The Teeasury Secretary of the United States is gaslighting US Taxpayers. He knows full well how tariffs work and who pays.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h ago

Bessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."

The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

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.

Tell me you're out of ideas on #Iran without telling me you're out of ideas" 👀 edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

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A Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defenses crashed onto a crowded beach near Gelendzhik, killing 3 civilians and injuring 13. Krasnodar region's governor said the casualties were caused by falling debris rather than a direct strike. #Russia

‘A rough calculation finds that covering AI capex through identifiable AI income requires revenue on the order of $2.5trn per year, more than tech’s entire combined revenue today (and far higher than what would have been needed a year or so ago, when capex plans were more modest)’.

AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough

The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain

economist.com

Yes. Next question...

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Is Ireland’s unprotected ocean the weak link in European defence?

Well played sir. #camouflage #nature #SundayVibes

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe reut.rs/4halBnD

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.

reut.rs

Every delay in strengthening Ukraine's air defense leads to more Russian war crimes. Ukraine urgently needs additional air and missile defense systems, as well as interceptors, to save more lives.

Nine people killed, 27 more injured by the Russian attack on Kyiv tonight. At least two residential buildings damaged, rescuers are working hard to save people who might be under the debris. 📹:Radio Liberty

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

This on the other hand is worth paying attention to IMHO. www.csoonline.com/article/4203...

Microsoft confirms an AI worm is propagating through Copilot and other MS apps

Although there are a few ways to mitigate the risk, the only way to block it is to get AI to differentiate instructions from data, which is impossible today.

csoonline.com

Gearóid O'Connor@goconnor.bsky.social · 5d ago

Spot on by @ciaranm.bsky.social on #BBCToday. The anthropic Claude AI "hack" feels like a "keeping up with the Jones" press release after #OpenAI and @hf.co "hack" more than any meaningful development or news. It was a configuration error. Though I have no doubt the #FUD increase will be real!

No shit!

Spot on by @ciaranm.bsky.social on #BBCToday. The anthropic Claude AI "hack" feels like a "keeping up with the Jones" press release after #OpenAI and @hf.co "hack" more than any meaningful development or news. It was a configuration error. Though I have no doubt the #FUD increase will be real!

A federal judge has tossed Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against blogger Jim Stewartson, who accused Patel of being a "Kremlin asset" and suggested that he helped plan the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Last night 3 children went to bed in Ukraine not knowing it was their last. The were killed because of one man's (Putin) ego. Russia chose to attack civilians. Never forget. The quicker a Ukrainian victory can be secured and Putin pay the price the better. #SlavaUkraini www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Children among eight dead in Russian strikes, Ukraine officials say

A six-year-old girl and two boys, aged 11 and 17, were among six killed in a village near the central city of Kryvyi Rih.

bbc.co.uk

"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

futurism.com

This is an outrageously false statement that ought to disqualify this wingnut from holding public office. By the way, 40 percent of the covid deaths in US could have been prevented with better management of the pandemic by Trump, according to a Lancet commission. abcnews.com/Health/lance...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Tuberville: "I'll be the governor of Alabama and I promise you we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama to put him in front of a court and a jury to see if we can put this guy in prison. He killed millions of people, folks."

The United States Senate has fallen so far from any standards of its members in the past 3 decades. Sen Moreno wears his ignorance on his foul mouthed sleeve.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

UEFA has accused FIFA of using football "to enrich themselves and their friends" over proposals to sell off stakes in its major competitions

UEFA slams investment plan as FIFA issues deadline

UEFA is looking to hold an emergency meeting with its 55 member associations this week to discuss FIFA's proposed sale of equity to outside investors.

rte.ie

We’re bringing back manufacturing though value add is in services We’re cutting immigration even though it’s good for us We won’t rejoin the EU even though it’s FREE GROWTH Not just Britain - a structural political problem with the West 🧵

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · last wk.

So one of the problems of announcing policies via social video is that you end up saying stuff like this

Last time #Mayo 🟩🟥won the #AllIreland final: - De Valera was Taoiseach - O'Kelly was President - Atlee was UK Prime Minister - Truman was US President - An American in Paris won Best picture Oscar - The best selling car was a Ford Prefect - The Douglas DC-3 was Aer Lingus's work horse Well done lads

Trump has burned through around a third of US stockpiles of key precision munitions in his failed war in Iran, ABC reports.

The better team won. Congratulations Mayo! A well deserved All Ireland victory. Hunger. Great marking, and forward in taking the opportunities.

A confident Kerry so far 20 minutes in. The blood pressure is in a good place... for now.

Scotland raised its top income tax rate to 48% to make the rich pay more. New HMRC data suggests the result may have been the opposite: Scotland collected about £22m less. We can't be sure, but Scotland may have fallen over the Laffer curve. 🧵:

Worked on this wildfire investigation for the last number of months with colleagues across the EU. To publish today is, sadly, very timely. While Ireland doesn’t experience the ‘mega fires’ we see in Spain etc, the damage caused to protected sites here is actually far greater than most of Europe.

The Journal Investigates@investigates.thejournal.ie · last wk.

NEW INVESTIGATION: Despite escaping the 'mega fires' seen in countries such as Spain and Greece, Ireland actually has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites, we can reveal

In December over 1,000 Chinese fishing boats lined up to form an L shape in the seas north of Taiwan. Over the next few months they coalesced again on four more occasions. Our animated maps visualise the unprecedented activity bit.ly/4wP6qoq