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Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.

German foreign policy and security expert and member of the German parliament Roderich Kiesewetter issued another stark warning, this time regarding the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS) document. This is his statement:

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Trump’s recent belligerent responses are a reflection of his diminished mental capacity. The question makes him uncomfortable, but he can’t put together a coherent response. So, like a schoolchild, he lashes out with a vapid attempt at an insult.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats and a frequent target of GOP attacks, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.

Translation from Trump speak: Your questions make me angry; you are asking what will reveal the truth if I answer honestly and that would be bad for my image.

Brussels activated legal tool allowing indefinite freezing of RU cen bank assets w/o unanimous EU vote—circumventing any veto. EU proposes €210B for Ukraine (2026–27), incl €140B from frozen RU funds at Euroclear and €25B from other EU accounts: €115B for defense, €95B for G7 loan & budget needs.

Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. Attorney after appeals court defeat After a three-month battle over the legality of her appointment, Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Yay!!! Alina Habba stepped down as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney following a ruling from a panel of federal judges that determined she had been holding the role illegally! 👏 👏 👏

Seeing this news is so weird for me because in 1989 when I was a baby 25-year-old corporate litigator in Manhattan, one of the first things I worked on was Warner Communications Inc.'s defense against a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Communications Inc.

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The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.

Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.

When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.

Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.

"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'

She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."

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Norway did the math: Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does Arming itself $1.2-1.6T Arming Ukraine $522-838B

SIMPLE MATH

They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
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Billionaire republicans are not science skeptics. They outwardly deny the science that does not serve their financial gain but they openly embrace the science and technology that will shift money from the working class to help them form a new class with a goal of reaching ownership in the trillions.

This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Great! Now how do the American people get back the billions we had to pay in higher prices everywhere?

Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.

Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.

Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

She should sue them

WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW

USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people's hunger.

Looks like the Trump administration is doing what it does best: playing politics with people’s hunger.

ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges

Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:

"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."

Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.

“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”

“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”

The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the dignity of the United States military.

That's why the military has the right to refuse illegal orders. Illegal orders could ruin the military.

Rand Paul: "Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen, it was fake news... And then the next day, from the podium at the white house, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent"

One way of looking at it…

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