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The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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#SAUDI #ISRAEL #IRAN #US "..They fear US involvement would put Gulf states that host American bases in the line of fire, and could even strangle their oil and gas exports if Iran retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz. archive.is/2025.06.19-1...

#GOR

Russia offered to exchange stolen Ukrainian children for Russian soldiers who surrendered. Putin and Peskov's daughters live in Paris, France. How about the French hand them over to Ukraine so they can be exchanged for tens of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children instead?

Trump’s Personnel Chief Sergio Gor has served 6 months with no background check or birth record. Investigation links him to Sergey Goryachev of Russia. Gor holds interim clearance & previously joined Sen. Rand Paul on a 2018 Russia trip. More in today’s newsletter.

Can we get a little more attention to this story please? WH Personnel Chief "Gor, 38, is reportedly from Malta. However, an official there could not confirm his birthplace, and Gor declined to provide it to the Post besides to say it was not Russia" www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vetti...

Did NATO consider making all sessions look like Fox News shows, as the White House is doing to keep toddler Trump's attention during intelligence briefings?

#GOR

Q: Your intelligence community says they have no evidence that Iran is building a nuke TRUMP: Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that? Q: You director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard TRUMP: She's wrong

The people who brought you #Trump are now selling BombBombBomb#Iran. Such deep thinkers.

#PUBLICLAND #AUCTION

#MACRON #ISRAEL www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/w...

#GAZA

#GAZA #TELAVIV www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

#ICE #BOSTON

#Paraguay #cyber

#ICE

brad lander's democratic mayoral primary opponents react to his arrest www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

#PosseComitatus

Parliamentarian: “proposals to zero out funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, slash some Federal Reserve employees’ pay, cut Treasury’s Office of Financial Research and dissolve the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board are all ineligible to be included in reconciliation.”

“A 500 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers?! Controlling for confounding variables? Localized entirely within your own agency?” “Yes” “…. may I see it?” “No”

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

She's coming with us. PAC ad is a big hit in the UK. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/demo...

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/04/30/i...

archive.is/2025.05.09-0...

#Palantir #DOD Some of what theyre up to. archive.is/2025.05.09-0...

It’s becoming increasingly unclear who exactly is grabbing people, including citizens: ICE? Bounty hunters acting for ICE? Straight-up vigilante militias? All of the above are illegal. Some violates California law. There needs to be EXTREMELY harsh accountability for this Nazi-level thuggery.

A Harvard Commencement Speaker Mentioned Gaza. The School Refused to Publish Her Speech. theintercept.com/2025/06/20/h...

Look at those lowlife thugs. They look like cartel kidnapping team.

Spain becomes the first, and so far only, major NATO power to say "no" to the White House's demand for a 5% budget commitment for defense. With Trump suggesting the US will drop out of NATO, it is an easy decision.

Phang: As many as 48% of battered women said they had delayed leaving a dangerous situation out of concern for their pet’s safety. The Act—was introduced so that shelters could get the funding needed to allow victims to bring their pets with them.. And of course, Republicans want to do away with it

NEW: Despair in Gaza Amid Genocide, Forced Displacement Three Palestinian women from the Gaza Strip recently spoke to Unicorn Riot about being forcibly displaced by violent Israeli forces and living through war crimes and genocidal acts. vimeo.com/1094645326

Meet the Billionaires Profiting the Most From Trump’s Draconian Policies #econsky theintercept.com/2025/06/18/t...

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, sends a message to President Trump. Narges has spent around 13 years in the Islamic Republic’s most notorious prisons over the last 15 years.

It’s not exactly new to point out that Congress has ceded (and presidents of both parties have taken) control over most exercises of the war powers. But this week’s bonus “One First” looks at the quiet but significant role that the Supreme Court has *also* played in that shift—and its consequences:

I just realized that this video, "Where Did Trump's Money Come From?" has over a million views. That is rather gratifying, as I did a lot of research for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhIl...

Sometimes it feels like all we are doing at Bolts this year is covering the assault on direct democracy, state after state. But we’ll keep shedding light each time on what’s going on—how it changes the game, & who’s doing what about it. (That’s why you can count on us.) Just lately, 🧵: