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Trump nominates Paul Ingrassia to lead Office of Special Counsel
President Trump nominated former right-wing podcaster Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a key role for protecting whistleblowers and enforcing laws against electioneering. Ingrassia is serving as a White House aide and formerly was a writer for the Daily Caller and hosted the podcast Right On Point. He is also an attorney and served on the legal team representing self-described misogynist Andrew Tate. 'I am pleased to nominate Paul Ingrassia to head the United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC),' Trump wrote on his social media site. 'Paul is a highly respected attorney, writer, and Constitutional Scholar, who has done a tremendous job serving as my White House Liaison for Homeland Security.' Ingrassia will take the reins of the OSC at a key time for the agency. Trump fired previous special counsel Hampton Dellinger, even after he was confirmed to a five-year term for the role under President Biden. Dellinger initially contested his firing and prevailed in court, staying in his post and forwarding challenges to Trump's plans for widespread firings of probationary employees — those hired within the past year or two. But an appeals court then declined to keep Dellinger in his role while the legal battle advanced, pushing him to quit. Without Dellinger on the job, the OSC has switched positions on cases now before the Merit Systems Protection Board — another board where Trump has sought to fire leadership appointed to several-year terms. That includes fighting to keep probationary workers in their roles. If confirmed, Ingrassia would also be responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from campaigning for a candidate while on the job. During the first Trump administration, officials repeatedly ran afoul of the law, in particular then-aide Kellyanne Conway, who was cited for numerous violations. In his prior life as a conservative commentator, Ingrassia lavished praise on Tate, calling him the 'embodiment of the ancient ideal of excellence' for his 'sheer physical prowess' and being 'sharp as a tack' and full of 'willpower and spirit.' Tate has been charged with human trafficking in Romania as well as rape in the United Kingdom. Ingrassia has also pushed for Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has espoused white supremacist and antisemitic views, to be reinstated to Twitter, now known as X, calling it a First Amendment issue in a Substack post. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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22-05-2025
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Warning: This story contains graphic language. Blame the DFL politicians.
Photo and illustration by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer. U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar gave a succint response to a question posed to her by a reporter from the right-wing Daily Caller a few weeks ago: 'F*ck off.' Not long ago, a politician uttering the phrase may have shocked the Minnesota electorate's civil sensibilities. But Omar was evidently satisfied with the interaction — she later tweeted it out — and in a matter of days, if not hours, even conservative posters had moved on. It took awhile to reach the Upper Midwest, but Democrats here have joined a national trend, employing the kind of crass language that Donald Trump ushered into the political discourse almost a decade ago. Back in October, less than a month before he and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris would lose the general election, Gov. Tim Walz revved up a friendly audience in Madison. 'Elon's on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dipshit on these things,' Walz said, pausing for the audience's laughter. He added: 'You know it!' The moment went viral, and Walz has since repeated the bit, sparking comparisons to Trump's affinity for name-calling (though 'Trump's remarks were typically directed toward elected officials of color, not white billionaires,' The New York Times noted, helpfully). Minnesota Democratic politicians are usually relatively mild in their cussing, but one thing seems clear: They're cursing more freely, and often with gusto. Since the start of Walz's vice presidential run, he could frequently be heard bemoaning this or that 'damn' thing — 'Mind your own damn business' — like a dad suffering over his lawnmower engine, or a frustrated high school football coach. In a recent town hall in Texas, he said: 'How about we just be proud of our policies, take it everywhere, and we will win the damn election on that.' But he'll occasionally rip off a more weighty curse word. In a recently published interview with The Atlantic's Mark Leibovich, Walz said he regretted that neither he nor Harris went on the Joe Rogan podcast during the campaign. 'I'm like, 'f*ck it,'' Walz said. 'Just go.' Nearly 10 years ago, Trump transformed the way politicians talk, and especially the way they curse: openly and without apology. He won the 2016 election immediately after the publication of a tape in which he infamously described grabbing women's genitals and has freely used curse words and vulgar language ever since. Prior to Trump, cursing was scandalous for politicians. Former President Barack Obama once referred to his opponent Mitt Romney as a 'bullshitter,' grabbing headlines and sparking Republican outrage. So why are Minnesota Democrats suddenly cursing so much? Politicians swear in part to seem — irony alert — more authentic, said Melissa Mohr, swearing expert and author of 'Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing.' 'A lot of what politicians do in their speeches is quite scripted, and swearing is a way to use language to make it feel like you're saying things from your heart,' Mohr said. For Democrats facing the deluge of Trump's executive actions in the first months of his second term — funding cuts to agencies, mass layoffs, the transfer of immigrants to an El Salvador prison, his defiance of the courts and more — cursing is also a way to emphasize the seriousness of the moment. 'Usually when we swear, that's because we've got some deep emotion about something, whether it's pain or frustration or joy,' Mohr said. But cursing can also backfire when it's not convincing, Mohr said. If voters pick up on a slight hesitation before a bad word, a strange emphasis, or the unusual construction of a phrase, it could signal that the cursing is more of a strategic choice by speechwriters than a genuine burst of emotion from the speaker. 'When it's not authentic, it comes off as extra not-authentic, and I think that that definitely turns people away,' said Republican lobbyist and local stand-up comedian Brian McDaniel. As the parties have become more polarized and less inclined to appeal to centrist voters, Republicans — with the notable exception of the commander in chief — have kept their speeches clean so as not to offend the religious base of the party, McDaniel said, whereas Democrats' cursing can be taken as a way to 'stick it to the man.' Democrats here may have taken a bit longer to jump on the cussing trend because they're entrenched in the culture of 'Minnesota nice.' Minnesotans and their politicians seem to have a more reserved approach to swearing than people from other regions, though it's difficult to accurately measure how frequently a population curses. A 2015 map of swear-word frequency compiled by a linguist and based on tweets, seems to indicate that Minnesotans generally swear less, at least in the online public sphere, than people from other areas. Although lately with the Dems, it's hard to tell. On X, DFL Sen. Tina Smith captioned a post by Elon Musk, who was instructing federal employees to send a summary of their accomplishments for the week: 'This is the ultimate d*ck boss move from Musk — except he isn't even the boss, he's just a d*ck,' Smith wrote. And when Smith announced she wouldn't be seeking re-election, state Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy's official statement began with a two-word sentence: 'Well shit.' (Murphy later showed more restraint: 'My mouth is full of cuss words right now,' she said regarding recent negotiations with Republicans on the final day of the legislative session.) It's not just a Minnesota thing: U.S. Sen. Elise Slotkin got fiery and profane recently while urging Democrats to 'f*cking retake the flag' and to adopt 'the goddamn Alpha energy.' In the case of both Slotkin and Walz, the cussing shows emotion and seeks to shape Democratic identity, melding it to the working class party of old. In this populist moment, Mohr said, swearing codes populist. 'When you break that mold and you swear,' Mohr said, 'it kind of brings you to that 'ordinary' person's level.'
Sky News AU
19-05-2025
- Politics
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Hillary Clinton frets that a female Republican president would be ‘handmaiden to the patriarchy'
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton bristled at the prospect of a female Republican winning the White House, fretting that it would condemn women to be subordinates of the patriarchy. Clinton, 77, argued that, with few exceptions, female Republicans tend to undermine feminist ideals while reflecting on the advice she'd give to women seeking the presidency. 'Well, first of all, don't be a handmaiden to the patriarchy, which kind of eliminates every woman on the other side of the aisle, except for very few,' Clinton sniped with a sigh during a forum at The 92nd Street Y in New York City earlier this month. Clinton's remarks were made on May 1, but footage of the exchange didn't surface until last week and was unearthed by the Daily Caller. Examples of Republican women who aren't 'handmaidens to the patriarchy' include Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), according to Clinton. 'There's a few,' she admitted. Moderator Margaret Hoover, a Republican pundit and host of PBS' 'Firing Line,' refrained from pushing back against Clinton on that point. Hoover's husband, John Avlon, unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) last year. The former secretary of state and first lady also lamented how women haven't yet been able to punch through the glass ceiling and win the presidency, referencing both her and former Vice President Kamala Harris' defeats. 'Look, first we have to get there, and it is, you know, obviously so much harder than it should be,' Clinton continued. 'So, you know, if a woman runs who I think would be a good president — as I thought Kamala Harris would be, and as I knew I would be — I will support that woman.' Unlike Clinton, Harris largely refrained from harping too much on gender politics during her 107-day sprint for the presidency in the 2024 election cycle. Harris also significantly outperformed President Trump with female voters, according to exit poll data. Beyond Harris and Clinton, former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley had made inroads on the Republican presidential primary in 2024 but fell far short of beating Trump for the party nod. Clinton has previously dissed GOP women. In 2019, she published a book titled 'The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience,' which listed over 100 women. Clinton later defended her decision not to include former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the tome. 'She doesn't fit the other part of the definition in our opinion, which is really knocking down barriers for others and trying to make a positive difference,' Clinton told BBC radio at the time. 'I think the record is mixed with her.' Clinton infamously landed in hot water during the 2016 campaign cycle for placing a large swatch of Trump supporters in what she called the 'basket of deplorables.' She later expressed 'regret' over that comment. Originally published as Hillary Clinton frets that a female Republican president would be 'handmaiden to the patriarchy'
New York Post
19-05-2025
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Hillary Clinton frets that a female Republican president would be ‘handmaiden to the patriarchy'
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton bristled at the prospect of a female Republican winning the White House, fretting that it would condemn women to be subordinates of the patriarchy. Clinton, 77, argued that, with few exceptions, female Republicans tend to undermine feminist ideals while reflecting on the advice she'd give to women seeking the presidency. 'Well, first of all, don't be a handmaiden to the patriarchy, which kind of eliminates every woman on the other side of the aisle, except for very few,' Clinton sniped with a sigh during a forum at The 92nd Street Y in New York City earlier this month. Advertisement Clinton's remarks were made on May 1, but footage of the exchange didn't surface until last week and was unearthed by the Daily Caller. Examples of Republican women who aren't 'handmaidens to the patriarchy' include Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), according to Clinton. 3 Hillary Clinton was the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. James Messerschmidt Advertisement 'There's a few,' she admitted. Moderator Margaret Hoover, a Republican pundit and host of PBS' 'Firing Line,' refrained from pushing back against Clinton on that point. Hoover's husband, John Avlon, unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) last year. The former secretary of state and first lady also lamented how women haven't yet been able to punch through the glass ceiling and win the presidency, referencing both her and former Vice President Kamala Harris' defeats. 3 Clinton pointed to moderate Republicans such as Sen. Lisa Murkowski as GOPers who aren't servants of the patriarchy. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Advertisement 'Look, first we have to get there, and it is, you know, obviously so much harder than it should be,' Clinton continued. 'So, you know, if a woman runs who I think would be a good president — as I thought Kamala Harris would be, and as I knew I would be — I will support that woman.' Unlike Clinton, Harris largely refrained from harping too much on gender politics during her 107-day sprint for the presidency in the 2024 election cycle. Harris also significantly outperformed President Trump with female voters, according to exit poll data. Beyond Harris and Clinton, former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley had made inroads on the Republican presidential primary in 2024 but fell far short of beating Trump for the party nod. Advertisement Clinton has previously dissed GOP women. 3 Hillary Clinton has previously bashed conservative women. csuarez In 2019, she published a book titled 'The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience,' which listed over 100 women. Clinton later defended her decision not to include former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the tome. 'She doesn't fit the other part of the definition in our opinion, which is really knocking down barriers for others and trying to make a positive difference,' Clinton told BBC radio at the time. 'I think the record is mixed with her.' Clinton infamously landed in hot water during the 2016 campaign cycle for placing a large swatch of Trump supporters in what she called the 'basket of deplorables.' She later expressed 'regret' over that comment.
Express Tribune
09-05-2025
- Politics
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Camryn Kinsey faints live on Fox News, watch full incident
Former Trump administration official and conservative media commentator Camryn Kinsey fainted during a live Fox News broadcast on Thursday, prompting a brief on-air scramble as host Jonathan Hunt halted the segment for medical assistance. Kinsey, who was being interviewed on President Joe Biden's recent media appearances, began to stumble over her words moments before her eyes rolled back and she collapsed out of frame. 'So this is about incompetence, it's not about ideology or uh, it's not about uh—' Kinsey said, before falling backward. 🚨 Fox News guest Camryn Kinsey faints live on air. — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 9, 2025 A visibly startled Hunt reacted with concern but remained seated. 'Oh! Oh my goodness,' he said on air. 'We're just gonna get some help for Camryn… um… let me come back to Lydia while we get some help… actually, we're gonna go to a break right here. We'll be right back.' When the show returned from the commercial break, Hunt confirmed that Kinsey was conscious and receiving attention from emergency responders. The incident quickly went viral on social media, with clips of the collapse circulating widely. There had been no prior indication of illness. Hours earlier, Kinsey had posted about the new pope and shared a message from former President Donald Trump on her X (formerly Twitter) page. New Pope! — Camryn Kinsey (@camrynbaylee) May 8, 2025 She also recently uploaded footage of herself firing an assault rifle in the desert, praising the Second Amendment. Kinsey, who now heads Titan Media Strategies according to her LinkedIn, was previously a correspondent for One America News and served as the director of external relations during the Trump administration.
