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Bonus Quote of the Day
“Everyone says ‘When, when, when are you going to sign deals?’ We don’t have to sign deals. We could sign 25 deals right now if we wanted to. We don’t…
58 Crypto Wallets Made Millions on $TRUMP
CNBC: “58 wallets have made over $10 million each from President Donald Trump’s meme coin, totaling $1.1 billion in profits, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said.” “764,000 wallets of mostly small…
Fetterman Dismisses Claims of Former Top Staffer
“Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Tuesday dismissed concerns a former top staffer raised about his mental health as he managed depression and recovered from a stroke he suffered during his…
Trump to Headline Kennedy Center Fundraiser
“President Donald Trump is set to headline a fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts next month, for which the top sponsorship level is selling for…
India Launches Military Operation Against Pakistan
“India said early Wednesday it had launched a military operation against Pakistan, hitting ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in both Pakistan and Pakistan administered-Kashmir, in a major escalation of tensions between the two…
Trump Urged Ukraine to Take U.S. Deportees
“The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government to accept an unspecified number of U.S. deportees who are citizens of other countries, an extraordinary request of a nation…
Expect Shortages Soon
CNN: “Ships now pulling into U.S. harbors from China are the first to be subject to the massive tariffs that America is imposing on most Chinese imports. That means, in…
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password
“Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts over a period of years,” Wired reports. “Following her participation in a Signal…
Chart of the Day
Nate Silver: “On Feb. 1, essentially the same number of Americans strongly approved and disapproved of Trump. Now, strong disapprovers outnumber strong approvers by about a 3-to-2 ratio. It’s hard…
Gulf of America Bill Sparks Frustration Among House GOP
Multiple House Republicans told Fox News they were frustrated by House GOP leaders’ decision to spend time voting on what they saw as a largely symbolic gesture in an otherwise…
Judge Affirms Order to Return Deported Man
“A federal judge on Tuesday refused to withdraw her order requiring the Trump administration to seek the return of a Venezuelan man deported to a notorious high-security prison in El…
Trump Promises Announcement ‘as Big as It Gets’
President Trump repeatedly talked up a future announcement, “one of the most important announcements that have been made in many years about a certain subject,” the New York Times reports….
Trump Says Obama’s Library Is a ‘Disaster’
President Trump took shots at former President Barack Obama’s Presidential Center in Chicago, calling it “a disaster” and blaming “woke” construction workers, CBS News reports. Save to Favorites
Trump Kills Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which backs NPR and PBS, said in a statement on Tuesday that the Department of Education had terminated a federal grant program that funded shows…
Texas Voters Oust Book-Banning School Board Members
“Voters in suburban Texas came out handily over the weekend to vote out school board trustees touting book removals across districts and elect first-time candidates in opposition of such removals…
Ohio Candidate Turned Down Appointment to Save Face
“When Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s poll numbers started plummeting in the Ohio governor’s race earlier this year, he started looking for an offramp,” NOTUS reports. “Yost didn’t just want…
Justices Let Trump’s Ban on Transgender Troops Stand
“The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may start enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving in the military that had been blocked by lower courts,” the…
Could Republicans Blow It Again?
Charlie Cook: “While Democrats’ odds of taking back the Senate are long, an announcement Monday afternoon should remind us why we can’t dismiss the possibility entirely.” “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s…
Bernie Sanders Says Resistance Isn’t Enough
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told the HuffPost that resisting President Trump is “not good enough.” Said Sanders: “The American people, I think, not only want resistance to Trump, but I…
DeWine Moves to Block Ramaswamy Endorsement
“President Donald Trump endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy on the night Ramaswamy kicked off his campaign to be Ohio’s next governor,” NBC News reports. “More than two months later, term-limited Gov. Mike…
