Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/08/trump-awards-party-tech-billionaires 

 

Let Iran Nuke LA, Donald? | Paula Poundstone #shorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JXHc6WqCsrE

 

Civil servant awards get DOGE’d - POLITICO

The Partnership for Public Service’s four honorees this year are: 

Gharun Lacy, Department of State, for finding and stopping a cyberattack by Chinese-tied hackers on the department’s email accounts. 

James Szykman, EPA, for working with NASA on its satellite to track and address air pollution. 

Jill Frisch, formerly of the IRA, for litigating cases against multinational companies that led to the recovery of billions of tax dollars. 

Ransom Baldwin, Curtis Van Tassell and Paul VanRaden, Department of Agriculture, for using DNA research and genetic testing to change dairy cattle breeding, resulting in better milk production and animal health...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/federal-workforce-doge-awards-00906586

 

Trump’s Trophy Obsession — The FIFA “Peace Prize." #PaulaPoundstone #Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bw0GKPCxXFU

Eli Frost: How I Moved My Graduation Out of a Megachurch | FFRF Conventi...

Minnesota student Eli Frost receives FFRF’s Beverly & Richard Hermsen Student Activist Award after leading a successful campaign to move Chaska High School’s graduation from a discriminatory megachurch to a secular venue. Eli shares how he organized petitions, worked the media, collaborated with FFRF’s legal team, weathered a setback and ultimately walked at a church-free ceremony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7umzyc_0hQ

 

Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced | US healthcare | The Guardian

Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering 

 

Far-right US thinktank to give award to extremist sheriff leading ‘disaster’ office | Republicans | The Guardian

Bianco is a defendant in at least half a dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of people who died while incarcerated in Riverside county's jail system, including three filed last month, according to media reports and federal court records…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/trump-republicans-law-enforcement-jeff-sessions

Laura Ingraham’s 'Despicable' Response To Cops' Jan. 6 Testimony Slammed On Twitter | HuffPost

The Fox News personality mocked police officers who testified about fending off violent Donald Trump supporters with a spoof awards ceremony...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-laura-ingraham-jan-6-commission-responses_n_610104efe4b0fd216c202197