Posts by Kim Browne
Trump’s Angry New “Dictator” Rant to Media Alarms Experts: “Wake Up!”
With President Trump’s crackdown intensifying in Washington, D.C., he lashed out angrily at the media for describing him as a “dictator.” In this same rant, he did not reassure D.C. residents and exaggerated wildly about crime there, suggesting people should thank him for his efforts. As observers noted, Trump clearly meant people should mute criticism…
Read MoreJP Morgan Asset Management registers 8 more active ETFs in Singapore for local investors
[SINGAPORE] JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) announced on Monday (Aug 18) the registration of eight active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Singapore, comprising seven flagship research enhanced index (REI) ETFs and the world’s largest active fixed-income ETF. This follows the registration of JPMAM’s first three equity premium income ETFs in the city-state in April, which tracked the S&P 500,…
Read MoreWhy I Stopped Fighting Change and Started Investing In It
I used to be stubborn about where I put my money. Real estate seemed like the perfect complement to my marketing agency—a stable asset balancing the volatility of my cash flow business. I had my plan and wasn’t interested in deviating from it. Then a friend approached me about investing in his startup. I immediately…
Read MoreTrump Melts Down Upon Realizing Just How Much D.C. Hates Him
Washington’s malcontent over the sudden federalization of its law enforcement has apparently come as a surprise to Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social Friday morning, the president claimed that the people protesting his decision to leverage hundreds of National Guards members to combat a seemingly unfounded rise in crime were actually paid Democratic…
Read MoreJD Vance Gets Wrench Thrown in Cotswolds Vacation by Angry Pub Staff
Organizations are ranked on the sheet as strong, moderate, or low, Axios reported Friday, with ratings built off social media posts, press releases, video testimonials, ads, White House event attendance, and other budget law–oriented efforts. The data is being circulated among White House senior staff as a temperature gauge on how to interact with companies…
Read MoreWatch What Federal Agents Are Really Getting Up to Around D.C.
When Donald Trump seized the Washington, D.C., police and announced the deployment of scores of federal agents and National Guardsmen to the nation’s capital, he said these forces had license to do “whatever the hell they want.” Reportedly, what some of them want is to take down signs protesting their presence and leave sex toys…
Read MoreTrump Has a Bonkers New Rating System for Private Companies
Donald Trump’s loyalty test is stretching far beyond the confines of the White House. The Trump administration has released a scorecard to rank the endeavors of some 553 companies and trade associations to advance the president’s agenda and his “big, beautiful bill.” Organizations are ranked on the sheet as strong, moderate, or low, Axios reported…
Read MoreWhy Is Senator Bringing Up Slavery-Era Rule to Discuss the Census?
Senator Bill Hagerty is dusting off the Three-Fifths Compromise as precedent for his bill to exclude undocumented immigrants from the U.S. census. Hagerty appeared on Fox Business Friday to support the legislation, which would end the practice of counting all residents of a state—regardless of citizenship status—in the decennial census, which is used to determine…
Read MoreTranscript: Dems Need Fresh Faces, Achievable Ideas to Defeat Trumpism
Greenberg: Yeah. And it’s interesting and important strategically, but it’s not that interesting morally. It’s all functionally the same. Anyway, that was a really important atmospheric shift. And so a lot of our own thinking shifted from, Can we do one-offs focused on specific policies where we’re mobilizing to try to push back on this…
Read MoreDefense Department Uses AI-Generated Images to Brag About Recruitment
In May, Rocque’s office reported that the Department of Education “had withheld numerous documents requested by the OIG based on vague claims that the materials are somehow sensitive, deliberative, or related to unspecified litigation,” according to the letter. But the Inspector General Act specifically bars agencies from refusing to hand over documents for those stated…
Read MoreD.C. Police Chief Rebukes Pam Bondi for “Dangerous Directive”
As Washington, D.C., sues the Trump administration for attempting to install DEA Administrator Terrance Cole as the Metropolitan Police Department’s “emergency police commissioner,” D.C. police chief Pamela Smith on Friday filed a scathing rebuke of the move with the court. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the now-challenged order, which states—among other directives—that…
Read MoreTrump Is Ready to Invade U.S. Ally if It Doesn’t Cave to His Demands
The White House has authorized the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels—but the sweeping directive also appears to violate the sovereignty of America’s southern neighbor. Sources working in or with the Trump administration told Rolling Stone Thursday that the president is serious about attacking Mexico unless the nation gives Donald Trump…
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