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Raw Story: ‘Not true!’ Trump hands gift to fact-checkers with wildly inaccurate brag

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President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday that gas prices were down to $1.98 a gallon — and it triggered hilarity.

Fact-checkers and online commenters immediately reacted as Trump added that gas prices are $1.88 in three states. “Can you believe it?” he asked.

According to the American Automobile Association, which charts national gas prices, the lowest price comes closer to $2.61 a gallon for E85 gas. Regular unleaded gasoline is $3.18, AAA’s data shows.

‘Not true!’ Trump hands gift to fact-checkers with wildly inaccurate brag
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday that gas prices were down to $1.98 a gallon — and it triggered hilarity. Fact-checkers and online commenters immediately reacted as Trump added that gas prices are $1.88 in three states. “Can you believe it?” he asked. According to the American Automobile Association, which charts national gas pri…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/not-true-trump-hands-gift-to-fact-checkers-with-wildly-inaccurate-brag/ar-AA1E4p5B

Huffington Post: The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor

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But even as the bad news piles up, the Trump administration has decided to reassure panicked consumers with a chilling talking point: Poverty is good, actually.

Last month, as economists warned of the harm Trump’s tariff policies could cause, including drastically increasing the price of goods, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to dismiss those concerns by insinuating that being able to afford things is not important to Americans.

“Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” Bessent said to a crowd of economists. 

It turns out this assertion was only the beginning of the Trump administration’s vision for a new American dream.

From Trump telling reporters that he’s not worried about empty stores to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying during an interview that in his version of America, multiple generations will work in the same factories, it sure seems like the Trump administration is trying to prime Americans for accepting and even enjoying a drastically lower standard of living.

The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor
As the country’s economic outlook bleakens, Trump officials are trying to convince us that actually, being poor is a good thing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-trump-administration-thinks-you-should-be-ok-with-being-poor/ar-AA1E4kNp

Raw Story: ‘Trump humiliates Musk’: President mocks richest man in meandering graduation speech

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President Donald Trump took a shot at his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk during a commencement address at the University of Alabama.

The president spoke Thursday night to graduating students, where he aired grievances about the 2020 election, offered advice – “think of yourself as a winner,” “be an original” and “never, ever give up” – and jabbed “internet people” like Musk and other tech moguls, reported The Daily Beast, which framed it as “Trump humiliates Musk.”

“They all hated me in my first term,” the president told students and their families, “and now they’re kissing my a–.”

“It’s true,” he added. “It’s amazing. It’s nicer this way now.”

‘Trump humiliates Musk’: President mocks richest man in meandering graduation speech
President Donald Trump took a shot at his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk during a commencement address at the University of Alabama. The president spoke Thursday night to graduating students, where he aired grievances about the 2020 election, offered advice – “think of yourself as a winner,” “be an original” and “never, ever give up” – and jabbed…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-humiliates-musk-president-mocks-richest-man-in-meandering-graduation-speech/ar-AA1E2I3Z

Original Daily Beast story here:

Trump Humiliates Musk in Speech After White House Exit
The president said the billionaire was “terrific”—before taking a jab.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-takes-a-surprise-dig-at-elon-musk-after-tesla-ceos-white-house-exit

Politico: Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict of interest alarms

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Tim Parlatore is a personal attorney and top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. At the same time, he’s suing the Navy and defending private clients against the U.S. government.

Parlatore, who represented Donald Trump in a criminal case two years ago and rejoined the Navy Reserve in March to aid Hegseth, was recently tapped to coordinate the leak investigation that led to chaos at the Pentagon. The probe was publicly tied to the firings of top advisers and preceded further revelations that Hegseth was careless with classified information. Parlatore was also reportedly in the Signal group with Hegseth’s wife and brother in which the Defense secretary shared details of a strike on Yemen.

Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict of interest alarms
Tim Parlatore’s close relationship with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — while representing legal clients facing off against the department — is drawing scrutiny.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hegseth-attorney-s-dual-roles-trip-conflict-of-interest-alarms/ar-AA1E64sP

Raw Story: Trump ‘completely botched it’: GOP insider gives no-holds-barred take on president’s move

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According to a former adviser to ex-House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Donald Trump will end up paying the price for derailing a U.S. economy that was on the upswing when he took office.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Chris Jansing, GOP insider Brendan Buck hammered the president over his trade war and stated he will have to live with the consequences of the financial instability his tariffs have created.

With Jansing pointing to the new jobs report that shows unemployment stalled at 4.2 percent, she asked her guest, “I wonder if we’re going to see the president taking credit for this in the economy, right after claiming it’s actually Joe Biden’s economy?”

“Yeah, well, the White House already put out a paper declaring a jobs boom today,” the amused Buck replied before quipping, “So yeah, of course. When the GDP numbers go down it’s Joe Biden’s economy. When jobs numbers look good, it’s Trump’s economy.”

Turning serious, he continued, “Look, I think this shows two things. One, as we discussed, Donald Trump inherited an economy that was ready to take off; he didn’t have to do a whole lot to have a really solid economic legacy. But he’s completely botched it through this trade policy.”

Trump ‘completely botched it’: GOP insider gives no-holds-barred take on president’s move
According to a former adviser to ex-House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Donald Trump will end up paying the price for derailing a U.S. economy that was on the upswing when he took office. Appearing on MSNBC with host Chris Jansing, GOP insider Brendan Buck hammered the president over his trade war and stated he will have to live with the consequence…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-completely-botched-it-gop-insider-gives-no-holds-barred-take-on-president-s-move/ar-AA1E4o3a

Independent: Trump administration plans to send migrants to Libya’s ‘horrific’ detention centers

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Libya serves as a hub for migrants trying to get to Europe, and the country has several detention facilities for refugees and migrants

The Trump administration has developed plans to send migrants to detention centers in Libya on a military flight, according to Reuters.

The flight could depart as soon as Wednesday, officials told The New York Times. The nationalities of those set to be on the flight were not immediately apparent.

Libya is in the middle of severe conflict, and human rights groups have called its migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”

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The State Department advises the American public against going to Libya “due to crime, terrorism, unexploded land mines, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”

But it’s an ok place to dump unwanted immigrants?

Trump officials plan to send migrants to Libya’s ‘horrific’ detention centers
Libya serves as a hub for migrants trying to get to Europe, and the country has several detention facilities for refugees and migrants

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-migrants-libya-detention-centers-b2746147.html

Alternet: ‘Taunt the judiciary’: Legal scholars slam ‘invalid’ MAGA lawsuit against John Roberts

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On April 22, according to Talking Points Memo (TPM) reporter Josh Kovensky, the America First Legal Foundation filed a “little-known lawsuit” against U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the head of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts — accusing the federal courts of undermining his presidential powers.

“The case ostensibly proceeds as a FOIA lawsuit, with the Trump-aligned group seeking access to judiciary records,” Kovensky explains. “But, in doing so, it asks the courts to cede massive power to the White House: the bodies that make court policy and manage the judiciary’s day-to-day operations should be considered independent agencies of the executive branch, the suit argues, giving the president, under the conservative legal movement’s theories, the power to appoint and dismiss people in key roles.”

‘Taunt the judiciary’: Legal scholars slam ‘invalid’ MAGA lawsuit against John Roberts
Many critics of President Donald Trump are accusing him of failing to respect the United States’ system of checks and balances, arguing that the federal government’s executive branch, under the U.S. Constitution, isn’t as powerful as he says it is. Regardless, Trump and his MAGA allies, including White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, maintain…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/taunt-the-judiciary-legal-scholars-slam-invalid-maga-lawsuit-against-john-roberts/ar-AA1E3Z7a

Alternet: ‘Sad white boys’: Fear as Trump terror adviser shrugs off threat from ‘inside the house’

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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was removed this week but a key Trump counterterrorism official remains in place at the White House — and he’s planning a change in strategy to focus on jihadists rather than white supremacist groups that one leading expert said remain a significant domestic threat.

“The call is coming from inside the house,” said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. “We all understand why the right doesn’t want to tackle domestic violent extremism — it’s their base.”

‘Sad white boys’: Fear as Trump terror adviser shrugs off threat from ‘inside the house’
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was removed this week but a key Trump counterterrorism official remains in place at the White House — and he’s planning a change in strategy to focus on jihadists rather than white supremacist groups that one leading expert said remain a significant domestic threat. “The call is coming from inside the house,” sa…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sad-white-boys-fear-as-trump-terror-adviser-shrugs-off-threat-from-inside-the-house/ar-AA1E5NjM

Axios: Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump’s trip

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Israel has set President Trump’s visit to the Middle East next week as a deadline for a new hostage and ceasefire deal, with a massive ground operation to commence if no deal is reached, Israeli officials say.

Why it matters: Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan Sunday night to gradually reoccupy all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely if no deal is reached by May 15. Plans for the operation call for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to flatten any buildings that remain standing and displace virtually the entire population of 2 million people to a single “humanitarian area.”

Ethnic cleansing at its “finest”.

Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump’s trip
Trump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say.

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/israel-gaza-destroy-trump-deal

Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge

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Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge
Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge. 92,736 likes · 403,813 talking about this. Despite the constant negative press covfefe.

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