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I give it 6 months before Musk is his most vocal critic. The real question will be ig everyone switches sides about how the feel about him again.
Spoiler alert-he could personally fund every anti Trump candidate in the nation and he'll still be a penis face
Spoiler alert-he could personally fund every anti Trump candidate in the nation and he'll still be a penis face
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Mike Flood got drowned out by chants of “Tax the rich!” at his town hall in Seward, Nebraska last night as he tried to justify cutting programs for poor people in order to give tax breaks to the rich
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Mike Flood got drowned out by chants of “Tax the rich!” at his town hall in Seward, Nebraska last night as he tried to justify cutting programs for poor people in order to give tax breaks to the rich
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Donald Trump orders US chip software suppliers to stop selling to China
Trump is literally trying to centrally plan the American economy. I always thought Republicans were against that sort of thing.
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Trump is literally trying to centrally plan the American economy. I always thought Republicans were against that sort of thing.
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Trump is literally trying to centrally plan the American economy. I always thought Republicans were against that sort of thing.
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I doubt that. He will likely continue getting government contracts and people arent going to forget what DOGE did and continues to do.
If he thinks the masses will forgive him he is sorely mistaken and dumber than I thought.
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Trump Admin Accused Of Dismissing Charges Against Another MS-13 Leader To Prevent Him From Revealing Pact Between Bukele And The Gang
he Trump administration is being accused again of seeking to quickly dismiss charges against a top MS-13 leader to prevent him from revealing secret dealings with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.The man in question is Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, according to The Guardian, and believed to be a top member of the gang. He stands accused of racketeering, terrorism and conspiring to commit narco-terrorism. The outlet noted that a filing from the Justice Department seeks to dismiss charges against him for "sensitive and important foreign policy considerations." The defendant is still in the country and his attorneys are asking for more information about the reason for the decision.
"The 'geopolitical and national security concerns' appear to be an effort by the government to support a 'deal' with El Salvador to assist Bukele in suppressing the truth about a secret negotiation he had with MS-13 leaders in return for our government using El Salvador prisons," said the alleged gang members' attorneys in a filing.
His case is not the first. Earlier this month, a judge dismissed charges brought against Henry Villatoro Santos, also accused of being a gang leader.
Villatoro Santos' attorneys questioned the DOJ back then, with Muhammad Elsayed calling it an "unusual case." He added that the court had to determine whether the motion "was made in good faith" as the DOJ did not provide any "explanation whatsoever" for withdrawing the charges.
"As a terrorist, he will now face the removal process," Bondi said in a statement after CBS news reported on the DOJ's move. However, experts consulted by the outlet noted that deporting the man without securing a criminal conviction first would break historical precedent.
CNN reported in April that the Bukele administration specifically asked for nine MS-13 leaders to be brought back to the country. In exchange his government offered the Trump administration a 50% discount in the fee it charges for holding suspected gang members at its infamous mega-prison, known as CECOT.
It is the latest report as more gang members address the matter. Earlier in April, Carlos Cartagena Lopez, a leader of the Barrio 18 Revolutionaries, revealed details of a deal with Bukele to help propel him to power and keep him there.
The now president launched a war on gangs in 2022 after a massacre where 87 people were killed by criminal organizations. Ever since, his administration has incarcerated tens of thousands of people.
According to the Washington Office on Latin America, by March this year there were over 110,000 people in prison in the country, which now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. El País noted that 400 people have also died without trial, many with signs of torture.
The Bukele government has also substantially reduced violent crime since, with the homicide rate falling by more than 80%, according to the National Civil Police.
The mentioned massacre took place after the reported pact between Bukele and both MS-13 and Barrio 18 was broken. Cartagena Lopez, the Barrio 18 gang leader, was captured in April 2022 at a police checkpoint. Days later, however, he was released and "escorted to his home" due to "higher orders."
Another Barrio 18 leader also talked to El Faro, but asked to remain anonymous. The man, who showed his gang-related tattoos, recalled that the relationship began in 2014 when Bukele decided to run for mayor of San Salvador, the country's capital.
Both gang members said the middle man was Carlos Marroquín, an artist known as Slip who has been close to Bukele throughout his political career. Slip has been sanctioned by the U.S. State Department. They recalled that Marroquín would warn them about incoming police operations in their neighborhoods and also carry out projects in their communities.
In exchange, Bukele would demand their support, including the threatening of opposition activists and forcing people to vote for him. The outlet noted that Bukele has maintained the pact throughout the years, and El País noted that there is a "wealth of evidence" proving this, including "ntelligence documents, prosecutorial investigations, photos, audio recordings, and even accusations from the U.S. State Department."
Bukele has long denied negotiations, but his administration has resisted extraditing MS-13 leaders to the U.S., raising speculation about his desire to keep their testimony out of American courts.
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Iowa Republican booed, laughed at during rowdy town hall
An Iowa Republican was booed and laughed at during a town hall appearance on Wednesday.Ashley Hinson, who represents Iowa's second congressional district, was heckled while she praised President Donald Trump and his policies, including his spending bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, which passed in the House of Representatives last week, and defended him accepting a jet from Qatar.
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Trump administration revokes humanitarian parole of 4 yr old Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in US, not available in her home country of Mexico
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday.
Lawyer Gina Amato said the girl's mother was notified the U.S. government was withdrawing the humanitarian parole the family received in 2023 when she brought her ailing child to the U.S.-Mexico border. She received the notifications in April and May and was told the family is subject to potential deportation, Amato said.
Since then, the girl has made it out of the hospital thanks to a treatment that provides intravenous nutrition through a backpack she wears. Lawyers said she isn't strong enough to survive without it as she suffers from short bowel syndrome, which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own, and the treatment she receives isn't available in Mexico.
“Doctors have been clear that she will die within days” without this care, Amato said at a press conference in Los Angeles. “Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”
The attorneys did not provide the girl’s real name to protect her privacy.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not immediately comment.
A senior Homeland Security official, in an email sent from an address for media inquiries, said the family is not actively being deported and a more recent application for parole that was filed two weeks ago is still being considered.
The Trump administration has been pushing to dismantle policies from President Joe Biden’s administration that allowed for people to live legally in the U.S., generally for two years.
Humanitarian parole, which doesn't put migrants on a path to U.S. citizenship, was widely used during the Biden administration to alleviate pressure on the U.S.-Mexico southern border. It was previously used on a case-by-case basis to address individual emergencies and also for people fleeing humanitarian crises around the world including Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during the late 1970s.
In Mexico, the girl was largely confined to a hospital because of her medical condition, her mother Deysi Vargas told reporters. Once the family arrived at the border, U.S. officials had the child taken to a hospital in San Diego, where she stayed until she was well enough to join a program through Children's Hospital Los Angeles that allows her to receive treatment at home in Bakersfield, California, Vargas said.
Now, she enjoys going to the park and the supermarket — and above all, living outside a hospital's walls, Vargas said.
“With the help she has received in the United States, my daughter has the opportunity to leave the hospital, see the world, and live like a girl her age,” Vargas said in Spanish.
Her daughter sat nearby, smiling and playing with stickers, while wearing the black backpack that helps keep her alive.
Attorneys said they have written to U.S. government officials asking if they made a mistake and filed a fresh application for humanitarian parole for the family.
Amato, who is directing attorney of Public Counsel's Immigrants' Rights Project, said they haven't received an answer and the notice indicated the family could be deported. She said she has also reached out to elected officials for help.
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Georgia teen forgives officer who wrongly arrested her leading to ICE detention, officer has since resigned his position.
A Georgia teen detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after wrongfully being arrested said she forgives the police officer who mistakenly pulled her over for a traffic violation she did not commit.
"I think he needed to do what he needed to do. He knows why he did it and I think, as from my standpoint, I don't hold a grudge against him. As a Christian I think the Bible says forgive those who wrong you, and I forgive him," Ximena Arias-Cristobal said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Arias-Cristobal, 19, was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, when her dark gray truck was mistaken for a black pickup that made an illegal turn. Those citations were later dropped once officials realized there was a mix-up, Dalton Assistant Police Chief Chris Crossen said.
But, she was still detained by ICE after it was discovered she was an undocumented immigrant. She was released on bond last week.
Officer Leslie O’Neal has resigned from his position at the Dalton Police Department, the communications director for the City of Dalton, Georgia, confirmed to ABC News.
Arias-Cristobal said immigrants at the Stewart Detention Center, where she was held, are "treated like we’re the worst criminals ever" and acknowledged that others have also been treated unjustly.
"I know everything that I'm going through is something that's very unjust, and it's not only my case, but millions of people are going through this in the United States. At Stewart, I met a lot of people that are going through tougher situations than me, and I think they deserve justice because they are not criminals,” she said.
"There’s a lot of very sad cases in there, mine is just a speck of what you see and that’s the sad truth," she said.
Despite forgiving the officer for her arrest, she said he acted "very unprofessional with his words" and "unprofessional with how he treated me."
She said the incident has changed her world.
“It kind of flips your world. ... Before we lived in fear, now a lot more," she said.
"It’s making people feel a little bit more entitled. With everything going on in the government, people just feel like their feelings can be poured out, and because of that, we feel as if we're more like targets in our community, and we're scared to go out, and we don't feel as comfortable as we used to before," Arias-Cristobal said.
The Dalton State College student said her arrest has put her life on "pause."
She is choosing to continue her studies in fall 2025, but she said her faith in God and her family have kept her going.
“I know my parents came here with the dream to give me and my sisters a better future, and that's exactly what they achieved. Unfortunately, we are in the situation we are right now, but knowing that my parents moved from another country with nothing in their pockets and gave me the life they so much wanted for themselves keeps me going because they crossed a literal river with me to be able to give me the life I have,” she said.
Arias-Cristobal's lawyers said they’re looking into the possibility of applying for a U visa, which may be a pathway to legal status for Arias-Cristobal and her family stemming from the wrongful arrest, according to attorney Dustin Baxter.
The U visa is a special type of visa that is offered to some victims of abuse or crimes who help law enforcement with investigations.
"We have concerns based on a number of different things, how the arrest was carried out, what was put in the arrest report that obviously wasn't true, and some things that happened right after, resulting in his resignation about the legality of this stop and then arrest," Baxter said.
"She should never have been arrested and she should never have been taken to Stewart," he said.
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So not only are we removing qualified people from Roles and replacing them with unqualified Trump Loyalist. BUT are increasing federal spending by replacing them with a Trump appointed loyalist AND paying them the maximum amount possible under law with Tax payers dollars
Trump's Office of Personnel Management removed career officials from jobs and urged federal agency heads to pay All New policy-setting Schedule C Trump appointees the max allowable salary of $195,200 per year.
Democratic senators raised alarm over an April 10 OPM memo that removed career human resources officials from appointment and salary processes and urged federal agency heads to pay policy-setting Schedule C appointees the max salary of $195,200 per year.
"This memo, coupled with the administration's widespread layoffs of career government workers who have loyally served in the executive branch for presidents of both political parties, makes clear your intention: fire dedicated public servants in droves, cut essential government services, and use taxpayer dollars to instead hire underqualified and overpaid political cronies," the senators wrote to Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell.
"Schedule C hires are not career civil servants. They will not be answering phones at Social Security field offices or conducting food inspections or fighting wildfires," the lawmakers continued. "They do not work for the American people; they work to advance the political agenda of the president. OPM's April 10 memo makes clear the Trump administration's ultimate goal is to decimate the nonpolitical career civil service and use taxpayer dollars to enrich and reward political allies, all at the cost of the government services that people rely on."
"Padding the pockets of political operatives while firing food safety inspectors is nothing short of an egregious abuse of taxpayer dollars and massively wasteful," they added.
"Your memo encourages agencies to help install loyalists who have not been properly vetted, in critically important positions—and to pay them at the highest possible rate."
The Senate Democrats demanded that Ezell provide them with salary information for political appointees and job descriptions for those hired at the maximum salary level of $195,200, which the lawmakers noted is roughly five times the median income for a single individual in the United States.
"While this administration pushes out scores of public servants and guts entire agencies, often in defiance of Congress and federal law," the Democrats wrote, "your memo encourages agencies to help install loyalists who have not been properly vetted, in critically important positions—and to pay them at the highest possible rate."
Following the release of OPM's memo last month, Government Executive observed that "traditionally, while the selection of Schedule C appointees is typically the job of the White House or an agency's White House liaison, career HR employees evaluate an incoming appointee's resume and experience, ensure they are properly vetted, and provide input about the appointee's proposed starting salary."
By removing career HR officials from the appointment process, the memo "appears aimed at expediting the replacement of career workers with political appointees," the outlet reported—advancing a top goal of the Trump administration and its far-right allies.
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Trump's Office of Personnel Management removed career officials from jobs and urged federal agency heads to pay All New policy-setting Schedule C Trump appointees the max allowable salary of $195,200 per year.
Democratic senators raised alarm over an April 10 OPM memo that removed career human resources officials from appointment and salary processes and urged federal agency heads to pay policy-setting Schedule C appointees the max salary of $195,200 per year.
"This memo, coupled with the administration's widespread layoffs of career government workers who have loyally served in the executive branch for presidents of both political parties, makes clear your intention: fire dedicated public servants in droves, cut essential government services, and use taxpayer dollars to instead hire underqualified and overpaid political cronies," the senators wrote to Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell.
"Schedule C hires are not career civil servants. They will not be answering phones at Social Security field offices or conducting food inspections or fighting wildfires," the lawmakers continued. "They do not work for the American people; they work to advance the political agenda of the president. OPM's April 10 memo makes clear the Trump administration's ultimate goal is to decimate the nonpolitical career civil service and use taxpayer dollars to enrich and reward political allies, all at the cost of the government services that people rely on."
"Padding the pockets of political operatives while firing food safety inspectors is nothing short of an egregious abuse of taxpayer dollars and massively wasteful," they added.
"Your memo encourages agencies to help install loyalists who have not been properly vetted, in critically important positions—and to pay them at the highest possible rate."
The Senate Democrats demanded that Ezell provide them with salary information for political appointees and job descriptions for those hired at the maximum salary level of $195,200, which the lawmakers noted is roughly five times the median income for a single individual in the United States.
"While this administration pushes out scores of public servants and guts entire agencies, often in defiance of Congress and federal law," the Democrats wrote, "your memo encourages agencies to help install loyalists who have not been properly vetted, in critically important positions—and to pay them at the highest possible rate."
Following the release of OPM's memo last month, Government Executive observed that "traditionally, while the selection of Schedule C appointees is typically the job of the White House or an agency's White House liaison, career HR employees evaluate an incoming appointee's resume and experience, ensure they are properly vetted, and provide input about the appointee's proposed starting salary."
By removing career HR officials from the appointment process, the memo "appears aimed at expediting the replacement of career workers with political appointees," the outlet reported—advancing a top goal of the Trump administration and its far-right allies.
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This is NOT how our Government is supposed to Work. This is some Putin level Oligarchy crap
"It's very early days," a source close to talks between Trump's lawyers and Paramount's attorneys and execs tells Deadline. "An opening offer has been made, but more negotiations are underway," the source confirmed, but would not go into specifics beyond saying “right now, it’s an eight-figure discussion.”
In the waning days of last year’s bitter election, Trump went after long time foil CBS over the way that 60 Minutes had edited a wide ranging interview with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Asking for a headline grabbing $20 billion, the Hail Mary action alleged violations of Texas' Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which is typically used by consumers for false advertising claims.
Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount has offered $15 million, but Trump’s team wanted $25 million and an apology from CBS News. When asked by Deadline if the $15 million number that the WSJ reported today plus Trump's team rejection and threat of a new suit was accurate, another individual with knowledge of the mediation replied, "sounds about right, as where things are at."
A rep for Paramount declined to comment on the state of the bargaining or the WSJ story Wednesday on the sums being discussed President Trump's legal team and the White House did not respond to Deadline's request for comment.
Paramount Offers Millions To Trump To End $20B '60 Minutes' Suit & Let Skydance Merger Go Through
Donald Trump and Paramount don't have a deal yet to settle POTUS' months old $20 billion 60 Minutes lawsuit, but the Shari Redstone ruled media company has put some serious millions on the table in the hopes to make this roadblock to a merger with Skydance disappear."It's very early days," a source close to talks between Trump's lawyers and Paramount's attorneys and execs tells Deadline. "An opening offer has been made, but more negotiations are underway," the source confirmed, but would not go into specifics beyond saying “right now, it’s an eight-figure discussion.”
In the waning days of last year’s bitter election, Trump went after long time foil CBS over the way that 60 Minutes had edited a wide ranging interview with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Asking for a headline grabbing $20 billion, the Hail Mary action alleged violations of Texas' Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which is typically used by consumers for false advertising claims.
Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount has offered $15 million, but Trump’s team wanted $25 million and an apology from CBS News. When asked by Deadline if the $15 million number that the WSJ reported today plus Trump's team rejection and threat of a new suit was accurate, another individual with knowledge of the mediation replied, "sounds about right, as where things are at."
A rep for Paramount declined to comment on the state of the bargaining or the WSJ story Wednesday on the sums being discussed President Trump's legal team and the White House did not respond to Deadline's request for comment.
The office is being used for pure, unadulterated grift. Selling pardons to the undeserving. This is third-world despot type stuff.This is B.S.
I vote we remove pardon privileges from POTUS.
Trump pardons Nevada lawmaker who used slain officer memorial funds for plastic surgery
President Trump grants a full pardon to Nevada Republican Michele Fiore, who was convicted of fraud for misusing funds intended for a slain police officer’s statue.www.ktvu.com
By 2011, prosecutors said, Mr. Walczak had stopped paying employment taxes.
Between 2016 and 2019, they said, he withheld more than $10 million from the paychecks of the nurses, doctors and others who worked at his facilities under the pretext of using it for their Social Security, Medicare and federal income taxes. Instead, he used some of the money to buy a $2 million yacht and to pay for travel and purchases at high-end retailers, including Bergdorf Goodman and Cartier, prosecutors said.
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And why he was pardoned:
The application focused not solely on Mr. Walczak’s offenses but also on the political activity of his mother, Elizabeth Fago.
Ms. Fago had raised millions of dollars for Mr. Trump’s campaigns and those of other Republicans, the application said. It also highlighted her connections to an effort to sabotage Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 campaign by publicizing the addiction diary of his daughter Ashley Biden — an episode that drew law enforcement scrutiny.
Mr. Walczak’s pardon application argued that his criminal prosecution was motivated more by his mother’s efforts for Mr. Trump than by his admitted use of money earmarked for employees’ taxes to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
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The Pardon Attorney (IE the guy who determines who gets Pardoned and Trump just signs it) literally Tweeted 3 DAYS ago
They aren't even trying to hide anything.
Just open corruption in plain view
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Trump pardons former GOP congressman Michael Grimm over tax fraud charges
linkTrump pardons former Cincinnati councilman PG Sittenfeld convicted of bribery, extortion
linkTrump commutes Larry Hoover, the founder of a notorious Chicago street gang, sentence in flurry of pardons
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Ex-Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who resigned amid a corruption scandal, pardoned by Trump
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Nothing to see here, business as usual......
Trump isn't any different from the democrats, they all do these things....
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Trump says he's considering pardoning defendants in Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
The president called the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping trial — which has resulted in two convictions and two guilty pleas — a "railroad job."
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the president of law and order...what a disgrace...at least he´s getting rid of all the ´bad hombres´...
Gotta get some fresh stock in for the priest, win the fellas over from the start.
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