JD Vance's trip to negotiate with Iran was just postponed indefinitely after Iranian leadership did not respond to Trump's demands.

Trump's 2-week ceasefire expires this Wednesday.

Exactly as Putin intended.

Trump has created a defence crisis for the US. The military has heavily depleted key missile stockpiles during the Iran War, raising concerns about readiness for another major conflict, CNN reports.

One expert warned it has opened “a window of increased vulnerability”.

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Pope Leo XIV: In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in “countercurrent” politics, which focus on the common good.

listen to this response from John Thune and note how *even MAGA Republicans* are no longer pretending Trump isn't personally directing harassment investigations against his political foes

Trump 'blocked from accessing nuclear codes' by head of US military US President Donald Trump is alleged to have received push-back from a senior military person in a meeting at the White House during an attempt to access his country's nuclear codes

Allegedly tRump tried to grab the nuclear codes in a White House meltdown—only for the Joint Chiefs chairman to stand up and say “No.” Apparently, even the military knows this unhinged man is too dangerous for the football. How much longer can America risk it?
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Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson has revealed that Donald Trump wanted to use nuclear codes during a White House meeting on Saturday night. General Dan Cain, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood up and said NO

This is the level of instability in the White House.

this is why there is impeachment and the 25th amendment, but republicans would rather let trump start a nuclear war

Trump PANICS as Iran CEASEFIRE Deadline LOOMS YouTube video by Katie Phang

As the 2-week “ceasefire” with Iran expires tomorrow, @booker.senate.gov talks the latest on Senate Democrats forcing Republicans to own this illegal war. We also discuss the $24 billion investments by Saudi Arabia & others in the Paramount/Warner Bros. pending mega-merger.

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Poor Donald doesn't realize he can't effectively preempt the convulsive distaste history will have for his shoddy, corrupt, and small-minded legacy. He can construct structures with his name. They will be bulldozed. He can slap his name on existing structures. Those letters will be crowbarred away.

SMITH: You're also trying to dress up the friendly skies, telling people not to wear sweatpants to the airport

DUFFY: Yeah. Look at what Sandra Smith wears and that's what you should wear to the airport


ROBERTS: We also look forward to what the FAA has to say about the near-collision in Nashville

"...and if Trump gives me another chance I'll go crawling right back to him."

See also: Joe Rogan

Opportunist will say anything. Do not believe his contrition.

and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

HIRONO: The rising prices of energy -- is that something you didn't contemplate happening before the president declared his illegal war?

CHRIS WRIGHT: No. We knew exactly what would happen

HIRONO: It doesn't seem like it, because the president doesn't understand how to open the strait

KIM: Are you concerned there could be real long-term effects of this war in Iran with fuel and fertilizer?

WARSH: If my reform agenda stands for anything, it's for the central bank to stay in his lane

KIM: But you're also charged with forecasting

Virginian on why she’s voting YES and volunteering: “I’m out here doing this because I was terminated by DOGE... This is about democracy. This is a very pivotal moment, and it’s now or never.”

* VANCE’S TRIP TO ISLAMABAD ON HOLD: NYT

Why I'm Voting Yes on Virginia's Redistricting Amendment Today Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos...

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Excellent takedown of fake Christian Pete Hegseth's fake Christian spiritual mentor.

I know the Christian Nationalist "pastor" would have a weak response, but I was not ready for him to respond to a litany of detailed indictments with a silly, lame meme. These trolls are not serious people.

How to confess that you're a fossil fuel industry shill without actually saying it

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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"And that's why I don't give a damn what that will do to the environment because I'll be dead by then."

Après moi, le déluge

New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab The lawsuit calls the effort “a key component of the Trump Administration’s attempts to take over elections from states and subvert the 2026 midterms.”

🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday to block its bid to build a national voter database using private voter data from every state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"broad contours"

WARSH: The broad contours of the economy are improving. The potential of the economy, the real results of the economy are improving.

TINA SMITH: The reality is there was almost 0 job growth in 2025. That looks to me like not a roaring economy, but a weak economy.

Washington Examiner: Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump. Suppose a different leader were posting deranged rants in the small hours, insulting the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, threatening entire civilizations with annihilation, and comparing himself to God. What would be the reaction?

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HIRONO: Does anybody have the kind of expertise that Secretary Moniz had when he participated in the JCPOA?

CHRIS WRIGHT: Absolutely. Absolutely

HIRONO: Who?

WRIGHT: Our whole team

HIRONO: Can you see I have some major skepticism?

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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