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First #POW.
A channel affiliated with Iranian state television claimed Friday that a #US fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern #Iran.
It was not clear what may have happened to the plane, including whether Iran was claiming it was shot down or there was another issue. If the claim is confirmed, it could lead to yet another dramatic escalation in the #war, nearing the end of its 5th week. The #Trump admin did not comment.
"There’s always a temptation to celebrate when Trump does something sensible, like firing his Attorney General, Pam Bondi — until you ask yourself why he’s done it.
Not since John Mitchell, who was Richard Nixon’s Attorney General, has anyone done more to tarnish that office and damage the Justice Department than has Bondi."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #PamBondi #DOJ #corruption
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Medical Examiner Rules That a #Rohingya #Refugee’s Death Was a #Homicide
An autopsy showed that the man suffered dehydration & hypothermia after #BorderPatrol agents dropped him off on a cold night in Buffalo. Gov #KathyHochul condemned their actions as #cruel & #inhumane.
#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #HumanRights #fascism #Tyranny #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
nytimes.com/2026/04/01/nyregio…
I’m all for lower drug prices, but this will hurt #patients most.
#Trump sets 100% #drug #tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered prices
Makers of patented #pharmaceuticals can escape the import tax by agreeing to join Trump’s “most favored nation” program to reduce US drug prices or by establishing new factories to serve the #US market….
#law #extortion #medicine #prescriptions #treatments #therapies #access #availability
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#Hegseth forces out Army’s top general
Gen. Randy George’s ouster is the latest in a series of clashes between the #Pentagon chief & the service’s senior leadership, an extraordinary move amid the #war in #Iran.
Gen. Randy George had been expected to hold the job of #Army chief of staff until fall 2027, completing a typical 4 years in the post.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #MilitaryPreparedness #US #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
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lol, expect some Epstein Files related rage from a scorned woman.....
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#PamBondi #Trump #DoJ #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #USPol #USPolitics
Trump fires Pam Bondi, a loyalist and ally, as attorney general
Bondi earned president’s ire over handling release of Epstein files and failing to prosecute his political enemiesRoque Planas (The Guardian)
She is bad, #Blanche is far worse.
#Trump fired AG #PamBondi, acc/to a person familiar, removing the nation’s top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened. Trump has been souring on Bondi for months, especially because of her handling of the #EpsteinFiles, which has become a political liability for Trump among his supporters. #ToddBlanche, the deputy attorney general [#DAG], will be acting AG, the person said.
#Trump says he'll sign #ExecutiveOrder to resume pay for #DHS. His move illegally bypasses #Congress.
He announced the #unilateral move in a social media post, blaming #Democrats [even though #Republicans control both the #House & #Senate] for the impasse.
#ConstitutionalLaw #law #Constitution #PowerOfThePurse #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #autocracy #dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny
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#Trump broke it, now the #EU has to fix it? Make it make sense 🤦🏼♀️
Military planners from about 30 nations will hold talks next week on making the #StraitOfHormuz #secure for shipping, the British government said Thursday, a day after Trump called on other countries to “build up some delayed courage” & reopen the crucial sea route.
#accountability #idiocracy #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war ##law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/u…
The #Senate on Thursday sent a bipartisan funding deal to reopen #DHS back to the #House, which convened for a 2-minute session & took no action to pass it. The Senate’s bill to fund the agency is now formally back with the House, & the #shutdown will continue at least through Monday, when the chamber will hold its next session. The plan would have funded DHS through Sept 30 but omit money for #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.
#USpol #Republicans #dysfunction #Congress
nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/poli…
…Trump’s speech perpetuated the dissonance that has characterized the #IranWar from the start. In Trump’s first extended speech about the #war, delivered 32 days into it, he did not provide a clearer picture.
This is not the fog of war. It’s the fog of Trump’s rhetoric & perhaps his thoughts.
Opinion by Ramesh Ponnuru
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #oil #EnergyCrisis
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"Wednesday night’s speech revealed the extent to which Trump’s reckless and illegal war is breaking him down – in ways that numerous other massive crises, criminal investigations, and scandals simply could not. For once, his bullshitting, bullying, and bravado aren’t working – and he cannot take it."
~ Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
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First Draft: Has Iran Broken Trump?
The president’s primetime address was so bad it reminded one of his own officials of Joe Biden. Plus, even this Trump-packed Supreme Court seems to hate his bid to end birthright citizenship.Asawin Suebsaeng (Zeteo)
False claims #Trump made as he addressed the nation about #Iran
Trump “mischaracterized” core elements of the #US #economy [lied] & “stretched” the facts [lied] in claiming to have toppled Iran’s government as he addressed the nation Wednesday night in a time of soaring #GasPrices & persistent #inflation.
#gaslighting #propaganda #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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et BIM!! Le Monde ne mâche pas ses mots (tout en restant très poli, c'est beau)
"Guerre en Iran : le discours de Donald Trump éloigné de la réalité"
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“The United States is a rogue state led by an unstable ruler,” the Iranian statement read. “Such a madman must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.”
The…ultimatum drew…strong support from Greenland, Canada, and the rest of NATO.” (The Borowitz Report)
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#satire #trump #usa #iran
Iran Agrees to End War Only if There is Regime Change in U.S.
“Such a madman must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons," the Iranians said.Andy Borowitz (The Borowitz Report)
Prime-time disappointment
In a 19 min prime-time address, #Trump squashed hope among investors of an end to the #war in the #MiddleEast, saying Washington will hit #Iran "extremely hard" over the next 2 to 3 weeks.
With no timeline for an end to the #US - #Israel war with Iran & with the #StraitOfHormuz staying closed, investors were quick to return to what they did in March: Selling #stocks, buying US dollars & sending #oil prices higher.
"While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food and gas, Trump and his billionaire friends, such as Larry Ellison, are profiting off of war, gobbling up our data, and going all-in on AI."
~ Wajahat Ali with Audrey Hanson
#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #billionaires #AI #LarryEllison #profiteering
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Risky commando plan to seize #Iran #uranium came at Trump’s request
A plan briefed to #Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s #nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
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Joy-Ann Reid looks at the long history of the right's red-pilling of men in the US and the economic forces funding this:
"What these men of right wing media were selling was consistent: resentment against racial minorities, particularly Black people; anger against poor people; venomous rage against liberated women; anger against secular Americans and liberal Democrats;" (continued in /2).
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #billionaires #racism #misogyny
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A JOY'S HOUSE SERIES: The MAGA Chronicles – From El Rushbo to Charlie Kirk; red pilling the younguns
The broadcast continuum on the right is reaching its logical conclusionJoy-Ann Reid (Welcome to Joy's House!)
#SCOTUS is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases∶ Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder on #BirthrightCitizenship, declaring that #children born to parents who are in the #US illegally or temporarily are not US citizens.
#Trump is in attendance. He’s the first
sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.
#law #intimidation #MafiaState #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hypocrisy
The #BirthrightCitizenship order, which #Trump signed on Jan 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, is part of his #Republican admin’s broad #immigration crackdown.
EVERY lower court that has considered the issue has found the order #illegal & prevented it from taking effect. A definitive ruling by #SCOTUS is expected by early summer.
#law #intimidation #MafiaState #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hypocrisy
Predictably, #ClarenceThomas sounds most open to the #Trump admin’s position.
Thomas recounts that the aim of the 14th amendment was to make citizens of the freed slaves. “How much of the debates around the 14 Amendment had anything to do with immigration?”
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation #MafiaState #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hypocrisy
Many of the arguments in today’s case go back to the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling in the case of Wong Kim Ark, which said a US born child of Chinese nationals was a citizen.
In that ruling, Justice Horace Gray wrote that #14thAmendment “affirms the ancient & fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory. That, he wrote, is “including all children here born of resident aliens.”
#law #SCOTUS #intimidation #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution #Trump #MafiaState
#Trump admin says it doesn’t want Wong Kim Ark case overruled
Sauer noted the govt is “not asking you overrule Wong Kim Ark,” which extended #citizenship to #children born in the US to foreign parents.
But he added that it was “totally unambiguous” that the 1898 ruling “relates to domiciled aliens,” & not what he called “sojourners,” or temporary visitors.
My question, who makes the determination of who qualifies as a tourist?
#law #SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution
Under #Trump approach, #foundlings given up for #adoption could be #stateless.
5 years ago, when #SCOTUS heard arguments over whether it should overrule #RoeVWade, Justice #AmyConeyBarrett asked a series of questions about #SafeHaven laws, which allow parents to anonymously surrender newborn #babies at hospitals or firehouses, without fear of prosecution.
#law #BirthrightCitizenship #immigration #Constitution #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hypocrisy
nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/poli…
No way he has the patience or stamina for this. He’ll either fall asleep or leave. Possibly both.
#SCOTUS hears arguments on #BirthrightCitizenship with #Trump in attendance
#law #intimidation #MafiaState #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hypocrisy
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#DOJ Watchdog Has Gone Silent, Lawyers for #WhistleBlower Say
Lawyers for a fired Justice Department lawyer say the agency’s #InspectorGeneral appears to have ignored at least 20 different requests to scrutinize #misconduct.
"This is not about looking at one individual email. This is not about a smoking gun. This is about putting all of it together and understanding the scale and the sophistication of this criminal sex trafficking operation – and the number of people who were not only aware, but actively involved in keeping it going."
~ Lucia Osborne-Crowley
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass
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‘Epstein would find unsupported children and tell them: I’ll save you’
At the Laugharne Weekend, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, one of four journalists in the courtroom daily for Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial, talked to Robin Ince about abuse, justice and the ‘rape myths’ that silence survivorsThe Nerve
(continued from /5)
"like opening six-figure accounts for teenage girls with no last names and/or Social Security numbers, keeping Epstein on as a client all the way up to the point investigators started sniffing around. Dimon was CEO when his firm paid more than $300 million of its loose couch change to settle its Epstein claims. And Dimon still is the CEO today."
"And nothing and nobody abetted Epstein like the world of finance itself, where even a little lawbreaking is fine if it’s a fine. Jamie Dimon was CEO of JP Morgan Chase where Epstein was a client starting in 2006, and chose to keep Epstein on as a client after his 2008 conviction. Then he turned a blind eye to all the money-laundering human-trafficking red-flaggy things Epstein was doing," (continued in /6)
"Jeffrey Edward Epstein was but one man, and everyone he danced with each made, then broke or kept, their own deals with that devil in exchange for money, connections, and/or insider information. The techbros, the finance bros, gossipmonger Peggy Siegal, Trump, they all got and gave things in their association with Epstein, and all conveniently turned a blind eye at best to his taboo proclivities."
~ Marcie Jones
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass
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wonkette.com/p/oh-look-more-ev…
Oh Look MORE Evidence Corroborates A Epstein/Trump Child-Abuse Accuser's Story
And more on Epstein's enablers from Spago to Africa.Marcie Jones (Wonkette)
"All of these individuals are committed to upending the post-WW2 order and removing any guardrails of accountability and transparency. One of their vehicles is Crypto, which has helped Trump’s family amass more than $5 billion in one year.
Who else was interested in Crypto? Jeffrey Epstein, of course."
#Epstein #Trump #HowardLutnick #DavidSacks #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #crypto
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"Trump’s 'Czar' of AI and Crypto is David Sacks, who is part of the South African PayPal Mafia, which includes Elon Musk, Trump’s number one donor, and Peter Thiel, a white nationalist billionaire who groomed JD Vance and was closely tied to Epstein and shared his dystopian, eugenics-based world view."
#Epstein #Trump #HowardLutnick #DavidSacks #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #crypto
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"Donald Trump is the person mentioned most in the Epstein Files. Then there’s Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Secretary of Commerce, who lied about his extensive personal and business relations with Epstein."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Epstein #Trump #HowardLutnick #DavidSacks #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #crypto
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thelefthook.substack.com/p/how…
How Epstein and Trump's Inner Circle Crime With Impunity
This is how an incestuous financial trail connects Jeffrey Epstein to the Trump Administration, a corrupt cabal that is profiting off of Crypto, insider trading, and illegal wars.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
Crazy. It’s not like there’s scary precedent for this or anything‼️
Federal Judge Approves #Trump Effort to Extract #List of #Jews From #Penn
The decision to allow the #government to collect the names & phone numbers of #Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
#law #Holocaust #EthnicCleansing
nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/poli…
Yay!
Judge orders #Trump administration to halt White House #ballroom construction unless #Congress OKs it
#law #architecture #HistoricPresevation
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Judge blocks #Trump order to end #funding for #NPR & #PBS
A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National #PublicRadio & the #PublicBroadcasting Service.
#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#FDT
#US panel votes to exempt #GulfOfMexico #drilling from #EndangeredSpeciesAct
The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of #species — voted to exempt #oil & #gas firms from federal #wildlife protections, citing the #IranWar.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
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