How Many States Does It Take to Steal an Election? One, and It Already Happened.

Texas alone handed over 18 million voter records and signed a removal agreement.

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US regulator approves bank charter for Trump-backed crypto company World Liberty Financial

A national U.S. bank regulator on Friday conditionally approved a bank charter application linked to ​President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, effectively green...

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Heartbroken Loved Ones Reveal Crisis on Second Navy Carrier

Loved ones say sailors are suffering from “miserable” living conditions on the USS George H.W. Bush during its Middle East deployment.

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🚨 United States of America v. Aguilar

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Hegseth broke a dubious military record with his 'buffoonery': ex-GOP operative

Former GOP operative Steve Schmidt tore into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his Warning show, as the slow-moving crisis continues to unfold on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.Hegseth, who styles hims...

rawstory.com

Yet another Trump fan has a FAFO moment

Sometimes, MAGA voters actually do learn.

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Exclusive | U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.

A battlefield drill this spring showed that the Pentagon hasn’t fully absorbed the lessons of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

wsj.com

Ontario premier defends data centres

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended data centres in the province, sa...

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Moving as Quickly as Possible

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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White House 'throws the military under the bus' after Leavitt confirms second strike order

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday responded to questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's alleged order to fire on boat strike survivors a second time. Her comments appear t...

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Military veterans remain a Republican group, backing Trump over Harris by wide margin

Veteran voters have long been more likely to align themselves with the Republican Party than the Democratic Party.

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Trump Dismisses Sailors’ Nightmare Deployment as He Escapes to His Private Club

As sailors endure a record-setting deployment marked by reports of food shortages, exhaustion and dire conditions, Trump dismissed their families’ concerns before heading to his private club.

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Russian E-Commerce Giants Beg Kremlin for Bailout After Devastating Drone Strikes

Major Russian e-commerce platforms, including Wildberries and Ozon, have asked the government for a massive financial bailout following Ukrainian drone strikes.

united24media.com

Trump Blurts Stunning Lies When Confronted Over Sailors In Crisis

There Truly Is No Bottom

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Trump’s Gift to the Money Launderers

Treasury isn’t merely shutting down an anti-corruption database. It’s deleting the data so future investigators can’t use it.

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MAGA insiders have found an easy way to 'trick' Trump into doing anything

“Plotters” in the orbit of President Donald Trump have discovered an easy way to “trick” him into doing their bidding: get his attention after all his more senior officials have gone home. This is according to the Daily Beast reporting on a source close to Trump, who revealed, “Certain people — bad actors — have found ways, like calling at night when his senior crew of advisers is not around, to push things through.” As the insider explained, “Donald usually forces officials to debate issues in front of his senior aides, before he then tackles a decision based on the totality of information that he has, and his senior aides enable those decisions to happen. Which is why certain people want to catch him on his own. It means he doesn’t have as many opinions to go off.” This strategy has worked on multiple occasions, and some of those who have tried it have gotten in trouble for it. Per the Daily Beast, “Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin secured Trump’s nomination of his old buddy Richard ‘Lance’ Schroyer as ICE director by pitching to the president directly in the White House on Saturday, June 27, while his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, was at her daughter Caroline’s wedding. Wiles found out with the rest of the world, via Truth Social, as did Trump’s immigration lead, Stephen Miller, and border czar, Tom Homan.” Mullin was following an approach leveraged successfully by others before. As the Daily Beast explains, multiple sources close to the administration say that former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her adviser Corey Lewandowski “also made a sneak visit to Trump at the height of the backlash over the fatal January shootings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti.” According to reports, Noem and Lewandowski appealed to Trump on the evening of Friday, Jan. 30, after his top team had gone home for the weekend. “Their secret evening visit immediately paid off,” explains the Daily Beast. “At 9:57 p.m. that night, Trump posted on Truth Social: ‘The Radical Left Lunatics, Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Thugs, are going after Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, because she is a woman, and has done a really GREAT JOB! Thank you to Secretary Kristi Noem.’ The lesson that Trumpworld officials appear to have now drawn is that if Trump can be caught out of hours, when the president’s top aides aren’t patrolling the Oval Office, he’ll give them what they want.” But in Mullin’s case, “administration sources warned that his weekend maneuver may not have been his wisest. Wiles was a supporter of Mullin’s elevation to DHS in March, and going behind her back may have damaged that relationship while he is under pressure from all sides over his running of the department — including the growing revolt over Schroyer’s nomination and his migrant detention and deportation rates. Perhaps ominously for Mullin, there is a sting in the tail of the Noem precedent. Her Friday night charm offensive bought her just 34 more days in the job. Trump fired Noem on March 5… and handed her department to Mullin.”

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