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#Hegseth tightens control at #Pentagon, defiant & more [falsely] confident than ever
#Trump’s combative #defense secretary has grown more [undeservedly] self-assured of his job security despite his huge missteps in the role, people familiar with the matter said.
#TanInACanWarCriminal #law #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #WarMonger #HumanGarbage #rapist #criminal #kegsbreath
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Bwahaha! Somebody spray painted 8647 on the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Hey, if Trump can illegally vandalize our monuments, we can.
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#Trump #WashingtonDC
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool vandalized with ‘86 47’ grafitti amid Trump’s makeover and Comey indictment
The vandalism follows the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post featuring the same numerical codeJasmine Fernández (The Independent)
Good morning to readers; #Oil prices have rebounded to above $111,34 per barrel (+52,8% compared to pre-war).
Lilian’s aunt went back home to southern #Lebanon, found half of her house on the ground, grabbed what she could, and left again. Her family doesn’t trust this “ceasefire.”iranwar.news/p/fragile-ceasefi…
#Trump #war #Iran
Fragile ceasefire sends Lebanese home — then out again
As people return to their homes in the south to find out what’s left, Lilian’s family contends with a ceasefire they don’t trust to hold.John Beck (Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak)
Meaningless nonsense
#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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With friends like these…
#Trump is withdrawing 5k troops from #Germany
The #US is withdrawing 5k troops from Germany, the #Pentagon announced Friday, in a rebuke to the close #NATO ally amid a widening rift between Trump & #Europe over the #Iran #war.
Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich #Merz, who said the Iranians were humiliating the US in talks to end the 2-month-old war.
Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil.
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#News #Environment #Government #Trump #EPA #Chemicals #Regulation
“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations
For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review regulations that relied on its assessments.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#Trump says he'll place 25% #tariff on #autos from #EU, accusing bloc of not complying with #trade deal
Trump said Friday that he will increase #tariffs charged on #cars & #trucks from the EU next week to 25%, a move that could jolt the world #economy at a fragile moment.
Trump said in a social media post that the EU “is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal,” though he did not flesh out his objections in the post.
#inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability
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completely unsurprising:
#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan
“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.
Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”
#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
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#Trump’s New #Medicaid #WorkRequirements Are Here
It’s just cruelty.
On Friday, #Nebraska became the first state to enact Medicaid work requirements, mandatory for states with Medicaid expansion due to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Notably, the state did it 7 months before the deadline.
Now, ~70k adults below the age of 65 in Nebraska who have Medicaid through its expansion could risk having their #HealthInsurance ripped away from them.
#Kushner, #Witkoff & the Profitable #Business of “Peace”
When #Trump announced, last Friday, that Jared Kushner & Steven Witkoff, his special envoys for peace missions [🤯], would be returning to Pakistan over the weekend to resume peace talks with #Iran, it was taken as a sign that the #war might in fact be nearing an end. #Stocks closed at record highs & relief from rising #gas prices seemed in reach.
8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
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#News #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Elections #ElectionIntegrity #Midterms
In America, that would have to include 3/4 of the Supreme Court, 3/4 of Congress, and all of the Republican party, or it would return, with more money and power than ever before. We have no checks and balances. The 21st century's curtain fell. The masks are off. We are ruled over by an oligarchy. A fascist nation to our core. Anything else was forced upon the fascists, who cannot lose the long game here, for they control money. Democrats are a weakling opposition party.
Our leaders are immoral. Our opposition is inept. Our people are awash in digitized lies. Truth is drowning.
Money, child rape, and power. The New American Century, as crafted by the big money from the old American century.
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#America #US #Hitler #Trump #Congress #SCOTUS #fascism #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #pedophilia #slavery #truth
Servelan (@servelan@newsie.social)
On This Day: Adolph Hitler Offed Himself | Crooks and Liars https://crooksandliars.com/2026/04/day-hitler-offed-himselfServelan (Newsie)
Has the royal state visit saved the special relationship?
BBC's Sarah Smith looks at whether# King Charles' charm offensive with President #Trump made a difference to US-UK relations.
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Has the royal state visit saved the special relationship?
BBC's Sarah Smith looks at whether King Charles' charm offensive with President Trump made a difference to US-UK relations.www.bbc.com
"On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. ...
So what is preventing the reopening of the Strait? Three factors:"
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Gas is $4.23 today. It was $2.98 sixty-one days ago. The blockade that is driving this price is now explicitly indefinite."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Brent crude surged above $126 per barrel overnight — a new wartime high, the highest level since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — after President Trump formally rejected Iran’s diplomatic proposal and confirmed the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until Iran agrees to dismantle its nuclear program."
~ Rudy Martinez
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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The Rest of the World Report | April 30, 2026 — Morning Edition
Israel intercepted a civilian flotilla in international waters near Greece — more than 1,000km from Israel — jamming emergency communications and pointing weapons at activists. Turkey called it piracy. Greece said nothing.Rudy Martinez (The Rest of the World Report)
It begins…
#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.
#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
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Trump has killed the Petrodollar
The US economy can only run a huge debt thanks to the petrodollar
Trump is massively increasing US debt
I already made this point, but I'll make it again: the bootlicking tech bros signed up to bribe #Trump with Baalroom donations last year when they (stupidly) thought it was a good bet. Now they're getting cold feet. It's obvious now, even to their dumb asses, that this was *not* in fact a good bet, because the people stood strong while elites folded.
And here we are.
I should think not
Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award
A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear Trump’s appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist #EJeanCarroll.
The decision paves the way for #Trump to ask #SCOTUS to hear his BS arguments involving presidential #immunity following the high court’s landmark 2024 decision.
#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.
The chief financial official for the #Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost to #US taxpayers of the #IranWar is $25 billion so far.
#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
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Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.
Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
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#News #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrant #Deportation #Scam #Law
Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Iran's Guards seize #wartime power, weakening Supreme Leader's role
2 months into a war with the #US & #Israel, #Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of #power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
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"Trump’s comments are likely to cause some embarrassment to royal aides that his views have been made public."
OR
It's just Trump making stuff up again.
#Trump #KingCharles #USPol
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King Charles agrees with me on Iran nuclear weapon ban, claims Trump
Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutralGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Mitch McConnell wants to know why Ukraine isn't getting funds we promised it.
Why is the Pentagon holding up Ukraine funds?
wapo.st/4vUSzNE
#GiftLink #Ukraine #Trump #TrumpMustGo #MitchMcConnell #USPol
OMG this muther effing craze-ballz narcissist…
Image of #Trump to be featured inside new #passports to [supposedly] mark the #US’ 250th
Trump’s likeness — along with the Declaration of Independence text [which teeny-weeny-peeny has never read] — & the flag of the United States of America will be on an inside page of new passports.
Kill me now
#law #megalomania #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Apparently, it’s Attack-Free-Speech-Day on the #Trump admin’s calendar; welcome to the #FascistStatesOfAmerica
Trump admin challenges #ABC station licenses amid #Kimmel for-real-total-noncontroversy
As the Trump admin pressures ABC to fire #JimmyKimmel, the Trump-aligned #FCC is challenging the network’s #StationLicenses, setting up a #legal battle with ABC’s parent company #Disney.
#law #fascism #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #entertainment #comedy
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"I spent several days in Berlin, Germany asking locals one simple question: What do you think about Donald Trump?
The response was consistent—and blunt."
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#DOJ indicts former #FBI Director #JamesComey for a 2nd time
Fmr FBI Director James #Comey was [ridiculously] indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells ofcls claim threatened #Trump, marking the admin’s 2nd attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, 3 sources.
Trump has long pressed for his political adversaries to face charges, including #Comey who he sees as a leader in the perceived effort to “weaponize” the justice system against him.
“Adopting Trump’s Voice” [IOW #Trump dictated the DOJ’s filing] #DOJ Asks Judge to Let #Ballroom Proceed
The court filing links the security breach at the #WHCD to the lawsuit over Trump’s ballroom project.
[problematically for this argument is that the WHCD CANNOT be held at the White House — idiots! -- the #WHCA is a #PrivateOrganization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. And the White House has NEVER been rented out for private events.]
Reuters uncovered a broader‑than‑previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID.
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1/ Supposedly Allen shot a SS office in the torso with a shotgun.. I'm calling highest level of bullshit on this.
For those that are unfamiliar, a shotgun especially firing slugs is the ultimate FYL (Fuck your life) personal weapon. If you get hit with that, odds are you won't survive and if you do, you aren't growing shit back like Trump's ear.
My guess is Allen was running through the lobby and the SS shot at him, missed and hit their own
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Who Is The Secret Service Agent Shot By Cole Tomas Allen At WHCD? What We Know
A Secret Service agent was shot at close range during the WHCD incident but survived thanks to a bulletproof vest. Suspect Cole Tomas Allen was taken into custody and faces multiple firearm and assault charges.Naman Trivedi (Times Now)
Nebraska is becoming the first U.S. state to implement a Medicaid work requirement signed by Trump.
@AssociatedPress reports: "Under the change, many Medicaid participants ages 19 through 64 will have to show that they work or do community service at least 80 hours a month, or are enrolled in school at least half-time."
#Federal law enforcement conducts series of #raids on #businesses in the #Minneapolis area under the pretense of an ongoing fraud investigation
#Minnesota #Trump #law #RevengePolitics #immigration #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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#US #GasPrices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of #War in #Iran
The jump on Tuesday of 1.6% was the highest percentage increase in more than a month.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/busines…
#UAE quits #OPEC, a major blow to world's biggest #oil exporters & leading member #SaudiArabia as #Iran war roils global #energy markets
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/opec-united…
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
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#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #SocialSecurity #Disability #Family
