Fun Fact. Democrats opposed H.R. 7008 because it limits ban on new purchases by members, spouses and dependents but allow existing holdings, dividend rebuys, family trades on their behalf and exclude the president and vice president. Plus they tied Save Act to it. 🚨
A federal judge ORDERED the Trump admin to privately show him the memo purporting to justify boat strikes that have killed 234 people in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Judge Engelmayer rejected several rationales for withholding the memo from the public and will determine whether to release it.
New reports reveal Meta has been classifying gigantic data centers as "pilot models" in order to secure a tax credit from the 1980s.
The loophole has allowed Meta to avoid paying nearly $4,000,000,000 in taxes last year alone.
The Trump administration appears to have changed its AI chatbot so that it no longer debunks Trump lies.
Yesterday: It said Biden won the 2020 election and there's no indication of widespread fraud.
Today: Says it can't answer such questions.
So Trump has a 15 billion dollar steel project that will create about 1750 jobs. Here is the catch: They gave the contract to an Indian company with years of baggage, including project delays, bankruptcy, unpaid contractors and disputes with Minnesota state officials. They also use a large amount of HB1 visas, which begs the question: Who is going to get these jobs?
Jack Smith reminds John Cornyn that he dismissed the Florida case because of policy not the case itself.
He also takes a shot at Judge Aileen Cannon for her decision.
More on Trump’s promised steel mill in Iowa by the NYT:
“In any other administration, this would be treated as a monumental scandal,” Mr. Weissman said. “But in this one, it’s just another day.”
Mesabi executives have leaned on a Trump-world insider as the company has sought to expand its footprint in the United States. The company hired Jason Miller, a longtime Trump adviser, as its lobbyist, paying him at least $240,000 through his company SHW Partners, according to lobbying disclosure records. The government of India also hired Mr. Miller’s company, paying $150,000 per month for “strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations assistance on policy matters before the U.S. government,” according to federal filings under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.
Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that tracked Mr. Miller’s lobbying on behalf of Mesabi and the Indian government, said that the extension of potentially billions in taxpayer-backed loans from EXIM Bank deserved more scrutiny because of Mr. Miller’s role.
Flock Surveillance Camera CEO Garrett Langley, who's company photographs you wherever you go,... and digitally stores everything you do,... demanded that members of the public,... STOP TAKING PICTURES OF HIM in public,... and warning that he would call the police on individuals who do not comply.
BREAKING: The Strait of Hormuz is now completely empty, with today’s Sentinel 2 satellite imagery showing no vessels currently visible anywhere in the waterway.
The imagery comes after Iran’s IRGC announced it struck 19 “violating” ships across the Strait over the past two nights.
The Strait of Hormuz is now showing virtually no visible maritime traffic as Iran continues enforcing its closure.
3 weeks before October 7, Netanyahu told Qatar to keep funding Hamas terrorists.
11 days before October 7, Egypt warned Netanyahu a bloody attack from Hamas was coming soon and would “blow up in Israel’s face”
A few days before October 7, UAE’s leader warned Netanyahu of an imminent Hamas attack.
He did nothing.
Israel has still refused to open an inquiry into what Netanyahu knew and when he knew it.
Why did he keep funding terrorists he knew would attack his country?
Why is he still in office?
Seriously, why?
💯 factual. Smith has Trump dead to rights on the worst espionage case in American history. The Rosenbergs were executed for far, far less.
In a functional democracy, Trump would already be on death row exhausting his appeals, praying his heart gives out before the gas chamber.
A nursing home boss stole his workers' Social Security and Medicare money.
He got 18 months and $4.4M restitution.
A Mar-a-Lago dinner erased it.
If pardons go to whoever can afford a plate, workers get robbed twice: once by him, once by the system.
#TrumpsCorruptCongress
#DemsUnited
Unsurprisingly, there are almost no Russian-made components in Russia's new Geran-4 drone. While Chinese parts surprise no one, how a Texas Instruments onboard computer got there is a major question.
A couple of Canadian kids created a Maga Monopoly game and called it "American Dictator." The cards include "Quiet Piggy" (only you can speak), and a redacted card (no one knows what it says).
You can buy a Supreme Court Justice.
They donate proceeds to local food banks.
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