Posts by Kim Browne
Vanity Fair Staff Shocked by Proposed Melania Cover
Vanity Fair is gambling on its own staff in its bid to put First Lady Melania Trump on the cover of an upcoming issue. Staffers at the legacy magazine are flipping out after Semafor first reported that the publication’s new global editorial director, Mark Guiducci, was working to woo the first lady into a photoshoot.…
Read MoreTrump Has Chilling Recruitment Plan for His Military “Reaction Force”
The order continues: “Each law enforcement agency that is a member of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, as well as other relevant components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General determines, shall further, subject to the availability of appropriations and applicable law, immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump’s Fury Erupts at Many Targets as Expert Fears Worsen
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 26 episode of theDaily 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. It’s becoming clear that in recent days, President Trump has reached a…
Read MoreKeppel to start arbitration against Seatrium for S$68.4 million related to Brazil corruption probe
Seatrium says it is seeking legal advice and will defend the claim ‘vigorously’ [SINGAPORE] Asset manager Keppel is starting arbitration proceedings against Seatrium for a S$68.4 million claim related to Brazil’s corruption crackdown, Operation Car Wash. In 2022, Seatrium had made provisions of S$82.4 million to indemnify Keppel against claims related to Operation Car Wash.…
Read MoreEscalating Trump-Fed tensions jolt markets; STI down 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] The local bourse closed lower on Tuesday (Aug 26) amid a regional sell-off triggered by US President Donald Trump’s unprecedented dismissal of Federal Reserve official Lisa Cook. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) dropped 0.3 per cent or 12.78 points to 4,243.71. Across the broader market, decliners outnumbered advancers 299 to 243, after 1.6…
Read MoreIllinois’ JB Pritzker Rages Against Trump’s Fascist Takeover Plan
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker slammed President Donald Trump for planning to bring National Guard troops to Chicago while defunding state and local law enforcement. During a press conference Monday, the Democratic lawmaker said that Trump’s plan to replicate his takeover of Washington D.C., and bring federal forces to the Midwest wasn’t a response to rising…
Read MoreFlorida Outright Refuses to Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”
Florida apparently has no intention of shutting down Alligator Alcatraz. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier revealed Monday that the state is planning to keep the ICE facility up and running, despite a court order demanding that it shut down within the next two months. “We’re going to continue operating the facility,” Uthmeier told news outlet…
Read MoreTrump Finally Admits the Truth About His Takeover of Blue Cities
“I think I’m going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon and I think we’re going to be very successful in it. We’re going to be filing it through the Department of Justice, that’s going to happen,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Trump also condemned the use of blue slips in the Senate, which…
Read MoreTrump’s Bruised Hand Seen Without Makeup—and It Looks Quite Bad
As questions swirl about recurrent bruising on the back of Donald Trump’s right hand, the 79-year-old president’s injury was clearly visible—without the daub of mismatched makeup with which it’s usually covered—during his public appearances early on Monday. The bruising was spotted repeatedly during a Monday morning executive order–signing, and again during an afternoon meeting with…
Read MoreRFK Jr. Has a Sinister Plot to Scrap the Covid Vaccine Next
The Covid vaccine could be off the shelves in a matter of months. Despite saving millions of lives during the pandemic, the Trump administration is planning to nix nationwide access to the coronavirus shot “within months,” a close associate of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Daily Beast. Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British…
Read MoreTrump’s Next “Hellhole”: Chicago. Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight.
It’s been sickening to watch Trump tell lie after lie about the city he lives in most of the time but clearly knows nothing about. Yes, Washington went a week without a homicide since Trump’s National Guard deployment. Good. Great, even. But he talked about that as if it had never happened before. “That’s the…
Read MoreStopping Trump’s Dictatorship Is a Vital Message—and a Winning One
But those of us in the anti-Trump camp must do a better job of collectively telling a single story. The Democratic Party should name members who specifically focus on Trump’s dictatorial tendencies. I would love to see a well-respected figure not formally associated with the Democratic Party designated as a lead spokesperson for the anti-authoritarian…
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