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#Iran strikes on #CIA facilities prompt questions about possible #Russia role
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted #US #intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said 4 people familiar with US intelligence.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #Trump #Putin #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
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Is this what you voted for #MAGA?
#Hegseth estimates #IranWar has cost US Taxpayers $37.5 Billion so far
#Defense Secy Pete Hegseth faced questions & #protests Tuesday over the #US #war with #Iran, which he *estimated* has cost $37.5 billion so far [meaning double that, at a minimum], as #Republicans prepare a $95 billion #GOP budget package to #fund the #military, along with other #Trump priorities.
#TrumpsWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #service
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How #MarcoRubio Is Running #Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources & its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of #US power in the #Trump era.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, two lawmakers have called on the CDC to address a “preventable public health crisis” of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns — which has led to babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
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#News #Health #PublicHealth #Congress #Children #Parenting #CDC #RFKJr
Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusal, Cite ProPublica Report — ProPublica
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.Duaa Eldeib (ProPublica)
Because America is an untrustworthy partner, in light of our revealed alignment with Russian gangsters, after having aborted our child, democracy.
#America #Ukraine #Congress #Republicans #Democrats #Trump #war #democracy
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Ukrainian officials and eight European partners will meet in France to discuss the joint development of the "Freya" anti-ballistic missile system. The project aims to provide ballistic defense capabilities for Ukraine and its partners.Hanse Mina (Mastodon)
#GlobalEconomy, Hit by #IranWar & #Inflation, Faces Sharp Slowdown
The #IMF projected world output growth would fall to 3% for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.
#TrumpsWar #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #Netanyahu #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/07/08/busines…
NEW: Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say
Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.
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#News #PeteHegseth #Defense #Politics #Trump #Iran #War #Pentagon #Congress
Democratic socialist #MelatKiros defeats longtime #US #House incumbent in #Colorado
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat US Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent & another win for #progressive challengers across the country.
#Congress #COpol #USpol #DemSoc
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As the #Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a #US strike killing over 100 Iranian #children
A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don’t know the full story
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
apnews.com/article/iran-school…
The #DeepState didn’t take down #Nixon.
So why did #JDVance say it did?
Nixon’s #Crimes, the #Courts, #Congress & the #FreePress drove #Watergate.
Such a scandal of #crime & #corruption could easily happen again — [especially in a nation where #Trump controls the #press, the rule of #law only applies to his enemies & the courts have been subjugated by a #corrupt #SCOTUS].
#Trumpaganda #propaganda #Republicans #RevisionistHistory #UShistory #law #criminal
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The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.
#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy
However apparently the #FTC is a different matter
#SCOTUS EXPANDS Trump’s power to fire officials, overturning nearly century-old precedent
SCOTUS Monday backed Trump’s firing of a member of the #FederalTradeCommission, a substantial win for the admin’s unprecedented effort to consolidate #power within the #ExecutiveBranch that will have sweeping implications for parts of the government #Congress intended to operate with #independence from presidential #politics.
Yeah. Sure. Whatever.
#Iran & #US agree to halt attacks & renew “talks”
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy #MarketManipulation #InsiderTrading #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #oil #EnergyCrisis
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