U.S. retiree freed after years jailed in Saudi Arabia for critical tweets "This day would not have been possible without President Donald Trump and the tireless efforts of his administration," the family of Saad Almadi, 75, said in a statement Wednesday.

A U.S. retiree held in Saudi Arabia over critical tweets has been freed months ahead of schedule, his son says, a day after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the White House.

Noooo

WTH

Yikes

FYI, there are over 300,000 pages of Epstein files.

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President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground

23 STATES NOW IN RECESSION AND 11 MORE NEAR IT LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS 2008 WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT HIT 10% AND FORECLOSURES DOUBLED

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

What the hell has Donald Trump been up to?

Yet more corruption, no doubt.

Senator Adam Schiff is demanding a congressional investigation into the distinct possibility that Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused his sweeping tariffs — a move that sent…

Wut⁉️

This is just like 2008 -- except that in 2008, the government was trying to stop the crash, whereas now, the government is literally causing the crash.

Japanese and Chinese markets are down 8% and 10% respectively. Black Friday in 1929 was -11%. Tomorrow could easily be the worst crash in American history.

The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.

Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff

Goal achieved: An unusual number of people in an unusual number of places. 1,300 globally. There were probably more than 10,000 speakers alone at rallies today. Baffling to think about this scale!

“Causing economic crisis creates bargains for Trump and Musk autocratic partners.”
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Tonight, Democrats forced a vote on a simple amendment.

To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing.

Republicans rejected it.

Our own version of Br-exit.

Watch the status of the dollar in global trade. One day America will understand the tail wind they freely got from exporting USD’s.

Mark Kelly for President

Duckworth coming in with a question about veterans.

“I guess I joined the ranks of the suckers and losers who have bled and died, in the President’s estimation.”

Damn.

Can report that Sen. @booker.senate.gov's filibuster/long speech is going over really well with the progressive wine moms in my very red county & state. People are thrilled to see a Democrat doing something.

LIVE: Taiwanese fighter jets take off amid China’s military drills | REUTERS YouTube video by Reuters

LIVE: Taiwanese fighter jets take off amid China’s military drills

Fighter jets are seen taking off and landing after China began joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan as a ‘stern warning’ against separatism.

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Cory Booker showing Chuck Schumer how to tell the people you hear them.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Tonight Senator Booker plans to conduct an overnight filibuster in response to the Trump Administration. He is using his time on the Senate floor to share the stories of Americans across the country who have already been harmed by the Trump administration’s actions. 1/

“I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we’re seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt? Or isn’t actually getting stories about the corruption?”
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It's time to worry about bird flu in cats Three pet owners whose cats got bird flu describe their symptoms and quick declines. As such cases mount, public health experts are warning about raw meat and raw milk.

126 domestic cats in the U.S. have been infected with bird flu since 2022, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Around half of those cases were recorded this year, and many were exposed through food or milk.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

Watch live: Cory Booker moving speech … going on 5 hours!

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Boy it sure is something that America is misspelled in the link preview here

NBC NEWS Breaking news now Trump shifts on trade again and says the U.S. may place reciprocal tariffs on dairy and lumber from Canada as early as today

Trump has no clue what he’s saying at any moment and is literally and constantly just responding to anything that happens with what he’s feeling at the moment — and yet this is what we, and the world, have to deal with right now. This is really not sustainable.