“I don’t wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he's got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from me, and he shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen.” — Donald Trump, 9/29/20
"A lot of people don't want to wear a mask. There are a lot of people think the masks are not good." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
"There's no reason for [Biden] to have masks on. We get tested. I'm tested. I have people tested...So, I'm in sort of a different position. And maybe if I wasn't in that position I'd be wearing it more." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
"The concept of a mask is good, but it also does you're constantly touching it, you're touching your face, you're touching plates. There are people that don't think masks are good." — Donald Trump, 9/15/20
"We have Labor Day weekend coming up but did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as [Biden]? And then he makes a speech and he always has it not always but a lot of times he has it hanging down because you know what, it gives him a feeling of security." — Trump, 9/3/20
"I've never been against masks, but I do believe they have a time and a place." — Trump, 7/11/20
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2. The AI political influence campaign, known as Leading the Future, launched its first two ads yesterday. One of the ads PROMOTES a Republican running for Congress in Texas. The other one ATTACKS a Democrat running for Congress in New York.
3. When Leading the Future was launched, the group said it would support Democrats and Republicans who opposed AI regulation.
Trump's political operation was incensed, calling it a "slap in the face"
2. Paramount says its hostile takeover bid is structured to avoid review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Even though the Saudis and other Middle Eastern governments are putting up $24 BILLION -- most of the equity financing.
3. Paramount says they've avoided any regulatory hurdles because Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi have voluntarily agreed to waive their governance rights. And one other party has agreed to waive governance rights: JARED KUSHNER.
2. Kushner is trying to evade legal restrictions by not accepting a formal role in the administration.
But the DOJ is clear: It's not what you SAY, it's what you DO
Kushner is acting like a Special Government Employee so legally, he's a SGE
3. Kushner is engaged in activities that can ONLY be conducted by government officials. The Logan Act bars private citizens from engaging in negotiations w/foreign governments w/o authorization. Kushner is acting under Trump’s direction, and that creates a host of legal issues.
2. Hargett has cited Trump's executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism." Executive orders are not federal law and generally do not apply to state or local governments.
Tennessee libraries do receive some federal funding, but not for book purchases.
3. In the letters, Hargett singled out a children’s book called Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown. The book, which was written by a straight, cisgender man, does not feature any LGBTQ characters. It is based on a childhood experience of the author in which he tried on his mom's clothes.
3. An April report published by the security firm Gladstone AI noted that Chinese transformers "can be used as back-doors for sabotage operations. Indeed back-door electronics are known to have been installed in Chinese-made transformers.”
1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents.
2. For 2 decades, the VA played a limited but essential role in ensuring that people in the custody of ICE received necessary medical care. When an ICE detainee needed medication or outside medical treatment, the VA processed the claims. ICE paid the VA to provide this service.
3. On October 3, the VA “abruptly and instantly terminated” its agreement w/ICE, according to partially redacted documents.
The termination left ICE with “no mechanism to provide prescribed medication” and unable to “pay for medically necessary off-site care.”