Trump announces he that he is going to extend the ceasefire for an undetermined amount of time, seemingly giving the Islamic Republic as much time as it needs, even though it wasn’t asking for it and the stalemate was due to its unwillingness to move off its non-negotiables.
Is this winning?
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visibly lost his temper in a congressional hearing this week, as a lawmaker confronted him about his bizarre penchant for collecting dead animal parts.
The Rehnquist/Roberts court on Bivens: We will not let victims of abusive cops sue their abusers under this judge-created doctrine.
The same court on qualified immunity: We will hide behind this judge-created doctrine to make sure victims of police abuse cannot sue their abusers.
"Kerkhoff’s lawsuit provides startling new allegations about the befuddled the leadership of the FBI under Director Kash Patel. It also underscores the degree to which conspiracy theories have influenced official government action, even at the highest levels." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
🇰🇵🤔 A bridge has been built for Russians in the DPRK.
The connection of the spans of the road bridge across Tumannaya River, connecting the two countries, has been completed on the border between Russia and North Korea.
TACO Trump now signaled he will never restart the war. Iran can do as it pleases. Watch him take down the sanctions in exchange for reopening the Strait.
❤️🇺🇦 Dua Lipa helped buy a car for Ukrainian medics
The first separate medical battalion received a pickup truck, the funds for which were raised during the charity event "Club For… Ukraine", organized by the Service95 platform.
On the one hand, it is good that Trump is not restarting the war; on the other hand, this kind of erratic conduct -- by a plainly increasingly cognitively impaired sociopath -- makes the world less safe.
For Taco Tuesday I wrote a long post which, buried w/in it, includes a description of 2 acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing.
1) To win v Iran, Trump has to fight Putin
2) To make a deal, Trump has to admit Obama is smarter than him
Neither is tenable.
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New AP poll has Trump's approval down to 33 percent. On his handling of the economy it's 30-70:
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‼️ The Russian ambassador to Italy was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following m Solovyov's insults to Meloni.
Solovyov called her a "prostitute," "a disgrace to the human race," and an "ugly woman" on TV.
It's illegal for DoJ to grab the info AND it's illegal for the states to give it. The software the feds want to use has already mishandled data.
The feds have no role in state election administration. This is an illegal surveillance.
Here is our complaint protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
Under Trump, the Dept of Justice is demanding voter file information from all 50 states.
Why? To create a national voter list that Trump operatives can use to purge voters.
We're suing.
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A GOP senator said he would like to vote to confirm the nominated chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, but demanded the Department of Justice first back off.
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My first thought is . . . what exactly is the alleged crime here?
And then I remember -- there doesn't really need to be one.
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Briefing: A Covenant Nation?, Tucker Carlson Is Very Sorry, & Disgusted By His Own Supporters www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Iranian state-linked media, Tasnim News, asserts: "If the US wants to maintain the shadow of war, it should consider the Strait of Hormuz completely closed."
The next administration must make clear that any immigrant, refugee, or asylum seeker wrongly deported, exiled, or otherwise mistreated by this administration will be readmitted with an expedited path to citizenship. Send a plane to get them.
We can't undo the damage. But we can do something.
This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government.
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Advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf says Trump’s ceasefire extension “makes no sense,” calling it an attempt to buy time for a surprise attack and claiming Iran “currently holds the initiative” as tensions escalate.
Screenshot of a tweet by Democrats Deliver (@DemzDeliver) highlighting that Minnesota now has the third lowest poverty rate in the nation, 45% lower than West Virginia. The post includes a split image of Governor Tim Walz smiling outdoors and an aerial view of the Minneapolis skyline along a river.
Blue governing leads the way.
It will only take five hours to get past security.
The company Marisks confirmed that at least one ship has already fallen victim to the fraud. The captain believed the fake letter and made the payment.
🚢🏦 Fraudsters are fooling sailors in Strait of Hormuz, demanding millions in "crypto", - The Maritime Executive
But instead of "green corridor", tankers are being hit by Iran.
Fraudsters are using the fact that Tehran has introduced a "toll" for the passage of ships, but under special conditions.
MAGA commentator Scott Jennings had a stinging response to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's comments that he was regretful for supporting President Donald Trump.
Ford’s move into the Middle East comes after it set a record on Wednesday with 296 days on deployment. That broke the post-Vietnam War carrier deployment record of 295 days held by USS Abraham Lincoln. Ford departed its homeport in Norfolk, Va., in late June for a routine deployment to Europe. Since then, the carrier has operated in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Red seas. It likely will go into a record-breaking 11th month of operations, the Navy’s top official has said. This is at least the second time Ford has been on duty in the Middle East during its current deployment. In early March, Ford entered the Red Sea, continuing its role in Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran. On March 12, a fire broke out in the ship’s main laundry areas, causing damage to multiple compartments and displacing some 600 personnel. Three sailors suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
Btw, the USS Ford set a record for longest post-Vietnam (which Trump could have won) deployment last week. I'm sure that has nothing to do with its toilet problem or laundry fire.
These sailors have been away from home since June.
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“.. Provision for credit losses increased 72% from a year earlier to $4.07 billion ..”
@bloomberg.com $COF
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9. When asked how they selected such a horrific panel and why no other trans healthcare panels were present, a PAS rep said that there was “A Suicide Prevention Skills Workshop."
7. Then, there is Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala, a Finnish researcher who is well-known to those tracking threats to trans rights in the states and abroad. Former patients have accused her clinic of abusive behaviors, including allegations that she prodded minors with sexual interrogations.
