“.. 15 companies with investment from President Donald Trump’s sons have garnered $3.2 billion in federal contracts, investments, and loans — most coming after Trump took office for the second time.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
🤬 This is what the panorama of Kyiv's right bank looks like now. Multiple fires are being recorded, - Local Channels
“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Congress: “We’ve tried nothing and we’re fresh out of ideas.”
Trump endorsed both Ashley Moody and James Uthmeier in advance of the August 18 primary yesterday. Both are implicated in the suspected theft of $10M in Medicaid payments to use for political purposes--basically what Trump is trying to frame Tim Walz for. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.
That’s a heck of a lot of advanced weaponry to use up while losing a war in record time…. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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A Russian FPV drone chased a civilian vegetable seller in Kherson for about a minute before deliberately striking him. He survived with blast trauma, concussion and multiple shrapnel wounds. Zelensky said such attacks are part of Russia's daily "human safari" against Kherson residents. #Ukraine
Great reporting here from @alexhannaford.com on a complex, tragic, & dangerous story. heated.world/p/the-influe...
The influencer teaching millions to fear solar
Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?
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The switcheroo on this one once Cornyn and Tillis are gone next year is gonna be epic www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Blanche Formally Rescinds ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund in Bid to Smooth Confirmation
Two holdout Republican senators who were blocking Blanche’s nomination over the fund say they now plan to advance him.
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BROWDER: Trump is contorting himself every day to try to stay on Putin's side. I was watching interview with him recently. Journalist pointed out that Russia is providing Iranian targeting information to hit American bases, and asked Trump, "What do you think about this?"
“.. Blanche posted a second statement saying that only Mr. Trump, two of his sons and the Trump Organization would be immune from audits ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
So Foxnews spent weeks talking about the “vandals” destroying the reflecting pool. Now the the Govt has admitted that Trump hired terrible contractors who screwed it up and dropped the charges against the “vandal” our friends at Fox have no coverage of that fact.
BOOCKVAR: “.. the only reason why the US Treasury and Scott Bessent are getting involved in defending the yen is because they don’t want US Treasuries to be a source of funds for the Japanese.” peterboockvar.substack.com/p/pretty-ple...
The successor to Washington and Lincoln and Roosevelt and Reagan👇
Good to know after a tough weekend on the golf course the president is back at work laser focused on improving the lives of Americans by resuming his deranged AI marathon.
The USA is at the same time a nuclear armed superpower, and one of the most ridiculous states in the history of the world.
Def. Sec. Pete Hegseth promised it "would be the most transparent administration ever.” As the US-led war against Iran enters its sixth month, the offering to the public is less information about the conflict and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration calls itself the most transparent. Yet few details of the Iran war have been shared.
The Trump administration is offering the public less information about the Iran war and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount.
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Thread (1 of 5). Time to set the record straight, MAGAs will say “fake news” but it’s not, and the truth is the truth. A thread on US assistance to Ukraine. Total U.S. defense spending from full scale invasion to today: (Feb. 2022–mid 2026) ~$4.2–4.5 trillion Cont...
Capital One Financial fights back over litigation tied "decision to close the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money laundering experts...Marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns" to Trump family. Via Reuters
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
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Russia commits war crimes every single day
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d agoIt was a massive attack involving dozens of ballistic missiles. Russia killed nine people and injured 28 more, including four children, in Kyiv overnight. Civilian infrastructure was heavily damaged across multiple districts of the city.
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - The WSJ exposes Trump's $800 million shakedown - The government takes ownership stakes in seven more private companies - Trump walks back his promise to Ukraine - 140 nations revolt against FIFA's Trump-linked plan to sell the World Cup
Priceless montage of Trump lying that vandals cut up the reflecting pool.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this storey, combined with the news that Elon Musk helped cut funding for wildfire prevention, combined with the news that the Trump administration only sends emergency aid to Republican states.
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d agoI can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
"I am the eldest sister, and from now on, my 7 little angels..." After Russian missile strike on Radushne that took the lives of the Voronov family, their daughter posted a message alongside a 2020 family photo. "Our mommy took this photo of us... I am the eldest sister, and from now on,
