A budget is a moral document.
“.. A Gulf official said it could have an impact on anything from investment pledges to foreign states or companies, sports sponsorships, contracts with businesses and investors, or sales of holdings.”
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WSJ: “.. U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong.”
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“.. Over the past year, he has .. ordered military strikes in seven nations. His appetite for military intervention grows with the eating.”
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Congress must return immediately and vote to put an end to this war.
Every Senator should be on the record—the American people deserve to know which of their leaders supports another potentially bloody and costly war in the Middle East.
No war with Iran.
House and Senate Democrats called for Congress to return immediately to Washington and vote on whether to halt further military action in Iran, after President Trump foreshadowed a possible extended conflict intended to force regime change in Tehran.
The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support. n.pr/4jPIKew
STAR TRIBUNE, JAN. 14, 8:20p CT: "A man was shot in the leg Wednesday night during a federal immigration enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Witnesses say a series of gunshots followed a car chase involving federal agents."
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
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Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
How many moms need to get shot in the face before members of congress support a sec Noam impeachment?
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
I can tell you this: By only attacking one city at a time, the Trump administration's effectiveness will degrade with each successive occupation. Activists, protesters and resisters are learning tactics every day and they're spreading ahead of federal agents.
The entire city of Minneapolis should converge on this home in protest
We are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in North Minneapolis. We are working to confirm additional details.
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
Dollar weakens after US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell – business live
Know your rights if ICE show up.
An important piece from @kimwehle.bsky.social and Zeteo:
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start | Owen Jones
🔥 SCORCHING @Variety review of @tonydokoupil’s “bland” “inauspicious” debut as the CBS News(max) anchor — following the @bariweiss playbook with an “unchallenging” Hegseth “press release” of an interview parroting Trump’s narratives.
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It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
CNN: “Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil… 🇺🇸 oil executives are unlikely to dive in headfirst — the situation remains uncertain, 🇻🇪 oil industry is in shambles, history of seizing 🇺🇸 oil assets…”
A big distraction/photo op
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As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
In a major departure from past practice, the CDC is scaling back the number of recommended vaccines for children. https://to.pbs.org/44WkKQH
In a lawless administration, reminders to obey the law are rather unwelcome. So Mark Kelly must be punished for not fitting in by obeying the rules.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
This can’t be true because Trump said tariffs were going to pay for everything and we were all going to get $2,000 checks with the money left over.
