Posts by Kim Browne
Why Did ICE Agents Arrest and Detain a 71-Year-Old U.S. Citizen?
Earlier this week—in a story that reads as a perfect encapsulation of abuses by Trump’s immigration enforcement—masked ICE agents roughed up and detained a 71-year-old U.S. citizen volunteering as a legal observer to monitor them at a federal courthouse in San Diego. Grandmother Barbara Stone says she was documenting the detention of asylum-seekers with the…
Read MoreIf This GOP Conference Is Proof, Trump Is Totally Screwed Over Epstein
The Trump administration’s complete dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to backfire as some of the most intense, involved members of his voting base think they’ve lost him to the “deep state.” As the Student Action Summit conference hosted by Charlie Kirk’s right-wing Turning Point USA group kicked off on Friday, multiple MAGA loyalists…
Read MoreFederal Judge Tells LAPD to Stop Shooting at Journalists
A federal judge just had to remind police that they shouldn’t shoot at journalists after several violent encounters during the protests opposing the Trump administration’s disastrous ICE raids in Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera blocked the Los Angeles Police Department from wrongfully preventing journalists from accessing closed off areas, detaining or arresting…
Read MoreRepublican Governor Overturns Voters and Repeals Paid Sick Leave
With the stroke of a pen, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on legislation repealing the paid sick leave provision of a ballot measure that roughly 58 percent of Missourian voters approved in November. The now-struck provision, which went into effect in May but will cease at the end of August, required employers to give…
Read MoreNew York Republicans Unveil Bonkers New Anti-Zohran Mamdani Merch
For the low price of $45, New Yorkers can proudly display their racist attitudes against New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Despite establishment opposition, Mamdani clinched the city’s primary in June with 56 percent of the vote. The Ugandan-born Queens lawmaker’s rise in the Big Apple has not been without intense opposition: many…
Read MoreUS: Wall St opens lower amid Trump’s fresh tariff salvo on Canada
Published Fri, Jul 11, 2025 · 09:43 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Jul 11) as President Donald Trump cranked up his tariff assault on Canada, deepening uncertainty around Washington’s trade agenda. At 09.30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 215.88 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 44,434.99. the…
Read MoreCreative Technology warns H2 revenue may be below target, with operating loss similar to that in H1
It says US tariffs and global trade tensions weakened consumer sentiment, dragging down revenue [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology said that revenue for its second half of the financial year ended Jun 30 is likely to be US$30 million, which is below its target. In a bourse filing on Friday (Jul 11), the company said that its…
Read MoreTranscript: Stephen Miller Rages at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a MAGA Scam
Sargent: I think Trump knows that he’s got a problem here as well with the ICE morale issue and with the unpopularity of what we’re talking about here. Trump’s been spending a lot of time tweeting out this crap about how ICE officers are getting attacked. His propagandists are pushing all these numbers about those…
Read MoreMAS, PBOC to deepen collaboration in green and transition finance
[SINGAPORE] The central banks of Singapore and China reaffirmed their commitment to push on with their cooperation in green and transition finance. At the third Singapore-China Green Finance Taskforce (GFTF) meeting, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and People’s Bank of China (PBOC) strengthened their partnership to advance taxonomy interoperability, MAS said on Friday (Jul…
Read MoreThe Arms Race to Kiss Trump’s Ass Has Never Been More Ridiculous
I do not wish to leave out an important branch of this subject, for it is a danger from which princes are with difficulty preserved, unless they are very careful and discriminating. It is that of flatterers, of whom courts are full, because men are so self-complacent in their own affairs, and in a way…
Read MorePBOC adviser urges 1.5 trillion yuan stimulus to counter US tariffs
[BEIJING] China should add as much as 1.5 trillion yuan (S$268 billion) in fresh stimulus to boost consumer spending and maintain currency flexibility to counter US tariffs’ drag on growth, academics including an adviser to the country’s central bank said. The Chinese economy has been facing “new disruptions” since April, when US levies jumped, in…
Read MoreStocks to watch: Singtel, Cordlife, Q&M Dental Group, PSC, Procurri Corp
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jul 11): Singtel: The local telecommunications giant’s technology services arm, NCS, will invest S$130 million over the next three years to further its artificial intelligence (AI) development across the Asia-Pacific region. Its investments include the development of an AI suite,…
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