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Service at high-profile MAGA supporter Kid Rock's Nashville restaurant came to an abrupt halt on a busy Saturday night after undocumented workers fled en masse to avoid rumored immigration raids favored by President Donald Trump, Nashville Scene reported.

The restaurant Kid Rock’s Big A-- Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse is licensed to wealthy conservative restaurateur Steve Smith.

According to the report, managers instructed employees without legal immigration status to leave to avoid ICE detention. Two other Smith-owned restaurants were also affected by the walkout, which lasted at least through Sunday.

An employee told the publication, “We were already understaffed because of the ICE raids throughout the weekend. Then, around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, our manager came back and told anyone without legal status to go home. Events at the Ryman, Ascend, the Savannah Bananas’ baseball game all let out, and it was crazy busy. But there was no one in the kitchen to cook the food.”

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"State troopers and unmarked ICE vehicles dramatically increased nightly traffic stops on May 3 in South Nashville, where the joint operation has resulted in at least 196 arrests by ICE agents," the report continued. "These arrests included 101 individuals with no criminal history, contradicting Trump administration claims that immigration enforcement has been targeted toward violent criminals."

Kid Rock, real name Robert James Ritchie, played at President Donald Trump's inauguration and visited the White House at the end of March as Trump signed an executive order to stop "price-gouging" by concert ticket brokers.

The musician dressed up for the Oval Office visit, opting for a "loud red, white and blue American flag jumpsuit and matching hat ensemble."

The report concluded that the "recent panic" indicated that Smith's restaurant empire "relies directly on employing immigrants not authorized to work in the United States."

Smith didn't comment for the story.

Read the Nashville Scene article here.

President Donald Trump brought his fascination with the term "groceries" with him to the Middle East on Thursday.

During a trip this week, Trump told the president of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, it's an old-fashioned word that "means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term, but it's an old-fashioned sound, but groceries are down."

The obsession with the word sparked confusion and mockery from those online who saw the statement.

"What ... what are the youths calling groceries these days?" joked Josh Chafetz, professor of law and politics at Georgetown.

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Author and former NFL player Chris Kluwe quipped, "Told my wife I was going to the grocery store for groceries and she asked why I was using that strange word and when I would be back with the victuals."

Former DOJ appointee Eric Columbus recalled, "In Trump’s first term he repeatedly insisted you need ID to buy groceries. Which was weird, but unlike now he never said the word 'groceries' was old-fashioned or anything."

Assistant professor in philosophy, Dr. Keith Wilson, commented on Trump's fascination with the word "is because Trump has never had to shop for groceries in his life, so he finds it an exotic concept."

Rolling Stone politics reporter Asawin Suebsaeng commented, "The Trump groceries things is an example of why he’s such a historic figure, you’re not getting this anywhere else, no other member of the trump clan, no other 'heir' apparent to the maga and gop throne, no influencer or conservative cable news hanger on; nobody. It rocks when JD Vance tries to sell himself as 'I’m Trump but I did the reading in school,' as if that is a thing voters want and as if those two things don’t conflict."

"For the life of me I will never understand why his mental deterioration isn't headline news every single day," remarked historian Heather Cox Richardson.

Anthropologist and archaeologist John Hoopes replied, "Trump grew up hearing his grandmother talk about 'groceries,' but his parents never troubled themselves with that stuff."

"The single thing I am most confounded with about Trump is why he thinks the word groceries is something people stopped saying in 1937," said influencer and podcaster Brendel.

"Has anyone heard of this word 'groceries' Trump keeps using? Is he demented?" asked Dan O'Sullivan.

President Donald Trump spoke Monday about negotiations with China that resulted in a dramatic step back from a tariff trade war — but in a rambling speech, he revealed the talks had left him confused.

First, he told the press, "Both sides now agreed to reduce the tariffs imposed. After April 2nd, to 10% for 90 days as negotiators continue." The date was more than a month in the past as he was talking May 12.

Trump then claimed that, until they began speaking, China was "being hurt very badly. They were closing up factories. They were having a lot of unrest, and they were very happy to be able to do something with us."

"And I don't know if people realize this, but we made a great deal with China, a great trade deal. But it was a much bigger deal originally, and then they canceled it right in the last day," Trump also claimed. He appeared to be talking about a previous negotiation from his first administration, and not the one that happened over the weekend, as he mentioned former Secretary of Agriculture Donny Perdue.

"Some of your faces I remember were there when that happened. I remember you, and we had a deal where they opened up their country to trade with the United States, and they took that away at the last moment," Trump said.

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It's unclear what he meant, but China has been trading with the U.S. for decades. The Library of Congress page that discusses U.S. trade said that in 1979, the "U.S. and China reestablished diplomatic relations and signed a bilateral trade deal."

Trump claimed that "they took that away at the last moment," but then followed up by saying, "and then I canceled the whole thing. And then six months later, we ended up doing a smaller deal. But it was a big deal. It was $50 billion worth of product that they were going to purchase from our farmers, etc, and we agreed to that."

He then confessed that he was confused about the amount of the tariffs.

"People thought it was 15 because they were doing 15," Trump said. "We made it 50 because I misunderstood the 15. I thought they said — I said, you got to get 50 because when I asked — if you remember the story — when I asked, what are we doing with them? My secretary of agriculture at the time, Sonny Perdue, said, uh, sir, it's about $15 billion and we're asking for 15. And I thought he said 50. So, I said — so they came back with the deal at 15 and I said, no way, I want 50 because you said 50. They said, sir, we didn't say that. Anyway. Bottom line, I said, go back and ask for 50. And they gave us 50, and they were honoring the deal, and we would call them up a lot for the corn and for the wheat and for everything."

Trump said that China was "honoring the detail" until former President Joe Biden "got in, they no longer honored the deal." When Biden came into office, it was amid the COVID-19 crisis, when trade was disrupted.

"The effects of the countries’ different responses are evident in our trade data as Chinese exports are more affected by the shock than Chinese imports. The impact of COVID-19 on trade included delays, shortages, and increased transportation costs. These shocks affected both supply and demand," Science Direct reported in a report about the way the pandemic disrupted trade.

Trump claimed that under Biden, "there was nobody to call. I would call on an average of once every two weeks to say, come on, you have to speed it up a little bit. And our farmers were doing great. I said to him, buy more land and bigger tractors. If you remember, that's what happened. But the deal was a very good deal. But the best part of the deal was that we opened up China. China agreed to open itself up to American business to go in, and it would have been a great thing, I think, for China, they would be able to see things that they haven't seen. They would be able to buy products that they had never been able to buy. Would have been great for American businesses."

Trump then said "they canceled it the last day" and "I got a little bit angry."

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MAGA “loyalists” are making moves to oust senators who are not in line with President Donald Trump, according to an Axios report.

Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are all at risk of facing a primary challenge in 2026.

Cornyn is a loud critic of Trump over several issues, including the deficit and border security.

MAGA would prefer to see Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton fill the seat, Axios wrote. Paxton was impeached by the state House on bribery and corruption charges in 2023.

According to the outlet, Tillis crossed the president — and the MAGA movement — by voting against the nomination of Ed Martin to be U.S. attorney for D.C.

He was also inclined to vote against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s nomination, but eventually folded.

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The president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, would likely be the primary challenger, but she has not announced if she will run.

Axios says Former Governor Roy Cooper appears increasingly likely to run on the Democratic ticket.

Cassidy voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6. Axios believes “Louisiana is safer for Republicans” because both Cornyn and Tillis are predicted to face strong democratic candidates.

According to the report, several far-right, Trump-endorsed congressional candidates have coasted to the GOP nomination. However, some ended up losing the general election.

MAGA activists, like influencer Jack Posobiec, believe the potential loss in 2026 is worth the challenge. “MAGA is sick of RINOs (Republicans in name only), especially in states Trump won. And in a state like Texas, it's inexcusable," he told Axios.

Trump has not made endorsements in any of these races. The outlet said, “By holding off [an endorsement], he maintains leverage over Cornyn and Tillis, whose support he needs to pass his legislative agenda.”

The White House did not respond to Axios' request for comment.

President Donald Trump took time out of an announcement on medication prices to praise former television personalities Mehmet Oz and Jeanine Pirro.

On Monday, Trump made the remarks before signing an executive order on drug prices. Oz heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services while Pirro is expected to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

"When you're in show business, it hurts your reputation a little bit," Trump noted. "It's good for you, but in terms of professionalism and being a doctor, it sort of hurts your reputation."

The president compared Oz to Pirro, whom he called "a special woman."

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"She was really tough, really sharp," he explained. "Then she did a show, and people didn't think of it quite the same way. She became more of an entertainment person, like Oz. Oz is not an entertainment — he's not really an entertainer."

"And she isn't either. She is unbelievable," Trump added. "She was one of the strongest, district attorneys in the history of New York, highly respected, very tough, went after the drug dealers at a level that you don't see today anymore, and hopefully she's going to be, she's given up a tremendous, she's leaving the number one show on cable television, one of the number one shows on television, period, 'The Five.'"

"Janine Pirro is unbelievable."

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Every kid has heard “No means no!” when they want something their parents don’t think they should have. This week that phrase got a couple high profile uses when Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, told Donald Trump right to his face that Canada was not and never would be for sale and Montana’s Congressman Ryan Zinke forcefully said “no” to the sale of public lands in the West.

In this day and age seeing U.S. politicians keep their campaign promises — or honor their oaths of office — is becoming increasingly rare. But on “keeping public lands in public hands,” Rep. Zinke did just that.

The measure in question was part of the “big, beautiful bill” touted by Trump to give yet more tax breaks to the already wealthy. The new twist was to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of federal lands in Nevada and Utah for mining, logging, drilling and development to finance those tax breaks.

Doug Burgum, the Secretary of the Interior, has publicly declared public lands and resources as “natural assets” that can be used to pay down the national debt. Consequently, GOP Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah inserted the public land sale as an amendment since it was not contained in the original draft of the bill due to bipartisan opposition.

Montana’s Congressman and former Secretary of the Interior called the move to sell public lands “a red line” and was adamant: “It’s a no now. It will be a no later. It will be a no forever.’’ As Zinke explained his firm opposition: “I prefer the management scheme and I give as an example a hotel. If you don’t like the management of a hotel, don’t sell the hotel; change the management.”

At almost the same time, Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney was using almost the same words in his White House meeting. After listening to Trump’s blather about how Canada should be our 51st state, how much he “loved Canada” and how erasing the “artificial” border line would make one beautiful piece of real estate, Carney used Trump’s own real estate line to fire back: “As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. We’re sitting in one right now. Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it’s not for sale, won’t be for sale,” adding: “Canada’s not for sale. It never will be for sale.”

Carney won office largely on his opposition to Trump’s intentions to take over Canada, saying during the election that: “America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never ever happen.”

Both Zinke and Carney are dead right. Polls show 74% of Americans oppose the sale of our public lands — and Carney’s election speaks for itself. He won by fighting Trump’s nasty threat to take over our northern neighbor that 77% of Canadians oppose.

For a guy who’s always been told he can have everything he wants, the double-barrel blast should be a wake up call. The world is not one big real estate sale to be marketed solely to make greedy billionaires even more money. Kudos to Zinke and Carney — and hopefully a sign to the rest of Congress and the world that it’s time to tell our spoiled child of a president “No means no!”