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Trump says proof that vandals cut Reflecting Pool will be provided in court

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President Trump has insisted that vandals, rather than questionable craftsmanship, are responsible for the enduring problems following the Reflecting Pool's $14.7 million sealant job.

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Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Yes, by Trump

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Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Yes, by Trump

Add David Hearn to Donald Trump's ever-growing list of enemies of the state. The Bethesda man was out for a bike ride in Washington, D.C., last Friday and decided to spin over to the Reflecting Pool see how its new, Trump-ordained "American flag blue" color struck him. He noticed that a piece of the new blue liner was partly detached from the pool's bottom (it's only 18 inches deep at the edges), and he reached down to see what it felt like, he told The Washington Post.

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As Vance Leads Iran Negotiations, Trump Creates Disruptions in His Path

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As Vance Leads Iran Negotiations, Trump Creates Disruptions in His Path

Vice President JD Vance is in a politically precarious spot.

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District Court Rules DOJ Can Release Joe Biden’s Incriminating Interview Tapes

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District Court Rules DOJ Can Release Joe Biden’s Incriminating Interview Tapes

The DOJ 'explicitly relied on the Zwonitzer materials in deciding not to prosecute Biden because of his mental state.'

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Trump news at a glance: president’s pool project plagued by peeling paint – and algae blooms

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Trump news at a glance: president’s pool project plagued by peeling paint – and algae blooms

Trump’s claims that ‘vandals’ are to blame don’t hold water so far – key US politics stories from Monday 22 JuneDonald Trump is claiming – without providing evidence – that the sorry state of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool weeks after a $14m renovation is the work of “vandals”.On Monday, Trump was adamant it was not the pool company to blame for the algae blooms and peeling paint, instead pointing to five people arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation. Continue reading...

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Trump shames ‘pro-algae’ protester in hunt for alleged Reflecting Pool vandals

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Trump shames ‘pro-algae’ protester in hunt for alleged Reflecting Pool vandals

President Donald Trump posted a photo of a “pro-algae” protester as he continues cracking down on the alleged vandals of the newly refurbished Reflecting Pool. The Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial has become a culture war flash point after Trump decided to renovate it. Following its quick deterioration, the president and his […]

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WATCH: Trump Goes Off on Reporters Over Reflecting Pool Vandalism, Says 5 Arrested and 5 Under Investigation – “You’ll See It in Court! You Write Fake News!”

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WATCH: Trump Goes Off on Reporters Over Reflecting Pool Vandalism, Says 5 Arrested and 5 Under Investigation – “You’ll See It in Court! You Write Fake News!”

President Trump went off on reporters, attempting to deny that vandals are destroying the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial and criticizing his repair project to fix the broken and filthy pond. Deranged liberals have been tearing out the new American flag blue sealant that lines the bottom of the pool with the intention of giving the water a blue reflection. The post WATCH: Trump Goes Off on Reporters Over Reflecting Pool Vandalism, Says 5 Arrested and 5 Under Investigation – “You’ll See It in Court! You Write Fake News!” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Trump walloped with damning supercut of seething MAGA stars on MS NOW

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Trump walloped with damning supercut of seething MAGA stars on MS NOW

President Donald Trump's base of supporters is furious with the administration over the deal it is negotiating with the Iranian regime, as illustrated by a devastating supercut that aired on MS NOW's "The Beat" on Monday. Last weekend, the Trump administration and the Iranian regime agreed to a deal that would immediately open the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that has choked the global economy, and promised to eliminate sanctions on Iranian oil. That deal appeared to fall apart on Saturday and Sunday as Vice President JD Vance suffered what some described as a "humiliation" during peace talks with the Iranians after the country's foreign minister refused to shake Vance's hand. MS NOW's Ari Melber said on Monday that the reaction to the deal by the Make America Great Again faithful shows that it is "clear what it is and what it isn't."He played clips of several MAGA fans expressing frustration and reservations about the negotiations. "Despite all the denials, the MOU is a massive cash cow to the Iranian regime," Mark Levin said on "Fox News Sunday." "Stop cozying up to and telling us that the enemy regime in Iran is now more rational, more moderate. And a regime that we can deal with. It's a complete capitulation to the Iranian regime." Trey Gowdy, a former Republican lawmaker from South Carolina, also criticized the deal on Fox News. "They're better off than they were before the hostilities began," Gowdy said. MAGA media personality Eric Bolling also chimed in. "I hate to say this. In this deal, the biggest loser is the United States and India," Bolling said during a recent broadcast of his eponymous show.

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Supreme Court's 'catchy' ruling may signal 'death' of a key right: analysis

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Supreme Court's 'catchy' ruling may signal 'death' of a key right: analysis

On June 2, in an unsigned 6-3 order buried in the Supreme Court's shadow docket, the conservative supermajority quietly did something it had never done before, declaring the Constitution "colorblind." In doing so, Slate legal writer Mark Joseph Stern warned that the court gave a permanent constitutional guarantee to those seeking to dismantle civil rights protections.The unsigned order reinstated an Alabama congressional map that federal courts had repeatedly struck down for intentionally discriminating against Black voters, handing white voters greater control over the state's congressional map by eliminating a district held by a Black representative.Stern argued the damage runs far deeper than one House seat. The court's decision to constitutionalize "colorblindness," building on April's gutting of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais, is already cascading through the legal system, he said. Within a week, Trump's Department of Justice used the ruling to gut disparate-impact protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, instructing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to abandon enforcement that had long shielded workers of color from racially discriminatory employer policies.The phrase "our Constitution is colorblind" was plucked from Justice John Marshall Harlan's 1896 dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson, a dissent written to fight Jim Crow, not to dismantle protections for minorities.Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her dissent, minced no words."It also corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama’s gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders," she wrote.Stern issued a stark conclusion that the court has built a reality-blind Constitution, engineered to mean the opposite of what it was written to do."They knew that sometimes the government must acknowledge race to battle racism, and left it free to do just that. Now—in voting rights, policing, employment discrimination, and much more to come—the Supreme Court is enlisting colorblindness in the service of racial subordination. 'The colorblind Constitution' is a catchy, memorable way to think about equal protection. It may also be the death of it," he concluded.

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