Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/pete-hegseth-tattoo-arabic-language
This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appoints-first-buddy-doge-185639477.html
The Associated Press: Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system
https://apnews.com/article/trump-judiciary-executive-power-lawsuits-547ba740ad8689c8b8bd80291d2f4ad0
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Reuters: US House Speaker Johnson says Congress can 'eliminate' district courts
Axios: Florida's proposed solution for losing migrant workers: more teen labor
https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/03/25/florida-child-labor-bill-migrant-workers
Mother Jones: Report: The White House Easter Egg Roll Is for Sale
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/white-house-easter-egg-roll-sponsorships/
POLITICO: Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/22/donald-trump-trans-athletes-maine-00003871
Comment: Even though Maine gets cold, I doubt that h*ll (or Maine) has frozen over!
Mississippi Today: The Typo Tax Swap Act of 2025 may be the most Mississippi thing ever
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/22/income-tax-elimination-typo/
Comment: If you think the Alabama GOP led legislature is inept, take a look at Mississippi's version.
Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-doge-checks
BBC.com: Trump cancels executive order against law firm after $40m promise
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d4kex0w2ro
Comment: This is nothing less than extortion by executive order.
Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-group-offers-100-wisconsin-142333249.html
Comment: How is this possibly legal?
Trump admin erases ban on contractors running segregated facilities
Comment: Although other Federal laws stop segregated facilities, the fact that a specific effort was made to delete this language sends a chilling and symbolic message.
Axios: These are all the federal judges Republicans aim to impeach for blocking Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/house-republicans-impeach-federal-judges-trump
Comment: Just a PR move in attempt to show allegiance to Trump rather than to the Constitution and the Rule of Law.
The Guardian US: Man charged in US Capitol attack announces run for Senate in Florida
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/senate-florida-january-6-rioter-jake-lang
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
https://share.newsbreak.com/c6c7uzge
The Hill: DC drops Proud Boys lawsuit
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5198992-washington-dc-attorney-general-drops-lawsuit/
Highest-Ranking Black Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in Pentagon DEI Purge | Military.com
Comment: This is a special outrage. Read the article.
Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep | Military.com
Axios: Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
The Guardian US: Trump makes unsupported claim Biden pardons are ‘void’ as he used autopen
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-biden-pardons-void
Push to Amend the Constitution Could Expand Trump’s Power — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
Axios: MAGA figures fuel idea of Derek Chauvin pardon
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/derek-chauvin-pardon-ben-shapiro-trump
AL.com: Archibald: Alabama wants you to pray or pay
https://www.al.com/news/2025/03/archibald-alabama-wants-you-to-pray-or-pay.html
POLITICO: ‘Be careful about this’: Warnings abound as GOP considers writing off tax cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/gop-considers-writing-off-tax-cuts-00227219
Comment: Republicans plan to cook the books.
Vandalize Tesla property and the White House will prosecute you as a domestic terrorist, Trump pledges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vandalize-tesla-property-white-house-122430254.html
Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hours-trump-promises-buy-tesla-120810589.html
Yahoo News UK: People Zoomed Into Donald Trump's Tesla Sales Pitch And Can't Believe What They're Seeing
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-tesla-sales-script-150620563.html
Comment: Warning - Article contains language that some may find offensive.
Here are 8 things to know about the Trump-backed SAVE Act : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5301676/save-act-explainer-voter-registration
The Guardian US: House hearing ends abruptly after Republican misgenders trans member
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/republican-misgenders-sarah-mcbride
Lara Trump: Americans should be ‘kissing the feet of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lara-trump-americans-kissing-feet-141941105.html
Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-testifies-court-plan-abolish-224504230.html
CNN: Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/politics/darren-beattie-marco-rubio-deleted-tweets-kfile/index.html
PENTAGON KEEPS POURING CASH INTO GOLF COURSES — EVEN AS TRUMP SLASHES GOVERNMENT SPENDING
ABC News: MRNA vaccines now face attacks from some in the GOP
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mrna-vaccines-now-face-attacks-gop/story?id=119553285
The Guardian US: ‘She is evil’: Amy Coney Barrett under attack by right wing after USAid ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/amy-coney-barrett-under-attack-by-right-wing
Pentagon Wipes Records of Famed WWII Plane 'Enola Gay,' Named After the Pilot's Mom, Because 'DEI Is Dead'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pentagon-wipes-records-famed-wwii-175754450.html
SFGATE: Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from Calif. reservoirs just got even uglier
Trump yanks security clearances of lawyers at firm that probed any Trump-Russia ties
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxldx6l7
Jonathan Butcher: Education Department shuttering should be 'priority' for Trump
Opinion - Trump may have already planted the seeds of his political collapse
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-may-already-planted-133000888.html
ProPublica: This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas
Peter Navarro: ‘Canada has been taken over … by Mexican cartels’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/peter-navarro-canada-taken-over-171218371.html
Alabama war hero’s family ‘saddened’ Pete Hegseth removed his name from Georgia Army base
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl6omvh
ProPublica: A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill
US House speaker's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech | Reuters
Opinion: Trump rebrands party. GOP now stands for: ‘Good ole’ Putin’
https://share.newsbreak.com/bv8tw7ky
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed,' former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News
https://www.yahoo.com/news/families-captured-north-korean-troops-090313885.html
Comment: North Korea and Russia. These are the countries that Trump seems to want to cozy up to.
Fact Check: Musk reposted meme saying people who benefit from federal programs are the 'Parasite Class'
https://share.newsbreak.com/bv8w3ivz
Speaker Mike Johnson lives at a house at the center of a pastor's secretive influence campaign • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/03/02/speaker-johnson-house/
Axios: GOP piles on Trump's Zelensky hostility
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/02/gop-trump-zelensky-meeting-lawmakers-react
Following Trump's lead, his allies criticize Ukraine's Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign
https://www.yahoo.com/news/following-trumps-lead-allies-lash-200050641.html
AOC asks Attorney General Bondi if she is under DOJ investigation
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/aoc-pam-bondi-doj-investigation-ice
The Guardian: Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals. Hardly anyone’s paying attention | Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/trump-pga-liv-saudi-arabia
Video: Beshear: GOP more focused on party loyalty than their own constituents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beshear-gop-more-focused-party-172436673.html
Comment: Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear explains.
Mike Johnson claims ‘paid protesters’ are disrupting GOP town halls — then backtracks when asked for proof
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-claims-paid-protesters-142202159.html
Presidential meme coins should be against the law, House Democrat says
https://apnews.com/article/trump-meme-coin-liccardo-crypto-1ecccef627173b01927f03d9b526b7a7
Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-social-media-purge-lethality-cc404f00493578d4210e3efe2440648f
Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal workers don't deserve their jobs or paychecks
Axios: Exclusive: GOP staffers told to call occupied West Bank Judea and Samaria
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/west-bank-judea-samaria-name-change-gop?ref=upstract.com
Trump Gaza: AI video teases president's vision for takeover plan
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-gaza-ai-video-israel-hamas-war
Comment: Apparently, Trump posted the video. Is it any wonder that many in the Middle East hate America?
Outrageous video about Gaza's future! Posted Under Donald Trump's Account on Truth Social
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114068387897265338
Comment: Is this a hack? Does Donald Trump approve of this Video? It's under his account!
Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/why-project-2025-guy-suddenly-210034781.html
I am MAGA Man: Trump's version of the ideal American is pro-Putin and anti-truth | Opinion
Comment: How about a little sarcasm to express one's outrage.
WTOP: Acting D.C U.S. attorney opens inquiries into 2 Democrats over remarks on DOGE, justices
TIME: A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I’ve Known My Whole Life
https://time.com/7258245/disability-protections-section-504-texas-v-becerra-essay/
1 Of Trump’s Most Infamous Photos Is Now Hanging Outside The Oval Office
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-outside-oval-office_n_67b2f8e9e4b0c6b4a50456d9
January 6 Insurrectionists Take Trump Pardons to Horrifying Level
https://www.yahoo.com/news/january-6-insurrectionists-trump-pardons-200306708.html
NPR: Top federal prosecutor in Washington previously defended Jan. 6 rioters
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5292205/ed-martin-dc-federal-prosecutor
Here’s How Much Money Trump Has Made Off the Presidency So Far
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/much-money-trump-made-off-143021540.html
Buddy Carter floats renaming Greenland to 'Red, White and Blueland'
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5138543-buddy-carter-donald-trump-greenland-name-change/
Forbes: 17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293524/ap-gulf-of-mexico-white-house-oval-office
Fortune: Transportation secretary's memo to tie funding to marriage and birth rates is called 'bizarre and a little creepy
ABC News: Trump administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department employee who resigned over racist posts
Booz Allen Removes Subcontractor Who Wrote Report on DOGE Access
https://www.yahoo.com/news/treasury-warned-insider-threat-risk-005911245.html
NPR: Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5276336/donald-trump-jan-6-rape-assault-pardons-rioters
The Intercept: The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/04/jan-6-prosecutions-ed-martin-reparations/
ABC News: Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints, ends guidance
The Associated Press: The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces
NBC News: Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program
POLITICO: Inside the battle to remove fluoride from Florida drinking water — and the effort’s RFK Jr.-aligned ally
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/fluoride-florida-drinking-water-rfk-ladapo-00201507
Trump celebrates win by lawmaker who said Omar, Tlaib should ‘consider leaving’
Bill to add Trump to Mount Rushmore introduced in House
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/trump-mount-rushmore-house-bill
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee Republican women’s group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/jan/23/tennesssee-republican-womens-group-cites-hitler/
A Republican court candidate in North Carolina wants to toss out thousands of votes
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5269775/north-carolina-supreme-court-challenged-ballots
‘I wouldn’t take responsibility’: Trump won’t take blame if something happens to Fauci after security detail removed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wouldn-t-responsibility-trump-won-195626934.html
‘The gloves are off’: Trump appears poised to cash in from his presidency in new ways
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gloves-off-trump-appears-poised-120058246.html
Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wh-press-secretary-took-200109900.html
A Pastor's Powerful Plea For 'Mercy' Drew Trump's Ire — And Faith Leaders Have Something To Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastors-powerful-plea-mercy-drew-002115333.html
AL.com: White House’s Spanish-language website taken down, briefly replaced with ‘Go Home’ message
Video: Watch "Crypto Bought the 2024 Election" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WYQ1cheGBs4
Fears over lawmakers’ sexual texts to star Jan.6 witness being released may have stopped GOP subpoena: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-aide-advised-against-subpoena-205259834.html
AL.com: Former Alabama congressman: Trump makes ‘dishonest statements just for the fun of it’
ProPublica: On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious
The Associated Press: Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court
https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-law-poster-school-76d86dd745bf5bcd0964faf5b732d894
NPR: Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots : Shots - Health News
Trump’s team weighs withholding massive research grants from universities that are too ‘woke’: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-team-weighs-withholding-massive-231517765.html
Vance, GOP committees ask Supreme Court to strike down coordination limits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-gop-committees-ask-supreme-000227736.html
Groups urge Congress to rein in federal bureaucracy after Supreme Court slashes agency authority
https://www.yahoo.com/news/groups-urge-congress-rein-federal-100000524.html
POLITICO: FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/smirnov-bidens-plea-agreement-00194004
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