Posts by Kim Browne
ICE Plans to Trump-ify Its Cars
Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently shares the president’s obsession with shiny objects. After the Department of Homeland Security blinged out ICE vehicles for a vain rap video, the agency now plans to shell out millions more in taxpayer dollars on flashy new rides. The video, posted on social media last week, showed two ICE vehicles,…
Read MoreTranscript: Stephen Miller’s Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing
Stephen Miller (audio voiceover): They’re the ones who have been advocating for the one percent. They’re criminals, they’re killers, they’re rapists, and they’re drug dealers. And I’m glad they’re here today because me, Pete, and the vice president [are] going to leave here. And inspired by them, we’re going to add thousands more resources to…
Read MoreTrump Aide Thinks the Smithsonian “Overemphasizes” Slavery
Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the Smithsonian, thinks its museums overemphasize slavery when they should be emphasizing “how far we’ve come since slavery.” Halligan appeared on Fox News Wednesday to discuss her effort to make the Smithsonian’s content align with the president’s version of history ahead of the…
Read MoreNY Mayor Eric Adams’s Corruption Scandal Just Keeps Going
Another slew of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s allies will likely face charges, which are expected to include multiple counts of bribery, according to The New York Times. The defendants will probably include the mayor’s former chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin; her son Glenn D. Martin; Adams’s friend and local official Jesse Hamilton; two businessmen;…
Read MoreTrump and Melania’s Scammy Meme Coins Have Lost Almost All Value
You may recall that the president has a meme coin, $TRUMP. Days before his second inauguration, the president—who told Fox News in his first term that he was not “a big fan” of cryptocurrencies, which he deemed possibly “fake”—made his own foray into crypto. The meme coin’s value quickly rocketed to around $75. It dropped…
Read More“Couch F***er!”: JD Vance Booed While Hyping Up Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Climate Power senior adviser Jesse Lee accused Republicans of inflicting a “massive utility bill hike” on their constituents. “This is nothing short of a betrayal of their own voters. Families are losing jobs while their bills climb, all because Republicans would rather protect their donors than lower costs,” Lee told The Guardian. Energy Innovation, a…
Read MoreVideo: How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese
new video loaded: How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese By Eshe Nelson, Nikolay Nikolov, Laura Salaberry, Emli Bendixen and Jon Hazell•August 20, 2025 Stilton is a special type of blue cheese that can be made in only three English counties. There are just four producers of Stilton left, but this one was crowned best…
Read MoreThe Bipartisan Roots of Trump’s Cruel Crackdown on the Homeless
That decision said that it wasn’t a violation of the Eighth Amendment to ban outdoor camping, even if there were no shelter beds or places to be offered to people sleeping on the streets. It essentially gave local governments the opportunity to criminalize homelessness, a privilege that they had been itching to use and quickly…
Read MoreHyflux’s ex-communications head says she was not told to hide information in shareholder engagements
[SINGAPORE] The former head of corporate communications and investor relations at Hyflux who took the stand on Wednesday (Aug 20) said she was not told to hide any information from the investing public in engagement events. Winnifred Heap, under cross-examination by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, said it was the standard and the norm in Hyflux…
Read MoreEx-Goldman trader Qin Xiao starts Singapore hedge fund, gets US$1 billion allocation from Millennium
[LONDON] Qin Xiao, the former co-head of Goldman Sachs’ global commodities trading team, has won an allocation from Millennium Management for his hedge fund startup. Singapore-based Nexus Commodities Capital Management plans to start trading later this year with about US$1 billion from Millennium and additional cash from other investors, according to sources familiar with the…
Read MoreTrump’s AG Pam Bondi Is Feuding with Ethics Officials
President Trump’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has clashed with ethics officials over her openness to accepting gifts and favors—something her boss also struggles with mightily. The New Yorker has reported that Bondi argued with ethics folks over keeping a FIFA soccer ball, sitting in President Trump’s box at the FIFA Club World Cup at MetLife…
Read MoreCalifornia Redistricting Battle Rages As Republicans Try to Block Plan
California Republicans have filed a lawsuit in hopes of halting Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to fight the Texas GOP’s Trump-ordered gerrymandering with retaliatory redistricting in the Golden State. As Texas Republicans make a Machiavellian move between censuses to rejigger congressional maps in their party’s favor ahead of the 2026 midterms, Newsom has unveiled a tit-for-tat…
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