Dump said:

“I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks—Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results,” Trump wrote. “I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country.”

GoonGoonington said:

Reminds of someone else who is a kook and a complete joke, and had no chance?

Seems like the voting public love kooks and complete jokes.

kooks and complete jokes. So hot right now. kooks and complete jokes.

Without any White House announcement or fanfare, Halligan submitted her confirmation questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. MS NOW obtained a copy of Halligan’s questionnaire.

In an extraordinary rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday, the Indiana state Senate rejected a gerrymandered congressional map relentlessly pushed by the president and his allies that would have given Republicans a lopsided 9-0 advantage in the state’s House delegation by eliminating the seats of two Democratic members of Congress. The final vote was 31-19 in the state Senate, where Republicans have a supermajority: Twenty-one Republicans joined 10 Democrats to defeat the legislation.

In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has promised a vote next week on some type of health care legislation. Republicans weighed different options in a conference meeting on Wednesday, with no apparent consensus.

Space Cat said:

Minnesota actually has a shitload of lead pipe still in service. Way more than most states.

The order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” creates an AI litigation task force within the Justice Department to directly challenge state AI laws the administration finds to conflict with federal policy. It also directs the Department of Commerce to craft guidelines that could make states ineligible for future broadband funding if they pass “onerous” AI laws.

myusername said:

Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/tech/ai-trump-states-executive-order

The article never really says how the executive order is supposed to be enforced.
There's one sentence that implies Trump will sue States for creating laws regulating AI.

President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies in July to avoid buying large language models that he labeled as "woke." Thursday's statement gives more detail to that directive, saying that developers should not "intentionally encode partisan or ideological judgments" into a chatbot's outputs.

Critics are worried about funding the program in the long term. It is expected to carry an annual price tag of roughly $600 million, according to the ECECD. The program is largely funded by the Early Childhood Trust Fund, which was created in 2020 with a $300 million endowment and has since ballooned to around $10 billion because of oil and gas revenue.

But White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the administration is trying to protect what is great about America.

“America’s culture and way of life is worth defending and preserving. Full stop,” she said. “Aliens who come to our country en masse and refuse to assimilate to American society only recreate the same conditions that are destroying the nations they fled from. We cannot allow their problems to become America’s problems.”

ESO, backed by the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, is one of many companies aggressively investing in public safety systems, where tax dollars provide a steady source of revenue. Some of the companies have come to dominate the supply of fire engines, emergency radios and fire retardant, among other vital products — with fire and police agencies objecting to the sharply rising costs.

Fannie Mae eliminated its minimum credit score requirement on Nov. 15, 2025, as noted in an update to its Selling Guide.

"Previously we used a minimum credit score to determine whether a borrower was eligible for a credit risk assessment," the government-sponsored enterprise said in a statement. Fannie Mae added that the update would ensure risk analysis is "agnostic of third-party credit scores."

On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled his department’s new AI chatbot for military personnel, GenAI.mil. Almost immediately, the bot called a “hypothetical” situation where the government orders a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat and then double-taps said boat to kill the survivors, “unambiguously illegal.”

7# Epstein Flight Logs(Clinton Lied) - 2019 06 ..>

So far this year, there have been 389 mass shootings across the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines incidents where four or more victims have been shot. Last year, more than 500 mass shootings were reported.

America's largest meat supplier announced in late November 2025 that its Lexington, Nebraska facility will shut down in January 2026, eliminating over 3,200 jobs and cutting nearly 5% of the nation's daily beef slaughter capacity. The closure, coupled with a simultaneous reduction at Tyson's Amarillo, Texas plant that will eliminate 1,700 positions, signals deepening structural stress in the U.S. beef industry amid a historic cattle shortage and mounting financial losses.

Together, the two closures eliminate 4,900 jobs and remove up to 8,000 head of daily processing capacity—roughly 7.5 to 9% of U.S. slaughter capacity.

Tyson intends to increase production at other facilities to offset lost volume, though specific locations and timelines remain undetailed. New packing plants in North Platte, Nebraska, and Wright City, Missouri, may eventually absorb some excess demand once operational.

myusername said:

Pete Hegseth’s Own AI Bot Backfires on His Boat Strikes
https://newrepublic.com/post/204266/pete-hegseth-ai-bot-boat-strikes

On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled his department’s new AI chatbot for military personnel, GenAI.mil. Almost immediately, the bot called a “hypothetical” situation where the government orders a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat and then double-taps said boat to kill the survivors, “unambiguously illegal.”

Lol awkward

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs including doctors, nurses and support staff, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides.

VA spokesman Pete Kasperowicz confirmed the planned cuts for unfilled positions. He said the health care system is eliminating about 26,400 of its open jobs, which he described as “mostly covid-era roles that are no longer necessary.”


“The vast majority of these positions have not been filled for more than a year, underscoring how they are no longer needed,” he wrote in response to questions. “This move will have no effect on VA operations or the way the department delivers care to Veterans, as we are simply eliminating open and unfilled positions that are no longer needed.”

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday designating the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.”

“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform. “It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.”

all of the Oil

The US legal source told the Mirror: “Trump thinks this lawsuit puts the BBC on trial – in reality, it puts him on the stand. He has finally walked into a process he cannot control with a Tweet or a rally.” The BBC will be preparing discovery demands requiring Mr Trump to turn over internal communications about the Panorama episode, as well as emails, memos, drafts and briefing notes covering January 6. Every answer, every document, every sworn statement would be legally binding, with perjury charges looming over any falsehood. Our source added: “If Trump wants billions, he’s going to have to pay for it in disclosure. He’s never faced questioning like this. The evidence demands will be relentless. No one has ever been able to pin Trump down on his movements during the riot. If the BBC’s legal team deposes him, that changes. They’ll have him answering for every minute.”

No, Venezuela has not taken land from the United States; instead, the US has imposed sanctions and taken actions against Venezuela's assets (like oil tankers and aircraft), stemming from diplomatic tensions and disputes over oil, land, and other assets perceived as "stolen" by the US government, but this involves seizing assets, not territorial acquisition by Venezuela.
Here's a breakdown of the relationship:
US Actions Against Venezuela: The U.S. has targeted Venezuela with sanctions and actions against its oil industry and assets, particularly under the second Trump administration, citing issues like narcotics trafficking and lack of cooperation.
"Stolen" Assets: Statements from US officials mention the return of "Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us," referring to assets perceived as stolen from the US or its allies by Venezuela, not the other way around.
No Land Taken by Venezuela: There are no historical or current reports of Venezuela seizing U.S. territory; the conflict is centered on economic sanctions and asset seizures, not territorial disputes