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The Dark Rise of America’s Monsters Across Iran and the Caribbean, Trump and his lickspittles delight in killing as if people were expendable scenery, not human beings with loved ones and families. Meanwhile, they ignore the death and d...

TACO and Whiskey Pete’s GOP, ‘Making Blood Lust Great Again’. You no longer have to be ashamed about gleefully watching other people wither and die.

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Iran War Delivers Another Shock To The Global Economy The conflict is driving up energy prices; threatening food shortages in poor countries; and complicating options for the inflation fighters at central banks.

Bondi: "But .... How's the Dow doing?"

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Battleground state leaves experts aghast as it 'hands over keys to election' to Trump The internet reacted Monday after reports that President Donald Trump has set his eyes on Arizona's largest county in hopes to — again — try and litigate the 2020 presidential election and increase th...

Do you know Arizona's top three imports since 2020?Californians, Oregonians, and Washingtonians. Arizona is not going back to red.

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‘A shell of our former self’: How Trump and Musk’s spending cuts are hampering US government readiness amid the Iran war Government cuts under Trump’s second term weakened U.S. emergency, security, and foreign response capabilities, now under scrutiny amid Middle East conflict.

I'm sure the $2000 DOGE check will be in the mail any day now.

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Trump crony blames oil crisis on Biden—because of course he does Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum appeared on Fox News Monday to spread more misinformation about the history of U.S. oil supply and the price volatility tied to President Donald Trump’...

They all have Biden Derangement Syndrome.

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'His Brain Is Broken': Critics Torch 'Unstable' Trump After Wild Social Media Meltdown The president escalated his rhetoric against Iran as the war's second week continues.

So now tRump is in the business of taking our country into yet another Middle East war……as a gift to China?? Fabulous.

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Alaskan king crab and a $98k piano —  Pentagon busted for $93 billion spending 'binge' A GOP senator fired a shot across the bow of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon for going ‘through tens of billions of dollars on impulse purchases” at the end of the fiscal year with multip...

It's spend like a drunken sailor time. The MAGA regime really is bringing back the days of Marie Antoinette...there is a tried and true solution for that.

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Capturing Iran’s highly enriched uranium would require a large US ground force, sources say Recovering Iran’s remaining highly enriched uranium stockpile that is believed to be sitting in a storage facility deep underground, an objective the Trump administration has been discussing, would re...

Well...that can't be right. After all, tRump claimed he obliterated Iran's nuclear program and stockpile last year.

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Documents reveal web of financial ties between Trump officials and industries they help regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who ....

How else are they supposed to get payoffs, bribes and kickbacks. Foxes and henhouses come to mind.

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Pete Hegseth Slammed For ‘Grotesque’ Line About Iranians Donald Trump's defense secretary drew fierce criticism for his remark.

Happy Hour Hegseth should follow standard advice about DUIs. Don't drink and drive. Also, don't conduct interviews after you're 3 sheets into the wind.

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Top Trump officials rush to purchase nuclear war-proof bunkers after Iran attack: report Since President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Iran last week, at least two top Trump administration officials have raced to purchase their own survival shelters designed to withstand an apoca...

We are living in Dr. Strangelove.

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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures sell off as oil prices surge to over $100 a barrel Surging oil prices have thrown stocks into an unstable position amid global volatility across markets.

It takes a special kind of genius to tank the global economy. Well done, TACO. Don’t worry, billionaires will be OK.

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Why spineless Republicans refuse to call Trump’s war in Iran a war Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Republican ...

When the Trump regime renamed the DOD the Department of War it was a signal of intent. It's war alright, and he GOP owns it all.

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Trump's 'ONLY FOOLS' Claim About Rising Oil Prices Gets Hit With A Brutal Reminder The president's comments come as the prices of both crude oil and gasoline surge amid the war with Iran.

Coming from the man who campaigned on no wars and cheap gas.

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‘We’re underwater!’ GOP senator admits polling disaster – then blames Democrats Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) admitted on Fox News Sunday night that the Republican Party was “underwater” with Americans on the issue of immigration – once one of the party’s strongest issues – but pivoted ...

60% of Americans disapprove of tRump’s handling of immigration. Blaming Biden isn't going to change that.

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Trump says he won't sign any bills until SAVE America Act passes President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will not sign any bills until the SAVE America Act is passed, adding that a “watered down” version of the act would not do

This is a voter suppression bill, designed to disenfranchise the poor, the elderly, and women. Translation: I won’t do my job unless you help me rig the next election.

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Buckle up... Petroleum infrastructure destroyed in multiple countries over the weekend Israel, the US and Iran destroyed oil facilities in Iran and across the Persian Gulf over the weekend. Crude oil transport through the Straits has essentially frozen, and even offers of insurance from...

It’s gonna be one hell of a recession.

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Congress Just Set A Really Dangerous Precedent The GOP legislature has become a "rubber stamp for whatever a president tells them to do," one senator said after a failed vote on the Iran war this week.

They've given Stinky a blank check for his distraction war. Mike Johnson and the rest of the GOP are the epitome of "Waste, fraud and abuse".

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WSJ exposes Lindsey Graham for 'coaching' foreign leader on lobbying Trump for war Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has been exposed by the Wall Street Journal for "coaching" a foreign leader on how to influence Donald Trump.The WSJ ahead of the weekend publi...

Oh, Miss Lindsey. Most people would call this treason.

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