Democratic senator Mark Kelly has said he refuses to be intimidated after US president Donald Trump accused a group of Democrats of “seditious behaviour punishable by death” in a series of social media posts.
Kelly, one of several Democrats who released a message to military and intelligence personnel that they are not obligated to follow “illegal orders”, reiterated his call on Sunday, saying that Trump was “trying to intimidate us”. Kelly called on congressional Republicans to reject Trump’s threats.
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar condemned what she said was a “dangerous” response from the president.
“What is dangerous is the president of the United States threatening these members of Congress with death,” she told Meet the Press on Sunday. “Literally, saying that they should be executed.”
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US senator slams Republicans’ silence on Trump’s violent threats to Democrats Senator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel are not obligated to follow illegal commands.
“We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Republicans in the United States Congress about what the president has said about hanging members of Congress,” Kelly, of Arizona, said on CBS’s Face the Nation.
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Mamdani reiterates Trump is a ‘fascist’ days after cordial meeting Zohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that the US president is a “fascist” and a “despot” just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.
Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump a threat to democracy. “Everything that I’ve said in the past I continue to believe,” Mamdani replied. “I think it is important in our politics that we don’t shy away from where we have disagreements.”
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Many of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including in Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed.
The new tool – called “about this account” – became available on Friday to users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. It allows anyone to see where an account is located, when it joined the platform, how often its username has been changed and how the X app was downloaded.
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‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.
“That doesn’t exist,” the office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”.
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