Posts by Kim Browne
What If the Next Democratic President Governs Like Trump?
The greatest share of these employees came from Homeland Security Investigations, an ICE sub-agency that typically investigates important crimes such as human trafficking and child-exploitation crimes. At the moment, 87 percent of HSI’s agents now work for Enforcement and Removal Operations, the other major ICE subcomponent. Restoring those agents to their original workforces would significantly…
Read MoreDel Monte Pacific restates US$443 million loans to non-current status; auditor issues disclaimer on US$703 million entry
[SINGAPORE] Del Monte Pacific (DMP) will not have to repay a loan of nearly US$443 million in the current fiscal year after reclassifying them as non-current liabilities. In a Singapore Exchange (SGX) filing on Thursday (Sep 18), DMP said it secured on Aug 8 a waiver from a few banks on the breach of a…
Read MoreThe Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: A Huge Step Down the Authoritarian Road
ABC, CBS, the Journal and the Times are some of the largest and most prestigious journalism organizations in the country. A president going after them all amounts to declaring war on the free press. And it’s not just journalists. Stephen Colbert, host of the late night show on CBS, had his show canceled a few…
Read MoreTrump’s One Weird Trick to Wreck the Economy
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday described a “curious balance” in the labor market, in which both supply and demand have sunk “sharply,” thanks to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and potentially his tariffs. Asked whether tariffs have created the weakened U.S. job market, Powell said that is “certainly possible.” But while trade policy…
Read MoreSoldiers Are Being Disciplined for Charlie Kirk Social Media Posts
At least eight members of the military have been punished for comments made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, and dozens more have been doxed and reported. Task and Purpose reports that at least five Army officers and one Air Force sergeant have been suspended, one Marine was fired from his recruitment job for…
Read MoreNancy Mace Launches Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar for Made-Up Quotes
Representative Nancy Mace’s crusade against Representative Ilhan Omar has dredged up an old, Islamaphobic rumor. The pair were going back and forth on X Wednesday, ahead of a scheduled floor debate over Omar’s potential censure, and Mace referred to the Minnesota lawmaker as “Somalia Ilhan Omar.” “Is your ridiculous censure about me being born in…
Read MoreTrump Dangerously Escalates Efforts to Get Revenge on Letitia James
“All I’m telling you is that we’re going to look at [the current maps], we’re going to poll our legislators, and if it’s there, we’re going to do it,” he continued. “My feeling is it probably will happen,” he said. The Trump administration has previously urged Indiana to follow the lead of other states’ redistricting…
Read MoreManchester United posts sixth year of net loss, forecasts revenue dip
MANCHESTER United reported an annual net loss for the sixth consecutive year on Wednesday (Sep 17) and forecast lower revenue for the fiscal year, highlighting the club’s ongoing financial struggles. The Premier League side posted a £33 million (S$57.5 million) loss for the year ended Jun 30, an improvement on the previous year’s £113.2 million…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Rages Wildly at Media as Poll Exposes a Key Weakness
Waldman: I think because Trump is so ubiquitous, it’s easy to fall into the belief that he must be persuading people. And he repeats the same things over and over, often the same kinds of lies. And you can look at that and say, you know, he won the last election, people must be buying…
Read MoreICE’s Newest Facility Is a Disaster—and They’re Expanding It
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement report revealed that officials at Camp East Montana, the new detention facility at Fort Bliss, have already violated dozens of federal standards for immigrant detention since welcoming detainees in August, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Construction began hastily in late July, after the government awarded a nearly $232 million contract…
Read MoreTrump Goes Full Fascist After Simple Question on His Business Deals
Trump is essentially filing this lawsuit on the grounds that the Times’ coverage isn’t kind enough to him. The 85-page lawsuit specifically calls out Times writers Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner. The latter two wrote the book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion…
Read MoreWhat Leaked Messages Reveal About Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Shooter
Trump is essentially filing this lawsuit on the grounds that the Times’ coverage isn’t kind enough to him. The 85-page lawsuit specifically calls out Times writers Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner. The latter two wrote the book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion…
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