War-linked bets spark insider trading fears A BBC analysis found a “consistent pattern” of trading spikes hours before a White House public statement sent oil prices or the stock market up or down.

CorrupTion

Artist: Dennis Goris

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

Kushner being involved as he has deals with MBS is insane

Evergreen.

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad

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Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle. Sometimes it isn’t. Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.

@drneilstone.bsky.social

This is so well done. 👌

Q: You message has moved from 'the war is coming to an end' to 'we're gonna be bombing Iran to the stone ages.' So which is it?

TRUMP: Can't tell you. I don't know

Q: “Do you believe that Bondi lost her job because she was not successful in [prosecuting Trump’s enemies]?”

Blanche: “Nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general, and I'm the acting attorney general, except for President Trump.”

“.. Strip away the shock value for a moment .. This is not a stray remark at a rally. Nor was it a misstatement quickly corrected by staff. This is a public declaration, .. during an active and escalating international crisis.”

@thehill.com
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'It's time to say no': MAGA influencers push back on Trump on Iran Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson advised U.S. officials to tell the president "no" if asked to carry out mass attacks on Iranian civilians.

President Trump is threatening to destroy Iranian civilization — after campaigning in part on a "no new wars" mantra in 2024.

His reversal is creating major strains within his own MAGA movement.

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote as he arrives in Budapest JD Vance has railed against the EU, accusing it of blatantly interfering in Hungary’s upcoming elections, even as the US vice-president said he had travelled to Budapest to “help” Viktor Orbán win Sunday’s vote. Speaking to reporters shortly after landing in Budapest on Tuesday, Vance’s tone was combative as he alleged that the EU was responsible for “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference” he had ever seen. Continue reading...

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election

The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

In suit seeking return of 2020 election records, Fulton County requested info from DOJ regarding the timing of events leading up to the search warrant.

DOJ says that info is privileged.

But Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon previously discussed the timeline in a media interview:

THE POPE: “I hope Trump is looking for an off-ramp. I hope he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence, the bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's increasing constantly.” (H/T @headquartersnews.bsky.social )

The Manosphere Feels Betrayed The Epstein files, Alex Pretti, now Iran?

The manosphere is often credited for galvanizing young men to vote for Donald Trump in 2024—but now many of its podcasters say they feel “betrayed,” @elainegodfrey.bsky.social tells @hannarosin.bsky.social .

Listen to the full episode of “Radio Atlantic”:

Cartoonist: Jack Ohman

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

Some Marines graduate without their parents' presence amid ICE fears News that ICE would be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events upended family plans, elicited national reaction and drew out protesters, including Marine veterans.

“They were going to come. It was going to be a big thing. We were going to go to the beach right after. All those plans had to go out the window because they said ICE would be here."

According to the Times:

Raskin: "It doesn't give me a lot of comfort that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas."

MSBA Advocacy Action Alert: Opportunity to Sign-On to MSBA Comments Opposing Proposed DOJ Rule The MSBA will be filing comments with the Department of Justice in opposition to its recently Proposed Rule for Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against DOJ Attorneys.

Maryland Lawyers, please join me in signing on to the MSBA's letter to DOJ about its effort to undermine legal ethics across the country.

"No president can decide to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval."

—Marco Rubio in 2023

"It's the president's decision if we stay in NATO."

—Marco Rubio in 2026

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was …

Marco Rubio.