Author: Press Room
The brief, unexplained decision closed the book on a two-year-old case that threatened some of Trump’s closest allies, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman and nearly a dozen GOP activists who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors despite Trump’s defeat in the state. Trump himself was named by the unusually aggressive grand jury as an unindicted co-conspirator. The judge overseeing the case tossed it last year after finding that Mayes’ prosecutors failed to present the original grand jury with the precise text of the law that Trump’s allies were accused of seeking to violate. In November, Mayes…
A reservation rejection from a Bavarian-based facility has triggered a wave of public backlash and calls for a criminal investigation A family from Israel was told, “sorry, there are no Jews allowed in our hotel” when attempting to book a room in a town in southern Germany. The incendiary rejection triggered uproar, with the hotel offering an apology and citing a wave of fake reservations.The message sent by Hotel Zum Hirschen, Bavaria, was shared by Talya Lador, Israel’s Consul General in southern Germany, who wondered on X on Tuesday, “Are we back in the 1930s?” The diplomat was referring to…
Joining the military should be regarded as the most dishonorable career path anyone could possibly choose. Reading by Tim Foley: Polly on Twitter asks, “Is there a pejorative term for military like what pig is for cops?” Dear Polly, No, but there should be. We need to start stigmatizing that shit. It is not okay to be a stormtrooper for the western empire. It is not honorable. It is not worthy of respect. If you are a westerner who is considering joining the military, you should choose a different career path instead. Don’t thank soldiers for their “service”. Don’t play…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visited Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday for the first time — five months after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. In an official readout from the office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs, spokesperson Joe Holstead detailed that Gen. Caine held bilateral discussions with senior officials of Venezuela’s interim government and U.S. embassy leadership and staff. Caine also visited the U.S. embassy’s Marine Security Augmentation Unit. “Gen. Caine emphasized the importance of Venezuelan stability, shared security across the Western Hemisphere, and the Joint Force’s commitment to ensuring the…
The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists had expected 85,000 jobs, with forecasts ranging from 55,000 to 110,000. The unemployment rate was forecast to be unchanged at 4.3 percent. The April gain was revised up by 64,000 to 179,000 and March was revised up by 29,000 to 214,000, for a total of 93,000 additional jobs. Economists have been underestimating job growth for three consecutive months. The three-month average of job growth, a measure which smooths out monthly volatility and is considered by many to be…
Thursday on CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed President Donald Trump “cannot take any money in a settlement with the federal government while he’s president.” Host Kaitlan Collins said, “As we’re watching what’s playing out in the Senate right now, if there’s not enough Republican support there to stop the president from from potentially moving forward with this fund at a later date that could compensate his political allies. What do you think happens next?” Raskin said, “Well, we’ve got strong bipartisan majorities, both in the Senate and the House to reject this highway robbery from the federal taxpayers.…
Donald Trump is setting up his latest loyalty test on Capitol Hill — and it’s not about the war in Iran, Cabinet nominees or his White House ballroom. Instead, the president is lobbying GOP lawmakers on a plan to make daylight saving time permanent, meaning more daylight in the evening hours and an end to the twice-yearly clock-resetting ritual observed in most states. Trump has fixated on this issue, believing it resonates with voters who are burdened by “all of the work and money” associated with changing the clocks every six months. He scored an initial victory last month when…
Traditionalists backed by the Trump administration are pushing to restore memorials taken down following the protests, the outlet has said US traditionalists are suing and lobbying with the support of the Donald Trump administration to resurrect memorials which were removed during the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.Dozens of monuments to European and American historical figures were taken down after the nationwide protests and riots which followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in what WSJ dubbed the “statue wars.”Ohio’s capital Columbus, named after the famed Italian explorer, took down a 22-foot-high…
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum was quick to rush to the defense of two more governors from her party, MORENA, who sparked a new controversy after a series of reports revealed that they were the target of cartel investigations by the U.S. government and that they had their visas revoked. Both Mexican governors denied the reports. During her morning news conference, Sheinbaum criticized the information leaked that led to a series of news reports claiming that Sonora’s Governor Alfonso Durazo and Tamaulipas Governor Americo Villarreal were under investigation for different links to drug cartels. “What’s the intention of removing their visas…
In the wake of last weekend’s riots across France, National Rally leader Jordan Bardella’s approval rating climbed to a record high and stands head and shoulders above the rest of the field of French presidential contenders. According to polling conducted for France’s Le Figaro newspaper from May 31 to June 2, just in the wake of the widespread mayhem and violence that erupted following the repeat Champions League Finals victory by Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, 30-year-old Rassemblement National (RN) party boss Jordan Bardella saw a six-point bump in his approval rating with the public compared to last month. Apparently yearning for a sterner…