Ukraine has rapidly retuned its foreign policy approach to align with the transactional world view set out by the new occupant of the White House, Ukraine's most important ally. read more
Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and many of them voted against Kamala Harris over Democrats' position on Palestinians and Gaza. CNN's Jason Carroll talks to voters about Trump's call for Palestinians not to return to Gaza. read more
Olga Miranda, president of the SEIU Local 87 union, which represents thousands of janitors in the city, said immigration officials showed up at two buildings downtown on Friday. Federal immigration officials did not confirm the action when asked Monday. But an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, official denied that the agency had any involvement in any action. Miranda declined to say which buildings were targeted, but said hundreds of her members who clean downtown offices stayed away from work Friday evening. Miranda said federal agents showed up in plain clothes and presented badges that said "Department of Homeland Security" to building security when asked, after initially being turned away. One set of agents showed up in the late afternoon carrying an arrest warrant for a specific person, but none of her members were arrested, Miranda said. read more
The federal process isn't as simple as crossing out the old name and writing in a new one. It's a complicated switch across the bureaucracy, involving a top-down effort to update official documents, communications, maps, and charts. read more
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump officials discovered that 50 million taxpayer dollars were allocated to fund condoms to be distributed in Gaza. "That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money," Leavit said. A report by the Jerusalem Post claimed that Hamas operatives have been repurposing condoms to create balloons filled with inflammable gases to strike targets in southern Israel since 2017. These condoms attached with improvised explosive devices often land in schools, farm lands and roads. In 2019, they started attaching these condom bombs to rocket-propelled grenades. The helium filled in these condoms were initially imported for medical purposes with Israel consent. read more
Trump will ignore the courts and Congress will allow him to do so. And, as noted by LampLighter here, apparently voters are all in favor of Trump's approach.
Not only do the voters not seem to care ...Perhaps Dems should take a page out of Trump's book if they ever regain control of two branches of government again. Put that presidential immunity to work.
CBS News poll -- Trump has positive approval amid "energetic" opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised
www.cbsnews.com
... With most describing him as "tough," "energetic," "focused" and "effective" -- and as doing what he'd promised during his campaign -- President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall.
Many say he's doing more than they expected -- and of those who say this, most like what they see. Very few think he's doing less. ...
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-10 07:56 PM
More from the cited article...
... But Sheeran claimed the street gig had been given the all-clear.
"We had permission to busk," Sheeran said on Instagram shortly after the incident on Sunday. (The street performance) was planned out before, it wasn't just us randomly turning up." ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter
Cop saw some White people who looked loaded so he decided to go fishing for a handout. India is notoriously corrupt and bribes for government workers are an expected part of their compensation package.
1 in 2 Indians paid a bribe at least once in the past year, survey finds
www.cnn.com
Meanwhile, the majority of drivers in India lack a license, and 60% of those with a license obtained it by paying a bribe and never actually took a test to demonstrate that they know how to drive. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
he could have easily released Palestinian prisoners in return for the Israeli hostage in Dec 2023 as we're seeing done now.
#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS
You mean while the Palestinians refused the same ceasefire offer that had been on the table for months under Biden?
web.archive.org
Palestinians only accepting those terms after they helped Trump win a second term?
But yes, Israel MADE the Muslims support Trump. Poor Muslims had no personal agency in any of this.
US senator says Ukraine is gold mine' with $12 trillion of minerals we can't afford to lose'It's a shame that today's GOP can't be counted on to help support a democracy's struggle against Russian fascism out of principle. Maybe dollar signs will do the trick where ideals and morality will not.
Ukraine is a "gold mine" with $12 trillion worth of critical minerals, US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview. He said the West "can't afford to lose", and called to prevent Russia and China from accessing strategic natural resources.
geopoliticaleconomy.com
Can you imagine living in Germany and trying to prevent Hitler and the Third Reich but some ego-deficient candidate insisted on pulling votes away from the only candidate with any chance of defeating Hitler....er....I mean Trumpf?
#15 | Posted by danni
I think you're ignoring the fact that Jill Stein wanted Trump to win.
Jill Stein: How and Why I Will Stop Kamala Harris Winning the White HouseMany Green party voters play dumb and pretend that they didn't want to help Trump take the White House. The reason being to avoid responsibility for the natural result of their votes, probably like they try to avoid taking responsibility in many other aspects of their lives.
Newsweek September 30, 2024
Then they try to hide behind the electoral system to say their single vote was meaningless, but that logic would apply to every election which was decided by more than a single vote. As if election results are decided without the action or inaction of every voter having an incremental impact; and that electoral maps like 1984 occurred in a vacuum or are a figment of our imagination.
You can go [ehff] yourself.
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead
And then I can vote for Jill Stein 2028?