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Videos: Trump Receives Grand Reception as First U.S. President to Officially Visit Qatar

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President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to officially visit Qatar on Wednesday, and he received a grand reception suited to the historic occasion.

Trump departed Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for Qatar, marking his embarkment on the second leg of his trip to the Middle East this week.

Qatari F-15s met Air Force One in the sky and escorted it to Doha.

The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, greeted Trump on the tarmac when he arrived in the capital. (Read more from “Videos: Trump Receives Grand Reception as First U.S. President to Officially Visit Qatar” HERE)

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‘Dumbest F**king Thing’: Democrats Are Absolutely Furious at Lawmaker Trying to Impeach Trump

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Democratic Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar brought seven articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the House floor Tuesday night, forcing the House to vote on them by Thursday and placing him in a precarious position among other Democrats.

Thanedar’s articles of impeachment, which he announced on April 28, have reportedly been met with rebuke from several of his fellow Democrats, with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark saying party leadership plans to block the measures. Meanwhile, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who represents a neighboring district, sharply criticized Thanedar’s legislative record, without appearing to mention the articles, and endorsed his far-left primary opponent Democratic Michigan State Rep. Donavan McKinney.

While on the floor, Thanedar noticed his impeachment files as privileged, forcing the House into a Thursday deadline to vote on them. However, it is likely lawmakers from both parties will back a motion to table the impeachment articles, effectively killing Thanedar’s effort.

Clark, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said in a Democratic Caucus meeting that the party’s leadership in the lower chamber plans to table the backbench Michigan lawmaker’s articles on Wednesday afternoon, NOTUS reported citing two people familiar with her comments.

Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who notably served as a manager during Trump’s 2019 impeachment, called Thanedar’s measures “idiotic” and “horrible” during the same meeting, according to an anonymous source quoted by NOTUS. (Read more from “‘Dumbest F**king Thing’: Democrats Are Absolutely Furious at Lawmaker Trying to Impeach Trump” HERE)

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House GOP Calling for Action Against Dems Accused of ‘Storming’ ICE Facility

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House Republicans are warning that consequences are in store for three Democratic colleagues the Trump administration accused of “storming” a detention facility in defense of illegal immigrants last week.

“Look, there’s three possible disciplinary actions in Congress that the House can take,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters at his weekly press conference Wednesday.

He noted the House could censure, a symbolic rebuke with no further repercussions that requires a simple majority vote – a move Johnson said “probably does seem appropriate here.”

Johnson noted the Republican majority could also boot them off their committees, or even expel those lawmakers – though he noted that required a significantly higher threshold.

“Now, expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. That’s not likely with margins that are this small. But, you know, we’re looking at what is appropriate,” he said. (Read more from “House GOP Calling for Action Against Dems Accused of ‘Storming’ ICE Facility” HERE)

Trump Shares Plan for a Revamped Middle East

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President Donald Trump hailed progress toward peace across the Middle East in an address in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, urging the region to pursue economic development rather than Iran’s “self-destructive” path.

Trump made the comments during a speech in Riyadh shortly after meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump vowed to continue America’s strong partnership with the Saudi government and also condemned Western “interventionalist” policies that have brought disaster in the Middle East.

“If the responsible nations of this region seize this moment, put aside your differences and focus on the interests that unite you, then all humanity will soon be amazed at what we will see here in the geographic center of the world, and the spiritual heart of its greatest faiths,” Trump said.

“Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts and tired divisions of the past, and forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce, not chaos; where it exports technology, not terrorism; and where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other,” he added.

“It is crucial for the wider world to note, this great transformation has not come from Western interventionalists flying in with lectures on how to live or how to govern your own affairs. The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation-builders, neo-cons, or liberal non-profits like those who spent trillions failing to develop Kabul and Baghdad,” he continued. (Read more from “Trump Shares Plan for a Revamped Middle East” HERE)

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Qatar’s Offer of Gift of Presidential Jet to Trump Encounters Turbulence in Senate

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Tuesday promised Senate “scrutiny” of the proposed gift from the government of Qatar of a Boeing 747-8 valued at $400 million to be used as an Air Force One by President Donald Trump for the remainder of his term.

“I don’t think there’s anything official out there. This is a hypothetical, and I’m sure that if and when there is, it’s no longer hypothetical,” Thune, R-S.D., said at a press gaggle that included The Daily Signal.

“I can assure you there will be plenty of scrutiny of whatever that arrangement might look like,” the Senate Republican leader added.

“There are lots of issues around that I think will attract very serious questions if and when it happens,” Thune said.

On Sunday, the president confirmed reports that he had accepted the offer of a $400 million aircraft from the Qatari government. Boeing is currently under contract to deliver a new Air Force One, but the project has been delayed. The president characterized the Qatari gift as a result of good will between the two nations. (Read more from “Qatar’s Offer of Gift of Presidential Jet to Trump Encounters Turbulence in Senate” HERE)

Trump Is Right To Prioritize Refugees Who Will Make Better Americans

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On Monday, dozens of South Africans — primarily white Afrikaner farmers — arrived in the United States, having been granted refugee status by the Trump administration. The propaganda press responded by implicitly accusing the administration of hypocrisy and racial bias. Yet this criticism is not only disingenuous — it reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose and limits of America’s refugee and asylum policies.

A new South African law means white farmers could have their land taken away without being paid for it. Though framed as a correction to apartheid-era injustice, the law has created an environment where racially motivated persecution may become institutionalized. In response, the Trump administration announced both an investigation into South Africa and the approval of refugee status for 60 individuals fleeing the persecution.

Under current U.S. law, a refugee is described as a foreigner who may face persecution in his home country on the basis of “race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.”

The refugees will land in Virginia before taking up residence in 10 states, according to The Washington Post.

Teo Armus, writing for The Washington Post, framed the administration’s decision as a racially charged exception: “Trump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exception.” (Read more from “Trump Is Right To Prioritize Refugees Who Will Make Better Americans” HERE)

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Transgender Athlete Wins Girls’ High School Event As Battleground State School Rebels Against Trump’s Executive Order

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. . .As we all know, President Donald Trump inked an executive order to ban transgender athletes from female sports, but the problem is that we still have multiple states who are completely defying the order.

One of those states is Pennsylvania, where they had a trans runner stealing first place recently at the SOL American Conference Championships, specifically the 200-meter race that took place in Horsham.

Formerly known as Sean, Luce Allen won the championship after narrowly “beating” the runner who finished second place, a female. The margin of the finish was less than two-hundredths of a second. Footage from the event shows Allen appearing a lot larger, as well as more muscular, than the females participating.

The parents of Allen stated prior that it would be “cruel” to “force” a biological male to compete against other biological males, and that Allen should be permitted to participate in female running due to that being how the transgender “identifies.”

“My child is a female in her heart and soul, and according to her medical labs. Having her play sports with males would be cruel,” said Sarah Hansen, the mother of Allen, per the Philadelphia Inquirer. Via a lawyer, Allen issued a statement that read, in part, “If you remove the ability of trans people to compete with a team that corresponds with their gender, then you’ll strip them of their opportunity to develop as people.”

(Read more from “Transgender Athlete Wins Girls’ High School Event As Battleground State School Rebels Against Trump’s Executive Order” HERE)

Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Gets ‘No Tax’ On Tips And Overtime

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Two of President Donald Trump’s major tax-related campaign promises that will impact millions of American workers have made it into legislation proposed for the so-called “one big, beautiful bill,” albeit only for a period that would not last beyond his second term.

“No Tax On Tips” and “No Tax On Overtime” appear in a 389-page measure released by the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, with provisions saying the deductions would expire at the end of 2028.

Another of Trump’s priorities, no tax on auto loan interest, made it into the legislation.

Trump had also been pushing for an end to taxes on Social Security for seniors, however Bloomberg reported that it could not be included due to the “special budget process that Congress is using to advance the tax package.”

Instead, the measure has a section that would allow middle-and low-income seniors to deduct an extra $4,000 for each taxable year. (Read more from “Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Gets ‘No Tax’ On Tips And Overtime” HERE)

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Trump to Sign ‘One of the Most Consequential Executive Orders’ in History

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After teasing that his next message on Truth Social would be “one of the most important and impactful I have ever issued,” President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he would sign an executive order Monday morning designed to cut prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices “almost immediately, by 30% to 80%.”

“For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY???” Trump began, having made people wait nearly four hours for his post.

“It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer. The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the ‘suckers’ of America, ALONE.

“Campaign Contributions can do wonders, but not with me, and not with the Republican Party. We are going to do the right thing, something that the Democrats have fought for many years.

“Therefore, I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history. Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by 30% to 80%. (Read more from “Trump to Sign ‘One of the Most Consequential Executive Orders’ in History” HERE)

Embattled NY AG Letitia James Claims She’s Being Followed on Trump’s Orders: ‘Revenge Tour!’

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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

New York Attorney General Letitia James ranted to a crowd that she’s being followed on the orders of President Trump – days before reports surfaced that Trump’s Department of Justice had actually launched a criminal probe into mortgage fraud claims against her.

“They got individuals coming to my house, standing outside my house. Last Sunday – church Sunday while I was in church – these individuals were in front of my house, taking pictures and then streaming it, putting it on social media,” she said during a May 3 rally at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters in Harlem.

“This isn’t nothing more than a revenge tour! This is nothing more than vindictiveness! This is nothing more than an individual who is upset at me because we secured a $454 million judgment against him and his family and his company!” added James, who attended the rally to promote City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ longshot mayoral campaign.

James — who has been the subject of Trump’s ire after she marshaled a civil fraud trial against him and his Trump Organization that ended with the massive judgment that he is appealing — didn’t say whether she believes she’s being tailed at her Brooklyn home or the shadowy property she owns in Norfolk, Va. (Read more from “Embattled NY AG Letitia James Claims She’s Being Followed on Trump’s Orders: ‘Revenge Tour!’” HERE)