DOGE employee, who, in his twenties, made decisions to cut aid based solely on personal judgement, according to him.

this is beyond parody, folks. a complete mockery of the DOJ.

"Do we really believe the United States would be in this war absent Netanyahu?"

Obama's former deputy national advisor Ben Rhodes talks to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about Netanyahu’s long campaign for war with Iran and why the U.S. justification doesn’t hold up.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/ben-rhodes...

Musk Makes Humiliating Confession About Hitler-Praising Chatbot The company behind the near-trillionaire’s AI chatbot has seen a mass exodus of top staff.

The company behind the near-trillionaire’s AI chatbot has seen a mass exodus of top staff.

Five US Air Force refueling planes hit in Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes ​were struck and ‌damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan ​air base in ​Saudi Arabia, the Wall ⁠Street Journal reported ​on Friday, citing two ​U.S. officials.

Five US Air Force refueling planes hit in Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports reut.rs/40yCjDJ

TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.

Breaking News: Investors in a deal to create a U.S.-controlled TikTok are set to pay a $10 billion transaction fee to the Trump administration.

Satellite analysis aims to identify structures hit in strikes across Iran The analysis by researchers at Oregon State University provides one of the most comprehensive pictures to date of the structures that have been hit since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war against ...

An analysis of satellite data maps damage across Iran from the U.S. and Israeli war.

The capitol of Tehran and the southern-central city of Shiraz were hit hard, as well as the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas.

How Trump’s Iran War Could Actually Worsen Climate Change Oh, you thought high oil prices would help the climate fight? Think again.

Building up renewable energy makes long-term sense, but it costs money up front - money that feels *less* available when oil prices are spiking.

Investors behind U.S.-controlled version of TikTok will pay $10B to the Treasury as a transaction fee tied to the gov role in facilitating the deal

About $2.5B was paid when the deal closed in Jan, with remaining payments expected later. Investors incl Oracle, MGX, Silver Lake, each at 15% stakes

If the government really is worried about Iranian sleeper cells, then it was probably a mistake to systematically reorient the majority of US counterterror resources toward arresting immigrant grandmothers and five-year-olds in bunny hats

Italy weighs options as damaged Russian LNG tanker drifts in the Mediterranean Italian authorities are weighing ​how to deal with a Russian liquefied natural gas tanker left adrift in the Mediterranean ‌after what Moscow described as a Ukrainian drone attack, sources said on Fri...

Italian authorities are weighing how to deal with a Russian liquefied natural gas tanker left adrift in the Mediterranean ‌after what Moscow described as a Ukrainian drone attack, sources said. The vessel is now drifting between Italy and Malta reut.rs/4uo1TJr

Trump calls Iran leaders ‘deranged scumbags’ as Middle East violence spirals Tehran residents report relentless bombing with US and Israeli planes launching wave of attacks * Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has said Iran will be hit “very hard” in the coming days, describing leaders of the regime as “deranged scumbags” who it was a “great honour” to kill, as Tehran residents reported relentless bombing and violence continued to spiral across the Middle East. The US president’s comments, which signaled an intensification of the US-Israeli campaign, came as Israeli and US warplanes launched successive waves of attacks on the Iranian capital and elsewhere on Friday. One strike reportedly hit close to a square near Tehran University where crowds were gathered in support of the Iran’s regime. The area is home to many government buildings. Continue reading...

Trump calls Iran leaders ‘deranged scumbags’ as Middle East violence spirals

If you're a service member being ordered to prep for deployment for the War in Iran and you have moral and/or ethical misgivings on all this, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.

Call the G.I. Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

JUST IN: Four demonstrators who still face conspiracy charges tied to ICE protests in Broadview seek records relating to "any improper influence exerted upon the U.S. Attorney's office."

The motion includes a pic of President Trump's image on the front entryway of the Justice Department:

Hidden Video Shows GOP Candidate Promoting Confederate Group Brandon Herrera recruited for Sons of Confederate Veterans. Trump endorsed him on Wednesday.

Brandon Herrera called the Civil War the “War of Northern aggression” meidasnews.com/news/gop-can...

Does Tommy Tuberville, The Stupidest Person in Congress™, think that ICE are Radical Islamists?

Hegseth: "President Trump holds the cards. He'll determine the pace, tempo, timing of this conflict. His hand firmly on the wheel as well as on the throttle setting ... today will be yet again the highest volume of strikes America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran. Ramping up and only up."

Trump's net worth has jumped $3-4 billion during his presidency. Meanwhile, many American families can't pay their bills because of his bad decisions. Public office is for serving the people, not yourself.

Advocate for yourself & loved ones in healthcare settings:

1. Review resources related to your health.

2. Wash your hands regularly.

3. Discuss your concerns and questions.

4. Stay up to date on your vaccinations.

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https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/HAI/Pages/InfectionPrevention.aspx

Trump’s Inexcusable Unpreparedness for the Iranian Oil Crisis Donald Trump plunged the U.S. into a potentially disastrous war with Iran with no clear rationale or exit plan. He’s now flailing for ways to mitigate its economic consequences, John Cassidy writes.

“Two weeks after the United States and Israel launched an air war on Iran, there has been no let up in the conflict—or its financial repercussions,” @johncassidysays.bsky.social writes. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

How Trump’s Iran War Could Actually Worsen Climate Change Oh, you thought high oil prices would help the climate fight? Think again.

"What really matters right now is Europe. Across the Atlantic, high oil and gas prices are screwing up the politics of Europe’s climate policy, which will in turn screw up climate politics almost everywhere else."

Pete Hegseth, practicing for the next cabinet meeting when it's his turn to service Donald's brittle ego:

ICYMI, @gregsargent.bsky.social had a great article just out about the unpopularity of the war in Iran. The war is also, unfortunately, entirely consistent with MAGA’s "vocabulary of civilizational Armageddon" and its fragile hypermasculinity (here he cites FURIOUS MINDS). Check it out!

The 4chan-coded ideology behind Elon Musk's war on normies Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman. Just don't call it that.

Elon Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman. Just don’t call it that.

"Those cowardly schoolgirls didn't even raise a weapon."

Andrew and Peter Mandelson pictured in bathrobes with Jeffrey Epstein Trio captured relaxing around a wooden table in photo believed to have been taken on Martha’s Vineyard Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson have been pictured in bathrobes alongside Jeffrey Epstein, in the first known photograph of them together. The trio were captured relaxing outside at a wooden table with mugs decorated with the American flag in the newly unearthed photograph believed to have been taken on Martha’s Vineyard, an island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is favoured by the wealthy. Continue reading...

Andrew and Peter Mandelson pictured in bathrobes with Jeffrey Epstein

ICE Barbie Gives Giant Border Contract to Accused People Smugglers The company is alleged to have illegally employed Mexicans... and is now building a wall to keep them out.

EXCLUSIVE | Kristi Noem awarded $1 billion in contracts to build the Mexican border wall to a company accused of smuggling illegal immigrants into the country, giving them guns, and allowing them to take part in a wild shootout.

I analyzed 1,500 "pizza" mentions in the Epstein files. Here's what I found. Forget the Pizzagate codes. The real, dark story is hiding in plain sight.

Do the Epstein files prove that "pizza" is a code word for pedophilia or is it just pizza? @jamespwest.bsky.social took a very very deep dive www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Unearthed video of Texas 23rd congressional candidate Brandon Herrera wearing a Confederate flag and recruiting for the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

This is who Trump endorsed to replace Tony Gonzales.