Rodney Mims Cook Jr - the man charged with overseeing Trump’s ballroom and arch projects - was in no mood to speak to the press in St Petersburg today. Marco Rubio said he was “unaware” a US delegation was at the International Economic Forum, once dubbed “Putin’s Davos”. Surreal!
Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:
“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.
Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.
Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”
REP. AL GREEN: “Tell him to shut up! It’s my time.”
MULLIN: “Nobody calls me racist! I’m Cherokee.”
As @RepAlGreen is cut off from reminding us of Trump’s racism, @SecMullinDHS says he can’t be racist because he claims to be a fraction Cherokee
Anti-abortion activist Seth Gruber declares that "we should have a federal litmus test where you cannot run for office or appear on the ballot if you are pro-abortion": "I would never allow someone who is pro-abortion to babysit my kids."
@TomTiffanyWI But you don't actually know there's "chronic waste" as you describe. That seems like nothing but hyperbole and attention getting rhetoric generated by AI
Michele Bachmann says that if Trump defeats Iran, then God will reward him by ensuring that the GOP wins the midterm elections: "I truly believe that if President Trump takes care of this evil now, I think God will deliver the midterms as well."
During his recent commencement address at Yeshiva University, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said he's an "unapologetic Zionist" because he believes the Bible and believes that God chose Jews to "present the law and the light to all the world"
🚨 Arkansas State Trooper Michael Austin Kennedy resigned after his wife filed 30+ screenshots of his white supremacist text messages in their divorce case including calling areas “N*GGERLAND” bragging about detained Hispanics as “trophies,” and pushing to repeal the 19th Amendment.
The messages to his wife Alana were packed with racial slurs against Black and Hispanic people, rants blaming “illegal immigrants” and Black people for traffic and crime, and extreme views like banning Muslims from America. One message read: “You don’t f*king hate them enough. The s*t that clogged up [their son’s] toilet is worth more to me than any of them.”
Kennedy also sent selfies posing with detained Hispanic individuals while on duty, calling them his “trophy.”
Alana amended her custody filing seeking sole custody. She stated his beliefs would “poison the minds of the children” and that the kids feared him because of his hate and irrational thoughts.
Kennedy resigned from the Arkansas State Police on May 15 shortly after the messages surfaced. In court papers he acknowledged the language but claimed it was “outdated” and didn’t reflect his values today after therapy and church guidance. Arkansas State Police reviewed his traffic stops and citations and said there was no indication his views affected his job performance.
A man sworn to protect and serve all citizens was privately holding this level of hatred.
What screening or accountability should law enforcement agencies have so white supremacist views like these don’t stay hidden until they surface in divorce court?