Trump finds new way to misspell Nikki Haley's birth name in new racist dog whistle

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Donald Trump found another way to misspell Nikki Haley's birth name in an insulting attack on his Republican primary rival.

The former president referred to his one-time United Nations ambassador, whose given name is Nimarata, as "Nimrada" earlier this week, and Friday morning he called her "Nimbra" in an apparent effort to draw attention to her family's Indian heritage.

"Governor Chris Sununu, the now failing Governor of New Hampshire, where I am beating his endorsed candidate, Nimbra, by big numbers, and DeSanctimonious by even bigger numbers, should spend more time keeping Democrats from voting in the Republican Primary - How ridiculous is that?" Trump posted on Truth Social.

Haley was born in South Carolina to immigrant Sikh parents but has gone by her middle name, Nikki, since she was a small child, and she took her husband's last name when they married nearly 30 years ago, giving up her maiden name, Randhawa.

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"Anyway, it doesn’t matter, because Nimbra doesn’t have what it takes," Trump posted. "She’s weak on China, Russia, Borders, and Crime, but never saw a war she didn’t like. I defeated ISIS, Rebuilt our Military, and brought our soldiers back home. I hope Sununu’s endorsement of Nimbra has more strength than Kim Reynolds’ Iowa endorsement of DeSanctus! How did that work out? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

"Nimbra" seems to be a shortened form of his insulting misspelling of Nimarata, similar to his shorthand "DeSanctus" insult against Ron DeSantis, whom he often refers to as "DeSanctimonious," and is widely seen as an update of his birther attacks questioning Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president.

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Taxpayers to fork out $1B to block Trump's pet obsession: 'Outrageous misuse'

The U.S. government will pay a French energy firm nearly $1 billion to cancel its plans to build a pair of wind farms off the East Coast, the Trump administration announced Monday in its latest move to stymie offshore wind.

The French firm TotalEnergies will forfeit its leases for projects off the coasts of New York and North Carolina, with the United States paying $928 million to reimburse what the company initially spent on the leases.

Under the deal, TotalEnergies will reinvest that money into oil and gas projects, including a liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to block the development of offshore wind projects, which many East Coast states have been counting on to meet their energy needs in the coming years. The projects canceled under the deal announced Monday would have provided power to more than 1 million homes.

Late last year, the Trump administration invoked classified national security threats to stop work on five wind farms that were under construction, but courts have ruled that the projects can proceed. But for dozens of other projects still in the planning and permitting stages, industry experts expect little progress while Trump remains in office.

The administration claimed in a statement that the projects were “unreliable and costly.” But New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, condemned the agreement.

“Using a pay-not-to-play scheme to pressure a company to not build offshore wind is an outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars,” Hochul said in a statement to The New York Times.

Environmental groups also blasted the deal, with some noting that it comes as Trump’s war with Iran has caused chaos for global oil markets.

“This deal is an outrageous misuse of taxpayer dollars to prevent Americans from having clean, affordable power exactly when they need it most,” Ted Kelly, director and lead counsel for U.S. clean energy at the Environmental Defense Fund, said in a statement.

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RFK Jr allies panic as Republicans turn on his surgeon general pick

Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey Means is running out of runway — growing Republican defections on the Senate health committee have left her without the votes needed to advance, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The healthy food advocate, championed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., currently lacks sufficient GOP support to move forward, forcing Kennedy allies to scramble behind the scenes, working the phones to pressure wavering Republican senators.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Means needs unanimous Republican support from the health committee if all Democrats oppose her nomination, as expected. She doesn't have it.

The standstill leaves no clear path to confirmation.

Several Republican health committee members have signaled serious doubts without publicly committing their votes, including Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana (the committee chairman), Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Susan Collins of Maine.

Even if Means clears committee, her prospects on the full Senate floor look bleak. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has indicated he's leaning toward voting no. Other Republicans seen as likely defectors include Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who voted against Kennedy's HHS confirmation due to Kennedy's vaccine skepticism. Means can afford to lose only three Republican votes if all Democrats vote against her.

When asked if Means had the committee votes, Cassidy declined to say: "I just have nothing to say on that right now."

Kennedy's allies are now in full pressure mode. Tony Lyons, a Kennedy confidant who leads nonprofit groups supporting the MAHA movement, urged supporters during a recent livestream to mobilize.

"I encourage all of you to call your senators and tell them that you want to see Dr. Means confirmed as soon as possible," Lyons said. "I have no doubt that she'll lead the charge towards empowering Americans to take control of their health."

McConnell's opposition carries particular weight — he was the sole Republican who voted against Kennedy's HHS confirmation. Cassidy, however, expressed reservations but ultimately joined Collins, Murkowski, Tillis and other Republicans in supporting Kennedy's confirmation. The Louisiana senator faces a difficult primary challenge where Trump has backed his opponent, making him unlikely to break ranks with the president.

Republican demands Lindsey Graham be stripped of Oval Office access

A Republican Party representative has called for Donald Trump's unlikely ally to have his access to the Oval Office taken away.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) believes Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Senator, should be limited in how much he can speak with the president, The Hill reported. "I absolutely think he should have his Oval Office credentials revoked," Cammick said on Wednesday.

Whether Graham's Oval Office permission is revoked remains to be seen, but the veteran GOP rep has seemingly influenced Trump in a major way.

Democrats and several Republicans have balked at his apparent appetite for military aggression, comparing the Iran war to Iwo Jima, supporting the January operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and openly calling for regime change in Cuba.

Graham, who had previously condemned Trump as a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot," has since become a close advisor of the president during Trump's second term.

Not only is Graham now an unlikely ally of the president, but also an influential figure and one of the key figures telling Trump to bomb Iran. Speaking with Politico earlier this month, Graham said, "We were thinking about this early, early on about how Iran is a spoiler for expanding the Abraham Accords and stability in the Mideast.

"I told him before he took office… if you can collapse this terrorist regime, that’s Berlin Wall stuff." Graham also claims he managed to cut through the naysayers on bombing Iran and convinced the president it was the right course of action to back Israel in their campaign.

He said, "There was a real fight not to do it. Let Israel do it by itself, or just not do much. So we talked a lot about this: ‘Mr. President, you want to have your fingerprints on this. You want them to know America will fight.' He’s a hard sell, but when you sell him, he’s all in."

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