GOP senators dismayed by Trump embrace of Xi after China helped Iran target US troops

GOP senators dismayed by Trump embrace of Xi after China helped Iran target US troops

Republican senators are expressing concern and dismay over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to a two-day summit in Washington after it was revealed earlier this month that Iran used Chinese satellite imagery to target U.S. troops in Jordan.

Donald Trump goes “off script” and says that the taxpayer-funded ballroom that’s costing Americans half a billion dollars is “in honor of President Xi.”

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gasoline prices
• Trump warns Xi on support for Iran, receives assurances, US envoy says
• Iranian American Organization Sues Trump to Demand End to War on Iran
• Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
• Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association warns ICE raids are hurting beef industry
• Cattle groups warn southwest Kansas ICE raids could disrupt beef supply
• At Least 4 People ‘Vanished’ by ICE Agents in Concord Home Depot Parking Lot, Advocates Say

Donald Trump has bent 

himself over a barrel of oil. - MayoIsSpicyy

Apparently, ICE Lacks Any Real Estate and Accounting Skills

In a single day in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent more money than it had on any other day in either of President Trump's terms, federal spending records show.

The agency advanced billions to Chicago Title Insurance in escrow to acquire detention facilities, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. Over the next two months, ICE used $1.07 billion of the funds to purchase 11 warehouses it planned to convert to detention megacenters, seven of which the agency now plans to sell.

Tonight begins the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. May a sukkat shalom — a shelter of peace — spread over our city. 

To all celebrating: Gut Yontif and Chag Sukkot Sameach! - Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Republican Shenanigans

• Judge blocks Trump’s White House media ban
• CNN, MS NOW and Politico allowed back at the White House after judge blocked Trump’s ban
• Trump family business seeks ‘Trump TV’ trademark days after White House media ban
• McConnell, Cornyn join letter questioning Trump invite to Putin
• Trump rules out Bessent as AI czar

Nation Saddened That Reversal of Press Ban Means They Will Once Again Hear Trump’s Voice - Andy Borowitz

SCOTUS Really Wants To Disenfranchise Voters

The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.

The justices granted the Justice Department's request to block a judge's order that had stopped state officials ‌from using Social Security numbers and other information to conduct sweeping checks of the citizenship status of registered voters against federal records.

A grocery store dumpster can contain food hungry people were not allowed to eat 15 minutes earlier because they lacked money. - omgsidewlaks

We are nowhere near prepared for the f**kery the Trump administration is going to pull to keep Republicans in power this November. - Jaime Bonkiewicz

Trump in 2016: We shouldn't have state dinners at all. We should be eating a hamburger on a conference table, and we should make better deals with China and forget the state dinners. The state dinners cost a fortune.

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Rock The Voter News

• Jack Smith to testify before Senate Judiciary next week
• Justice Jackson says Supreme Court intervenes too quickly on Trump's side
• Pope Leo Throws Shade at Trump Over His Petty Media Ban

Trump's claim of 180,000 illegal voters in Nevada is actually zero.

Yes, zero. None. Nada.

Just another MAGA fib. - Admiral Mike Franken

Shame On You, Virginia
Virginia won't sign an agreement with the National Park Service on how a massive "triumphal arch" proposed by President Donald Trump next to Arlington National Cemetery would harm surrounding historic resources and how to minimize the damage.

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Business/Tech News

• Oil prices slide about 2% as US, Iran explore path out of war
• New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections
• McDonald's unveils AI-enabled drive-thru system
• Costa Rica Tourism Loses 20,000 Jobs as Strong Colón Squeezes Small Operators
• It's 'Dolly Parton Day' and these companies are donating to her Imagination Library

The scariest thing about billionaires isn’t what they can buy. It’s what they can make everyone else live with. - omgsidewalks

The First Lady of China speaks better English than the First Lady of America and you are all whining about immigrants.

Ay yi yi...
President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar today after saying he failed to tell her about a high-level security meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, leaving the Costa Rican president out of an event her government considers important to its fight against organized crime.

Someone please write a country song called "My Kids Have Measles and I Can't Buy Diesel" - NYTPitchbot

Patriarchy: “A daughter ends the family line.”

Biology: “Only a daughter can continue the maternal bloodline. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down exclusively through the female line.”

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Odd News

• September's full harvest moon will pair with Saturn
• Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
• New sea spider species has hairy legs, red eyes and 3 lips
• Fire up the grills! Thousands of South Africans try to set a record for the biggest cookout
• A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it’s a museum exhibit

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Every Friday, after a always grueling ahnc week, I treat myself to a special supper. This week I am charcoaling burgers, with sides of fries and iceberg lettuce with bleu cheese. TGIF everybody! Have a great weekend.

Peace.

Trump commercial ‘paid for by the US government’ running on Fox News raises eyebrows

Trump commercial ‘paid for by the US government’ running on Fox News raises eyebrows

Critics have blasted a commercial promoting President Donald Trump that was "paid for by the U.S. government."

The intense 30-second ad, titled "America Will Never Be a Communist Country," raised eyebrows over its content and use of the song Love Me by the artist JMSN. It comes amid the administration's media ban and criticism of launching its own "state-run media" operation in response.

CBS Miami journalist Jim DeFede posted the commercial on X after he saw it air on Fox News Wednesday night.

Of all the illegal things Trump has done in his life this is one of the most brazen. 

A straight up political ad - PAID FOR BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -  about how Trump fights communism… while he kneels to  China’s XI on a red carpet. You can’t make it up. - Call to Activism

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• ​Greta Van Susteren among those calling out Trump admin over Ivanka's seat at Xi event
• Major Cable Networks Spurn Trump and Xi’s WH Speeches as Press Ban Fight Rages
• Xi sets red lines for Trump despite lavish White House welcome
• President Trump threatens to destroy Iran
• Senate GOP defeats resolution directing Trump to end Iran war as more Republicans sour on conflict
• Watch: Benjamin Netanyahu booed as delegates stage mass walk out at UN
• Kansas residents are reeling amid sweeping ICE enforcement action at meat processing plants
• In wake of ICE raids, immigration advocates in New Bedford scrambles to locate detainees
• Roger Marshall Speaks Out Against ICE as GOP Fears It Could Lose Kansas
• ICE Surge Is Targeting Vermont’s Roofing and Construction Workers

CNN: "Right now the Chinese communist state media are allowed on the White House grounds, but we are not. I think that says it all."

TRUMP IS THE COMMUNIST. - The Lincoln Project

Media Ban Lifted, For Now.

MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have regained access to the White House after journalists found their credentials not active on Thursday morning, despite a court order shooting down President Donald Trump’s media ban.

MS NOW White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López confirmed MS NOW had regained their access on Thursday at around noon. She had been denied access that very morning as Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House.

White House Bans Reporters’ Use of Nouns, Verbs - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Voters Shred ‘Crook’ Ken Paxton in NY Times Focus Group: ‘Morally Corrupt’
• Trump Reportedly Blew Off Safety Codes in Ballroom Construction: 'I Am the Code'
• Diplomats ordered to use ‘super intelligence’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence’ in Trump push
• Bible verse trips up Tommy Tuberville — as he compares himself to America's poorest
• Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds

Susan Collins just voted to confirm another Trump anti-abortion judge. The third time in September. Days after claiming she’s “always been pro-choice.” 

Senator Collins, you are a liar. A crook. Maine is done with you. - Jordan Wood

Being too aware of what’s going on will drive you crazy. 

After a while you start asking how a whole country can watch this unfold and still just go about their day. - Mr. Nobody

Trump Wishes He Was Xi Jinping
During a session with still photographers and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, Trump “made a joke about how the Chinese had the friendliest press corps,” according to a White House press pool report.

Gavin Newsom called Trump an "invasive species" in front of the United Nations,  on Wednesday.

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats Demand Answers on Trump Plan to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
• Poll shows Gov. Phil Scott trailing Democrat Amanda Janoo
• More bad news for Trump's approval, good news for Dems in new poll

Only in America will kids be denied a free school lunch, then handed a Bible story about Jesus feeding the hungry - BubbatheOG

Interesting Gifts From The President of China
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at the White House on Thursday he was gifting the U.S. with two giant pandas and invitations for 100,000 U.S. students to study in China. 

Freedom of the press does not guarantee competence of the press. - TheTweetOfGpd

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Business/Tech News

• Tech CEO Accused of Conspiring with Russians to Dupe US Secret Service
• Hundreds of trucks jam Turkey-Iran border crossing as US blockade pushes trade overland
• Map Shows Hepatitis A Cases As Outbreak Linked to Frozen Clams
• Check Your Pantry: Popular Applesauce Recalled Over Elevated Mold Level
• Bernie Sanders Brawls With FDA Nominee About Wild Trump Claim on Drug Prices

Here's something we could do to stop AI from destroying humanity: unplug it. Now.

CDC Fudges Measles Deaths

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added one measles death to its online database, marking the first fatal case the agency has acknowledged tied to the country’s 2026 outbreak.

While CDC’s website does not list when and where the death occurred, the update follows weeks of criticism from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) over the omission of his state’s four reported measles-related deaths from the agency’s tracker.

“As you get older, you will get more conservative” 

Yeah apparently I DID NOT get that personality trait.

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Odd News

• NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of Moon’s south pole
• We Finally Know Where Bats Came From—and Dracula Would Approve
• 3 storms are churning in the Pacific as Nolo threatens Hawaii with 'catastrophic' flooding
• Voting underway for Fat Bear Week at Alaska's Katmai National Park
• Canadian capital to rename 'Trump Ave'

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Hluboká State Castle, Czech Republic. This is new to me, at first thought it was AI, but it is beautifully real.

Peace.

Trump TV Immediately Flops in Embarrassing Numbers Disaster

Trump TV Immediately Flops in Embarrassing Numbers Disaster

Donald Trump's 24/7 "TV" channel has immediately flopped, in a humiliating ratings disaster for the president.

The 80-year-old former reality TV star, who calls himself "the king of ratings," got a lot less than he bargained for after he banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House on Friday.

Can't wait until someone hacks Trump TV and live broadcasts the Epstein files. - Devin Duke

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• US Delegate Stomps Out of Iranian President’s United Nations Speech
• Iran’s president says ‘we will never bow our head’ to Trump in defiant UN speech
• China’s secret nuclear expansion revealed as Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran
• Board of Peace plans $2.4bn Gaza reconstruction as Israel kills seven
• Israel blocks 900 wheelchairs for Gaza's child amputee
• Hegseth announces new Pentagon battlefield test for promotions to general
• US judge blocks deportation of DoorDash driver shot by ICE
• ICE Begins Electronically ‘Disappearing’ People in Custody
• ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'

F**K THE UN 

F**K TRUMP 

F**K NETANYAHU 

What’s the point of the UN when war criminals can stand there and give speeches? - Zara Quinn

Just like nobody is reporting Don Jr’s wife WORKED for oligarch until a few months ago somebody needs to look into where the hell Natalie Harp came from and who her handler is - Sandi

ICE Continues To Accost Innocent U.S. Citizens
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) left a U.S. citizen from Evanston, Ill., injured on the ground after he was detained in an incident of mistaken identity on Sunday, according to local police.

The media should have left the room as soon as he said “piggy.”

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump’s approval plunges into the 20s
• Conservative Freedom Fest with Kid Rock canceled after only 6 VIP tickets sell
• Republican jitters grow as unpopular Trump fuels midterm ‘bloodbath’ fears
• Wisconsin’s GOP nominee for governor reups calls to end Iran war
• Peter Navarro calls on Cabinet secretaries, officials to boycott Fox
• Trump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national security
• DOJ reportedly accused of removing Trump pardons from its website and blaming it on a "technical issue"
• Trump Official Was in an Abusive “Cult”-Like AA Group

We should use ICE logic on the Epstein Files.

Round up everyone involved. Detain them in

horrible conditions. Hold them until we know who's guilty. We do this to immigrants over paperwork.

 

Two Men Being Investigated Relating To Epstein. Or Is This Just For Show?

The two men in charge of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate are reportedly under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York City.

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are being probed by the Justice Department, according to The Wall Street Journal, which was unable to determine exactly what the two men are being investigated for.

Indyke, Epstein’s lawyer, and Kahn, the late pedophile’s accountant, have long denied any knowledge of their client’s sex trafficking operation, but Manhattan federal prosecutors have been looking into the emails and financial documents of potential witnesses, according to the outlet.

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats lead in these key Senate battleground states
• Gavin Newsom Bristles at Blowback From Left-Wing Critics That He Forced a Deal With Paramount: ‘I Didn’t Pressure Anybody!’
• Democratic U.S. rep. for Chicago Delia Ramirez introduces bill to dismantle DHS, abolish ICE
• Maine Democrats criticize Susan Collins over reported allegations of pay-to-play scheme

Scotland has reported zero cases of cervical cancer in women fully vaccinated against HPV at 12–13.

Zero. 

Show me the "natural remedy" that did that. - Dr. Neil Stone

Another Example of ICE's INTENTIONAL Cruelty.

A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of missing insulin shots and meals to manage his diabetes is the third detainee to die in less than six months at an ICE facility in Louisiana.

FLASHBACK: Six years ago, Donald Trump didn't want to wear a mask because it would smudge his makeup, so the Republican Party helped him kill a million Americans. - Middle Age Riot

btw the propaganda against women aging is rooted in pedophilia.

- Lindani

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Business/Tech News

• Massive meat recall affects beef, pork and more: USDA
• Trump Prepping Diesel Export Ban, Which Energy Secretary Said Won’t Work
• Texas Rangers allege crimes in Camp Mystic flood investigation, affidavit says
• Rubio: Taiwan arms sales constrained by US needs, industrial base
• Hawley turns spotlight on Flock, AI-powered cameras
• Chicago mayor seeks to block data center expansion: ‘We are not for sale’

“Wow you lost weight”

Thanks I can’t afford food. - NotTodayEric

Paramount Wants A Sugar Daddy
Paramount executives have looked at tapping billionaire Elon Musk as an equity investor as they prepare for a megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a new report.

having finished school and university without AI is the new “back in my day” - Moritz

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AC Update

It is all good now!

Get this...the co-op sold me the wrong size surge protector. So Mama Toro went and bought the correct one, not from the co-op. She's planning to visit them tomorrow. Ouch.

All in all, it cost me a couple of hundred extra dollars. Double ouch. I'll be crying in my air conditioning, now.

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Odd News

• Revolutionary Roman Observatory Starts Testing Its Instruments – And Will Operate For Twice As Long Thanks To Incredible Fuel-Saving Maneuver
• Fire amoeba breaks heat tolerance record for complex life
• Seattle's 'Inconvenience Store' features pre-tangled USB cords
• Adam Vinatieri kicks a field goal at 11,317 feet to set world record
• Propping feet on bus seats carries $400 penalty in 'Fine City' Singapore

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Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy. Love that Gothic architecture and the food on the table.


Peace.