Two Republican senators are blocking acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General because of President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which was the result of an IRS settlement stemming from a Trump lawsuit.
Tag: Politics
CRIME SYNDICATE: TRUMP SAYS HE ‘RESPECTS’ BIDEN’S FAUCI PARDON
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday that he “respects” his predecessor’s pardon of Anthony Fauci, drawing swift criticism.
FASCISM: LUTNICK’S COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES $870M IN EQUITY STAKES IN SEVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES
The Department of Commerce announced last week that it will provide $870 million in federal incentives for private companies that produce semiconductors, which means the federal government will take minority ownership in these companies.
COUNTRY DIVIDED: AMERICANS 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN OTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE POLITICS AS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THEIR SAFETY: REPORT
A newly released survey found that one in 10 Americans believe politics is the greatest threat to their personal safety, which is significantly higher than people who live in other countries, according to a newly released report.
BIGS IN NEW YORK HAVE TO DECIDE TO EITHER GET ON THE MAMDANI TRAIN, OR LAY ON THE TRACK
After last week’s shellacking in the Democratic House primaries that saw New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s picks win in a sweep, the city’s heaviest hitters are trying to figure out how they can reclaim their control of the power structure in the city that never sleeps.
WRIGHT ACCUSED OF ‘STRAIT-UP’ LYING ABOUT OIL FLOW IN IRAN
Christopher Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, appeared before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology last week and was asked about his X post from March that claimed that the U.S. Navy was escorting commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz – which proved to be false, but sent oil prices lower.
REPUBLICANS LARGELY DO NOT BELIEVE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ENOUGH TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS, POLL SAYS
A newly released poll found that just 21 percent of Republican voters say they believe the Trump administration has done enough to “deliver justice” for victims of Jeffrey Epstein, according to Reuters.
A REQUIEM FOR PRIVACY
When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently triggered attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WANT BESSENT TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COUNTRIES THE U.S. DECIDES TO BAIL OUT
A group of bipartisan senators last week announced legislation that would call on the Treasury Department to better explain the process behind what countries have access to its $219 billion Exchange Stabilization Fund [ESF] after governments aligned with President Donald Trump have benefited from the program.
TRUMP FACED CRITICISM OVER HIS $1.8B ‘ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND’ AFTER DOJ SETTLEMENT OVER TAX LEAK
President Donald Trump faced criticism last week after setting up a $1.8 billion fund for allies who claim they were unfairly targeted “by the Democrat-led law enforcement agencies” over the years, but critics identified it as nothing more than a slush fund for supporters.









