Sen. Ossoff is really emerging as a star messenger for the Dems.
This is the way.
the Pentagon has more than enough money to pay for the war for the foreseeable future thanks to the big, ugly bill that “provided an additional $153 billion for defense just eight months ago, on top of the annual defense budget of around $900 billion.” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Do these maga mouth pieces really believe these lies
US workers are earning a decreasing share of GDP @soberlook
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Big Tech and Big Media donated some $63 million to a Trump-aligned nonprofit that was set up to help finance Trump's presidential library.
Now the nonprofit has disappeared and with it the money.
Three guesses on where it's gone.
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Joe Rogan:
“In all my years, this seems the most unstable.”
Maybe you shouldn’t have been hyping that unstable man then.
We’d be in a much better spot.
hey what if we made the entire government and the entire economy out of corruption
Democrats should demand a clawback of ICE's remaining OBBB money before agreeing to supplemental Pentagon funding.
Amazing. Amazon is forcing employees to use its AI tools to speed up work and it’s slowing them down www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Iran war causes biggest disruption in oil markets, IEA says @seekingalpha
Trump's tariffs have proved beyond doubt that corporate America can afford to pay higher taxes. The US urgently needs those tax dollars to restore its fiscal health (via Bloomberg Opinion)
(Bloomberg) - Deutsche Bank AG flagged a €26 billion ($30 billion) exposure to private credit, an asset class that’s grappling with fund redemptions, scrutiny of underwriting standards and the impact of AI on some borrowers such as software makers
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Trump threatened to hit Iran "20 times harder" if oil flow was halted through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route. He further wrote on Truth Social: “Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be b...
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Naval escorts would cap tanker transits at under 10% of normal volumes
▶️Despite public statements from US and European leaders, no escort system has been launched, and political, logistical and security hurdles continue to stall any deployment
The right's attacks on James Talarico reveal the "ever-stronger fusion between extremist right-wing Christianity and the Republican Party."
Great from @aselrod.bsky.social. Really underscores importance of his campaign as an antidote to Christian nationalism:
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Letting folks ride motorcycles without helmets can lead to worse injuries from crashes that are more expensive to treat.
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Bird populations are declining more rapidly, particularly in regions dominated by intensive farming.
It’s not just that there are fewer birds each year. In some places, each year brings larger losses than the one before, explains an ecologist.
Social media settlements with Trump fall under new scrutiny after library fund dissolved
You won’t find a sharper analysis anywhere of how Iranian leaders will be thinking about their interests and options at this stage of the war, and of how/when it is likely to end. Simon Gass really knows what he’s talking about. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
“.. Reopening the strait, military analysts say, may require a ground operation to seize the Iranian coastline.”
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Maybe that’s why Trump is demanding unconditional surrender — because he thinks it’s easier to demand everything rather than state his war aims in a coherent manner.
“.. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. told staffers in Dubai to stay away from their offices. That came after the Associated Press reported that Iran’s joint military command said banks and financial institutions are now targets ..”
@bloomberg.com $GS $C
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There’s never enough money to forgive student loans or give people healthcare but always money to drop bombs on brown people.
A total of three ships hit overnight with Iran warning oil could reach $200 a barrel.
I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.
We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say
The latest incidents come after three separate vessels sustained damage in Gulf waters on Wednesday and as Iran warns oil prices could climb to $200 a barrel.
Iran war causing ‘largest disruption in history’ to oil supplies, says IEA ft.trib.al/XbkdrYZ
