FACT: The seas of unsold seats for the unwanted movie stand at a stark contrast to the
$35 million marketing budget that Jeff Bezos' Amazon MGM Studios dropped on the film,
on top of the $40 million licensing fee it paid to score the rights to the "vanity project."
It's another Trumpian flop!
Score —
Democrats: 1, Republicans: 0
Heather Cox Richardson reported in her substack today that Democrats forced the Republican majority to split new funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from five other spending bills that must pass by today in order to keep the government funded. DHS will be funded separately for just two weeks while the Democrats and Republicans negotiate the conditions of its funding. Remember, Trump’s unnecessary, record 43-day government shutdown last year — driven by a fight over expiring healthcare subsidies — ended after a small group of Democrats reached an agreement with Republicans to fund the government through today. Here we are — back at the same place again.
Popular anger over ICE shootings and the administration’s lies about them made Democrats in the Senate take a stand against funding DHS along with the five other spending bills.
Senate Democrats very appropriately refused to pass the measure as it stood. They demanded:
- an end to “roving patrols,” with federal agents required to obtain warrants and coordinate with local and state law enforcement officials
- a uniform code of conduct for agents and independent investigations to enforce that code
- that agents wear and use body cameras
- that agents stop wearing masks
The Senate did not vote on the measure last night. The holdup came from Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who was one of those Republican lawmakers who worked to help Trump try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
House Democrats have said they will not support the measure without significant concessions and will leave the Republicans to pass the measure on their own. But the Republican majority has fallen to two seats and is expected to fall by another seat over the weekend as a special election in Texas is expected to add another Democrat to the House.
IN OTHER NEWS:
TACO Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion, claiming the agency was responsible for his tax returns being leaked to the press. Let's translate that: a member of the executive branch of the government is suing his own government agency in order to scam $10 billion of taxpayers' money for his own personal gain! Question: Does this mean each of us can also sue for $10 billion since Trump handed over our personal financial data to Musk and DOGE without our consent? Trump has been trying for years to hide his tax documents from public disclosure, breaking with years of political tradition. The documents showed that the cheater paid no income tax for 10 out of 15 years before he entered the White House.
The genie is now out of the bottle, Little Donnie.
In addition, this cheating bastard says that he's entitled to further compensation from the federal government over investigations he faced that he claims were politically motivated. So now, the Justice Department that Trump stacked with his MAGA cronies could approve a hefty payout in taxpayer dollars.
Possible Breach of Protocol?
Yesterday Trump lapdog, hard-line immigration enforcer, racist, bigot, and evil mastermind Stephen Miller acknowledged a "possible breach of protocol" by Trump's masked goons before killing citizen protester Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis. Miller is Trump's right-hand troll and longest-serving political advisor whose dominion in the White House far exceeds his title of deputy chief of staff. Miller, in fact, is the brains and puppet master behind Trump, the "useful idiot." Read more about Stephen Miller, the right-wing white nationalist, here and here.
Breach of protocol? Let's not sugarcoat it. Let's call it what it was: cold-blooded murder with not one, but two of his untrained, masked goons firing their guns at Pretti a total of 8-10 times while face down on the street, one goon with a Glock 19 and another with a Glock 47.
Remember, it was Stephen Miller who, before any of the facts of the shooting were known, publicly stated on social media that Alex Pretti was an "assassin," indicating his hope of ignoring or intimidating all opposition. J.D. Vance and bimbo Kristi Noem then parroted Miller's language in front of the press, hoping the MAGA cult would then believe any and all of the fictitious propaganda that spews forth from their filthy mouths. It didn't work. The REAL FACTS were ultimately revealed, namely that Alex Pretti was a law-abiding citizen with a legal, government-issued concealed carry permit (for a weapon which he never touched), and he was murdered in cold blood by Trump's trigger-happy masked ICE goons.
North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis said, "Stephen Miller never fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence."
Trump, on the other hand, is scrambling and is unsuccessfully attempting to pull off a feat of political escapology. He is floundering as he tries to respond to the public outrage. “We’re going to de-escalate a little bit,” Trump told Fake Fox News after his illegal crackdown that has already resulted in his goons killing two civilians on the streets of America. Trump’s two-hour meeting with bimbo Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Monday evening was his act of blame-shifting, implying that it was Noem who had erred — as Trump will never take the blame for anything he's responsible for and will throw even his closest lapdog supporters under the bus. Noem should either resign or be impeached and ousted. The removal of Border Patrol Kommandant Greg Bovino from Minnesota sent an even more direct signal. It was Bovino who lied and said that Alex Pretti, a law-abiding citizen, intended to "massacre" federal agents. Trump is now assigning ass-kissing border czar Tom Homan to replace Bovino and manage ICE in Minneapolis.
Pretti’s killing has thrown into doubt the passage of a funding package that includes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued a statement saying: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.” Excellent! Defund ICE!
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