Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Iran Seizes Ships as Trump Flails — 4/22/26 Hi all, Ben here.

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NEWS: Democrats Pledge 'Maximum Warfare' and Win Redistricting Battle Nationwide, Trump Fears Impeachment and Investigations, Iran Seizes Ships and Mocks Trump I will never trade my values for access.

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Can We Trust a Leader Who Loses His Cool? Mearsheimer John Mearsheimer recounts an incident where President Trump allegedly threw an hours-long tantrum during a crisis involving a downed American figh... TikTok video by Réaction AZ

Have you heard this on any main stream media? No! Because they have all been taken over by partisan hacks who dont give a damn about news, just protecting Trump www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gXXjPE/

That's actually an interesting question 👇

"He launches investigations into everything, yet his own assassination attempt gets nothing? No urgency, no transparency, no answers. For someone obsessed with probes and blame, the silence is deafening!" - Dr. Gregory K.

It's time!!!!!

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Lord, he is trying tho

"We didn't start this fight, but I'm saying to Virginia, we need to finish it." Quote from VA Del. Delores McQuinn

Virginians: Today's the last day to vote on an important redistricting measure.

I hope you'll vote YES—for Virginia, and for the entire country.

You have a chance to help level the playing field as Republicans seek an unfair advantage in Congress. Please take it. Get more info: IWillVote.com/VA

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Virginia, tomorrow is how we fight back!

The maps decide who has power before a single vote is cast. Either politicians keep rigging the lines, or voters take it back. This is how we win. #VoteYesVirginia

Imagine if Biden ran up this tab playing golf. HuffPost has been tracking Trump’s golf trips since he retook office, and the outlet says the President’s time on the links has cost the American taxpayers $101.2 million dollars since Trump kicked off his second term at the end of January 2025.

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Major News: Significant Conflict of Interest Concerns as Trump Family Enriches Itself With the War, Insider Trading Exposed, and More Good morning everyone.

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WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions.

He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

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I live in hope that MAGAts will see pieces like this and have a lightbulb moment

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