Exclusive: Saudi Aramco reducing output at two oilfields, two sources say Saudi oil giant Aramco has begun cutting output at two of its oilfields, two sources said on Monday, after the vital Strait of Hormuz was choked by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ​and subsequent attacks...

Saudi Aramco reducing output, per sources

Today's Reliable Sources lead was inspired by this @rbreich.bsky.social post cnn.it/4dcpIgR

Trump just put in charge of Iran a guy considered to be a hardliner *before* we killed his father, mother, and wife. We helped cement his rule by blowing up a girls elementary school, scorching their skies, and cutting off their water. We should expect retaliation—and blame Republicans for it.

Screenshot of an X post by Jeremy Loffredo saying Trump told CNN’s Dana Bash that liberating the Iranian people is not a goal of the war and that he would accept an undemocratic religious leader if they treated the U.S. and Israel “fairly.” Below is a CNN image of the White House with a graphic saying Trump told CNN he is not worried whether Iran becomes a democracy.

So, like Venezuela, but a lot bloodier and costlier. Great. All for what?

Screenshot of an X post by Really American claiming Republican Congressman Mark Alford said Americans must “sacrifice” by accepting higher gas prices to support Trump’s war with Iran. Below is a split-screen TV news segment with a female anchor on the left, a male reporter in the middle, and Congressman Alford on the right. A banner reads “BREAKING NEWS: CRUDE OIL PRICES HIT NEW HIGHS AMID WAR.”

The American people have sacrificed enough. Stop the war. Tax the billionaires.

Lindsey Graham Dragged After Epic Freudian Slip About How The World Views Trump

Oops! 🫢

Holy shit: the guy who cut millions in grants because they were DEI cannot form a coherent explanation of what DEI is bsky.app/profile/lmrh...

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

"maintaining editorial independence" means coddling autocrats and shitting on progressive reform

The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

Trump’s illegal war is unpopular with most Americans. But MAGA Republicans are hanging on for dear life.

📌 NEW POLL: 90% of MAGA Republicans approve of the Iran strikes.

Just when you thought MAGA might be breaking…

Not really that surprised that someone who doesn't even know how to drive a car isn't worried about gas prices.

The Hang Seng opens in 20 minutes. Looks like a global bloodbath brewing. Trillions in wealth evaporating.

Dow futures are in free fall. Down 900 points already.

“See B.S.” and their show 60 Lies. 🤮

Anyone who believed this was not paying attention.

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends US president clarifies he'll make final call to end operation 'at right time'; says in phone interview that he and PM ‘worked together' against Islamic Republic: 'We’ve destroyed a country that would ...

Trump says the end of the Iran War will be a “mutual” decision between him and Netanyahu:

“We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.”

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“An activist and former political prisoner…said the situation was ‘apocalyptic’…[and] ‘The situation is so frightening it’s hard to describe. Smoke has covered the entire city. I have severe shortness of breath and burning in my eyes and throat, and many others feel the same.’”

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl WE ARE the BAD GUYS Now

Now they’re floating a draft? For a war they said we wouldn’t have and isn’t justified? Congress, WTFU.
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Trump has destabilized the Middle East, throwing the world’s economy into chaos. Now he’s talking about attacking Cuba and Mexico.

He’s insane.
We all know it..
Everyone has to stop pretending this is normal. It isn’t.
He must be stopped.

25th Amendment.
There’s no time for impeachment.

🤨 Russia has deployed surveillance aerostats near NATO’s border.

According to statements from Estonian officials, the balloons are monitoring strategic energy infrastructure in northeastern Estonia close to the NATO frontier.

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Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

At the largest ICE detention facility in the U.S., staff reportedly placed bets on which detainee would die by suicide next.

Human suffering has become a game.

This is what happens when people in custody are stripped of dignity and oversight disappears.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers.

So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText

BREAKING: Judge rules Kari Lake's appointment was ILLEGAL for many months & a bunch of her actions are void

We & great partners win again!

H/t to my @democracydefendersfund.org colleagues plus AFSCME, AFGE, Emery Celli, Democracy Forward & more. Wow, just wow.

BlackRock Shares Tumble Over 7% After Firm Limits Withdrawals From Private Credit Fund Shares of the world’s largest asset manager are now down 10% on the year.

Shares of the world’s largest asset manager are now down 10% on the year.