<p>Thank you!</p><p><a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> Police Officers Sue to Block <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> $1.8 Billion <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a></p><p>2 officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, sued the Trump admin to try to stop the creation of a $1.8 bn fund they argue would benefit <a href="/tags/insurgents/" rel="tag">#insurgents</a> who committed violence to support Trump. The lawsuit argues the admin exceeded its authority to create the fund without <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>’s authorization.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#theft</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxpayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/magaslushfund/" rel="tag">#MAGASlushFund</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/jan-6-officers-lawsuit-trump-fund.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/jan-6-officers-lawsuit-trump-fund.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/jan-6-officers-lawsuit-trump-fund.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share</span></a></p>
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<p>Elizabeth Warren and other U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation revealed two of the companies were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports under the Trump administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cre</span><span class="invisible">dit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/credit/" rel="tag">#Credit</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/personalfinance/" rel="tag">#PersonalFinance</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> White House resisted allowing an American doctor exposed to <a href="/tags/ebola/" rel="tag">#Ebola</a> while working in the <a href="/tags/drc/" rel="tag">#DRC</a> to return to the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a>, acc/to 5 people familiar with the Ebola response…, delaying the <a href="/tags/evacuation/" rel="tag">#evacuation</a> & <a href="/tags/care/" rel="tag">#care</a> of Peter Stafford, who was ultimately transported to <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> [Danke Deutschland].<br>
The admin’s reluctance to bring an infected American back to US soil marked a sharp contrast with the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.</p><p><a href="/tags/nocompassion/" rel="tag">#NoCompassion</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/20/white-house-resisted-letting-doctor-with-ebola-return-us/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/20/white-house-resisted-letting-doctor-with-ebola-return-us/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/health/</span><span class="invisible">2026/05/20/white-house-resisted-letting-doctor-with-ebola-return-us/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>The deal <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> reached with his subordinates relies on a mechanism created by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> that legal experts warned was subject to manipulation.</p><p>…The whole enterprise is a jarring shock to conventional understanding of the <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#constitution</a>, raising…profound questions of <a href="/tags/presidentialpower/" rel="tag">#PresidentialPower</a>. If allowed to stand, Trump will have managed simultaneously to thwart Congress’s <a href="/tags/powerofthepurse/" rel="tag">#PowerOfThePurse</a> & the ability of the <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> to police the <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.oWr9.MEVPYndCxS2N&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.oWr9.MEVPYndCxS2N&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.oWr9.MEVPYndCxS2N&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s paws are turning purple from all that stealing and grifting</p><p>I wouldn’t get too close.. not because it’s contagious but he might steal you otherwise also</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/blegh/" rel="tag">#blegh</a></p>
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<p>There is no <a href="/tags/ceasefire/" rel="tag">#ceasefire</a>, stop pretending there is.</p><p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> warns <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> the fight over <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a> hasn’t ‘begun yet’</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> warned Iranian forces would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if they targeted US ships.</p><p>Trump made similar threats before—including posting that “a whole civilization will die”—but this time, they were accompanied by military action. Trump posted Monday afternoon that the military “shot down” 7 Iranian boats in the strait.</p><p><a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/warmonger/" rel="tag">#WarMonger</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/world/live-news/iran-war-news" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/world/live-news/iran-war-news"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/world/l</span><span class="invisible">ive-news/iran-war-news</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> offers a ridiculous additional $1B for <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> “security”, sparking dispute over <a href="/tags/ballroom/" rel="tag">#ballroom</a><br>
<a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> maintain their proposal would authorize <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> construction, but not the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> ballroom. The White House disagrees.</p><p>Senate Republicans late Monday proposed $1 billion to pay for new White House security measures, with lawmakers & White House ofcls disagreeing over whether the <a href="/tags/legislation/" rel="tag">#legislation</a> would cover Trump’s planned ballroom.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/waste/" rel="tag">#waste</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/05/senate-budget-bill-trump-ballroom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/05/senate-budget-bill-trump-ballroom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/05/05/senate-budget-bill-trump-ballroom/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> has hit far more <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> military assets than reported [or admitted to by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin], satellite images show</p><p>Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> sites.</p><p><a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/investi</span><span class="invisible">gations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> posted on social media that the war with <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> could soon end & <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> & natural <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#gas</a> shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.</p><p>“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote. </p><p><a href="/tags/marketmanipulation/" rel="tag">#MarketManipulation</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/foreverwars/" rel="tag">#ForeverWars</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-china-may-6-2026-3d061a90ccde095178d9b988d94d08f3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-china-may-6-2026-3d061a90ccde095178d9b988d94d08f3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr</span><span class="invisible">ael-war-china-may-6-2026-3d061a90ccde095178d9b988d94d08f3</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> sued <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> on Wednesday over a <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> banning <a href="/tags/highcapacitymagazines/" rel="tag">#HighCapacityMagazines</a>, which was passed after a 2012 <a href="/tags/massshooting/" rel="tag">#MassShooting</a> at a movie theater in Aurora, CO. It was the second lawsuit in two days that the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has filed against <a href="/tags/guncontrol/" rel="tag">#GunControl</a> policies in the <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#Democratic</a>-controlled state.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/doj-colorado-lawsuit-guns.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/doj-colorado-lawsuit-guns.html?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/doj-colorado-lawsuit-guns.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
<p>Just a little favor for his <a href="/tags/billionaire/" rel="tag">#billionaire</a> <a href="/tags/donor/" rel="tag">#donor</a> <a href="/tags/techbros/" rel="tag">#TechBros</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> delays executive order on <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/oversight/" rel="tag">#oversight</a> hours before planned signing
</p><p>The White House had already sent out invitations to the event, where Trump had been expected to sign an order increasing government scrutiny of new <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> models.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#regulation</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/aristocracy/" rel="tag">#aristocracy</a> <a href="/tags/technocracy/" rel="tag">#technocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/21/white-house-tore-down-ai-rules-now-its-building-new-defenses/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/21/white-house-tore-down-ai-rules-now-its-building-new-defenses/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/2026/05/21/white-house-tore-down-ai-rules-now-its-building-new-defenses/</span></a></p>
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<p>A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without “genuine competitive opportunities.”</p><p>One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-wall-contracts-tommy-fisher?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-wall-contracts-tommy-fisher?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-border-wall-contracts-tommy-fisher?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/construction/" rel="tag">#Construction</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a>, unhappy with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> $1.8B settlement <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a>, delay a vote on paying for <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> enforcement</p><p>Senate Republicans appeared increasingly unlikely to meet their self-imposed deadline for passing a ~$70 billion immigration enforcement bill as disputes over “security” funding for the Trump <a href="/tags/ballroom/" rel="tag">#ballroom</a> & the $1.8 billion <a href="/tags/magaslushfund/" rel="tag">#MAGASlushFund</a> derailed progress. </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/judicialprocess/" rel="tag">#JudicialProcess</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#theft</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxpayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-billion-ballroom-trump-funding-bill-republicans-d0b0d2ee59a95f6199d80998ab89d7e4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/congress-billion-ballroom-trump-funding-bill-republicans-d0b0d2ee59a95f6199d80998ab89d7e4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/congress-bi</span><span class="invisible">llion-ballroom-trump-funding-bill-republicans-d0b0d2ee59a95f6199d80998ab89d7e4</span></a></p>
<p>This is so truly disgusting on top of all other from the past year..</p><p>"How Trump's IRS settlement could block tax audits of him, his family and their businesses"</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0pk2e22jro" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0pk2e22jro"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0p</span><span class="invisible">k2e22jro</span></a></p><p>Please.. Congress step in and DO something!</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a></p>
<p>ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kid</span><span class="invisible">s-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a> [they just have no idea what they’re doing]</p><p>The Trump admin’s approach to the <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/marketmanipulation/" rel="tag">#MarketManipulation</a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-iran-</span><span class="invisible">war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/houserepublicans/" rel="tag">#HouseRepublicans</a>, you tiny wimpy nothings</p><p>Republican leaders pulled a resolution to halt the <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> that had been scheduled for a vote Thursday evening, after it became clear they just didn’t have enough votes to defeat it.</p><p><a href="/tags/therealsuckersandlosers/" rel="tag">#TheRealSuckersAndLosers</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/foreverwars/" rel="tag">#ForeverWars</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/</span><span class="invisible">iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> are going from dumb to dumber</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/43nUZY6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/43nUZY6</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> assessments show</p><p>The US military has depleted much of its inventory of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> amid hostilities with <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> than Israeli forces used themselves, according to <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Department assessments described to WaPo.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/governmentspending/" rel="tag">#GovernmentSpending</a> <a href="/tags/governmentwaste/" rel="tag">#GovernmentWaste</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/21/us-bears-brunt-israels-missile-defense-pentagon-assessments-show/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/21/us-bears-brunt-israels-missile-defense-pentagon-assessments-show/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2026/05/21/us-bears-brunt-israels-missile-defense-pentagon-assessments-show/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> Says It Is Discussing Plan With <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> to End Hostilities</p><p>The one-page proposal under review would open the <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a> & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s <a href="/tags/nuclear/" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> program.</p><p><a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/foreverwars/" rel="tag">#ForeverWars</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/netanyahu/" rel="tag">#Netanyahu</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/affordability/" rel="tag">#affordability</a> <a href="/tags/costofliving/" rel="tag">#CostOfLiving</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/world/iran-trump-hormuz-peace-deal?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/world/iran-trump-hormuz-peace-deal?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/0</span><span class="invisible">7/world/iran-trump-hormuz-peace-deal?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>So much for the “ceasefire” talks going well. Not that I believe anything from this admin.</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> launches <a href="/tags/strikes/" rel="tag">#strikes</a> on <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> after attacks on warships, military says<br>
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on 3 US naval vessels, <a href="/tags/centcom/" rel="tag">#CENTCOM</a> said in a statement. None of the US warships were hit.</p><p><a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/foreverwars/" rel="tag">#ForeverWars</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us-forces-strike-military-facilities-in-iran?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us-forces-strike-military-facilities-in-iran?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/us-forces-strike-military-facilities-in-iran?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.<br>
Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.</p><p><a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a> <a href="/tags/megalomania/" rel="tag">#megalomania</a> <a href="/tags/vanity/" rel="tag">#vanity</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/despotism/" rel="tag">#despotism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/madking/" rel="tag">#MadKing</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/style/2</span><span class="invisible">026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/</span></a></p>
<p>Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.<br>---</p><p>In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cle</span><span class="invisible">an-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/airquality/" rel="tag">#AirQuality</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> forces fired on & disabled 2 Iranian <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> forces in the <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a> overnight. The <a href="/tags/uae/" rel="tag">#UAE</a>, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile & drone attack.</p><p>The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old “ceasefire” that the US has insisted is still in effect. The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a>, reopen the strait & roll back Iran’s <a href="/tags/nuclear/" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> program.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-05-08-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-05-08-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/trump-administ</span><span class="invisible">ration-updates-05-08-2026</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Plans to Fire <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> Commissioner Marty <a href="/tags/makary/" rel="tag">#Makary</a></p><p>Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement (<a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#MAHA</a>) but made some enemies in the admin over <a href="/tags/vaping/" rel="tag">#vaping</a>, the <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> pill & rejections of new <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#drugs</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/trump-fda-commissioner-makary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/trump-fda-commissioner-makary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-fda-commissioner-makary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>