Is this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done? Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed

Over 97% of public comments submitted to the commission reviewing Trump's ballroom oppose his White House vanity project.

So who is this monstrosity even for?

Billionaires and corporate donors seeking to bribe Trump for political favors. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E

Trump hits out at Starmer over UK reluctance to support Iran attacks Comments come as London considers deploying aircraft carrier to the region

Trump hits out at Starmer over UK reluctance to support Iran attacks ft.trib.al/9Cs3KwF

This photo doesn't show Melania Trump on Epstein's plane. Here's where it was really taken Online users shared a meme claiming as a "fun fact" that the U.S. first lady once took partially nude modeling photos on the late sex offender's jet.

A photo does authentically show Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss) posing partially nude. But it wasn't shot on Epstein's plane, despite online rumors. We found where the photo was really taken: www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...

The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underes...

“But the risk is real — whether by targeting desalination plants deliberately, or by accident due to a stray missile or drone. Oil is essential; but water is irreplaceable.”

Water, not oil, is Iran’s most precious commodity.
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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

Staff at the nation’s largest ICE concentration camp, located north of El Paso, Texas, have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to "die by suicide," according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’ US president is ‘truly uninformed’ for spreading claims of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa tells New York Times South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has called Donald Trump’s policy of allowing white Afrikaners to apply for refugee status in the US “racist,” saying the US president was “truly uninformed” in a rare instance of direct criticism. Ramaphosa told the New York Times that last year’s Oval Office meeting with the US leader, when Trump turned down the lights and played a video that he falsely claimed showed there was a “white genocide” in South Africa, was a “spectacle” and an “ambush”. Continue reading...

South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’

CNN, CBS and the ideological creep of both newsrooms is something I am following closely, in the belief that their Orbanization may already be underway.

If my language is more cautious than yours, I can live with the criticism that follows.
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Merz should seize the opportunity to push back against Trump Unlike his predecessors, Germany’s chancellor does not define himself by constraints

Merz should seize the opportunity to push back against Trump ft.trib.al/wyU3eU7 | opinion

John P. Hammond, Pioneer in 1960s Blues Renaissance, Dies at 83

I had a couple of his albums back in the day.
John P. Hammond, Pioneer in 1960s Blues Renaissance, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/a...

Look Inside Richard Hell’s East Village Tenement Apartment The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

Aging in place.
Tour Richard Hell’s Book-Filled East Village Home www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Filing: Trump added between $600K and $1.25M in Netflix bonds to his portfolio in January; he also bought between $600K and $1.25M of SiriusXM bonds (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

Kristi Noem was asked during Senate testimony yesterday whether Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving DHS contracts.

"No," Noem said.

That's.....BS. And my colleagues have the goods.

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How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.
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Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses

Got it. There's plenty of funding to send troops into harm’s way, but not to take care of their health afterwards. This is shameful.

After U.S. Attacks on Iran, FIFA Grapples With How to Handle the World Cup Soccer’s global governing body is grappling with a World Cup first: a tournament host going to war with a participating nation.

The escalating conflict in the Middle East has created extraordinary circumstances for the world’s biggest sports event, the World Cup. For the first time, a tournament host is at war with a participating nation.

Critical Android Update—Google Confirms 0Day Security Bypass Attacks Google has confirmed a new and actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability targeting Android users.

Critical Android Update—Google Confirms 0Day Security Bypass Attacks

The rate of Iranian missile launches is declining, according to western officials who said US and Israeli strikes were successfully taking out launchers and stockpiles. ft.trib.al/dPXRCmD

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Noted by a flaneur in New York. #randombldgs #nyflaneur

Wine bar. A book and its boy. Noted by a flaneur in New York. #nyflaneur

Soulless fascist enforcer Kristi Noem insists she didn't call Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist – she simply said he committed domestic terrorism. I'm sure that comforts his parents.

The authoritarian discourse playbook is designed to "activate the posse response" in rightwing authoritarians. It's a form of terrorism that works to silence and intimidate.

Florida wants its own CIA. That could lead to unchecked domestic surveillance | Seth Stern, Lauren Harper and Bobby Block A bill to create a state intelligence operation would allow scrutiny based on ‘opinions’ – and could prompt other states to follow

“A state-level intelligence office empowered to scrutinize residents based on ideology is precisely the kind of proposal likely to spread” once normalized.

Read more from FPF's Seth Stern and Lauren Harper about the bill:

Meanwhile, CNN rages at a journalism problem it created. Goes by the name of Jennings.,@status.news reports.

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The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

Hegseth’s Christian Nationalist makeover of the military accelerates in wartime. Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

March 3, 1940 – Robin debuts in Detective Comics #38 (cover dated April 1940).

He was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane. Robin's name and costume were drawn from Robin Hood, the childhood idol of letterer and inker Jerry Robinson.

#Robin #DCComics #DickGrayson #Batman #Nightwing