BREAKING: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi headed to a runoff Saturday in the LDP presidential election after none of the five candidates won a majority in the first round.

Takaichi and Koizumi head to runoff in LDP leadership race

Sanae Takaichi, 64, came in first with 183 votes, while Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, won 164 votes, before moving on to a final vote to become party president — and most likely PM.

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Very importantly, it is not a "sign of the rising political tensions," it is "sign of the increasingly authoritarian approach of the Trump administration." Fucking say so, cowards.

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over at the New York Times, Kristi Noem's goon squad forcing a United States Senator to the floor and handcuffing him after he identified himself is a "sign of the rising political tensions"

Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)

The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.

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