a moveable beast…
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“rootless cosmopolitan globalist”
"Iran and Oman are closing in on an agreement to reopen shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian and American officials." Iranian officials say the deal includes a "service fee." However, "a U.S. official" said it "would involve no tolls." Just great work all around, folks.
An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump (Gift Article)
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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This is how much of a fraud RFK, Jr is Prior to endorsing Trump, he approached Kamala Harris to see if it was possible to join her team. She declined Trump, on the other hand, paid $100,000 to secure RFK’s allegiance A fraud-and a cheap date
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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Am I understanding this correctly? Capital One closed hundreds of Trump accounts in 2021 due to suspected money laundering, and it only makes the news because now Trump is going after the bank? 🤔
Capital One revealed in court filings Friday that it closed over 300 bank accounts tied to the Trump Organization in 2021 due to an internal anti-money-laundering review, not for political retaliation as Trump's business claimed. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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I don't think it's solely a function of people being unread. The prevalence of LLM slop just has everyone doubting *everything* and looking for patterns, enough to ignore or forget that some of these patterns are craft, and the LLM's do it because that's what they trained on
This is a fucking joke, right? This is what happens when you fire career military personnel, cybersecurity experts and cut diplomats and state dept officials with a lifetime of experience - and replace them with dumbfuck yes-men who couldn’t negotiate their way out of a parking ticket.
The Defense Department is out of options—and reaching out to others for suggestions on what to do next about Iran. trib.al/T9uFswD
Trump Admin Now Crowdsourcing for “Creative” Ideas on Iran
The Defense Department is out of options—and reaching out to others for suggestions on what to do next about Iran.
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😳 An officer in the U.S. Central Command’s intelligence branch sent a message Wednesday to military analysts “looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” It’s an unusual thing to ask over email, and shows that Trump knows his options are limited.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoThe Defense Department is out of options—and reaching out to others for suggestions on what to do next about Iran. trib.al/T9uFswD
Other than brinksmanship with the USSR, I can’t think of any instance of the U.S. backing down in the face of threats to anywhere near the degree Trump just did with Iran. And the Soviet Union was a nuclear armed superpower! Am I missing any? Or is this the biggest U.S. climb down ever?
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d agoHas the US ever been cowed by threats as badly as Trump backing down with Iran? Not only did he make big threats, get nothing, then drop the threats anyway. Iran made big threats and the US backed down in the face of them. No matter how much Trump lies about it, the whole world sees what happened.
The slush fund was always a decoy of sorts. They tossed their henchmen under the bus (who could see that coming) to lock down the tax immunity. The entire deal was corrupt. Both ends. Start to finish. This is how Blanche does the job. Not reason to confirm him; it's proof he should be rejected.
Twenty five states sue Trump administration over latest global tariffs www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/t...
Twenty five states sue Trump administration over latest global tariffs
Twenty five states sued the Trump administration, arguing its latest global tariffs unlawfully replace duties already struck down by courts.
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"I guess she choked. I don't know what the hell happened," Trump said, later adding that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro "folded like a cheap umbrella" in moving to drop criminal charges against the former Olympian accused of deliberately damaging the pool. https://to.pbs.org/4w3aJvG
WATCH: Trump says Jeanine Pirro 'made a mistake' and 'choked' on Reflecting Pool vandalism case reversal
The president reiterated his disappointment with Pirro for a court filing in which her office blamed a contractor’s shoddy work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rather than vandalism.
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Blanche’s appeasement is hollow. Trump still gets immunity from tax audits worth $100 million. And last week’s payout to abortion clinic blocker shows the path to payouts to rewrite history will be individual settlements instead of one designated fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal (Gift Article)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
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The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.
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Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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HABERMAN: “.. He thinks the economy is boring. He literally will tell advisers he finds this boring to talk about.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | How Trump Has Changed, With Maggie Haberman
The New York Times correspondent says 70 percent of the president’s mind is dedicated to White House renovations.
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Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.
GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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Sometimes it seems like the only thing holding the GOP together is 500 simultaneous blackmail threats
on the a "financially and politically incestuous set of relationships" around Nigel Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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1/ 🧵 Hours after migrants started dying trying to swim into Spain, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon was online mocking them. A Spanish minister reposted him & said “things are becoming clear.” Israel had to publicly disavow its own ambassador. What did he say? #DV1 #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
If a terminal cancer diagnosis isn't enough to exempt you from Medicaid work requirements — what is? A federal judge declined to answer that Thursday, letting the rule stand.
Court lets Trump admin force some terminally ill patients to work for health care
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by more than two dozen Democratic states to halt a Trump administration policy announced last month that would require Medicaid recipients with terminal diseases to prove they are too sick to work in order to be exempt from new work requirements that go i...
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Ding, ding, another win in the fight to preserve voting rights for Americans. The Trump team knows if they allow an open, legal election in Nov. they will lose control of the House & probably the Senate. Many thanks to Elias and his team. Support Democracy Docket! #ProudBlue www.democracydocket.com
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 5d ago🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...