💙🌊🌻 #PRODEMOCRACY

The Devil whispers to the warrior,
You cannot withstand the storm

And the warrior whispers back,
I am the storm 🌊

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Interesting wordplay by Vance here which acknowledges that the U.S. giving “funds” to Iran is very much part of the deal that is being negotiated.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Like I keep saying, cows don’t vote.

This is a good visual aid for folks who aren’t from California and have never driven from one end of the state to the other.

Republicans win thousands of square miles of mountains, deserts, and tumbleweeds.

Democrats win where the people are.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Donald Trump’s corruption is driving up your costs.

Here’s the receipt—and you’re stuck with the bill.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

One year ago.

[Gregory Brew @gbrew24]

This was widely rumored during the war, but has now been publicly confirmed:

Qatar struck a deal with Iran, shutting down gas production, in exchange for an agreement that Iran would refrain from further strikes on Ras Laffan. https://t.co/Ccb7dYdkBY

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING: Judge Brinkema is giving the Trump admin one week to submit a sworn statement — signed by the Attorney General and Treasury Secretary — that the slush fund will not go forward.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Reuters: US JUDGE INDEFINITELY BLOCKS TRUMP'S ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Hegseth removed Chappie James's portrait from the Air Force Art Gallery and left the wall empty.

James flew 179 combat missions across two wars. First Black four-star general in US military history.

Curry passed that portrait every day for a decade. When it came down, he retired.
The wall is still empty.

[Olivia Renee 🇺🇸 (Autism Mom) @rnautismmom]

199 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted Constitutionally against warrantless surveillance with the extension of FISA.

They defended the 4th Amendment and for some reason, @SpeakerJohnson does not like that.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research.

Alzheimers.

One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today.

He's not interested.

He's a nasty piece of work.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

The clock is ticking

15 hours til Trump's name must be removed from Kennedy Center

His lawyers have sought last-minute delay arguing they'll be "forced to squander time & money—by both removing the signage & then potentially returning it after appeal—that cannot be recovered"

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Israeli Defence Minister: Israel expects Trump to stand firm on the Iran nuclear principle, but Israel must ensure it can act independently to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

🇺🇸 Massive fire at Medline medical supplies warehouse in California

A large fire has erupted at a warehouse of Medline Industries, one of the largest medical product suppliers in the USA.

So far, there are no reports of injuries or fatalities.

[Daily Iran News @DailyIranNews]

Iran's Missile Cities shocked the United States and Israel during the war - FT

For 40 days, U.S. and Israeli aircraft bombed the mountains surrounding the missile city of Yazd

All of the munitions proved ineffective against the granite rocks of the mountains

One resident of Yazd said “Iran kept launching missiles until the final moments before the ceasefire”

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran rejects Trump’s plan of a weekend deal-signing ceremony with Vance, saying any plan about signing in Geneva, Switzerland or a face-to-face meeting is nothing but a “mistaken understanding of US proposals and wishes,” due to the absence of a final deal, per Fars.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING MS NOW:

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative — a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
https://t.co/PpSe4tNPzo

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Under ethics rules, federal employees can't accept gifts from people whose finances could be affected by their decisions.

That didn't stop Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy from attending the Knicks game in Jim Dolan's box on Monday. The Transportation IG should investigate.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Idaho adopted no-excuse mail-in voting in 1972. Washington did it in 1974. California in 1978. Iowa in 1990. Arizona, Wyoming and Vermont in 1991. Nebraska in 1997. Oregon in 1998. Wisconsin and Florida did it in 2001. NC in 2002. Ohio in 2005. Georgia, Illinois, and NJ in 2006.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man.

Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does.

A man takes responsibility, upholds his commitments to his family and his neighbors, and does what's right, even when no one is watching.

Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life, sell their soul to the highest bidder, or steal from other people in order to enrich themselves. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man, and I don't think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is.