This is fascinating and worth your time. Jared Kushner is using his quasi government position to grease massive deals with Saudi money and backing from a shady Epstein-connected network.
This whole tape is a modern classic. The Louisville Slugger with a toilet brush microphone, the questionable outfit, the Gatling gun of zingers from Pelosi, and the way Pillowman’s hack utterly crumbled into dust at the end. Swish!
Woodrow Wilson had a stroke and they kept it a secret. FDR couldn't walk and they kept it a secret. Eisenhower had heart attacks and they kept it a secret. Reagan had colon cancer and dementia and they kept it a secret. Trump's health is much worse than whatever they let us see.
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce an American conspiracy theorist, podcaster & antisemite, Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO). She’s best known for spreading conspiracy theories, attacking Ukraine, promoting pro-Kremlin BS, and becoming a favorite of Russian state media.
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Luna is literally lying. The Ukrainians are the only ones who have been proposing a unilateral ceasefire and the Russians have consistently torpedoed any chance for peace.
There is a special place in hell for these fucking assholes.
Luna: No, I don't support more aid because right now, there is a peace deal. The Russians to my knowledge have agreed to that peace deal. It is the Ukrainians that are holding out—It’s Zelenskyy because he's concerned it will impact his potential upcoming election.
Host: Remind us of that peace deal. Does that include Ukraine giving up land?
Luna: Potentially yes
This is an insane story. The DOGE whistleblower who said that login attempts were made to the NLRB from Russian IP addresses minutes after DOGE got access had his brake lines cut and photos of him walking his dog from a drone taped to his door after Musk attacked him on Twitter
Josh Barro on Platner:
“Graham Platner doesn’t work for a living. As The New York Times reports, the bulk of his income comes from a military disability pension of approximately $60,000 a year. The pension doesn’t mean he’s too disabled to work — he is, after all, currently seeking the job of U.S. Senator — but his recent non-campaign endeavors seem more like hobbies than a career. He runs an oyster farm that principally sells oysters to his mother’s restaurant. He earned a small stipend as his town’s harbor master: $3,000 last year. He lives in a $205,000 house that he bought with a $200,000 loan from his father.”
What a resume.
Does CBS mention the minor fact that trump cut funding for the program that eradicated the disease?
Obviously not. So sad this is happening, but it’s nobody’s fault!
At this point I’m more fascinated by the emotional and psychological well being of those who maintain that this is the best the Democrats can do in the current political environment…
The New World Screwworm, a grave parasitic threat, has just been detected in US cattle for the first time since it was eradicated in 1966.
The parasite's revival comes after Trump and DOGE slashed funding for Screwworm monitoring programs.
Bryce Mitchell on Trump's White House UFC fight:
Our government is desecrating its role in society by entertaining sports. Our government is to protect and serve the people. Our tax dollars and resources are funding this operation. The government is supposed to protect us, not entertain us.
Andrey Bezrukov was "Donald Heathfield," the SVR illegal arrested by the FBI in 2010 as part of Operation Ghost Stories. He was one of the bases for the FX series "The Americans." His forecasts here will be seen as those of someone with an intimate working knowledge of American society, which Bezrukov indeed has.