Posts by Kim Browne
ICE Agents and Immigrants Stranded in Hellish Conditions in Djibouti
Harper said that since first arriving at Camp Lemonnier, things have been rough, with a nearby burn pit used to dispose of trash and waste creating a disgusting smoke that lingers in the air. “Within 72 hours of landing in Djibouti, the officers and detainees began to feel ill,” Harper said. “The medical staff did…
Read MoreMAGA Is in Full Meltdown Mode Over Trump’s Breakup With Elon Musk
Leavitt continued, once again complaining about another federal judge who had blocked the unlawful deportation of immigrants to South Sudan, and supposedly stranded some ICE agents in a “dangerous part of the world.” (The judge did not specifically say that the agents needed to stay overseas, which means the government is choosing not to bring…
Read MoreRepublicans Prepare Bill Declaring “Free Palestine” Is Antisemitic
The House of Representatives is trying to pass a resolution making the term “Free Palestine” an official antisemitic slogan. Republican Representative Gabe Evans from Colorado introduced the resolution in the wake of the attack on a gathering for Israeli hostages in Boulder this week. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, has been charged for the…
Read MoreThere’s Only One Question Here: Can Musk Bring Trump Down if He Wants?
There were signs Friday morning that the feud was being turned down a notch or two. The White House was desperate for a meeting with Musk to cool the temperature—interesting in itself that it wasn’t the other way around. So maybe Musk won’t follow through on Thursday’s threats. And who knows, with people this unstable,…
Read MoreTrump Team Scrambles After Report He’s Killing Manufacturing Jobs
“Elon endorsed me very strongly, he actually campaigned for me.… I would’ve won Pennsylvania easily anyway, even if the governor ran, the real governor,” Trump said on national television. “I’m very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of the bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people, he knew everything about…
Read MoreTrump Says He’s Ditching His Tesla Amid Spat With Elon Musk
“Elon’s upset because we took the E.V. mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles, and you know they’re having a hard time, the electric vehicles. And they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Elon knew this from the beginning, he knew it…
Read MoreTrump Unloads on Elon Musk in Damning New Interview
“Elon’s upset because we took the E.V. mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles, and you know they’re having a hard time, the electric vehicles. And they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Elon knew this from the beginning, he knew it…
Read MoreKaroline Leavitt Snaps in Wake of Trump’s Brutal Court Loss
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt went on yet another angry tirade against federal judges who rule against Donald Trump. During an appearance on Fox News Thursday night, Leavitt was asked to respond to a federal judge who blocked the removal of the wife and five children of a man charged in a firebombing attack…
Read MoreTranscript: Why Trump-Musk Feud Has White House in “Full Panic Mode”
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 6 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. As you’ve surely heard by now, the feud between Donald Trump…
Read MoreGreat Eastern seeks to delist through OCBC exit offer of S$30.15 per share to remaining 6.28% of shareholders
[SINGAPORE] OCBC has made a S$900 million conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in a bid to delist the insurer. The offer, which OCBC said on Friday (Jun 6) was made “at the request of Great Eastern”, will resolve the latter’s 11-month…
Read MoreBreaking Free from the People-Pleasing Trap
Growing up as the fat kid who would do anything to fit in shaped my identity in ways I never fully understood until much later in life. This early experience turned me into what I can only describe as an “incessant people pleaser” – someone who prioritized others’ approval above my own needs and happiness.…
Read MoreDemocrats, Let Trump and Elon Fight
Ro Khanna, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley in Congress, was quoted in that piece and has spoken up about starting a “dialogue” with the billionaire. “We should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with,” Khanna told Politico, in a separate piece. “A…
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