Posts by Kim Browne
How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Stiffed Tipped Workers
Several of President Donald Trump’s key campaign promises were written into the new Republican law which slashes federal benefits and implements tax breaks for primarily higher-income Americans. One of the more touted provisions, the elimination of federal income taxes on tips for certain workers, is intended as a fulfillment of a pledge that he adopted…
Read MoreGet Stuff Done: The Core Values That Drive Success
In building Hawke Media, I’ve learned that success often comes down to three simple principles: Get shit done, learn quickly, and be cool. These aren’t just catchy phrases we’ve plastered on our office walls—they’re the fundamental values that guide everything we do. The first value, “get shit done,” might sound obvious, but it’s astonishing…
Read MoreThe Deeper Reason That Trump Is Raging Against Brazil Right Now
It was in this context, two days after the BRICS summit concluded, that Trump posted his letter to Lula, which was a victory for Bolsonaro’s inner circle. Earlier this year, the ex-president’s son Eduardo, a member of Congress, relocated to the U.S. to lobby MAGA full-time on his father’s behalf. Little seemed to come of…
Read MoreThe Democrats Finally Have a Plan to Attack Trump. Sort Of.
Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office may have been the longest, figuratively speaking, of any U.S. president in history. But we can also say definitively that they were the most disastrous, ever. His draconian deportations, destruction of the federal government, and insane tariff Tilt-a-Whirls have driven his approval numbers so low as to be…
Read MoreWhy Did ICE Agents Arrest and Detain a 71-Year-Old U.S. Citizen?
Earlier this week—in a story that reads as a perfect encapsulation of abuses by Trump’s immigration enforcement—masked ICE agents roughed up and detained a 71-year-old U.S. citizen volunteering as a legal observer to monitor them at a federal courthouse in San Diego. Grandmother Barbara Stone says she was documenting the detention of asylum-seekers with the…
Read MorePodcast Bro Andrew Schulz Turns Against Trump (After Voting for Him)
Anti-woke podcaster Andrew Schultz is coming to the same realization as thousands of other American voters over the last six months: President Trump lied to them. “Everything [Trump] campaigned on I believe he wanted to do. And now he’s doing the exact opposite thing of every single fuckin’ thing,” Schultz said on his “Flagarant” podcast…
Read MoreIf This GOP Conference Is Proof, Trump Is Totally Screwed Over Epstein
The Trump administration’s complete dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to backfire as some of the most intense, involved members of his voting base think they’ve lost him to the “deep state.” As the Student Action Summit conference hosted by Charlie Kirk’s right-wing Turning Point USA group kicked off on Friday, multiple MAGA loyalists…
Read MoreThe Trump Administration Is Fracturing Over the Epstein Files
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino may be planning to resign amid major MAGA backlash over the Department of Justice’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation according to one of Donald Trump’s slimiest allies. Laura Loomer, a prominent MAGA influencer in the president’s circle posted on X Friday declaring that Bongino was “seriously thinking about RESIGNING” in response to…
Read MoreTrump’s First Layoffs After Massive Supreme Court Victory Are Here
With the stroke of a pen, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on legislation repealing the paid sick leave provision of a ballot measure that roughly 58 percent of Missourian voters approved in November. The now-struck provision, which went into effect in May but will cease at the end of August, required employers to give…
Read MoreFederal Judge Tells LAPD to Stop Shooting at Journalists
A federal judge just had to remind police that they shouldn’t shoot at journalists after several violent encounters during the protests opposing the Trump administration’s disastrous ICE raids in Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera blocked the Los Angeles Police Department from wrongfully preventing journalists from accessing closed off areas, detaining or arresting…
Read MoreFBI Deputy Director MIA as Fury Over Epstein Files Grows
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is so upset with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s dismissal of the Epstein case that Bongino took the day off on Friday and may quit. Far-right commentator and Trump confidant Laura Loomer broke the story on Friday morning, and it was confirmed by Axios shortly after. “Kash Patel and Dan Bongino…
Read MoreRepublican Governor Overturns Voters and Repeals Paid Sick Leave
With the stroke of a pen, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on legislation repealing the paid sick leave provision of a ballot measure that roughly 58 percent of Missourian voters approved in November. The now-struck provision, which went into effect in May but will cease at the end of August, required employers to give…
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