https://drudge.com/user/johnny_hotsauce New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/292525/kennedy-center-loses-lawsuit-against-defiant https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-trump-chuck-redd-lawsuit-dismissed-8ef9936186210b5778e73893b94d9126 The D.C. Superior Court has dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit against Chuck Redd after the musician backed out of a scheduled 2025 Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4fjlxgdpuqxfqnzvvbj56q5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnobqyvzz22u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreicoi6h3tljjwaktkxnu3nbdbpysadb5t44i4ndtb7d3x2dz7zv6qe" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">A judge threw out a Kennedy Center lawsuit against jazz musician Chuck Redd after he canceled a show in protest of Trump&#x27;s attempt to rename it after himself, according to reports.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4fjlxgdpuqxfqnzvvbj56q5f/post/3mnobqyvzz22u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Raw Story (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4fjlxgdpuqxfqnzvvbj56q5f?ref_src=embed">@rawstory.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4fjlxgdpuqxfqnzvvbj56q5f/post/3mnobqyvzz22u?ref_src=embed">12:00 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jun 7, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:33:36 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/292525/kennedy-center-loses-lawsuit-against-defiant#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292525 news, 0.5 daily 292525 https://drudge.com/news/292174/gop-votes-protect-payouts-pardoned https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/video-republicans-block-blumenthal-proposal-to-prevent-payout-to-pardoned-insurrectionists-who-sexually-assaulted-children Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee voted unanimously to block an amendment to a bill that would prevent child sex offenders who were pardoned by Donald Trump from receiving payment from a newly established $1.8 billion slush fund that Trump's personal attorney Todd Blanche agreed to have the government create as part of the settlement involving a member of the Trump led IRS during his first term having leaked part of Trump's tax returns. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7lstq6ts2o" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiglyx537oz7e2u4phxgj3qsc2m6cssvrtbffts2z6bq4pnwzlqsd4" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">JUST NOW: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asks Todd Blanche about a pardoned Jan 6 rioter who offered a molestation victim a payoff (from a forthcoming Trump reparations fund) ... for silence<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp/post/3mm7lstq6ts2o?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Scott MacFarlane (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp?ref_src=embed">@macfarlanenews.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp/post/3mm7lstq6ts2o?ref_src=embed">10:25 AM &Acirc;&middot; May 19, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 21 May 2026 23:32:49 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/292174/gop-votes-protect-payouts-pardoned#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292174 news, 0.5 daily 292174 https://drudge.com/news/292199/praythegayaway-pastor-arrested-child-sex https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/19/former-pray-away-the-gay-activist-charged-in-child/ Alan Chambers, former President of Exodus International, an organization that connected a network of more than 400 anti-gay Christian ministries in 17 countries, was arrested for attempting to solicit sex over the internet from an undercover police officer who was posing as a 14 year old boy. Thu, 21 May 2026 01:38:29 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/292199/praythegayaway-pastor-arrested-child-sex#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292199 discussion, 0.5 daily 292199 https://drudge.com/news/291861/trump-plans-profit-off-renaming https://newrepublic.com/post/209968/trump-profit-renaming-florida-palm-beach-airport President Donald Trump has made a deal with Palm Beach Airport that will make him even richer. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml56asjlys2g" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibfp7lnjagcwhd6lafmwb4z2yigi6rlucqrag6x3hs76f4pyotdpq" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Palm Beach International Airport is now officially renamed to Donald J. Trump International Airport. The airport will be required to purchase official Trump merchandise, directly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy/post/3ml56asjlys2g?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Brian Tyler Cohen (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy?ref_src=embed">@briantylercohen.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy/post/3ml56asjlys2g?ref_src=embed">May 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 06 May 2026 08:30:49 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/291861/trump-plans-profit-off-renaming#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291861 news, 0.5 daily 291861 https://drudge.com/news/291581/maryland-first-state-ban-dynamic-pricing https://www.newsweek.com/grocery-store-law-change-millions-americans-11852218 Maryland became the first state to ban so-called surveillance pricing in grocery stores. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:n2udhcg3p7juntqi4t45lgvi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwsrdead523" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihqipihb25bvv2kyslmddbdxvkhs3x3kfliuqe5k66aa4ry44xlee" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Maryland is on track to become the first state to ban so-called dynamic pricing in grocery stores across the state. Should Texas do this? https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/maryland-to-become-first-state-to-ban-dynamic-pricing-in-grocery-stores/&Acirc;&nbsp;<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2udhcg3p7juntqi4t45lgvi/post/3mjwsrdead523?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- KXAN News (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2udhcg3p7juntqi4t45lgvi?ref_src=embed">@kxan.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2udhcg3p7juntqi4t45lgvi/post/3mjwsrdead523?ref_src=embed">Apr 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:31:11 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/291581/maryland-first-state-ban-dynamic-pricing#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291581 news, 0.5 daily 291581 https://drudge.com/news/291590/us-naval-secretary-fired https://www.reuters.com/world/us-navy-secretary-phelan-fired-by-pentagon-source-says-2026-04-22/ US Naval Secretary John Phelan has been fired. Phelan, who has no military experience, was appointed to the position by Trump in 2025 following a career as a private equity CEO and Republican fundraiser. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:29:26 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/291590/us-naval-secretary-fired#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291590 discussion, 0.5 daily 291590 https://drudge.com/news/291414/bodycam-contradicts-st-louis-police-killing https://www.stlmag.com/news/emeshyon-wilkins-police-shooting-video/ Notably, the video does not clearly show [Emeshyon] Wilkins carrying a firearm or turning toward the officer. A lawsuit brought against the city claims that parts of a disassembled gun was found on Wilkins but no actual gun was found. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:masb2g3gji3tr4rycdjrgiuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhrdictsa2g" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidb72oqm7h33e7qvj6fbjhxdkmqcqudsod4woekk3yp4uyq2e6lxm" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Body camera video shows a St. Louis police officer shoot Emeshyon Wilkins in the back of the head as he fled, contradicting an earlier police statement.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:masb2g3gji3tr4rycdjrgiuw/post/3mjhrdictsa2g?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- CBS Mornings (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:masb2g3gji3tr4rycdjrgiuw?ref_src=embed">@cbsmornings.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:masb2g3gji3tr4rycdjrgiuw/post/3mjhrdictsa2g?ref_src=embed">Apr 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:32:08 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/291414/bodycam-contradicts-st-louis-police-killing#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291414 news, 0.5 daily 291414 https://drudge.com/news/291013/doj-admits-gov-has-no-evidence-j-powell https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5799957-fed-chair-powell-no-evidence/ An attorney from the Jeanine Pirro led DC United States Attorney office admitted in federal court that the DoJ has no evidence to support a subpoena request sought against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for possibly making false statements to the Senate Banking Committee. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:bono5gae7m6r3qpfxomshwbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvho633x227" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihlz3riksb6nhmgjajq6ltszntyag5jklhapq6fbdaeby7ymv2eqq" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">&quot;A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged in a closed-door hearing that the Justice Department did not have evidence of wrongdoing in its criminal investigation of Fed chair Jerome Powell ... &quot; www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bono5gae7m6r3qpfxomshwbd/post/3mhvho633x227?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Rachel Maddow (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bono5gae7m6r3qpfxomshwbd?ref_src=embed">@maddow.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bono5gae7m6r3qpfxomshwbd/post/3mhvho633x227?ref_src=embed">Mar 25, 2026 at 12:03 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:31:56 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/291013/doj-admits-gov-has-no-evidence-j-powell#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291013 news, 0.5 daily 291013 https://drudge.com/news/290815/trump-exploits-dead-soldiers-fund-raise https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/14/trump-fundraising-email-uses-photo-of-march-7-dignified-transfer-of-deceased-soldier/ As if wearing a campaign hat through a dignified transfer ceremony wasn't bad enough, Donald Trump is using an image from the ceremony to solicit funds. Trump sent an email through a fundraising PAC that shows Trump wearing the hat he sells as the coffin of a soldier who died in Trump's illegal war with Iran passes in front of him. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:22:57 -0400 johnny_hotsauce https://drudge.com/news/290815/trump-exploits-dead-soldiers-fund-raise#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290815 discussion, 0.5 daily 290815