“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.”
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home
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The Department of Justice released a batch of previously unreleased documents from the Epstein files that include notes from FBI interviews with a woman who says she was assaulted by President Trump when she was a minor. https://to.pbs.org/47dPTQA
Venezuela's Orinoco River Basin holds the world's largest proven oil reserve and vast mineral wealth, and illegal gold mining has already destroyed roughly 185 square miles of forest since 2018. Now the Trump administration is pushing to expand drilling and mining in the region.
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For some, the words unconditional surrender lead to one vivid historical fact. We cannot continue to discount the risks of nuclear use by the President.
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Wait to learn what some of the US population thinks of Iranians—whose country the US is at war with—and one will understand where dehumanizing other human beings can lead to.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldIrump X.com The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
He’s right, you know. Wait…
"Business as usual—which means state-sponsored extraction with organized crime."
Listen to our latest podcast with Mark Ungar about the organized crime-tied corruption poisoning the Amazon in Venezuela and beyond. The January 3 US attack changed nothing.
"Just 36% approve of how Trump is handling Iran, and a majority (55%) thinks Iran either represents a minor threat or no threat at all to the United States." www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...
Recall that the prior indictment of Maduro served as the predicate for the "law enforcement operation" in Venezuela (aka the illegal invasion and decapitation of its government).
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There's a common misconception that zoonotic viruses require significant adaptation to jump from animals to cause human epidemics.
Not so 👇.
Further, we see clear signs of 1977 flu experiencing cell passage, prior to epidemic.
SARS-CoV-2? Business as usual.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production Schedules. They have agreed to quadruple Production of the "Exquisite Class" Weaponry in that we want to reach, as rapidly as possible, the highest levels of quantity. Expansion began three months prior to the meeting, and Plants and Production of many of these Weapons are already under way. We have a virtually unlimited supply of Medium and Upper Medium Grade Munitions, which we are using, as an example, in Iran, and recently used in Venezuela. Regardless, however, we have also increased Orders at these levels. The Companies represented were the CEOs of BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3Harris Missile Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon. The meeting concluded with another meeting scheduled in two months. States all over the Country are bidding for these new Plants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Another one not written by Trump but which shows how much he’s been stung by the analysis that the US is running out of munitions.
Can’t be a big bully if you’ve only got a tiny stick.
“.. He is the first president in the era of modern polling to take the United States to war without the support of the public.”
@nytimes.com @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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Putin is helping kill Americans
And Trump just eased sanctions on Russia
Of course Trump is either being bribed or blackmailed by Putin.
US national security offices, weakened by firings, confront Mideast war
"FBI Director Kash Patel fired roughly a dozen agents and staff members who once had ties to an investigation of Trump. Among them were agents who specialized in addressing threats from Iran and its proxies." wapo.st/3P6HiJf
Last job the Pentagon's new AI csar had?
Gutting of the CFPB, during which he also owned prohibited stock:
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“The sinking seems to be part of Hegseth’s new policy of ignoring ‘stupid rules of engagement’ and ‘punching them while they’re down.’ It raises questions of what the Trump administration would say if a country like Iran attacked an American ship it knew was unarmed. newrepublic.com/post/207429/...
The U.S. economy lost jobs in 0 of the 48 months Joe Biden was president. It has lost jobs in 6 of the 14 months of Trump's second term.
11/ ...When people are being shot, detained inhumanely, deported, and abused for having the same identities we are removing from grants, it is abundantly clear we are participating in hate.”
- anonymous NIH program officer
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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Data centers for AI are driving huge increases in electrical load, and there’s currently not enough power on the grid to match the projected growth. The Trump admin is now trying to promote new fossil gas generation as the solution, and there is no shortage of reasons to be concerned about this:
After adjusting for inflation, the defense budget this year is $217 billion above when Obama left office. Over a decade, the increase would total ~$2.5 trillion in ⬆️ defense.
Trump wants to further boost that another $450 billion a year for a total defense boost of $7.4 trillion above Obama levels.
Watch this.
This Hollywood group — linked to the Israeli government and supported by individuals in the Epstein Files, including a Russian oligarch and Casey Wasserman — is leading a smear campaign against a film about a 5-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces, to stop it from getting an Oscar:
INBOX: data from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrations show that in the most recent three months, every single one of the 1,651 refugees accepted into the United States were of (white) South African origin.
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This is the first indication that another U.S. adversary has entered the spiralling regional conflict in the Middle East—and it’s the one with nuclear capabilities and an extensive intelligence network. trib.al/2ogjpvh
The Trump regime is planning a 12-hour Christian nationalist takeover event at the National Mall on May 17. The Freedom 250 'Rededicate 250' event is part of the regime's hijack of America's birthday celebration. The event marks 'rededicating our country as One Nation under God.'
With Qatar raising the prospect of $150 crude, our @pippastevens.cnbc.com says that would -- theoretically -- put retail gasoline somewhere in the $5.50 range.
@cnbc.com #OOTT
CBP puts the blame on legacy IT systems. To be blunt, while these problems may be completely valid, this is entirely the fault of the government.
A judge ordered the release of a man with lawful permanent resident status — who twice won bond before an immigration court — but has remained detained for 200 days because of the Trump administration's use of a (previously) little used "automatic stay." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
