Wednesday, May 21, 2025

5-20-2025

Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them

UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed posing with the girls who welcomed President Trump

AI attempts to rewrite its own core code to bypass restrictions on itself


Japan passed a law allowing preemptive offensive cyber actions

Apple slapped with multiple fines by Moscow court for spreading ‘LGBT propaganda’

Nasa warns of huge solar flares causing blackouts on Earth


Another Failed ICBM Launch Undermines Kremlin’s Nuclear Bluff

Trump DOJ charges Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after ICE detention clash


The Republicans are meeting in the middle of the night to discuss their fucking garbage tax bill with no one to see. Let's call them about it, or even better: show up

Bruce Springsteen vs. Donald Trump. Fans, for the most part, support the Boss


Over 100,000 people filled the streets of The Hague in the Netherlands to protest the Gaza genocide

DOJ says it has charged N.J. congresswoman with assaulting law enforcement at ICE facility



Trump Has Wiped Elon Musk’s Name From Truth Social as GOP Insiders Admit He’s ‘finished, done, gone’: “He polls terribly. People hate him”

“Some wear crosses to remember Christ. Others wear red hats to forget how logic works.” — Pope Leo XIV
“Blessed are the Trump supporters, for they bring us daily proof that evolution takes naps.” — Pope Leo XIV
“They asked if Trump could be a saint. I said only if lying, groping, and tax evasion are sacraments now.” — Pope Leo XIV

TRUMP TAX ROCKS TARGET...
Worker exposes tariff price hike for popular items...

Small-business owner suing The Don for damages...
Mortgage rates rise above 7%... Dollar slumps...
DALIO: IT'S WORSE THAN THAT... CITI CEO: Something 'deeper' going on...
Dimon Warns Markets Underestimating Risks...
MOODY'S Cuts Deposit Ratings at Major Banks...
EVEN THE SMITHSONIAN LOSES ITS CREDIT RATING...

SUPREMES STRIP 350,000 VENEZUELANS FROM DEPORTATION PROTECTION
FLORIDA LATINOS DIVIDED
FEAR IN DORAL

 Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center...


Bondi and Habba escalate confrontation between political branches...

Chicago Mayor Probed by Justice Dept...

REASON: Americans feel less free. They're not wrong...

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition...

Trump cuts leave National Weather Service scrambling to issue weather warnings...

Kentucky office had no overnight staff before deadly tornadoes hit...

St. Louis Mayor Reveals FEMA is AWOL..

Qatar lobby reaches deep into conservative media, docs show...

The White House, LLC...

President Demands 'Major Investigation' Into Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah for Backing Kamala...

Threatens ABCNEWS over Qatar jet coverage...

Head of CBSNEWS to Depart Amid Tensions With Don...

UPDATE: SHARI REDSTONE DESPERATE FOR SALE...

FBI bosses angering MAGA media bubble they once stoked...

Now dismiss Epstein theories...

Boebert reignites Kid Rock dating rumors at rodeo event...

BLUESKY Plotting Total Takeover of Social Internet...

Researchers puzzle over rash of baby monkey kidnappings...

HARVEY WEINSTEIN 'STILL GIVING SCRIPT NOTES FROM JAIL'...

ANOTHER alarming Newark airport outage...

LaGuardia Close Call Probed...

DOORDASH driver reaches Ohare runway before being stopped...

Transportation Sec. Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Tariffs Announced...

TRUMPWORLD WIPES MUSK...

'Finished, done, gone'...

REPORT: Elon AI 'Skeptical' About Holocaust...

Hackers Leak Kanye's Upcoming Album...

Inside TIKTOK town: Vast data center, Chinese spying fears...

Americans in Race for European Residency See Doors Slamming Shut...

Real life Star Wars as Russians turn to 'dark side' at International Space Station...

UFO crashes into US Air Force fighter jet over Arizona...


Majority of Americans support weapon delieveries to Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia, and think Trump is too lenient on Putin

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison by Trump was arrested yesterday



Pedro Pascal Slams Trump's Scare Tactics In Impassioned Rant At Cannes Film Festival

MAGA Senator Threatens Walmart for Responding to Trump’s Tariffs


The argument's over: Americans pay for tariffs

'Just Because You’re The President Doesn’t Mean You’re Immune,' Says Fox News Host As She Calls For New Laws Targeting Obvious Corruption

Rising stock prices “won’t fix this”: U.S. banks are sitting on $500B worth of unrealized losses



Trump administration to pay $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt

Russia Classifies Population Data as Birth Rates Plunge to 200-Year Low

Low birth rates aren’t caused by feminism — it’s the lack of support for modern families

JD Vance ripped after Biden cancer remarks: "Soulless ghoul"


Trump Goes Off Script And Says What He's Really Thinking About Biden's Cancer Diagnosis



U.S. identifies fentanyl superlabs in Canada as a 'growing concern'


Butler Hospital will be taking away health insurance from striking employees. This is why having it tied to your job is unacceptable.

50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

'This is basic dementia': Trump mocked over 'stage 9 cancer' gaffe

Rightwing Supreme Court official ABANDONS Trump, says his actions “impeachable”

But ICE ***is*** the American Gestapo


Stunning new report blows apart Trump claim about Qatari jet

Supreme Court has denied Trump’s request to bring back an obscure 18th-century wartime law to initiate mass deportations


Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel

Zelenskyy: We won't be withdrawing our troops from our territories

FFRF blasts Trump Administration for dropping record fine against Christian university that misled students

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested without access to lawyers

Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank


DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters

Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law


Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans


Microsoft's ICC email block triggers Dutch concerns over dependence on U.S. tech

Republican lawmakers could soon kill clean energy jobs in their home states | Tax credits for new solar, wind, and battery manufacturing plants are on the chopping block as Congress debates Trump’s spending bill.


Moody's downgrades JPM, BofA and Wells Fargo after US credit rating cut


White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. 

The president had called federal employees “crooked” and “dishonest,” and his deputies had vowed to purge them from government and make them suffer. And now, on the sixth day of Trump’s second term, a federal health researcher was missing.

Her husband searched every room of their Baltimore townhouse, calling her name. “Caitlin?”

Caitlin Cross-Barnet had struggled with depression, and now her husband, Mike, found her on their narrow, third-floor fire escape. As he tried to coax her back in, she replied: “It’s not high enough to jump.”

On the 26th day of Trump’s term, Richard Midgette, 28, was fired from his IT job at Yellowstone National Park. He drove to the only bridge in his town, stopping just past its edge. From the car, he listened to the rushing of the water and, for the first time, contemplated whether to end his life.

On the 30th day of Trump’s term, Monique Lockett, 53, tried to block out the stress. The U.S. DOGE Service was demanding access to sensitive databases she worked on at the Social Security Administration. Her top boss had just been forced to resign, and rumors of layoffs were brewing. Monique settled into her cubicle just before 8 a.m., then slumped to the floor.

When Trump took office in January, 2.4 million people worked for the federal government, making it America’s largest employer. In four months, Trump and a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk have hacked off chunks of government in the name of efficiency, with tactics rarely seen in public or private industry. The cuts so far represent just 6 percent of the federal workforce, but they have effectively wiped out entire departments and agencies, such as AmeriCorps and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was slashed 85 percent; the Education Department was cut in half.

Some have found themselves fired, rehired, then let go again. Many have been ridiculed as “lazy” and “corrupt.” They’ve been locked out of offices by police, fired for political “disloyalty,” and told to check their email to see if they still draw a paycheck.

In interviews, more than 30 former and current federal workers told The Washington Post that the chaos and mass firings had left them feeling devalued, demoralized and scared for themselves and the country. Many described problems they’d never experienced before: insomnia, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts. Others with a history of mental struggles said they’d found themselves pushed into terrifying territory.

In response, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said, “President Trump wants all Americans to thrive under his administration, and he has done more than any president to end the chronic disease crisis in our country.” She added, “It is an honor, not a right, to serve your country in a taxpayer-funded position, and workers unaligned with the American people’s agenda can take part in the growing private sector.”

Trump has blamed federal workers for “destroying this country.” He and his officials have vowed to eliminate employees promoting diversity, to force those who “aren’t doing their job” back to offices five days a week, and to slash $1 trillion from the federal budget — a still-distant goal, even with the layoffs. And more hits may be coming: Republicans in Congress have proposed to save $50 billion by forcing government workers to pay more into retirement benefits while shrinking the value of those benefits, although they later softened some aspects of the suggested cuts.

Many workers said they believe cruelty is part of the plan.

In a 2023 recording surfaced by ProPublica, Trump budget director Russell Vought said, “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.”

Vought, who was giving a private speech for a pro-Trump think tank, concluded: “We want to put them in trauma.

Trump DOJ Lawyer Floats 'Criminal Charges' for Jill Biden...

Dem Rep charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center...

Bondi and Habba escalate confrontation between political branches...

Chicago Mayor Probed by Justice Dept...

REASON: Americans feel less free. They're not wrong...

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition...




Trump-world admits it: America pays for tariffs

Donald Trump issued warning as impeachment vote abruptly canceled

Trump Under Fire For Caving to Putin in Ceasefire Talks

Hasan Piker is begging Democrats to ‘get angry’ and fight Trump


Paramount Could Violate Anti-Bribery Law If It Pays to Settle Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit, Senators Claim



Trump Seriously Freaked Out European Allies on Call About Putin

DOJ official says Jill Biden should face 'criminal charges' for 'elder abuse' against Joe Biden




Trump’s AI deals in the Middle East have security experts sweating

Schumer slams Trump-led deals to sell AI chips to Saudi Arabia, UAE

Trump admin lifts hold on offshore wind farm, doesn’t explain why | Reasons for the hold were never backed up, and nobody's explaining why it ended.


THE DON GOES DARK: 'I'll Shove It Up Their Ass'...

DOJ Lawyer Floats 'Criminal Charges' for Jill Biden 'Cancer Cover-up'...

Chicago Mayor Probed for Hiring Blacks...

Dem Rep charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center...

Bondi and Habba escalate confrontation between political branches...

Noem struggles to define habeas corpus...

REASON: Americans feel less free. They're not wrong...

Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition...

MODERN LOVE: China Blocks Gene Editing Newlyweds From Reuniting...

Two key trends suggest hurricane season may have busy start...

Qatar lobby reaches deep into conservative media, docs show...

MAG: JR. CASHING IN BIG ON DAD'S PRESIDENCY...

SHOCK: I was alone on shift when Newark air traffic control went dark...

Now on trauma leave...


FAA cuts flights after FOURTH outage...

HAWAIIAN plane evacuated after bomb threat...

POLL: AOC Seen as 'Face' of Dem Party -- and It's Not Even Close...

Diddy male escort to take stand after shocking 'Freak Off' pictures go public...

'Punisher'...


Trump Hotel was favorite...

Navy Secretary's DC home damaged in fire...

MAG: Johns Creek, Georgia, Is the Best Place to Live In USA...

LIST...

Trump accused of committing ‘single most corrupt, self-serving act of any President in American history’


Trump Spirals at Kennedy Center Dinner: “I’ll Shove It Up Their Ass”

Majority of US companies say they have to raise prices due to Trump tariffs

Trump's bold new plan - release terrorists by Supreme Court homes

EU will move ahead with new sanctions on Russia without US

Zelensky had to remind Trump peace talks already underway during call with EU leaders, Axios reports | Donald Trump told the leaders that Vladimir Putin agreed to start direct negotiations on a ceasefire immediately, which led to a few seconds of "puzzled silence," Axios reported.

UK suspends negotiations with Israeli government on new free trade deal


UK suspends trade talks with Israel, summons ambassador

ICE Barbie Offers Her Own Made-Up Definition of Habeus Corpus

EU, Britain go ahead with new Russia sanctions without waiting for Trump

I wore my Vets Against Trump shirt to my VA appointment today and got all compliments, no negativity.

Europe "shocked" as Trump hands Putin "win": experts


Abandoning trans people ‘a mistake’ for Democrats, says Kamala running mate Tim Walz

DOJ to investigate Chicago due to the amount of Black officials working in the Mayor's administration and his 'Black hiring' comments

Goodbye to full Social Security benefits at 65: SSA raised the retirement age starting this month

The FDA is making it more difficult for Americans to get vaccinated for covid

Trump’s trade war risks splintering the Internet, experts warn

Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance

Trump announces 'Golden Dome' space missile defenses






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