Overnight, U.S. forces seized the M/T Davina (a/k/a/ Lenore), a supertanker with the capacity for up to two million barrels of oil, and which is listed under U.S. Treasury Dept. sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors. The vessel is part of Iran’s Ghost Fleet, a network of illicit shipping facilitators that have enabled the Iranian regime to earn critical energy revenues, undermine stability in the region, and attack U.S. partners and allies.
This seizure is part of DOJ’s work with our whole-of-government partners to disrupt Iran’s illicit oil smuggling and revenue generation that benefit the government of Iran and the IRGC.
Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.
More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸
Senators Schumer and Gillibrand responded to the Graham Platner scandals by simply saying that he would deliver Maine and give them back Senate control. In other words, we found the right Nazi-tattooed, sex-texting, rape-dismissing, veteran-defaming, self-proclaimed communist...