Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

Of course, neither Witkoff nor Kushner should be tasked with anything of importance, but I assume the decision not to include nuclear weapons experts wasn't incompetence, it was deliberate. There was never any intent to negotiate anything, the failed "talks" were a sham to justify the planned war.

Such an embarrassment

RASKIN: Is it lawful for federal agents to shoot and kill a person for engaging in peaceful protest?

NOEM: No

RASKIN: Is it lawful for agents to shoot someone just for driving away from them?

NOEM: No


RASKIN: Well, I'm glad you got the law right

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, after Karoline Leavitt said Spain would collaborate militarily with the U.S.:

“She may be the White House spokesperson, but I am Spain’s Foreign Minister, and I’m telling her our position remains the same.”
For more news from the EU give me a follow

GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Epstein Files “The American people want answers on the Epstein files, and so do we,” Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who introduced the motion to subpoena Bondi, said.

🚨BREAKING: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her role in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) incomplete release of its files on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

AYMAN: Can you tell me where Iran killed thousands of Americans in America?

ANNA PAULINA LUNA: I said they are responsible for thousands of Americans being killed

AYMAN: Where?

LUNA: Are you serious right now?

AYMAN: It seems like you don't want to have a good faith conversation

THIS.

Trump just coordinated with Israel to launch a massive attack on Iran with no congressional approval and no public support. Trump like Putin does whatever he wants. Once Democrats win Congress, on day one they need to start efforts to remove Trump from power using every (legal) means available.

Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

Legislation to criminalize dissent in the ‘Free’ State of Florida? Proposals quietly moving through the Legislature would create a new counterintelligence unit in state government, echoing the FBI’s controversial COINTELPRO in the 1960s.

DeSantis plans on making it illegal to have altering viewpoints than the state or the country and we can be arrested if we hold such viewpoints. Talk about authoritarianism.

#USDemocracy

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Here is a really good visual by @informative.ink that explains
WHAT qualifications are required to be Surgeon General. Casey Means, despite having an MD degree, does not have a valid medical license. SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE.

Recommended reading-
🧪 lastcampaign.substack.com/p/trumps-nex...

What a shock that this regime's pick for Surgeon General is a Grade-A quack.

Trump’s surgeon general pick regularly recommending things she has a financial stake in without disclosing.

A perfect fit for this regime.

Keep pushing. It matters. There have been consequences for Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Larry Summers, Bill Gates. The shit stinks. Keep it going. Bring them down.🔥🔥🔥

Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.

Katyal: "We didn't specifically ask for refunds bc our legal time saw as a matter of course, if we win the case we do think refunds will come back. We are today launching a task force to fight for those refunds. We will fight tooth and nail for them if the federal govt tries to hold that money back"

If this is an impression, it's the best I've ever heard.

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

I can answer this one. The president of the United States is dangerously psychotic and no one in his political party will say it, nor will 95% of American media.

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?

If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?

If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?

It's a tax. That's all it is.

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

“She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America:

“‘Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.’”

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?