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New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia started her term Monday and will hold her first briefing Tuesday on Tuesday morning at 9:30am, according to a Trump announcement on Truth Social.
Blondie 2.0 was a former spokesperson for DHS. She is 41.
Musk spends Bigly as #1 donor to MAGAts:
A spokesperson for Elmo’s main political group, America PAC, confirmed that Musk has poured at least $276 million into the midterms since the summer.
Trump reposts MAGA rapper’s Islamaphobic rant:
In an interview with Lara Trump, Kid Rock said he fears his grandchildren will be caught up in a religious civil war if the scary brown Muslim guy, Abdul El-Sayed, is elected in Michigan.
“I was born in Dearborn, Michigan,” the musician told Trump. “So was my father. Raised there. My grandfather raised him there.”
Nope. Lies.
Texas Tantrum over Talarico:
The MAGA conspiracy theorists claimed the Texas Senate candidate James Talarico had been admitted for round-the-clock mental health care in Ohio when Talarico says he had the flu.
Talarico says he was home with the flu, which temporarily sent him to Dallas urgent care and caused him to miss in-person campaign events for close to two weeks. He also says he worked remotely each day on the campaign, and he wanted to make sure he didn’t get others sick.
Moses Mike Says Televising Execution Might Be a Bad Thing:
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned the Trump administration that livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan could hand extremists a “recruiting tool for future terrorists,” becoming the latest Republican to voice concerns about Kegseth’s half-brained idea.
Fox Host Hits Putin Right in MAGA’s Feels:
Fox host Brian Kilmeade hit dingbat Rachel Campos Duffy’s MAGA Trump loyalty right in the facts, saying Putin was responsible for mass killings in the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Other MAGAs are also finding a voice, if a rather high-pitched one on Putin:
Trump to Kimberly? — “You’re Fired”
Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about misconduct has irked the pResident, according to CNN.
The pResident offered no defense of Guilfoyle when questioned by CNN about the allegations Friday.
“I just heard about it. Too bad. I mean, I don’t know,” Trump said. “I just heard a little bit about it. I don’t know too much, but she was always very nice.”