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Elon Musk has taken to attributing any decision that goes against the wishes of the Trump administration to being part of a “judicial coup,” and he’s already putting money behind Congressional candidates who also find the concept of checks and balances to be distasteful. According to the New York Times, Musk has already made the maximum individual donation to seven …

A Republican senator is suggesting that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk might use Starlink profits to influence US politics, like funding candidates aligned with his views.   “I’ve never seen Alaskans that are so worried, that are so panicked,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said at a Tuesday press conference.  She criticized President Trump’s ongoing efforts to cut federal agencies, including laying …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rebuffed US officials calling for him to resign as the president of Ukraine. His comments come after Republicans including senator Lindsay Graham and speaker Mike Johnson suggested he should step down from his position following Friday’s fiery Oval Office exchange with Donald Trump. In response to a question from Sky News’ lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim …

This year’s famous Super Bowl half-time show needs to be more “family friendly”, a group of critics has said – following what they describe as “vulgar” past performances by Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna, and the infamous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction”. Republican politicians and campaigners in Louisiana have written a letter to organisers raising “serious concerns” ahead of this year’s Super …

The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, under the control of Republican lawmakers, wrote to the CEOs of crypto firms and associations announcing an investigation into claims that individuals or entitles had been debanked based on their ties to the digital asset industry. In a Jan. 24 letter to six crypto industry leaders, Chair James Comer said the …

Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Congressman Kevin Kiley, R-California, has introduced a bill that would prevent states such as California from allowing illegal immigrants to enroll in Medicaid. Kiley estimates this would save California $6.5 billion per year; in January 2024, the state expanded Medicaid enrollment to include all illegal immigrants. “This common sense legislation ensures that taxpayer-funded healthcare …

Credit: Screenshot via MSNBC Former President Barack Obama turned up the chutzpah to 11, warning guests at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum that “one side” might try to weaponize the federal government to maintain power. The fact that the Democrat party blatantly did exactly that, most likely at his direction, right before our very eyes over the past four years, …

Missvain via Wikimedia Commons From Washington, D.C. word comes that food workers are organizing massive protests that will target members of the incoming Trump Administration. Industry veterans, bartenders and servers are pledging to refuse service and cause mayhem inside dining rooms across the capital city. Washingtonian first reported on the culinary insurgency in a story titled, “Clashes Are Coming for Trump …