Trump likes women, and has, in fact, been married to three of them. BUT there’s also little doubt that Trump has unabashedly embraced the aesthetic—the je ne sais quoi—of a certain kind of gay man. My look at the King of Queens:
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SCOOP: Markwayne Mullin met with airline and travel executives at DHS last week and told them he's serious about plan to pressure sanctuary cities by cutting CBP passenger & cargo screening at intl airports after World Cup. Execs have warned economic impact would be "devastating"
Paid influence is increasingly rampant. I found out that:
Tom Steyer paid TikTok star Carlos Espina $100K to endorse his campaign
Jessica Reed Kraus was paid to attack an NYT reporter on X
Dom Lucre was paid as much as $15K to support Trump's BBB
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“In recent months, there has been a rise in “direct threats” against individuals, policy makers, and corporations involved with AI, according to the Soufan Center, a nonpartisan research group.” @LilaShroff on the growing AI backlash:
NEW >>> Kash Patel's previous remarks on drinking:
"We were slamming Negronis."
"Everybody should get a beer. Or three."
"They're going to call me an alcoholic."
Via @PsakiBriefing
SCOOP: Campaign staff are gaming prediction markets using internal data to make timely bets on their candidates — winning “thousands.”
One staffer told me it would have been “foolish” not to bet. Another staffer called it the “Wild West”
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Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel has distributed “Ka$h”-branded bottles of bourbon to bureau staff and civilians, multiple people in Patel’s orbit tell @S_Fitzpatrick. https://t.co/tTWqxTEYus
“If confirmed to be true, this would represent an outrageous attack on the free press and the First Amendment itself,” @TheAtlantic's editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg, said in a statement. “We will defend The Atlantic and its staff vigorously."
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In an Ohio Republican primary, former ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan’s candidacy will test how much the mass-deportation message can still drive GOP voters to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot, @NickMiroff reports. https://t.co/da1rpQNWCK
1) ICE's killings of Renée Good & Alex Pretti roiled the US. Less known is the agency's first public death, Ruben Martinez. His best friend, the only witness to dispute ICE's account, later died. How ICE’s killing of an American shattered two families & changed their politics.
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Scoop — Trump admin's new Medicare portal accidentally exposed health workers’ social security numbers.
It’s latest setback with DOGE-backed initiative. We flagged the problem to officials two days ago to fix it.
with @ccemorse
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NEW: Trump has begun talking about how he “is the most powerful person to ever live.”
Our look at how Trump’s view of himself as one of history’s Great Men is shaping the second term of what has now become his YOLO Presidency. https://t.co/axV3InYaGI