https://drudge.com/user/lee_the_agent New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/291364/aussie-reply-trump-rant-nato https://x.com/JamesTate121/status/2043298450003898665 Too on point not to share, "Aussie reply to Trump rant about NATO not being there for us. Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. <p>A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage. <p>You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail. <p>Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. <p>Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you. And you've got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again. And you're calling Greenland poorly run? <p>Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no. <p>"NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years. <p>And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess. <p>So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your fucking mouth. Credit (borrowed from) Jim Scroggins - original author unknown" Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:23:16 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291364/aussie-reply-trump-rant-nato#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291364 discussion, 0.5 daily 291364 https://drudge.com/news/291269/trump-lost-his-war-iran https://archive.ph/5JU11 In the midst of Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson angrily and famously declared: I'm not going down in history as the first American President to lose a war'. But he did. And yesterday Donald Trump became the second to also lose one. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:56:03 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291269/trump-lost-his-war-iran#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291269 discussion, 0.5 daily 291269 https://drudge.com/news/291252/whole-civilization-die-tonight https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676673603/ President Donald Trump issued a disturbing message on social media Tuesday to the people of Iran, warning them that their civilization will likely "never be brought back again" as his Tuesday night deadline for Tehran looms. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:6c45z5sf3rhgrupy26iqndmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivsut2snc2o" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiehlmwvbcnmmbkfesjdc2qd22gxsj427cndimkuom4ajoelyffglu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">do we honestly have no way of ending a presidency for posting "a whole civilization will die tonight"<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6c45z5sf3rhgrupy26iqndmc/post/3mivsut2snc2o?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>" Melissa Gira Grant (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6c45z5sf3rhgrupy26iqndmc?ref_src=embed">@melissagiragrant.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6c45z5sf3rhgrupy26iqndmc/post/3mivsut2snc2o?ref_src=embed">Apr 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:32:19 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291252/whole-civilization-die-tonight#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291252 news breaking, 0.5 daily 291252 https://drudge.com/news/291159/trumps-2027-budget-cuts-non-defense-10 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/fiscal-year-2027-topline-fact-sheet.pdf Trump's 2027 budget proposal cuts non-defense spending by 10% while raising military spending by $445 billion or 42% to $1.5 trillion a year. We are headed for an even more profoundly militarized nation and world unless we change course. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:yf6hctt2ug3qyfty4in64yob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mils6txstl2s" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreib7lb3uu2laqhu4e76hoiv2xhhot7wxiiaduk4xmi2t5tjfixrdwm" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yf6hctt2ug3qyfty4in64yob/post/3mils6txstl2s?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Politico (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yf6hctt2ug3qyfty4in64yob?ref_src=embed">@politico.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yf6hctt2ug3qyfty4in64yob/post/3mils6txstl2s?ref_src=embed">Apr 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:33:20 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291159/trumps-2027-budget-cuts-non-defense-10#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291159 news, 0.5 daily 291159 https://drudge.com/news/291180/judge-rejects-trumps-bizarre-self https://archive.ph/1NG6m A federal judge slapped down President Donald Trump's argument that he wasn't civilly liable for inciting violence at the deadly Capitol riot because his "Stop the Steal" speech was comparable to a rapper working up a crowd with divisive lyrics. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:23:36 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291180/judge-rejects-trumps-bizarre-self#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291180 discussion, 0.5 daily 291180 https://drudge.com/news/291142/trump-no-money-medicare-because-we-have https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-not-possible-us-pay-medicaid-medicare-daycare-re-fighting-w-rcna266381 Trump urged states to fund benefits programs instead because "we have to take care of one thing: military protection." <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:ht3ruh74w6krts2fz4ir27pa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik5arvtzc27" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihgfiue3skdganpjx42bj32e55ioudsv43ephj4l5ff3nktlaflvi" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Trump is right, we can either pay for "daycare, Medicaid, Medicare all these things,&quot; or we can pay for more war. Every dollar we spend on this illegal war of choice, is a dollar that could have helped improve life right here at home. He&#x27;s telling us what he cares about more.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht3ruh74w6krts2fz4ir27pa/post/3mik5arvtzc27?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Senator Chris Van Hollen (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht3ruh74w6krts2fz4ir27pa?ref_src=embed">@vanhollen.senate.gov</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ht3ruh74w6krts2fz4ir27pa/post/3mik5arvtzc27?ref_src=embed">Apr 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:30:35 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291142/trump-no-money-medicare-because-we-have#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291142 news, 0.5 daily 291142 https://drudge.com/news/291098/judge-trump-order-defund-npr-pbs https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-to-end-federal-funding-for-pbs-and-npr Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miet53xwuj2z" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreicz5hs7i3qpj2xyetvlkrm3yef56jrdqk7f7zxhj44c56h36n6ove" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">BREAKING: A judge blocks a Trump administration order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3miet53xwuj2z?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Associated Press (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq?ref_src=embed">@apnews.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3miet53xwuj2z?ref_src=embed">Mar 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:31:48 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291098/judge-trump-order-defund-npr-pbs#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291098 news, 0.5 daily 291098 https://drudge.com/news/291097/judge-halts-400m-white-house-ballroom-says https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645.60.0_2.pdf A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of a $400M White House ballroom, ruling the project cannot move forward unless Congress approves it. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:vf32tdeunh3ra6nvclxhmeuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3miexaxlvy226" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreicflug6eaopgecpxmhkthppopknlxqdvphy4bozasbw7en6qh5bga" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">BREAKING: Trump Rages After Judge Blocks White House Ballroom Construction<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vf32tdeunh3ra6nvclxhmeuo/post/3miexaxlvy226?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Rolling Stone (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vf32tdeunh3ra6nvclxhmeuo?ref_src=embed">@rollingstone.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vf32tdeunh3ra6nvclxhmeuo/post/3miexaxlvy226?ref_src=embed">Mar 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:30:36 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291097/judge-halts-400m-white-house-ballroom-says#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291097 news, 0.5 daily 291097 https://drudge.com/news/290918/trump-killed-conservatism https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-maga-conservatism/686501/?gift=R-vdzV5p-x2yOIwiMTPbI23-xdXVKhELvFAFI4mATV0 Peter Wehner: The president has cultivated and encouraged the ugliest passions within the GOP, dousing the embers of hate with kerosene. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq4iwn7bf2e" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibaqc7bcuuhzpa547lptqvxbxw4fvul6dt2zj3zna7fjb47xuobyi" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">"As a result of the disfigurement of the Republican Party, conservatism is politically homeless. That is a terrible loss for the GOP, and a greater loss for America," Peter Wehner argues:<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y/post/3mhq4iwn7bf2e?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Atlantic (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y?ref_src=embed">@theatlantic.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y/post/3mhq4iwn7bf2e?ref_src=embed">Mar 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:30:59 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290918/trump-killed-conservatism#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290918 news, 0.5 daily 290918 https://drudge.com/news/290745/trump-says-kamikaze-sea-drones-do-not-exist https://sfg.media/en/v/trump-calls-iran-kamikaze-sea-drones-ai-fake/ U.S. President Donald Trump stated that kamikaze sea drones, also called naval kamikaze drones or uncrewed surface vessels, are fake and created by artificial intelligence. He argued that if they existed, the U.S. would have destroyed them like other boats, and questioned why no one has seen them. The remarks sparked widespread discussion referencing their use by Ukraine against Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:52:55 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290745/trump-says-kamikaze-sea-drones-do-not-exist#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290745 discussion, 0.5 daily 290745 https://drudge.com/news/290246/armed-man-shot-and-killed-ss-outside https://www.axios.com/2026/02/22/mar-a-lago-secret-service-shooting Law enforcement shot and killed an armed man outside of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort Sunday, the Secret Service said. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhe3kj2p22c" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreifnhvuenkqvw7kosjjauwuuz7newkiwyn56ah4qwu4msrxskht2ze" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">The Secret Service have killed a man in his 20s trying to get into Mar-a-Lago.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mfhe3kj2p22c?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Mark Chadbourn (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt?ref_src=embed">@chadbourn.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mfhe3kj2p22c?ref_src=embed">Feb 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:33:14 -0500 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290246/armed-man-shot-and-killed-ss-outside#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290246 news, 0.5 daily 290246 https://drudge.com/news/290206/supremes-most-trump-tariffs-illegal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827 Delivering a major blow to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that he exceeded his authority when imposing sweeping tariffs using a law reserved for a national emergency. The justices, divided 6-3 held that Trump's aggressive approach to tariffs on products entering the United States from across the world was not permitted under a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). <p>The ruling was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, who was joined by three liberal justices and two fellow conservatives, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, in the majority. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:54:41 -0500 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290206/supremes-most-trump-tariffs-illegal#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290206 news breaking, 0.5 daily 290206 https://drudge.com/news/290032/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/trump-to-direct-pentagon-to-buy-coal-in-bid-to-revive-industry Trump ordered the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:mojhr33bx3rw4dxxpehd32qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqwq44tpc2e" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreielajktc6z5hds2tekepnrsnsstrsrgblvjqmfcehjynzet2q53ye" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Donald Trump is a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Oil and Big Coal. He&#x27;s literally stopping coal plants from shutting down after receiving nearly half a billion dollars from the industry during the 2024 campaign.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mojhr33bx3rw4dxxpehd32qz/post/3meqwq44tpc2e?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Governor Gavin Newsom (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mojhr33bx3rw4dxxpehd32qz?ref_src=embed">@governor.ca.gov</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mojhr33bx3rw4dxxpehd32qz/post/3meqwq44tpc2e?ref_src=embed">Feb 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:32:51 -0500 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290032/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-bid#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290032 news, 0.5 daily 290032 https://drudge.com/news/290006/faa-closes-el-paso-airspace https://apnews.com/article/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa The airport said in an Instagram post that all flights to and from the airport would be grounded from late Tuesday through late on Feb. 20, including commercial, cargo and general aviation flights. It suggested travelers contact their airlines to get up-to-date flight information. The shutdown is likely to create significant disruptions given the duration and the size of the metropolitan area. El Paso, a border city with a population of nearly 700,000 and larger when you include the surrounding metro area, is hub of cross-border commerce alongside neighboring Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:48:16 -0500 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/290006/faa-closes-el-paso-airspace#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290006 discussion, 0.5 daily 290006 https://drudge.com/news/289896/racist-trump-post https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-trump-slammed-after-sharing-36680010 US President Donald Trump has been slammed as 'disgusting' for appearing to share a video of Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3me74vweggc2n" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigee37vatntycamxozr7jfcg3p33ta6l3qdax32w7o2xfkynn4iqm" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">President Donald Trump shared a racist image showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama portrayed as apes. The White House immediately defended Trump's post: "Please stop the fake outrage," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ... www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/t...<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w/post/3me74vweggc2n?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>" Lora Kolodny (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w?ref_src=embed">@lorak.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w/post/3me74vweggc2n?ref_src=embed">Feb 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:46:49 -0500 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/289896/racist-trump-post#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.289896 news breaking, 0.5 daily 289896