Brandi Buchman

Companies Are Entitled To Refunds For Overturned Trump Tariffs, Judge Rules In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled in favor of companies that paid tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

Education Department Hangs Banner Of Man Who Told Kids College Was A Scam “We are living in the weirdest timeline,” one social media user noted.

“We are living in the weirdest timeline,” one social media user noted.

Was in and out of the 6+ hour PROTECT Act hearing today but was happy that my much-abridged testimony got to be the final word of the day:

"The best time to ban formal and informal collaboration with ICE was yesterday. The second best time is now."

The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1B a day, a congressional office told me.

(1) This means it probably cost a lot more than that.

(2) Think of all the better possible uses!!

Trump Takes Another Step To Make The Federal Government Loyal To Him Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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House Oversight Committee Votes To Subpoena Pam Bondi Over Jeffrey Epstein Records Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and four other Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the subpoena.

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Trump Calls War With Iran 'Exciting Times,' Says U.S. Is Doing Well 'On the Warfront'

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Hegseth Complains About Media Reporting On Dead Troops To 'Make The President Look Bad' The defense secretary bemoaned the “tragic things” that make “front page news.”

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Kristi Noem Won't Admit Renee Good, Alex Pretti Were Not ‘Domestic Terrorists’ “You told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed at the Homeland Security secretary about the American citizens killed by her agents.

Today, Kristi Noem refused 6 times to apologize or admit she was wrong when she publicly cast Renee Good and Alex Pretti -- both fatally shot by her DHS agents -- as "domestic terrorists."

“You told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed.
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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

'It Was Very Creepy': These People Say They Lost Global Entry Just For Watching ICE Agents Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.

I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers.
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Pentagon Identifies First U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iran War The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran.

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Here's the @balint.house.gov exchange I wrote up earlier. Thanks to @atrupar.com for clipping it.

Hegseth Says U.S. 'Can't Stop Everything' That Iran Fires Even As He Asserts Air Dominance Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is quickly gaining air superiority over Iran but the U.S. can't stop all air attacks.

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Jason Crow: Iran War Has Put Americans At 'Tremendous Risk'

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Former Presidents Will Attend Rev. Jesse Jackson's Funeral

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White House Details Four Sweeping Objectives For War In Iran

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Trump Wants Whoever He Doesn't Endorse In Texas Senate Race To Drop Out

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HuffPost Story On Military Commanders Calling Iran Bombing 'God's Plan' Entered Into Congressional Record

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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

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And a sincere hat tip and thanks to @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social for first reporting this important story.

Before Trump Bombed Iran, Pentagon Slashed Teams Meant to Limit Civilian Casualties The U.S. has "no stupid rules of engagement," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.

NEW― Sources familiar with US policies on civilian casualties are deeply worried about the possible toll of Trump's war on Iran
-Key Pentagon teams focused on civilians have been slashed+reassigned (even at CENTCOM)
-Israel role raising fears of Gaza-style impunity
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UPDATED story with an interview from a veteran who tells the public what they can do to help stop the madness:

Ha! Id ask them to skip Revelation and maybe just stick to the red letters for a bit if they are doing any analysis!

After 10 years of covering him, as a general rule its safe to say whatever he says - the opposite is more likely the truth

There were children that died for this.

Arrested:

ALSO: In my chat with MRFF today I learned that some service members called him on Sunday reporting that they were being invited to Bible studies at their commanders’ homes to “discuss how this was all part of the plan and it’s all being lived out in the Book of Revelation"