Reuters: DHS purchase of business jets during shutdown draws Democrats’ ire
Democrats in Congress on Saturday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to buy two Gulfstream G700 jets for $172 million during the ongoing government shutdown that are to be used by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior leaders.
The U.S. Coast Guard entered into a sole-source contract on Friday, according to a government contracting website. The jets will be used for the Coast Guard’s Long Range Command Control fleet of aircraft.
DHS said in a statement late Friday that the new jets are needed because it currently relies on a Gulfstream CG-101 G550 jet that is over 20 years old, outside of the aircraft’s service life “and well beyond operational usage hours for a corporate aircraft.”
The department said it would not allow the federal shutdown “to slow down this process” of replacing the jet, but Democrats want to know where the money is coming from.
Slingshot News: ‘I Don’t Know’: Out-Of-Touch Billionaire Linda McMahon Admits She Doesn’t Know About The Tulsa Race Massacre In House Hearing [Video]
Slingshot News: ‘I’ll Be Called A Three-Termer’: Trump Outright Rejects 2024 Election Results, Claims To Be The 46th President In Remarks At GOP Dinner [Video]
During his remarks for a recent dinner event at the American Cornerstone Institute, Donald Trump dishonorably called himself a “three-termer,” believing the 2020 election was rigged and seeing himself as the 45th, 46th, and 47th president.
Mediaite: Fox News Butts Clip of Mike Johnson Citing ‘Hate America’ Rally With Smiling Protesters Waving American Flags
Fox News drew the attention of CNN media reporter Brian Stelter on Saturday when it butted clips of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attacking the “hate America” No Kings rallies in with peaceful protesters waving American flags.
Stelter posted to X, “Fox News just did this, BTW. As people walked by waving American flags, a Fox reporter in Atlanta tossed to a clip of Johnson’s “hate America” venom, along with a Hakeem Jeffries sound bite, then back live to normal people protesting in a local park.”
Sure enough, Fox News reporter Madison Scarpino showed video of peaceful, smiling protesters at the rally in Atlanta, while saying “millions of Americans” were expected to come out across the country.

Veuer: The US Car Market Is Crashing and Tariffs Might Be the Final Nail
American car manufacturers are facing an unprecedented downturn that is the worst in the last ten years. Sales have dropped dramatically after the post-pandemic buying in 2022 and 2023.
Industry analysts at Reuters warn this isn’t a typical cyclical dip but a structural shift that could reshape the entire automotive landscape. Dealership confidence has hit multi-year lows as inventory piles up and consumer demand evaporates across all vehicle segments.
In the end we might be saying, “Thank you, King Donald, for saving our automotive industry by destroying it.”
Slinghshot News: ‘It’s Not Working Too Well For Him’: Trump Steps Out Of Line, Mocks Biden Over His Current Health Condition In Remarks At GOP Dinner [Video]
During his remarks for a recent dinner event at the American Cornerstone Institute, Donald Trump mocked former President Joe Biden, who is currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Trump callously stated, “when you start feeling sorry for him, remember, he was a bad guy.”
Slingshot News: ‘We Can See Why You Misunderstood’: Mikie Sherrill Puts Pete Hegseth In His Place, Takes Jab At His Intelligence In House Hearing [Video]
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing in June, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over him misunderstanding a recent directive by the president regarding aid to Ukraine. Sherrill is currently running for governor in New Jersey.
Mirror US: Trump admin will ‘incite’ violence during No Kings protest, ex-GOP warns
Around 2,700 No Kings protests are expected to sweep across the nation on Saturday, making it the largest peaceful protest in American history.
“What my former party is scared to death of – and some have told me this privately – is mammoth peaceful protests,” said Walsh, who quit the GOP in 2013. “That’s what scares the heck out of them. What they want is violence, what they want is division – they don’t want millions and millions of Americans united in defending democracy.”

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-admin-incite-violence-during-1453143
Independent: Only 15 reporters remain in Pentagon after press pledge prompted walkouts. This is who they are
A handful of reporters from pro-Trump outlets signed the policy, as well as freelancers from foreign-based publications and obscure independent websites.
After dozens of veteran reporters rejected the Defense Department’s prohibitive new press policy, and handed in their media badges this week, the only journalists left with credentials to enter the Pentagon were a mix of freelancers, foreign media members and staffers from MAGA-boosting outlets.
Dozens of print and broadcast journalists walked out of the Pentagon Wednesday in the wake of nearly every American news organization – including Trump-friendly networks Fox News and Newsmax – refusing to follow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s media restrictions.
These are the suck-ups who signed on to Hegseth’s restrictions. Any so-called “news” from these suck-ups should be treated as Pentagon-approved propaganda:
… only 15 people out of hundreds of credentialed reporters had signed the new press pledge.
Of those signatories, two are from the pro-Trump cable channel, One America News; one is from right-wing website The Federalist; and another is from ultra-conservative newspaper The Epoch Times.
The remaining 11 reporters include freelancers for foreign-based organizations and a couple of little-known independent sites that appear to publish their work solely on social media.
“A reporter for the Turkish newspaper Akşam signed the agreement, as did three individuals from the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency and two Turkish freelancers,” the Post reported. “Other signers included a reporter for The Australian, a News Corp-owned Australian paper; an Afghan freelancer; and three lesser-known operations, AWPS News, the India Globe and a blog called USA Journal Korea.”
Additionally, two members of the Jordanian TV network Al Taghier signed an older version of the policy, which had been scrapped and revised amid negotiations and pushback from the Pentagon Press Association and other press advocacy groups.
Prior to a swarm of defense reporters symbolically exiting the Pentagon together Wednesday afternoon, after handing in their badges and cleaning out their desks, only one media outlet had publicly agreed to the restrictive pledge – One America News.
 
			