Are Witkoff and Dmitriev actually wearing the same shoes? Does Putin gift his minions shoes like Trump gifts cabinet members Florsheim shoes?

There can only be very bad reasons for doing this.

KUOW Public Radio@kuow.org · 4mo ago

The Trump administration has quietly removed an array of floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington coast, KUOW has learned.

HYPOTHETICAL Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on “No Quarter” Statement (from General Counsel) By Daniel Maurer, retired Judge Advocate "... may be construed as ... a war crime. This may expose you to criminal liability under 18 U.S.C. 2441(c)(2) ... We recommend that you publicly retract."

Hypothetical Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on “No Quarter” Statement (from Office of General Counsel)

A hypothetical legal memorandum on what the DoD General Counsel would advise Secretary Hegseth about his "no quarter" statement in Iran war.

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🚨The Pentagon’s Armageddon Problem When Christian Nationalism Runs the U.S. Military Pete Hegseth's White Christian Nationalist wet dream was to start war in the the Middle East to bring on biblical apocalypse. And here we are. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

The Pentagon’s Armageddon Problem

When Christian Nationalism Runs the U.S. Military

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EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

jonathanlarsen.substack.com

‘A bit bloody dangerous’ — the memories of a 104-year-old former pilot

‘A bit bloody dangerous’ — the memories of a 104-year-old former pilot

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We are the laughing stock of the world.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

King Charles I famously failed to arrest five MPs and one peer. Donald Trump just tried the same gambit—with just as little success, writes dag

Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters

Grand juries are preventing some of the grossest abuses of federal power

prospectmagazine.co.uk

Gov. Walz: "You heard the most powerful people in the world, certainly in this country — the president, VP, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem — narrate to you what you were looking at, that this was a domestic terrorist…sullying his name within minutes of his death."

A 36-year-old man arrested by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 died in a Texas detention facility, the agency said Sunday. According to the El Paso Times, Diaz is the third detainee to die while facing deportation at Camp East Montana, which opened last August.

Live: DHS Secretary Noem says federal order limiting use of force ‘didn’t change anything’ for agents

About 1,500 active-duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a possible deployment to Minnesota, ABC News reported.

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🚨 BREAKING: DOJ has opened a criminal probe into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The move escalates a volatile standoff and raises alarms about the use of federal prosecution to punish officials who oppose Trump’s policies.

DOJ opens criminal probe targeting Minnesota governor, Minneapolis mayor over ICE operations

Read more here.

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Trump flips off a Ford employee after being called a “pedophile protector.” Thin-skinned and profoundly unpresidential.

There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

JD Vance: "I believe we're gonna have some very big announcements in the next couple of days. I don't want to get ahead of the president, but we believe there is a nationwide fraud ring that's rooted in illegal aliens and others taking advantage of the American welfare system."

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

Trump is often referred to as a “showman” and this excellent analysis makes a case for that being quite true, in an unfortunately pathological way. “Trump doesn’t treat performance as a tool. He treats performance as reality’s highest form.”

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 9mo ago

Maduro: You’re Fired! — Military coup makes great TV for Trump, the method acting president #Opinion

Former Wisconsin Republican governor Scott Walker did this: “Act 10 ended collective bargaining for health care costs.. Multiple districts reported that their employees have more than 50 percent of their total gross compensation on the line for health insurance expenses” www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

In Wisconsin, health care costs are overwhelming teacher salaries

A new analysis of teacher pay and benefits by WEA Trust suggests the majority of teachers are one health care crisis away from financial ruin.

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Trump's trashy Pennsylvania MAGA rally is playing mostly music from artists who have asked that their music not be used by Trump. It's painful to hear a Springsteen song at a MAGA rally... www.youtube.com/live/trrzw8k...

WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks about the economy at Pennsylvania rally

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Trump's going in and out of consciousness and the new norm for the cabinet members is to motor along like everything is perfectly normal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo ago

Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

Terrific

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible. We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.

The Verdict of History

Trump and his fascist glorification

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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 11mo ago

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Attention: If you live in Rep. Derrick Van Orden's (R-WI) district, here's what your costs will look like if Republicans don't extend the tax credits:

If JD Vance has to obey Hegseth's "No more beardos" proclamation, his career in politics might be over.

Trump 2005: "...when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." Trump 2025: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States.” He's always been this bad, but In 2005 he didn't control nuclear weapons.