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Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-states-defiant-ai-executive-order

States defiant in face of Trump's AI executive order
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.

Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists
asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded group,
is asking the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s White House ballroom project,
which already has involved razing the East Wing,
until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, environmental asses…

Trump sued by preservationists over White House ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking a federal court to stop Trump’s White House ballroom project until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, public comments and wins approval from Congress. The National Trust argues that Trump, by fast-tracking the project, has committed multiple violations of the Administrative Pr…

tiktok is heading toward being full maga.
If your business or life is centered on that app, take steps now to change that.
I am happy to help however I can.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-p…

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok after dad tells users they ‘owe’ him for saving platform
The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

Emails: Michael Wolff gave advice to Jeffrey Epstein about Trump, including suggesting Epstein could "help finish him" at the end of Trump's 2016 campaign (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/michael-wolff-epstein-trum…

Michael Wolff, Chronicler of Elites, Advised Epstein About Trump
Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.

Have all us Australians hit the tromboncino/cucuzza/zucchini glut yet? Or just me? https://witcheskitchen.com.au/tromboncino-or-zucchini-bake-making-it-up-as-you-go/

Tromboncino (or Zucchini) Bake (making it up as you go)
Tromboncino or zucchini, cheese, eggs, onion of some kind, something tart, something salty, something aromatic, little bit of flour, salt and pepper. Mix together, top with grated cheese, bake. Ser…

2 Israel MPs ejected after interrupting the felon's speech with "Terrorist!", saying, "recognise Palestine", "The Trump plan isn't peace but the normalisation of the occupation."
Dos diputados israelíes interrumpen el discurso de Trump en la Knesset al grito de "terrorista"

Dos diputados israelíes interrumpen el discurso de Trump en la Knesset al grito de "terrorista"
Los diputados izquierdistas Aymen Odeh y Ofer Cassif fueron expulsados del parlamento de Israel este lunes después de interrumpir el discurso del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ante la cámara

Trump's AI EO directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding for states that introduce "burdensome" AI regulations (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/11/trump-executive-ord…

Trump defies GOP critics by signing controversial order threatening states over AI laws
Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown

Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll,
as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday.
Most other government workers will not be paid.
https://www.…

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown
Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll, as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday. Most other government workers will not be paid.

In his EO, Trump orders US AG Pam Bondi to create an "AI Litigation Task Force" that meets regularly with David Sacks to challenge "inconsistent" state AI laws (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/trump-orders-c

Trump orders creation of litigation task force to challenge state AI laws
On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a single regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence in the US...

Trump’s Baseless Claims:
President Trump said he had made flag burning a crime punishable by a year in prison.
But such a claim contradicts both Supreme Court precedent and the text of an executive order he signed.
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Trump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners
The president said he had made flag burning a crime punishable by a year in prison. But such a claim contradicts both Supreme Court precedent and the text of an executive order he signed.