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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The prestigious title of "Ambassador" remains with an individual even after they have left that position, like "Colonel," "President," or "Your Honor." Kennedy clan patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr insisted on being addressed as "Ambassador" long after he concluded his short tenure at the Court of St James's (8 March 1938 " 22 October 1940). On top of free housing in comfortable and spacious quarters, as well as a generous expense account, the average annual salary for a US Ambassador is $200,431. Donald Trump nominated Kari Lake to be the US Ambassador to Jamaica and election denier PA State Sen. Doug Mastriano to represent the US in Slovakia.

White supremacist Doug Mastriano spent thousands of dollars chartering buses for the 6 Jan 2021 insurrection against the US.


BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant to refocus the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the U.S. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling. But Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said the rule could have blocked access to hundreds of thousands of acres (hectares) of land -- preventing energy and timber production and hurting ranchers who graze on public lands. Read more


Monday, May 11, 2026

After jolting awake from drowsiness in front of guests in the Oval Office, Donald Trump ranted about an unidentified friend as a "very highly neurotic, very fat-- sort of a fat slob" while discussing the high costs for medications in the greedy for-profit American healthcare industry. Then Trump bleated: "Every person is gonna have autism. That's what's happening. What is this thing that's happening? It's spiked so much. Anything having to do with medical, I always bring in autism."

Damien "666" Trumpf and his Dead Eyes


Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, requested that DODIG Platte B. Moring III conduct an investigation after the Trump administration repeatedly awarded lucrative DOD contracts to companies affiliated with the president's family.

DODIG Platte B. Moring III


Sunday, May 10, 2026

The White House released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy describing narco-terrorists, Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists as a triad posing "significant and pervasive" dangers to the homeland.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers Not a Terrorism Threat to US


Doctors have been warned to be on the lookout for "imported" hantavirus cases as American passengers return home from a cruise hit by an outbreak of the deadly disease. New Jersey joined five other states on Friday in announcing it was tracking residents who were onboard the MV Hondius, where eight cases of the illness were confirmed, with three deaths. Seven American passengers left the Dutch cruise ship last month, and 17 more are due to disembark in the Canary Islands on Sunday before being brought home.


A prominent Baptist pastor told Fox News on Saturday that President Donald Trump has a "better understanding" of the bible than Pope Leo XIV when it concerns the military conflict with Iran. Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor, made the comments on "Fox News Live" two days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the pope in Europe. While Jeffress, a megachurch pastor in Dallas, said Leo was a "good man" and "sincere in his faith,' he argued that the pontiff is "sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran."


President Donald Trump declared Iran's latest peace proposal "totally unacceptable" in a blistering Truth Social post on Sunday, signaling that negotiations to end the Iran war remain deeply deadlocked. "I have just read the response from Iran's so-called 'Representatives,'" Trump wrote. "I don't like it " TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"


George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend more waking hours with his family.


We gathered a list of the foods that these attorneys will never risk eating. Their top three are below, but other items mentioned include raw oysters (an increasing hazard on a warming planet), raw milk, unpasteurized juice, undercooked hamburger or other meat, raw or undercooked eggs and even hotel waffle batter dispensers.

("No way," said personal injury lawyer Mark Hirsch. "Warm, stagnant batter is a breeding ground for foodborne illness.")


Ousted and disgraced Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is threatening to start his own mass deportation operation as the white supremacist rages against his old bosses and fumes over "illegal aliens" getting free healthcare in Oklahoma.

Greg Bovino is Completely Reviled in his Community


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) " Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran's state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it.


In Maui, a white tourist (37) from Seattle, WA threw a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal which narrowly missed its head, then boasted to the witness who was video-recording him: I don't care. Fine me, I'm rich.'

This Wealthy Reprobate is Probably a Tesla-owning MAGA


A Field Guide to the Day After In Russia


Hungary's new prime minister, Pter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.


A convicted participant in the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack who was pardoned at the start of Donald Trump's second presidency has been ordered to serve seven years in prison after a jury found him guilty of committing a burglary in Virginia in May 2025. Read more


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