Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism

Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism

President Donald Trump declares that "this is the final battle" in one of several taxpayer-funded television ads airing ahead of November's midterm elections, prompting bipartisan scrutiny over whether the spots violate federal law.

trump fired the puppy killer for using taxpayers' money on ads to promote herself and now he's literally doing the same thing. - Covie

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• 8 Marines Hurt in Iran Attack That Was Kept Under Wraps by Pentagon: Report
• Oil soars above $107 after Trump rejects Iran peace deal, expects fresh strikes after midterms
• ‘Fully Prepared for the War…’ – Mojtaba Khamenei Declares ‘Armed Readiness’ Across Iran as Trump Rejects Tehran’s Strait of Hormuz Reopening Plan
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Tells NBC ‘We Have No Reason to Come Back to Diplomacy’
• Austin City Council candidate released after arrest tied to ICE protest
• Renton City Council looking to ban ICE activity on city property
• ‘Spectacular failure’: Baltimore ICE facility violated overcrowding order, judge finds
• ICE awards CACI up to $150M task order
• Sanctuary Cities Targeted in New Nationwide ICE Immigration Crackdown: ‘No One Is Off the Table’
• ICE Kills Immigrant Construction Worker Mario David Coronado Juárez in Michigan
• Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 74,000

A Senate investigation found Iran relied on digital dollars issued by Tether to bypass U.S. sanctions, a company that Commerce Dept Sec. Howard Lutnick has deep financial and political ties to. Much of the money Lutnick has made since joining Trump's second regime came from his investment in Tether. - Amy Siskind

I Fear What Is Really Going On Here.

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue confirmed that President Donald Trump casually asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons during recent high-level discussions.

Perdue revealed on Fox News Sunday that Trump floated the idea while discussing the wide reach of U.S. military exports and defending pending arms shipments to Taiwan.

Why the f**k did Trump want Chinese flags on our White House?!? I mean it should only be our flag that is on the damn building. - WeThePeople

Republican Shenanigans

• Team USA Captain Gives Trump ‘All the Credit’ for Presidents Cup Win
• ‘Stupid on Stilts!’ GOP Senator Rips Don Jr Having Russian Oligarch Fund Wedding
• Mike Johnson Rips Leaders ‘Promising Free Things’— Amid Trump’s $5K Payout Vow
• AG Todd Blanche Erupts at ABC's Raddatz in Heated Interview on Trump's Press Ban
• Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Close Ties to ‘Mystery Man’ Reportedly Stump Euro Officials
• CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton Outlines His Plan For English-Only Schools
• The number of measles cases in the US nears 3,700 — with a quarter in one state

Donald will "prevent communism in America" by selling American weapons to the Chinese Communist Party. - Darth Putin

Ooo, Oooo, Trump Has A New Way To Get Rid of the Press!

President Donald Trump appeared to tease replacing the White House press briefing room with former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic swimming pool, sharing a mock-up of a dramatic makeover in a late-night Truth Social post.

Trump shared side-by-side images on Sunday showing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room alongside an ornate rendering of a restored indoor pool.

The existing room was branded “Fake News, Before,” while the proposed replacement was labeled “FDR Pool After.”

The U.S. will welcome 2 million fewer international tourist than last year. No one wants to vacation here from Europe and risk a second vacation in a South American Gulag courtesy of ICE.. - OldManLefty

Beyond Disgusting...

A New York state prosecutor has reopened a criminal investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed last week by the alleged victim drew national attention.

Yes I think we actually *should* ruin the futures of adult men who drug and gang rape a woman, thanks for asking. - heyhannahlynn

"Why didn’t she report her assault sooner?"

Why didn’t any of the men in that group chat report it while it was happening?? - Maryam

"False rape cases are ruining men's lives.”

Even real rape cases aren't ruining men's lives……Fairyufxhc

So now the GOP is running from Trump in horror 

like Trump runs from light rain on his hair.

They aren't breaking up with him. 

They're just changing their relationship status to: 

“It's complicated.” - John Fugelsang

 

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Rock The Voter News

• Jasmine Crockett endorses 14 Texas Democrats. Talarico isn't one.
• Democrats keep coming to South Carolina to stump for midterm candidates. It’s all about 2028
• John Fetterman accidentally calls himself ‘a lifelong Republican’ 

John Fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship. - Molly Ploofkins

Who gives a s**t if Trump barricades himself in the bunker and won’t leave when his term is over? 

Seal that fat f**k inside and be done with him. - PEMdoc

Just When You Think They Can't Go Any Lower...
Bo French, the controversial Republican nominee for Texas railroad commissioner, called for public executions of political opponents, including former President Barack Obama, in since-removed social media posts from the past six years, according to CNN.

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Business/Tech News

• UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
• Fed's Cook warns AI and oil prices will continue to push up inflation
• High airfares could stick around even if jet fuel prices fall
• SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time

“I don’t do politics” well now you're doing 7.5% mortgage rates - Nostre-damus

I Don't Want To Raise Your Blood Pressure BUT Blood Pressure Pills Are Recalled

If you are one of millions of Americans taking medication to lower blood pressure, you may want to check the label.

Inventia Healthcare Limited, based in Mumbai, India, is voluntarily recalling 13,567 bottles of chlorthalidone tablets that may not dissolve properly, potentially lowering the dosage that gets absorbed by the body. The bottles of 25 mg tablets being recalled nationwide have the batch number RISA24002 and an expiration date of March 2027.

I sat quietly with my own thoughts today.

Remind me to never do that again.

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Odd News

•  Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft just got an 8,000 mph speed boost from Earth: 'This is great news for science'
• NASA, for the time being, is unable to move the space station’s large robotic arm
•  A human gene that can jump has been found inside a virus
• Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession
• Florida Woman Jailed 13 Days After Flock Camera Search Tells Senate What Went Wrong

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Mama Toro's esposo picked this up for me at Tamarindo Beach to add to my hat collection. That grasshopper is so intricate and it is all made from palm fronds.

Peace.

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.