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Let it all hang out.

Trump: Now Even More Evil

How evil does one have to be to take money designated for medical research and divert it to the Pentagon? (Yeah, I know, that's rhetorical.)

On Thursday, Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee revealed that the Department of Defense is attempting to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health to supplement the Pentagon budget issues caused by President Donald Trump's war with Iran. This is according to a report in which ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) revealed the effort, which has been undertaken "without notifying Congress."

According to the report, "DoD has signed an interagency agreement that could give the Department access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research. These funds were provided to support research to develop treatments or cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens." Trump-appointed officials at NIH disclosed the scheme only after being pressed for information by House Appropriations Committee Democrats.

They could take the money that's being spent on Trump's stupid projects in DC and give them to Whiskey Pete for Trump's stupid war.

If the Dems take the House, let alone the Congress, this time around, the investigations that'll start in January will be epic.

And they should be,

Good Going, Somebody.

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Very nice.

Because It's Friday

Narrow-gauge steam, somewheres:

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Google and Apple are Knee-Bending Cowards

From Google Maps:

From Apple Maps:

Mapquest hasn't buckled under:

Which is why they're the number-one app on Apple's app store.

Google should have a new logo:

Apple, which used to say "think different", now has a different mindset:

None of this is surprising. Most companies these days are gutless amoral monsters owned by billionaire oligarchs who will do whatever it takes to make a buck. There is likely not a single executive left at Apple or Google who would not do anything but applaud if the ICEstapo shoved their neighbors into unmarked vans.

The message to the rest of the world is clear, if they choose to hear it: Do not trust American tech companies.

ICE Goes Further Fascist

ICE, whose job is in their title, you know, immigration and customs enforcement", is compiling a database of voters.

ICE is Trump's paramilitary goon squad, which is why they're spending $125 million in support of Trump's campaign to end fair elections.

History will regard having worked for ICE as the 21st Century equivalent of having been a Gestapo officer or a SS soldier. There should be headers on every online job application form that reads "No Former ICE AGent Need Apply". After we de-MAGAfy the government, "homeless former ICE goon" should be a thing.

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Shorter Milo: "It Hurt When the Leopards Ate My Face!"

In his first interview since being detained by ICE and deported, far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos said he is “very ashamed” to have ever supported President Donald Trump.

Yiannopoulos joined Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored this week to discuss his detention by ICE agents in Louisiana on Thursday. Yiannopoulos has since been deported back to the United Kingdom.
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"If I had any clue that anything remotely like this was even possible, I would never have got involved in supporting Trump in the first place and I’m very ashamed that I did."

Milo didn't spend months in an ICE concentration camp, nor was he flown out in shackles, like ICE normally deports people. And he likely rode out on a standard commercial flight, with meals and beverage service.

But then again, ol' Milo's a white dude, so he got pretty brutal treatment for one.

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