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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM EDT Kathleen Sgamma, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, sent shockwaves throughout Washington, D.C., on Thursday after withdrawing her name just hours before her confirmation hearing. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah announced Sgamma's withdrawal at the start of the hearing, but Politico reported that her decision came after investigative outlet Documented published a 2021 memo where the oil and gas lobbyist condemned Trump's role in spreading misinformation about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM EDT Kathleen Sgamma, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, sent shockwaves throughout Washington, D.C., on Thursday after withdrawing her name just hours before her confirmation hearing. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah announced Sgamma's withdrawal at the start of the hearing, but Politico reported that her decision came after investigative outlet Documented published a 2021 memo where the oil and gas lobbyist condemned Trump's role in spreading misinformation about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT Donald Trump is targeting the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems, the voting services company that sued Fox News for airing lies about the 2020 election""and won a $787 million settlement. The president signed an executive order on Wednesday accusing Susman Godfrey LLP of spearheading "efforts to weaponize the American legal system and degrade the quality of American elections." The order claimed the firm "funds groups that engage in dangerous efforts to undermine the effectiveness of the United States military" and supports racial discrimination. April 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appeared on Fox & Friends Thursday to boast about more than a dozen "offers on the table" in President Donald Trump's disastrous trade war debacle. "When will that happen, and which countries?" Host Ainsley Earhardt excitedly asked Hassett. April 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM EDT Usha Vance might be the most accomplished second lady to ever grace the White House halls. From her law degree at Yale to her time working as a law clerk for several senior judges such as Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, Usha is much more than just Vice President JD Vance's wife. But when her college sweetheart was chosen as Donald Trump's vice president, Usha's accomplishments didn't just go to the wayside""they were completely placed on hold. April 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM EDT President Donald Trump claimed victory last month in his so-called war on egg prices, boasting that his administration brought costs way down. But new data released Thursday shows that's just not true. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of eggs in March was around $6.23, up from $5.90 the month before. Despite Trump's chest-thumping about some supposed dramatic drop, shoppers are still paying through the nose, and any real relief is likely still weeks away. April 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM EDT A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Donald Trump folds on tariffs""kinda April 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT In yet another dictatorial move, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders targeting former Trump administration officials who dared to speak out against Dear Leader, weaponizing the federal government to go after his perceived enemies. The orders direct the Department of Justice to investigate Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor""two men who worked in the first Trump administration and who have since criticized Trump. April 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday that it will be scrubbing through immigrants' social media accounts in search of "antisemitic activity" as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. "This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity," the statement said. April 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT Two House Democrats are introducing legislation that would force Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency to report directly to Congress about its decisions and internal operations""including any overhauls or dismantling of federal agencies. The proposed DOGE Accountability and Transparency Act, introduced by Democratic Reps. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Brad Schneider of Illinois, would require DOGE to submit to Congress weekly "impact reports," including building relocations or renovations, budget cuts, data access, the legal basis for all actions, policy changes, and staff firings. April 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT Support your friendly neighborhood independent comic strip: SIGN UP FOR THE INNER HIVE and you'll get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic at least a day before publication. Plus other exclusive content like extra comics, commentary, juicy gossip, puzzles, jokes, and exclusive photos of Ruben Bolling celeb meetings. Please do join the team that makes it possible for Tom the Dancing Bug to exist. Get the new book that explains it all. "IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!" collects all Tom the Dancing Bug comics from 2020-2023 (and more!)! Now accepting orders right HERE! Get your personalized / signed / sketched / swagged copy while it's still legal to buy. "Intricate, incisive, shape-shifting" - The New Yorker April 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM EDT The one thing that conservatives are excellent at is grabbing hold of the Overton Window and yanking it so hard to the right that we end up in the ditch. But it's not just right-wing politicians and activists who find ways to get their most unhinged and unacceptable ideas to the mainstream""some conservative attorneys and legal scholars are in on it, too, creating legal justifications for all of President Donald Trump's blatantly unconstitutional moves. |
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