R Kelley

Writer. Brennan on Trump: "I leave his fate to our judicial system, his infamy to history, & his legacy to the trash heap."

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: KNOCKOUT PUNCH! Sen. Jon Ossoff wipes the floor with his MAGA opponent during their debate with one of the most brutal soundbites ever.

Republican Mike Collins should have just stayed home...

"Georgia has voter ID, and that's good. Mike Collins and Donald Trump, they're still obsessed with overturning the 2020 election," Ossoff said in response to a question about voting rules. "Mike Collins still believes the 2020 election was stolen.

"Mike Collins has supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election, and he wants to give your tax dollars to the violent thugs and criminals who sacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th," he continued. "Mike Collins is attacking your voting rights, but that's not a surprise when you consider who Mike Collins is..."

"This is a man who cheered on a group of young men who were mocking a black woman on a college campus with monkey sounds," said Ossoff.

And then came the haymaker, a takedown that's already spreading like wildfire on social media—

"If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club," said Ossoff. "His office has been in cahoots with some of the most notorious white supremacists in the country. He himself has amplified neo-Nazi propaganda. He's never apologized for it, and he should tonight."

Not surprisingly, Mike Collins did not apologize on stage. He's a MAGA Republican, which means, just like his cult leader Donald Trump, he's pathologically incapable of admitting when he was wrong or when he did something immoral.

And that wasn't Ossoff's only standout moment of the night. The senator is one of the best orators that the Democratic Party has seen in decades, which is why there are already calls for him to run for President one day.

"First of all, no Georgia family or small business should pay a dime more to subsidize the energy consumption of these data centers," Ossoff said. "No local community should have these data centers imposed on them. But that same budget bill we've been discussing all night, the one that slashed Medicaid, the one that doubled your health insurance premiums, it also gave $70 billion of your money to data center developers."

"Just think about this, when you are paying more for your health insurance, when a hospital in your community is closing down, Mike Collins voted to take that money out of your pocket and out of your community and give it instead to data center developers," he continued.

"And that's the problem, Mike. It's not just that you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online," said Ossoff. "It's that you're robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors."

Collins has come under repeated fire for the neo-Nazis in his orbit. His former congressional intern posted swastikas and KKK imagery, his former chief of staff communicated with prominent white nationalists, his son-in-law shared pro-Nazi and antisemitic content, and two campaign organizers previously held leadership positions in a group founded by an ex-KKK leader.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

Please ❤️ and share if you'd vote for Jon Ossoff!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Peace never comes through weakness. Today, representatives of the U.S. Congress were in Kyiv – a bipartisan delegation – and I am grateful to them for visiting Ukraine at such a difficult time. They asked: what is needed to end the war? The answer must be strong. There must be sanctions under the Lindsey Graham bill, there must be support for Ukraine in protecting lives, and there must be pressure on Russia for its war. And today, there was a conversation between the leaders of America and Russia. A conversation that leads to something different.

Recently, there was a European decision to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Since then, Russian strikes and the torment of people have only increased. This past week alone, there was a brutal Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky, aerial bombs were dropped on Kramatorsk – on ordinary city buses – and there have been constant attacks on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure and on the life-sustaining infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and our other cities. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded.

The Russians are compensating for their inability to achieve their objectives on the battlefield with this kind of terror. This year, Russia is weaker on the battlefield than at any other point in the war. That is why Putin is relying on terror. That is why he is relying on attempts to strike backroom deals to secure some form of pressure relief for Russia, in order to buy more time and more opportunities for war.

Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.

Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.

Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.

We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one.

[R Kelley @RebSea]

@MacFarlaneNews Who is paying for the Trump Store TV spots? They're out there. You need to be an insomniac too se them.

[Lynx @LibertyLynx]

ABC's reporting on Palmer Luckey by @bynathanlee was incorrect in that it stated a $6.6 billion taxpayer-funded Pentagon contract award when it was actually $3.7 billion of Anduril’s own private corporate capital investment alongside up to $2.9 billion in contingent Navy purchase options. But this isn't over. Theirs was bad reporting but Palmer still has a target on his back put there by the admin. He's being used and it's not good for Anduril.

In public comments and interviews regarding his role at 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged his active involvement in shaping administration policy and screening Pentagon leadership:

On Policy & Messaging: He stated that at his investment firm, 1789 Capital, "[W]e understand what the administration wants to do, because we helped craft some of that messaging..."

On Vetting DoD Personnel: He acknowledged having direct influence over picks for Pentagon personnel, noting that he actively looked "for candidates who wanted to spend more on drones." (Seriously, WTF. Of course they're going to investigate. These people are idiots)

Why This Is So Dangerous for Anduril & Palmer Luckey?

Don Jr.’s admission converted what could have been dismissed as standard venture investing into an explicit, investigable policy-monetization loop:

1. Formally Documented Evidence: Because Don Jr. boasted publicly about setting policy messaging and picking DoD candidates who favored his fund's core sector, Senate oversight committees placed those quotes directly into the congressional record as prime evidence of potential self-dealing.

2. The Financial-Incidence Mechanism: House and Senate investigators do not need to prove that Palmer Luckey or Anduril asked Don Jr. to do this. The fact that Don Jr. helped select leadership and craft policy that directly inflates Anduril's valuation marks ($61B) provides Congress with a complete, logical "benefit theory".

3. Subpoena Exposure: This single link gives oversight committees statutory justification to request cap table details, 1789 communications, and contract allocation records across Anduril’s portfolio, generating the pre-IPO regulatory overhang regardless of Anduril's individual intent.

And the admin has fully exposed Palmer:

-> Hegseth placed him in a strategic advisory process without publicly visible conflict controls.
-> Emil’s investment and recusal record makes that process more vulnerable.
-> Don Jr.’s economic exposure gives investigators a readily understandable benefit theory.
-> Erebor’s political-access representations and possible federal-loan advisory revenue create a second financial channel.
-> Arsenal-2 then places an enormous, technically ambitious Navy commitment beside those unresolved relationships.

So I would not characterize Palmer as merely a victim. He accepted these relationships and roles. But the immediate threat to Anduril is increasingly the administration’s failure to separate public authority, political access, private investment, strategic advice, and federal financing. We are currently modeling the valuation overhang and counterparty risk created by these overlapping vectors. It's going to take a bit of time. But at this point, the admin and especially the leadership at the DoD are off the rails and our military deserves better. Palmer would be wise to to keep a safe distance. His current cronies will be gone soon enough and he must be able to work and succeed in any political environment. cc @streetwiseprof

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

This is absolutely wild per Status — ABC News completely retracted this story like two days ago just totally nuked it. No note, no explanation , no comment. It had been shared by tons of top lawmakers and democratic officials.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

"'Guilfoyle was drinking at four in the morning, she called her security detail, Vasili, a grandfather, who was sleeping obviously, and did not respond. Next day, she demoted him.' Her alleged early morning request? To fetch more ice cubes." https://t.co/tcPSk1x9by

[Sofia B. Kinzinger @sofiakinzinger]

So…

The Kimberly Guilfoyle story.
The Don Jr. wedding party.
Noem’s DHS contracts.
Lewandowski’s deals.
The Reflecting Pool contract.

The kind of corruption we see in third-world countries. And absolutely no shame whatsoever.

And why? Because these people seem to believe that when accountability finally comes knocking, all they have to do is blame Democrats, cry “political witch hunt,” and get a pardon.

They watched Trump use that playbook and get away with it. Now they seem convinced they can, too.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

A lawyer at the Interior Department who has been at the agency for 18 years has resigned in protest, citing a "deeply troubling assault on the rule of law" by the Trump admin.

"We are headed in the wrong direction," he wrote in his resignation letter.

https://t.co/skf465IYEO

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

Trump ordered the USDA to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Maryland, which houses the nation's oldest and most prominent bee research laboratory, and almost no one blinked an eye.

THIS MATTERS.

First, this is just one of the cuts to agricultural research funding he’s made, which, together, cost us $32 million. That’s like six Trump weekend golf vacations. If he wants to save money, he can start by cutting those.

Second, scientists JUST found that bee venom can kill cancer cells. MAGA loves to say we wouldn’t be able to say something nice about the current president “even if he cured cancer.” Well, now we’ll never know. Because, yet again, he cut funding for it.

And finally, the part everyone’s ignoring: he’s only president for 2.5 more years. In 2.5 years, someone who ACTUALLY loves America will win office and inherit a repair job. The brilliant people he fired will all have found new jobs, and we’ll have to find people to replace them.

The damage he’s doing will take a LONG time to undo.

[KT "Special MI6 Operation" @KremlinTrolls]

You probably don't know who this fucker is. But he is the most powerful man in the US.

He's the key architect behind Trump's Project 2025 fascist manifesto.

His name is Russ Vought. And he is a cunt.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants “solely because” the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 AND had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings.

The administration made the admission in a court filing last month responding to a lawsuit brought by University of California researchers challenging the cancellation… which is ILLEGAL, by the way.

In the filing, the administration wrote as an undisputed statement of fact that on a list of more than 2,300 financial assistance awards across the Energy Department, 624 grants on these lists were designated either “termination” or “cancel.”

Of those 624 grants, Jeff Novak, the principal deputy general counsel of the Energy Department, wrote that in October the Office of Management and Budget identified 284 specific grants that were marked to be terminated.

Novak wrote that with one exception, “the 284 terminated grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and has two Democratic-caucusing Senators.”

He’s not interested in being president of the UNITED States. He’s a president of Trump states and ONLY Trump states.

📸: CNN

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Even more leaked audio of a secret Ken Paxton meeting just revealed him advocating for cutting Social Security and Medicare — while laughing with lobbyists about cutting their taxes. This guy is genuinely evil.

[Greg 🚭🚯 @gregalmonte_]

@atrupar

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

The Bureau of Land Management approved blasting through 100-foot canyon walls at the entrance to the world's longest art gallery. So oil tankers can drive through it.

Nine Mile Canyon, Utah holds more than 10,000 cultural, historical and archaeological resources, including over 1,000 known rock art sites containing more than 10,000 individual images. People have used this canyon for at least 8,000 years.

The blasting happens in Gate Canyon, the entrance corridor into that gallery. Federal surveys have already found 47 historic sites along this one stretch of road alone. And it's not only the rock art. Threatened Mexican spotted owls use cliff habitat in the canyon, including areas near the proposed blasting. BLM did the minimum environmental review required and barreled ahead anyway, to move oil out of the Uinta Basin faster. Up to 1,000 vehicles a day, roughly half of them heavy tankers.

This isn't BLM's first swing at this road. Duchesne County tried the same realignment in 2015 and again in 2022. Both times, public opposition killed it. This time, BLM posted it quietly in March with no public notice, denied conservation groups' request to even weigh in, and approved it in April anyway.

It's the same playbook that just got this administration stopped at Big Bend National Park, except "stopped" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. There, a judge halted construction October 2nd, but only after bulldozers had already torn through the park’s grounds. A win in court doesn't un-crush what's already crushed.

Three groups sued over Gate Canyon this week. But a lawsuit takes months. A blasting crew takes days.

#DemsUnited 🧵

[Jamison Daniel @AntiquarianMuse]

It's a military coup.

That was the real purpose of bombing the fishing boats. You give illegal orders, watch the chain of command, and then you can promote the loyalists, mark and purge anyone who might be problematic later. It's basic workforce development.

[Deb Haaland @DebHaalandNM]

Thank you, President @BarackObama. Your support means more to me than I can say.

I got my start organizing for your campaign, inspired by the belief that together, we can make real change. That set me on a path fighting for New Mexicans.

Now, I’m ready to deliver as Governor: lower costs, stronger schools, safer communities, and better healthcare.

It’s go time! Early voting is open. Let’s do this!

[James 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗 Avesta 🔥 @Zeussed]

@RabbiJeffx @grok Here is further proof.

Former CIA @JohnKiriakou.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Melanie is correct…

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Rep. Robert Garcia takes aim at Jared Kushner's jaw-dropping corruption and DEMANDS information on his deeply shady Israeli military investments.

This is the first step. Next come subpoenas...

"Oversight Democrats are investigating the unprecedented and dangerous ways in which President Trump and his family have profited directly from their access to power," Garcia wrote in a letter to Kushner’s investment firm, Affinity Partners. "Public reporting has revealed that while you have been acting as a key envoy in the Middle East, including a purported attempt to negotiate a ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza, your firm, Affinity Partners, is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company with more than $456 million invested in nine companies that supply Israel’s military, including its largest arms manufacturer."

In a saner political climate, this kind of absurd, blatant conflict of interest would result not only in Kushner being stripped of his powers as envoy, but likely criminal prosecution. He has taken the vast powers of the U.S. government and used them for personal enrichment. How can he be trusted to work towards peace in Gaza when he's raking in massive profits from the weapons and military tech being used to slaughter innocent Palestinians en masse? The higher the blood tide rises, the more his bank account swells.

This is the same Jared Kushner whose father used to host noted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu overnight at their house in New Jersey. On at least one occasion, the man who would go on to become Israel's most bloodthirsty Prime Minister actually slept in Jared's bedroom. But he wants us to believe that he is behaving as a neutral arbiter in this conflict.

"Your dual role as your father-in-law’s Middle East and Gaza negotiator while investing in a company that makes profits investing in arms manufacturing presents significant conflicts of interest, all while you avoid disclosing your financial entanglements to Congress or the American people," Garcia continued.

"Since you continue to conduct foreign policy on behalf of the Trump Administration while having raised billions of dollars in capital provided to Affinity Partners by Gulf monarchies, I request detailed information about your business dealings in the Middle East to understand whether your significant financial gains have come at the cost of Americans’ safety and security," he added.

Garcia went on to outline some of the profits that Affinity has made in the Middle East, most notably through its investments in Phoenix Financial, a Tel Aviv-based company that has over $456 million invested in nine companies tied to Israel's military.

"Despite your denial of improper behavior, the fact remains that you have been allowed to hold a position of enormous power and responsibility, exempt from financial disclosure requirements and outside oversight," wrote the congressman. "Without oversight, the American people will continue to have serious questions about your motives and decision-making for as long as you profit from extensive business dealings in a region where you have been empowered by the President, your father-in-law, to influence national security policy at the highest level."

"The foreseeable and catastrophic failure of President Trump's Middle East policy, including the disastrous Iran war, only deepens doubts about whether this Administration is acting in the public's interest," he went on. "American diplomats and public servants must serve the interests of the American people, not their own bottom line."

Garcia concluded by demanding specific information on "all" of Affinity Partners’ investments in Gaza, Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and "other Middle Eastern jurisdictions" that were "materially affected by, or were expected to benefit from any U.S. government approval, license, authorization, waiver, sanction determination, diplomatic support, security arrangement, financing support, non-objection, or other official action."

He also asked for exhaustive transaction records, a list of all investments connected to the Israeli military, a full write-up of Kushner's visits to Israel and Gaza since January 20, 2025 and the meetings he took while there, as well as a full public disclosure of his financial holdings.

Of course, we should expect Affinity to ignore or outright reject this letter, but that's okay. By laying the groundwork now, Garcia is preparing for the Oversight Committee to launch a full investigation, complete with subpoenas, once Democrats retake Congress after the midterms.

Tick tock Jared.

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