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

Time To Deflate Photo

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.