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riversedge's JournalWould you take- allegedly the most traumatic event in your life- and make a statue out of it?
Many of the comments state there was no assassination attempt.
I am behind of times related to the news as I did not know Trump
had this new so-called art work installed in the Oval Office.
I quickly scanned a few articles and none tell us who paid for it or if it was a gift.
Would you take- allegedly the most traumatic event in your life- and make a statue out of it?
https://x.com/DougWahl1/status/1921634200513351706
https://x.com/LarryBoorstein/status/1921694719790207157
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1921294570194653339
Donald Trump Adds New Piece Of Art To Oval Office: His Assassination Attempt Statue
https://www.news18.com/world/donald-trump-adds-new-piece-of-art-to-oval-office-his-assassination-attempt-statue-9332166.html
May 11, 2025, 20:34 IST
The statue, which depicts the moment Trump raised his bloodied fist after being shot in the ear, now sits on a side table next to the Resolute Desk.
US President Donald Trump has added a new art piece to the Oval Office- a small sculpture capturing the dramatic aftermath of the July 2024 assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania’s Butler.
The statue, complete with the Secret Service agents who bundled the president to the ground, captures the moment Trump raised his fist in the air and shouted, “fight, fight, fight," after he was shot in the ear by shooter Matthew Thomas Crooks’ bullet on July 13 last year, now sits on a side table next to the Resolute Desk.
The White House has shared an image of the sculpture on X, captioning it with the president’s rallying cry, “Fight! Fight! Fight!"
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The figure was created by sculptor Stan Watts and “symbolizes the divine intervention as well as the man and his message of unity and resilience for which America stands," according to the Trump Statue Project’s website.........................
Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
Source: ap
By MATT O’BRIEN Updated 7:28 PM CDT, May 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office.
The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification that “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately.”
On Thursday, President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, ........
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Perlmutter’s office recently released a report examining whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted materials to “train” their AI systems and then compete in the same market as the human-made works they were trained on.
The report, the third part of a lengthy AI study, follows a review that Perlmutter began in 2023 with opinions from thousands of people including AI developers, actors and country singers.
In January, the office clarified its approach as one based on the “centrality of human creativity” in authoring a work that warrants copyright protections. The office receives about half a million copyright applications per year covering millions of creative works.
“Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection,” Perlmutter said in January. “Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine ... would undermine rather than further the constitutional goals of copyright.”.......................
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/copyright-director-firing-government-trump-7ab99992a96131bce7de853b66feec68
Trump's cruelty to his fellow Fed workers has no end!!
https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/1a08ddb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3995x2660+0+1/resize/820x546!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F59%2Fb9%2Ffdefb24815850baf9bd179ca0935%2F0524189bd02940d7b3f5f1384f402391
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property oversight hearing of the United States Copyright Office, Nov. 13, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)
HAPPENING NOW The first group of White South Africans granted refugee status is departing for the U.S. today, fl
I have not found a news article about this.
What is new to me--is that the State Dept has chartered the plane. whow.
Stephanie Kennedy
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The first group of White South Africans granted refugee status is departing for the U.S. today, flying on a State Department-chartered plane — at the expense of American taxpayers.
The Trump regime has made great efforts to facilitate the swift resettlement of white…
https://bsky.app/profile/wordswithsteph.bsky.social/post/3lowhmhgyjk25
He's a good man.........
This is a very happy Swiss Guard. 
https://x.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1921345030838522179
Legal Experts Slam Trump Administration's Habeas Corpus Suggestion
Source: newsweek
May 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM EDT Khaleda Rahman
President Donald Trump's administration's suggestion of suspending habeas corpus rights has been criticized by legal experts, with a Boston professor telling Newsweek that classifying the immigration situation as an invasion as justification was "absurd."
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on Friday that the White House was exploring ways to expand its legal power to deport undocumented migrants, including suspending habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge their detention by the government.
Why It Matters
Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to determine if their imprisonment or detention is legal.
The right is enshrined in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the powers of Congress, not the president.
The Constitution's Suspension Clause, the second clause of Article I, Section 9, states that habeas corpus "shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it."
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/legal-experts-slam-trump-hebeas-corpus-2070645?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1746973449
This horrible issue is no longer a suggestion as the article talks about it--because IMHO anything Stephen Miller puts his hands on, Trump will give to him.
https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1921572486069555484
Stephen Miller talks to reporters
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters outside of the White House West Wing on May 9, 2025, in Washington D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
Source: abc news
The luxury jumbo jet is to be used as Air Force One, sources told ABC News.
By Jonathan Karl and Katherine Faulders
May 11, 2025, 6:02 AM
In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.
The gift is expected to be announced next week, when Trump visits Qatar on the first foreign trip of his second term, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Trump toured the plane, which is so opulently configured it is known as "a flying palace," while it was parked at the West Palm Beach International Airport in February.
The highly unusual -- unprecedented -- arrangement is sure to raise questions about whether it is legal for the Trump administration, and ultimately, the Trump presidential library foundation, to accept such a valuable gift from a foreign power.
Anticipating those questions, sources told ABC News that lawyers for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice drafted an analysis for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concluding that is legal for the Department of Defense to accept the aircraft as a gift and later turn it over to the Trump library, and that it does not violate laws against bribery or the Constitution's prohibition (the emoluments clause) of any U.S. government official accepting gifts "from any King, Prince or foreign State."..........................
.........According to aviation industry experts, the estimated value of the aircraft Trump will inherit is about $400 million, and that's without the additional communications security equipment the Air Force will need to add to properly secure and outfit the plane in order to safely transport the commander in chief.............
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
I think it is wrong for a President--any president --or US official to accept such a huge gift.
It is valued at $400 MILLION!!--now will have to be outfitted with all the electronics and other special items that a Air Force One needs.
^^Edit to add:
See inside Trump’s lavish new Air Force One complete with gold walls and opulent furnishings
https://nypost.com/2025/05/03/us-news/see-inside-trumps-lavish-new-air-force-one-complete-with-gold-walls-and-opulent-furnishings/
The interior also boasts gold-colored walls and gold furnishings. 5
The interior also boasts gold-colored walls and gold furnishings.
Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident
Source: axios
Updated 1 hour ago Andrew Solender
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DHS is accusing the House Democrats of assaulting law enforcement. The lawmakers say they were the ones who were assaulted.
The lawmakers involved in the incident: Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) and LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).
What they're saying: DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a CNN interview on Saturday morning that "there will likely be more arrests coming."
"We actually have body camera footage of these members of Congress assaulting these ICE enforcement officers, including body slamming a female ICE officer," she added.
McLaughlin said there is an "ongoing investigation" and that arresting the lawmakers is "definitely on the table."
She confirmed in a text message to Axios that the House Democrats may be arrested.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/10/trump-ice-arrest-house-democrats-new-jersey
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1921233941928804677
The destruction of small businesses by a felonious president Trump!!
I have seen several articles lately of how Trump is destroying small businesses.
The destruction of small businesses by a felonious president
https://politicsusa46.substack.com/p/the-destruction-of-small-businesses?r=54ihjc&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Truth Matters May 09, 2025
American small businesses are the backbone of the American economy they are literally the fuel that drive American prosperity.
I featured Haley Pavone and her shoe company previously and I’m delighted she was called to give evidence. representing small businesses, she explains the REAL impact of the imbecilic incompetence of a president who does not give a damn about small businesses, in his quest to feed the greed of the top 1%.
It is not Haley’s job to subsidise the purchase of yachts and private jets. It’s her job to feed her family and provide work for her employees to feed their families.
SHE and businesses like hers are what truly make America Great, not a narcissistic convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, on a mission to enrich himself.
Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine
Source: nbc
Using the Kremlin’s interpreter was “a very bad idea” that put Witkoff “at a real disadvantage,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, told NBC News.
May 10, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT / Updated May 10, 2025, 5:06 AM CDT
By Keir Simmons, Carol E. Lee, Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube
MOSCOW — President Donald Trump’s special envoy broke with long-standing protocol by not employing his own interpreter during three high-level meetings with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, opting instead to rely on translators from the Kremlin, a U.S. official and two Western officials with knowledge of the talks told NBC News.
Steve Witkoff, who has been tasked with negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, met with Putin in Moscow for several hours on Feb. 11, on March 13, and in St. Petersburg on April 11, and “used their translators,” one of the Western officials said. “If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn’t know what they are saying,” the official added, referring to Putin and the interpreters.
Witkoff, a former real estate mogul and cryptocurrency trader, does not speak Russian. By using Kremlin interpreters, he ran the risk that some of the nuance in Putin’s messages was missed and he would not have been able to independently verify what was being said to him, two former American ambassadors said.
Anna Kelly, a White House deputy press secretary, said in a statement that Witkoff “abides by all security protocols in coordination with the State Department.” Witkoff’s team did not respond. Both the State Department and the Kremlin have also been asked for comment.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Trump campaigned on ending the war on “day one” and has made it one of his top priorities. Putin, meanwhile, has shown little interest in ending the conflict, and in remarks broadcast Sunday, referenced Russia’s nuclear capability as he talked about bringing the war to an end...................
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-trump-envoy-witkoff-interpreter-kremlin-rcna205878
Trump seldom follows the rules or protocol, so I imagine his peons think it is fine to follow his example.
https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1921271822949003700
Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office on Tuesday.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images
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