US Capitol Police, the same agency that defended Our Nation on 6 Jan 2021 from white supremacist insurrectionists, detained a group of unarmed, peaceful samaritans, zip-tying several people in wheelchairs who were protesting proposed cuts to Medicaid spending. People shouted slogans, among them "No cuts to Medicaid." During the event, vulnerable people held banners reading "Senate Republicans Don't Kill Us, Save Medicaid," and "60 Million Off Medicaid." Capitol Police confiscated at least two of the banners, one of which was briefly unfurled in a staircase in the building. Many of the people were in black shirts with slogans, including one that read "HEALTHCARE CUTS WILL KILL." The shirts also bore the logo of grassroots group Popular Democracy in Action. 34 people were arrested in the "People's House" simply for voicing their pleas to save Medicaid. read more
Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin was literally taken aback by SECDEF Pete Hegseth telling her she has been "the worst!" when it comes to reporting on Iran nuclear facilities following Saturday's bombing directed by President Donald Trump. Hegseth blasted the assembled press for how they have reported on leaked intel reports and a lack of praise for Trump and his actions, which have received mainly bipartisan praise. "Before I pass to the chairman, because you and I mean specifically you, the press corps, because you cheer against Trump so hard, like in your DNA and in your blood, to cheer against Trump. You want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of the strikes," Hegseth bloviated to the reporters. "But Jennifer, you've been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says." Jennifer Griffin was visibly taken aback by the sudden and nasty rebuke as you can see in the linked video. read more
Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the NYC mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot. read more
As promised on his campaign trail, Canada PM Carney is quickly 'Trump-proofing' Canada. Before the recent NATO Summit in the Netherlands and Canada Day (1 July), PM Carney joined the EU Rearm Europe program, which excludes the US. Canadian funds and resources will now be diverted away from US defense contracts. Canada, as part of its NATO obligations, is also increasing its defense spending. In addition, PM Carney fast-tracked the nations-building projects bill' through Parliament and the Senate, designed to reduce dependence on the US economy. The timing also upholds PM Mark Carney's promise to have all federal internal trade barriers removed by Canada Day. PM Carney also had established a Ministry for AI and Digital Innovation to streamline government programs and cut costs. Link: Globalnews.ca. read more
Donald Trump called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial to be "cancelled immediately" or for giving him a pardon. This post on Truth Social is an unprecedented intervention by a POTUS in a legal proceeding in another democratic country. read more
Maybe Chinese satellites can help NOAA. They seem to have more advanced systems than Felon Musk's decrepit and catastrophic Starlink boondoggle: media.istockphoto.com
#2: Many of these 'federal agents' conducting these easy raids are probably the ones deputized under Trumpf's E.O. to expand the DHS under "Project Homecoming."
Trumpf has also instructed DHS to partner with local and state law enforcement, the National Guard, and even former federal officers. The order calls on the agency to expand its capacity by deputizing and contracting with a wide network of public safety personnel to support immigration enforcement.That explains all of the gear and patches, but not why those doofuses stood around the woman having a seizure like neanderthals instead of calling for an ambulance. Source: britainherald.com
#84: Thanks, Doc, that sounds like that could be the work of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (AKA ALEC).
BTW: Here is a college that any billionaire in the US, like Bill Gates for example, could have easily saved: www.npr.org
What's $53,000,000 to a billionaire with $180,000,000,000?
#6: Hi Laura. You mean "Dummkopf Trumpf?" Anything is possible: youtu.be
But plagiarism is also the highest form of flattery.
Hi Snoofy: Decades ago Curtis Sliwa made money for himself on a NYC radio talk show, you most likely already knew that. He was probably one of America's first 'Joe Rogaines," blighting our airwaves with distractions and blather. Before Sliwa established the Guardian Angels, he was a night manager at a McDonald's in the Bronx or Brooklyn. That's obviously an outstanding qualification to run the world's largest metropolis.
At least this brontosaurus likes cats: vz.cnwimg.com
Republicans are evil Malthusians. The 99.999999999999% vastly outnumber the 0.0000000001%. The teeming masses of poor people are using up the precious air, water, food, and resources of the elites; so for oligarchs, the hoi polloi are expendable as the GOP and DOGE budget cuts reflect: i0.wp.com