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/293277/coup-starts-thursday-night https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-give-speech-about-foreign-interference-2020-election-ms-now-reports-2026-07-13/ This launches efforts to undermine election trust, challenge midterm results, and centralize power through narrative control and institutional changes. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:47:26 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/293277/coup-starts-thursday-night#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293277 discussion, 0.5 daily 293277 https://drudge.com/news/293256/e-jean-carroll-receives-56-million https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/nyregion/carroll-trump-settlement-million.html?smid=tw-share President Trump has paid the writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million that was owed to her as a result of a jury's finding that he was liable for sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show. The money, which had been held in escrow while Mr. Trump appealed the 2023 jury award, was disbursed to Ms. Carroll last week, according to a note added to the online court docket in the case on Tuesday. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:56:25 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/293256/e-jean-carroll-receives-56-million#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293256 discussion, 0.5 daily 293256 https://drudge.com/news/293137/communism-ok-trump-does https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5958968-white-house-launches-freedom-fuel-gas-stations/?ref=cupofcoffeenews.com The White House has launched 25 "Freedom Fuel" gas stations in an attempt to provide Americans a cheaper option at the pump. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5mseu2dc2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigrnvt2leqtqcerigd6ixucf7rmxipywuqfnqng3byjof6gbutogi" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">See, the difference from Mamdani&#x27;s grocery stores is that these are called &quot;Freedom.&quot; www.cbsnews.com/news/freedom ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6/post/3mq5mseu2dc2t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Jacob T. Levy (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6?ref_src=embed">@jacobtlevy.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6/post/3mq5mseu2dc2t?ref_src=embed">1:18 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 8, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:32:19 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/293137/communism-ok-trump-does#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293137 news, 0.5 daily 293137 https://drudge.com/news/293138/waymos-cops https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/waymo-car-reports-drinking-teens/?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicagotribune.com&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&mrfcid=202607086a468dc4091f7d7aaab9e69c Two teens who engaged a Waymo car for an afternoon of carousing were busted after the vehicle delivered them to the San Mateo police. The 15-year-olds allegedly were drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun as they rode in the driverless car Monday, the police's social media post said. Waymo stopped the car in a parking lot and notified the police, who detained the teens. One's first impression of that might be to be amused or think it's good or clever that the car stopped some wilding hooligans, and I totally get that. But this is not something we should want. Indeed, it's highly dangerous to extend the police state to a privately-owned and wholly unaccountable rolling surveillance system that can literally lock up people and deliver them to the cops on a whim. And you know damn well that, eventually, it's going to turn out to be racist too. I'd bet my life on it. <p>Don't use Waymo, folks. If that's the only option, walk to the nearest hotel and find a taxi stand. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:31:48 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/293138/waymos-cops#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293138 news, 0.5 daily 293138 https://drudge.com/news/292524/hegseth-declares-mormons-not-christian https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/06/06/lee-and-curtis-question-new-pentagon-religious-affiliation-for-latter-day-saints-mormons/ Utah's two U.S. senators are questioning a new Pentagon policy that leaves "Christian" off the designation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:prz5uxnf5czbjqzyi4elwatg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnk74recc2q" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihwpc7plzybr7d27ljsnvvbwrxvufshs5yr7huafamom7q5k2cmcy" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">About 250,000 Latter-day Saints live in Maricopa County alone. There are hundreds of thousands of LDS veterans, & tens of thousands of active-duty LDS service members are serving our country, some in combat zones right now. They deserve to know why Hegseth excluded their faith.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:prz5uxnf5czbjqzyi4elwatg/post/3mnnk74recc2q?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Rep. Greg Stanton (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:prz5uxnf5czbjqzyi4elwatg?ref_src=embed">@repgregstanton.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:prz5uxnf5czbjqzyi4elwatg/post/3mnnk74recc2q?ref_src=embed">4:58 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jun 6, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:32:35 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/292524/hegseth-declares-mormons-not-christian#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292524 news, 0.5 daily 292524 https://drudge.com/news/292344/trump-house-owner-beaten-death https://archive.ph/m0N6V A 69-year-old man known in his San Diego County neighborhood as the owner of the "Trump house" died from injuries suffered when he was brutally assaulted outside of his home. Kerry George Sheron of Escondido was hospitalized in critical condition last week after he was attacked outside his MAGA-themed residence at East Mission Avenue and Buchanan Street around 2 p.m., according to the city Police Department. The alleged attacker, Thomas Caleb Butler, 32, fled on foot and was apprehended that day. Thu, 28 May 2026 09:09:05 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/292344/trump-house-owner-beaten-death#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292344 discussion, 0.5 daily 292344 https://drudge.com/news/292215/trump-promised-drain-swamp-hes https://archive.ph/OlImw#selection-1267.0-1267.51 Take Trump's $1.8 billion shakedown of the IRS. This will provide compensation payments to Trump allies who say that the Biden administration unfairly weaponized the Justice Department against them. Who these individuals actually are, however, is left unclear. Will Jan. 6 rioters receive payments? Then there's the insider-trading epidemic and Trump's pattern of buying stocks in companies that subsequently benefit from his own policy decisions. Thu, 21 May 2026 16:11:24 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/292215/trump-promised-drain-swamp-hes#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292215 discussion, 0.5 daily 292215 https://drudge.com/news/292014/trump-i-dont-think-americans https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-war-cost-economy-nuclear-weapons-b2975285.html President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Americans' increasingly perilous finances and rising prices aren't on his mind at all ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqg7fq4op2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreifq5qxqsl7dlokekjqzuuovswrr42cvhj4haawzto5rv2qrcam52i" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Enten: &quot;It&#x27;s not just one poll. The five worst polls ever for any president on inflation, they all belong to Donald Trump and they have all occurred in the last month. What we&#x27;re talking about here is the worst numbers ever. Joe Biden isn&#x27;t in there. Jimmy Carter isn&#x27;t in there.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mlqg7fq4op2t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mlqg7fq4op2t?ref_src=embed">9:34 AM &Acirc;&middot; May 13, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 16 May 2026 21:31:26 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/292014/trump-i-dont-think-americans#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292014 news, 0.5 daily 292014 https://drudge.com/news/291769/chinese-courts-illegal-replace-workers https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/ai-termination-ban-why-chinese-184031008.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALSQqP4jpnuJYypDjaJ1tEuyd5MVcK9t8dEjFa-CONzvAGptR0oOd-RT8hUxgPCuxf1-cPSZCCPX1iGULrUm-czuche5rVpYxmtDqZjE8I1NATOHnoYWZjAXoF3jsgV6Pduk6UCDOj3FPgWZT_BJlenR4Qa-OZN8F-VDSN5Txt5M Your favorite gadgets just got more expensive to make"and that might be a good thing. Chinese courts delivered a surprising blow to tech companies betting on AI-powered cost-cutting, ruling that artificial intelligence adoption doesn't justify terminating employees under the country's Labor Contract Law. The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court made headlines in April when it sided with a senior tech worker named Zhou, whose company tried to demote him with a massive pay cut after implementing AI systems. The court's message was crystal clear: AI efficiency gains don't constitute a "major change in objective circumstances" that would legally permit firing workers. Fri, 01 May 2026 08:57:10 -0400 lee_the_agent https://drudge.com/news/291769/chinese-courts-illegal-replace-workers#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291769 discussion, 0.5 daily 291769