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4+ min ago (733+ words) Democratic lawmakers who have seen video of a boat strike want it released to the public because they say it shows Pete Hegseth's operation went awry. But a key Republican senator backs the video's release because he says it shows just the opposite. "So, I personally don't'I don't have... GOP Senator: Newspaper Owes Hegseth an Apology Democratic lawmakers who have seen video of a boat strike want it released to the public because they say it shows Pete Hegseth's operation went awry. But a key Republican senator backs the video's release because he says it shows just the opposite. - "So, I personally don't'I don't have any problem with it," Sen. Tom Cotton said on NBC's Meet the Press, referring to the contents of the footage. "It's not gruesome. I didn't find it distressing or disturbing. It looks like any number…...

11+ min ago (242+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is discovering that he can change the players, but he can't change the game as one of the more prominent conservative "reporters" he has allowed to cover the Pentagon is already giving him grief less than a week in. The embattled Donald Trump appointee effectively purged the mainstream media from covering the Pentagon if they didn't agree to highly restrictive rules. With Hegseth facing a firestorm accompanied by accusations of war crimes from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the honeymoon with Loomer " who has a history of urging Trump to fire aides and government officials she feels are "disloyal" " looks to be on shaky ground. "Fentanyl isn't being manufactured in Venezuela," she asserted. "Given that 90% of the drugs coming into the US that are killing Americans are coming from Mexico, when can we expect…...

12+ min ago (1801+ words) President Trump has been quite upset over six Democratic legislators telling members of the military that they have to refuse illegal orders, calling the lawmakers seditious and saying their statements are "punishable by DEATH." But as it turns out, Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the same thing. Last year, as a lawyer for the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a brief with the Supreme Court writing, "Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders." "The military would not carry out a patently unlawful order from the president to kill nonmilitary targets. Indeed, service members are required not to do so," Bondi wrote in the brief, filed to support Trump in his effort to convince the Supreme Court to grant him immunity from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. Bondi…...

16+ min ago (214+ words) Dem says Boat Strike Video Shows Republicans' Narrative 'completely false' The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee [Adam Smith] said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it. Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 02:32 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Release the boat strike video.[image or embed] Trump didn't have any problem releasing the Epstein files, either, but he's still keeping them under lock and key. If it looks like a coverup, walks like a coverup, smells to high heaven like another hamfisted Trump coverup? Yup, another hamfisted Trump coverup. #1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-08 06:30 AM | Reply Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But…...

22+ min ago (345+ words) Mondovi, WI USA September 28, 2020 Farmer John with his John Deere 3020 Tractor holding out a Trump Banner and also an American Flag on the tractor/Shutterstock The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump will unveil a $12 billion bailout to farmers suffering under his "far-reaching tariffs." "Much of the aid " $11 billion " will be in the form of one-time payments through the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which helps U.S. crop farmers," the Journal reports. "The remaining $1 billion will go toward commodities not covered under the bridge assistance program, the officials said. Bloomberg earlier reported the details of the bailout," they add. This aid, they report, will be "a shot in the arm to soybean farmers, who have faced devastating financial losses this year." Under the Trump administration, soybean farmers faced significant financial strain due to a trade war with China that led…...

22+ min ago (159+ words) Habba's resignation comes despite administration's efforts to keep her in place after court rulings found she was unlawfully serving in the role Donald Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, she announced on social media. Habba's resignation came after district and appellate court rulings which found she was unlawfully serving in the role, a powerful post charged with enforcing federal criminal and civil law. The Trump administration had been maneuvering to keep Habba in place after her interim appointment expired and she had not gotten US Senate confirmation. Habba's statement Monday said "do not mistake compliance for surrender" and that she would serve as a senior adviser for US attorneys to the Trump administration's attorney general, Pam Bondi. "Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but…...

22+ min ago (278+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is sounding the alarm that the Republican Party's electoral gains among working-class voters will evaporate if the GOP doesn't wise up. "I think it is at risk. I think there's no doubt about that. The president knows it's at risk," the Missouri Republican said when speaking to Semafor. "Voters aren't stupid. They're not in this because they're loyal to some party or another. They're in it to try to improve the conditions of their lives." Another proposal from Trump has been to give checks to Americans to cover the higher costs exacerbated by Trump's tariffs. Trump has maintained that his tariffs are paid by other countries, not Americans. That has been debunked by fact-checkers. Hawley told Semafor that his fellow GOP lawmakers are rejecting Trump's policies, like reducing the costs of drug prices, and they're doing…...

23+ min ago (437+ words) Background: The University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio (Google Maps). Inset: Hassan-James Abbas (WKYC/University of Toledo Medical Center). An Ohio doctor faces charges of trying to force abortion drugs into the mouth of his pregnant girlfriend while she slept " and using his estranged wife's name to obtain the medication. Hassan-James Abbas, 32, was indicted last week on charges of abduction, evidence tampering, identity fraud and unlawfully distributing an abortion-inducing drug, a court filing shows. The State Medical Board of Ohio suspended his license in November, and the announcement included details of the doctor's alleged actions. Noting that Abbas apparently started a "romantic and sexual relationship" with the victim after he separated from his wife in October 2024, the board says that on Dec. 7 of that year, the victim told him that she was pregnant. "You told her that you…...

23+ min ago (1434+ words) Today, following oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that could undermine the Federal Trade Commission by overturning 90 years of precedent, Demand Justice President Josh Orton released the following statement: "There is grave danger in what the Supreme Court appears willing to do today: hand giant corporations and Donald Trump's billionaire class unchecked power over our economic system, gutting one of the few institutions left that's charged with ensuring fairness, stability, and competition in our economy. "For generations, independent federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve, have proven essential to the long-term stability of our country and markets " all to the benefit of workers, consumers, and businesses alike. "A Supreme Court that overturns Humphrey's Executor and 90 years of precedent to enable Donald Trump's corrupt march toward oligarchy is simply not a sustainable or legitimate institution." Demand…...

25+ min ago (683+ words) The Kansas Republican Party has pickled itself in a brackish brine of racism, homophobia and intolerance. Officials can dissemble all they want, but the party can't hope to represent everyday Kansans while tasting so sour. Poorly canned pickles can give you botulism, remember. This distasteful metaphor suggested itself as the party staggered from embarrassment to embarrassment in recent months. You'll recall the racist and white supremacist texts shared by young Republicans. GOP officials condemned the rhetoric. But on Nov. 28, the state party's social media accounts posted a screed against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly from Ellis County GOP chairman Adam Peters. Kansas Reflector readers might remember him as a central figure in our 2023 Church and State series. In recordings obtained by Kansas Reflector, Peters called for turning Kansas into a conservative sanctuary. "If you can make it hostile to that group…...