Sacramento City Councilwoman Mai Vang, a far-left Democrat now seeking a seat in Congress, is under fire after renewed attention to her repeated refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and instances in which she reportedly turned her back on the American flag during public meetings.
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In a late May video with liberal journalist Molly Jong-Fast, The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson — a Never Trump conservative and former GOP strategist — argued that President Donald Trump is so desperate to get the United States out of its war with Iran that he's willing accept a bad deal with the Iranian regime in Tehran. But according to i Paper reporter Simon Marks, doing so could alienate hawkish Republicans who supported Trump's military strikes against Iran."Hell hath no fury like a Republican scorned, and this weekend, even before the ink is dry on Donald Trump's partial peace deal with Iran, the anger and visceral was already piling up," Marks explains in the UK-based i Paper. "Many of Trump's backers fear the U.S. president is surrendering to Tehran's interests. Trump was already on the receiving end of Republican lawmakers' fury over last week's hastily proposed 'weaponization' fund that could see taxpayer money paid to convicted-then-pardoned rioters who ransacked the Capitol on 6 January 2021. His announcement that peace could soon be at hand with Iran sent many of them into overdrive."Republicans who are voicing their concerns about a possible Iran deal include Sens. Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham.In a May 23 post on X, Cruz wrote, "I am deeply concerned about what we are hearing about an Iran 'deal'…. If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime — still run by Islamists who chant 'death to America' — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake…. President Trump believes in peace through strength, and his strong leadership has already made America much safer. He should continue to hold the line, defend America & enforce the red lines he has repeatedly drawn."Graham, on X, wrote that if the war leaves the Iranian regime even stronger, "we will have poured gasoline on the conflicts in Lebanon and Iraq." Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served in the first Trump Administration, is urging Trump to "open the damned Strait" of Hormuz, "deny Iran access to money," and "take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region."But White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung attacked Pompeo in a snarky response, saying, "Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f–– he's talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals."
Early Saturday evening, May 23 during Memorial Day Weekend, U.S. Secret Service agents exchanged fire with a gunman who was approaching a White House security checkpoint in Washington, DC. The gunman was killed, and President Donald Trump is responding to the incident by arguing that it makes a case for his White House ballroom. And Trump's legal team makes that argument in a court filing posted online the day after the incident.Politico legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein posted the six-page legal document on X, formerly Twitter, noting how decidedly Trumpian the language in the filing is.Gerstein tweeted, "JUST IN: Another court filing obviously written by Trump, seeks to leverage shooting Saturday to end litigation over WH ballroom project. Calls latest episode 'assassination attempt.' Cites news reports, but no other proof/legal cases. Ends w/a '!"The filing in National Trust For Historic Preservation, Plaintiff, v. National Park Service, as Gerstein points out, is full of Trump Administration talking points."On Saturday night, May 23rd," the document reads, "a shooter once again sought to murder the President, his family, and his staff at the historic White House complex. We submit this urgent filing to update the Court on a second attempted assassination on the President within a single month. Last night, shortly after 6:00 p.m., an armed assassin approached a White House security checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, professionally pulled a high caliber gun from a bag, and opened fire in the exact direction of the White House. Brave Secret Service officers returned fire. The gunman was killed and an innocent bystander was seriously wounded in the shooting."Many of Trump's critics are attacking the proposed ballroom as a vanity project that will cost taxpayers a fortune. But the court filing claims that the ballroom is necessary from a national security standpoint."This second attack on the President this month underscores the critical need for top level, state of the art security at the White House, including the Ballroom, a knitted, unified, cohesive part of the East Wing Project, which is vital for National Security, and is being constructed to ensure that the President can perform his constitutional duties in a safe and heavily secured facility," the filing states. "This court's unlawful injunction has wrongfully cast a cloud of uncertainty around the future of the entire East Wing Project, which is being constructed for the physical safety and security of all Presidents, their families, staff, Foreign Dignitaries, and guests. When completed, this highly knitted, integrated, and unified Project, which is a singular and vital National Security facility, will provide a 'SAFE HAVEN' from attackers such as the one last night, and on April 25th. It will provide a highly secure space for future Inaugurations, and other major events, such as the recent visit of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, and the coming visit in September of President Xi of China." The document also states that the "under construction East Wing Project, which is on time and under budget, includes state of the art security features to repel all attacks against the President, his family, his staff, and esteemed visitors.""These include a heavy steel, drone proof roof, missile resistant and drone proof columns, bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass, Military grade venting for air conditioning and heating, and much more," the Trump Administration writes. "Together, the entire Facility, which includes bomb shelters, a state of the art hospital and medical facilities, Top Secret military installations, structures, and equipment, protective partitioning, and other features, is a single integrated, complex unit that is vital for the National Security of the United States."
President Donald Trump is set to speak at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the commemoration of Memorial Day on Monday. Trump is expected to speak at noon from Arlington, Virginia, after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery across the Potomac River from Washington. TRUMP SAYS IRAN AGREEMENT ‘HAS BEEN LARGELY NEGOTIATED’ AND […]
Many political strategists have argued that while Republicans have an urban problem, Democrats have a rural problem. Donald Trump clearly outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in rural areas in 2024, and he had a major advantage in Grant County, Nebraska — a rural ranching community he carried by 95.9 percent. According to the UK-based i Paper, Grant remains the most pro-Trump county in the United States — even with the Iran war causing gas prices to soar"Gas prices may be on the rise in Grant County, Nebraska," reporter Daniel Bates explains in the i Paper, "but the people living there still love Donald Trump…. Grant County is miles from anywhere, and that's just how the people who live there like it. It is located in the Sandhills of Western Nebraska, sitting atop vast, ancient dunes blanketed by native prairie grasses. The remote community — home to coyotes, deer and the venomous prairie rattlesnake — is 270 miles (434km) from Denver, the nearest big city, which is in the next state over, Colorado."One of the Trump voters in Grant County who isn't swayed by the Iran war or gas prices is 78-year-old Ellen White, a retiree.White told the i Paper, "Trump is doing the most wonderful job any president has done since Ronald Reagan…. We will have to get through this war, and gas prices are up. But the economy is getting better. It doesn't happen overnight. It's a shame Trump doesn't have several more terms. He's a tremendous person, and I think where we live, we're in good shape."Heidi Merrihew, a 64-year-old curator at the Grant County Museum, said that gas prices are way up in her area but doesn't blame Trump for it.Merrihew told the i Paper, "I think it's just our economy, and it's really sad because we have to pay those high prices. I feel he's doing a good job. Part of the war is not totally blamed on him; he needs other people to work with, different leaders — and that's got to be complicated."Countless polls are showing Trump underwater with swing voters and independents, who helped him pull off a narrow victory in 2024. But in Grant County, many hardcore MAGA voters are still unwavering in their support for Trump.Trump voter Brad Ford, who is 63, told the i Paper he is still "Trump all the way" — adding, "I got no complaints. What is there not to like?"
Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish associates are scrambling to pressure the Israeli prime minister into derailing Donald Trump's looming peace deal with Tehran as the agreement nears finalization.
President Trump released a very moving statement for Memorial Day this year.
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