Craig Reynolds

That’s a rare downbeat note from Kudlow.

A New Age of War: When Cheap Drones Come for Expensive Cities The current war with Iran hits different.

From a CIA veteran: Right now it looks like the Gulf—especially the UAE—is spending something like 28 dollars in defense for every dollar Iran spends on offense. Despite the strong performance of the UAE’s military, that's not a long-term equation anyone wants.
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Bill Kurtis retires from 'Wait Wait...' NPR quiz show after 12-year run The 85-year-old former CBS anchorman will lend his sonorous, familiar voice to a final show on May 23.

News: As you might have heard, our Judge and Scorekeeper, with a voice on loan to God, Bill Kurtis, is stepping down from “Wait Wait” at the end of May.

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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

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Or worse:

Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.

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They hate me because I fight. They attack me because I win.

I will do everything I can to protect free and fair elections. I will never back down.

DNC sues Trump administration for any plans to deploy federal agents at polling sites The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that several agencies failed to adequately respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests…

The DNC is suing the Trump administration for refusing to answer a simple question, “are you planning to put armed agents or military at polling places?” They submitted 11 FOIA requests and have gotten zero answers.

Rick Scott: "Is it gonna be easy to get the Strait or Hormuz open? It never was gonna be easy."

(The Strait was open just fine two weeks ago!)

Luxury real estate brokers and their brother convicted in federal sex trafficking trial The prosecutor said Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander worked together to convince women with "promises of parties and trips, and when they got there the defendants raped them.”

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FBI received a report on August 8, 2019 that Oren and Tal Alexander raped women at Epstein's residence.

The case was closed.

All three brothers were just convicted of sex trafficking.

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#Epstein

Has anyone pointed out to ICE agents that if they're arresting people solely to collect a bonus, they're not law enforcement officers. They're bounty hunters.

I look forward to all of them losing their jobs and being blacklisted from serving in law enforcement.

Marco Rubio is corrupt as fuck.

Yellow and orange sunrise. A building with a white steeple in front of the sunrise. Two naked trees in the foreground.

I took this picture 6yrs ago today. I was walking to the train and caught this sunrise over my town hall in suburban NJ.

It also happened to be the last day I would commute into the city, as I decided to stop coming in bc of covid.

WHO declared covid a pandemic the next day, March 11.

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NEW: DOJ sued Washington State for access to the state's unreacted voter data. However, it failed to file proof that it served the complaint. So now the federal judge has asked DOJ to show cause as to why this case should not be dismissed. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.

And he’s supposed to run America’s national security.

• No government security experience
• No law enforcement background
• No intelligence work
• No military service
• Not even a bachelor’s degree

Glad to know we planned this out well

“epstein class is iranian propaganda” is definitely something i’d expect the epstein class to say

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...

This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology

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If this isn't abuse and fraud, I don't know what is.

We have no government right now.

This is what happens when you don't have a government.
(you get abused)

Sen. Rick Scott in 2022: “The buck stops with one person. Joe Biden made your gas prices go up. He did it. He actually did it.”
Scott today, 14 months after Trump took over: "Unfortunately, [gasoline] prices are gonna be up for a while."

To think MAGA was out here clutching pearls over whether someone might buy candy, cookies, or soda with food assistance, while so many bigger issues go untouched.

Good thing trucks that transport millions of products every day in the US don’t use diesel so we don’t have to worry about inflation getting worse.

Headlines:

3 cargo ships have been attacked.

The Strait of Hormuz remains choked off.

Reports of some Iranian oil getting through to China.

GCC slowing down oil production due to lack of storage.

Gas prices have gone up for 11 straight days.

Donald Trump is a pedophile.