#USPol
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congress
Of course he does. Paxton was a full fledged member of the #SeditiousConspiracy to overturn the #2020election. He brought that lawsuit to #SCOTUS to nullify Biden’s win.
He’s also a #criminal, his own staff tried to get him fired from being the #Texas Attorney General.
#Trump endorses #KenPaxton in Texas #Republican primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
#USpol #Congress #TXpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-texas-senate-endorsement-paxton-cornyn-adb4c7213fc2d0db0b29d0ab65d49384
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#US intelligence says #Iran can outlast Trump’s #Hormuz #blockade for months
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile & drone arsenal.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/07/cia-intelligence-iran-trump-blockade-missiles/
#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026
Abuser, predator Leon Black was among #Epstein’s primary sources of income. Their relationship went back to the 1990s, but Black flooded #Epstein with cash in the years #Epstein was a registered sex offender.
Black paid #Epstein $170 million over just a few years in the 2010s. He’s claimed the payments were for #tax advice, which doesn’t hold up at all.
Black already employed the best tax and estate planning advisors in the country. He didn’t need #Epstein’s advice, and he certainly didn’t have any reason to pay #Epstein $170 Million dollars
#epsteinFiles #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp #EpsteinClass #news #usa #congress
#Midterms #primaries updates #GiftArticle link [you *should* be able to access the link till polls close; I probably won’t stay online updating the results]:
So far…
Rep #AndyBarr, a Republican backed by #Trump, easily won a contested #primary for #Senate in #Kentucky, where he will be strongly favored in November to replace the long-serving Senator #MitchMcConnell, who is retiring.
#law #Congress #elections #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/19/us/midterms-georgia-kentucky?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.aA6f.H9CvndCCciBp&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Yay!
Judge orders #Trump administration to halt White House #ballroom construction unless #Congress OKs it
#law #architecture #HistoricPresevation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction-halted-9cafc70569a3a05fcbaa6cafddbeace4
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#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
https://apnews.com/article/senate-funding-homeland-security-shutdown-4a3e4a3e77bd33213b98888e79a81f51
#Trump vows to hit more Iranian #infrastructure as nations seek to open #Hormuz
Trump threatened to extend attacks on #civilian infrastructure in #Iran after a #US strike cut a major highway bridge on Thursday, prompting a defiant response from Iran, which hit a #desalination #water plant in #Kuwait & said more would follow.
#WarMonger #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-vows-target-more-iranian-infrastructure-nations-seek-open-hormuz-2026-04-03/
2 US warplanes now shot down; search ongoing in #Iran for 1 missing crew member
An F-15 fighter jet & an A-10 attack plane were lost to hostile fire. 2 Black Hawk helicopters also were hit, injuring the crews, before safely returning to their base, officials said.
#POW #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Israel #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/03/f-15-crash-iran-missing/
#Trump, taking questions from reporters during the annual #Easter Egg Rollevent at the White House, reiterated his threats against #Iran, saying the #US was “obliterating the country” because its leadership would not capitulate.
But he also asserted that Americans were dealing with a third wave of leadership that “is not as radicalized.”
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/06/world/iran-war-trump-israel/9af67b73-f91e-531e-bdaf-e94b4550d3d2?smid=url-share
#Trump brushes off #WarCrime concerns as he repeats threat to #Iran #infrastructure
Trump described the consequences that Iran would face if it doesn’t reach a deal with the US by his 8PM Tuesday deadline.
#deranged #sociopath #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-06-2026
#US #GasPrices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of #War in #Iran
The jump on Tuesday of 1.6% was the highest percentage increase in more than a month.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/business/oil-gas-stocks-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#US & #Israel strikes hit #Iran #oil, #rail & #bridges ahead of #Trump deadline
Iranian envoy says Tehran will not “stand idle’ if Trump follows through on #WarCrime threats
Amir-Saeid Iravani, Tehran’s representative at the #UN, said that Trump’s threats earlier Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die” if Iran does not make a deal “constitute incitement to #WarCrimes & potentially #genocide.”
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026
#US to weigh deadline extension while #Iran reviews #Pakistan's #ceasefire request
#MassMurder #genocide #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-ceasefire-deal-trumps-deadline-reopen-strait-hormuz-2026-04-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#MelaniaTrump Claims She Was Not a Victim of #JeffreyEpstein
Responding to what she said were smears, the first lady said she never had knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. She called on Congress to continue investigating.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Meaningless nonsense
#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-congress-war-powers-republicans-trump-authorization-41ef029df176a6486422e9d68aa6d872
#Inflation Surges as Effects of the #IranWar Show in Prices
The #Consumer Price Index [#CPI] jumped 3.3% in the year through March, a 2-year high, reflecting higher costs for #energy & goods affected by disruptions in the #MiddleEast.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/10/business/inflation-cpi-report?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#SCOTUS tosses #Louisiana's congressional map with second majority Black district amid national #redistricting fight
The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for #Republican-led states to eliminate #Black & #Latino electoral districts that tend to favor #Democrats & affect the balance of #power in #Congress.
#law #gerrymandering #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters
https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-migrant-protections-arguments-updates#0000019d-d995-d8f5-a19f-ffd726160000
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Iran's Guards seize #wartime power, weakening Supreme Leader's role
2 months into a war with the #US & #Israel, #Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of #power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/irans-guards-seize-wartime-power-blunting-supreme-leaders-role-2026-04-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran.
@AssociatedPress has a live blog with the latest: https://flip.it/mCvL8J
#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.
The chief financial official for the #Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost to #US taxpayers of the #IranWar is $25 billion so far.
#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-hegseth-congress-trump-updates-04-29-2026
#US Central Command has announced that it will begin a blockade of #Iran #ports on Monday at 10AM ET.
#CENTCOM said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations” entering or departing Iranian ports & coastal areas.
It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the #StraitOfHormuz.
#idiocracy #Trump #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-12-2026#0000019d-838e-d1f7-a9bf-ebdea92c0000
#Oil #prices rise after #Trump threatens to block passage through #StraitOfHormuz
#BrentCrude, the international benchmark, was up 8%, at about $102. #US #crude was up 8% to $104.
Dow futures sank 1.04%, or 502 points. S&P 500 futures were down 1%, & Nasdaq futures declined 1.15%.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/business/oil-prices-iran-war
#US military set to begin its #blockade of #Iran #ports & #coast
The US has vowed to blockade all Iranian ports to pressure Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial #StraitOfHormuz & accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with threats on all the ports of US #allies in the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-13-2026