MTG asks the pool of reporters: "Anybody else?" UK Reporter: "Should the defense secretary..." MTG demands: "What country you - Wait what country are you from?" UK Reporter: "The UK" MTG taunts: "OK, we don't give a CRAP about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to YOUR country where you have a major migrant problem and you..." UK Reporter: (attempts to speak) MTG interrupts: "no no no no no. You should care about your own borders..." It goes downhill from there.
"There were plane loads of people. There were no procedures in place to notify people," Judge Patricia Millett said. "Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act." Judge Millett noted that alleged Nazis were given hearing boards and subject to established regulations, while the alleged members of Tren De Aragua were given no such rights. read more
On Monday, a century-old tradition that allowed Canadians and Americans to freely access the front entrance (located in Vermont) of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House that straddles Vermont and Quebec will come to an end. read more
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire, said his 94-year-old mother-in-law wouldn't even think about complaining if she didn't receive her Social Security check. She'd just think "oh they messed up, it'll be here next month." ... By the Social Security Administration's own estimates, of all beneficiaries over age 65, some 12% of men and 15% of women get at least 90% of their monthly income from Social Security. read more
"The U.S. authorities denied entry to the (French) scientist and then deported him because his phone contained message exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed his "personal opinion" on the Trump administration's science policies, Mr. Baptiste (France's minister for higher education and research) said." read more
My favorite of the Trump Tariffs are these:
Heard Island - unpopulated, except for penguins and other wildlife
McDonald Islands - unpopulated, except for penguins and other wildlife
Jan Mayen - volcanic island (active), no population, save wildlife.
There are other small islands, no population, and then there's the booming Falkland islands (do we get anything from them? I've been there. There's nothing to export...) Population is about 3,000. That tariff is a big one, too. I think it's 41%.
Ah! Found it: www.forbes.com
The United States is such a joke. So glad *some* "conservatives" are finally waking up to this insanity we've been yelling about for years.. How utterly stupid. And I keep getting told how Trump has such an outstanding economic team. Egads.