Cindy C.

[Cindy C. @CindyC____]

This! ⬇️

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

These are not political news cycle issues. Trump is transforming what the United States is as a country in the world into a far right, authoritarian, transactional, valueless oligarchy aligned with the world's autocracies.

[Brett Erickson @BrettErickson28]

MAJOR BREAKING: New reporting from NBC indicates that EIGHT marines were injured in a recent Iranian attack on a vessel likely transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the NBC reporting:
“The Marines were not on a U.S. Navy ship, according to the officials. The officials declined to define what type of ship it was, instead referring to it as a maritime vessel.”

THESE are the exact type of events that could have seen MULTIPLE Americans killed. It is increasingly clear that the United States is putting TROOPS aboard vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

End this war. Remove our troops from the region. BEFORE a disaster strikes.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Unbelievable: President Trump proposed selling American weapons to China! https://t.co/4hS8cR2atn If that happened, they could end up being used against the U.S. by China or a country like Iran or North Korea.

[Donny Ferguson @DonnyFerguson]

More proof of what I pointed out at the time: Trump’s “deals” had worse terms for Americans than the existing agreements

And if it weren’t for all the taxpayer-subsidized weapons we’re making for Ukraine and Iran, the manufacturing numbers would be even worse

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Every one of these people view their positions in the government as an opportunity to cash in on multiple grifts while traveling the world and having a great time at our expense.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before. https://t.co/oycFdjBtOu

[Phil Mattingly @Phil_Mattingly]

Last time U.S. 10yr Treasury yield hit this level: 2007

Last time the U.S. 30yr Treasury yield hit this level: 2004

[ProPublica @propublica]

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.

The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.

Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.

[Hümeyra Pamuk @humeyra_pamuk]

Per the NYT, Trump had decided to strike Houthi targets on Thursday after the Saudi Crown Prince called him again & urged him to step in. But on Sunday, he changed his mind again and decided not to — just as target lists were approved & troops were loading bombs onto US warplanes

[Ben Bartenstein @BenBartenstein]

INVESTIGATION: Inside the US military “kill chain” that destroyed a school and killed 123 children in Iran.

Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to the disaster.

https://t.co/lwzbRo4uqd @business

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

There is nothing new in this text. The US doesn’t get anything it didn’t have before creating this unnecessary crisis.

[Neil Mehta @byneilmehta]

SCOOP #1: Health Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got over $250,000 in free gifts from a top donor: flights to Greece and Fiji and stays in a vacation home...

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Social Security is the largest anti-poverty program in the U.S.⁣
⁣
In the latest poverty numbers, the Census estimates it kept 28.8 million people out of poverty. More about poverty here: https://t.co/ylR32bmjz7

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

WSJ editorial board FOIAs emails showing Sen. Katie Britt’s office privately seeking Trump tariff exemptions for Alabama — while she’s publicly praising the tariffs. https://t.co/iHuTYDv3g2

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Bloomberg News: “President Donald Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude him from any restrictions.” https://t.co/JrceBFwQDv

[Hiba Nasr @HibaNasr]

‼️ Breaking: Saudi Arabia says its air defenses intercepted & destroyed a Houthi drone south of the Holy City of Mecca before it could enter the restricted airspace of the city in a significant escalation involving one of Islam’s holiest sites.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Extraordinary journalism from @NewYorker, on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth"
https://t.co/pgzpZUmNMe

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

American foreign policy under Trump is not isolationist. On the contrary, MAGA ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve the interests of American crypto, mineral and tech companies, especially if they have links to the president. They think of themselves as "the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America, but the world."
Read more here:
https://t.co/I1lNTvIPgn

[Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw]

"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University."

via @BerkowitzBT

[ProPublica @propublica]

A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent.

In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that Trump officials quashed those plans.
https://t.co/7pnaI32KvB