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[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

BREAKING: French Senator Claude Malhuret TORCHES Trump and his alcoholic, drug-addicted administration on the floor of the Luxembourg Palace: "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction!"

This might be the greatest MAGA takedown of all time. Nobody was spared...

"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court. An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health," he said, referring to RFK Jr.

Malhuret's comparison to the mad Emperor Nero is fitting. It's said that he fiddled while Rome burned. In Trump's case, he's building a ballroom while the entire world goes up in flames.

"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy. An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces," Malhuret continued, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice. A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security," Malhuret went on, referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Bondi previously worked for the Ballard Partners firm which raked in $115,000 a month by lobbying on behalf of Qatar.

"A Turkish proverb says 'When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, it is the palace that becomes a circus," said Malhuret. "His fine team has decided to create a competitor to the UN. Since the creation of the Board of Peace, Trump has triggered more military strikes than Biden during his entire term."

"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction," he continued. "Bomb more to win more."

This is how the world now sees the American president: as a pedophile desperately exploiting his role as commander-in-chief to obscure the fact that he preyed on children with his long-time pal Jeffrey Epstein.

"There isn't a single country where Trump did not take advantage of the situation to enrich himself without ever forgetting his family. A Boeing plane offered by Qatar," he said, referring to the $400 million jet that Qatar "gifted" to Trump. "Investment in all Gulf projects or elsewhere. Stock market manipulation that only a few insiders benefit from."

"Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests."

Rarely have we heard such an exhaustive yet succinct distillation of the Trump administration's rampant criminality and incompetence. By focusing on individual Cabinet members and what makes them uniquely unfit for office and then expanding the aperture to the broader patterns of corruption and malignancy, Malhuret delivered a master class in political messaging.

Every mainstream outlet in the U.S. should be running this speech to show Americans what the world thinks of our leaders.

Since they won't, please make sure to like and share to spread this far and wide!

[tanık @tanik_tr]

Bu adam, Amsterdam Havalimanı’nda 2016’dan beri hiç durmadan çalışıyor gibi görünüyor.

Hollandalı tasarımcı Maarten Baas, bir oyuncuyu 12 saat boyunca her dakikayı yeniden çizerek filme aldı.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

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[Hollywood Golden Age of Cinema @HGACinema]

Singin' in the Rain (1952) ― Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds ― “Good Morning”.

Only 19 years old when cast to play Kathy Selden, Debbie Reynolds lived with her parents and commuted to the set. She had to wake up at a.m. and ride three different buses to the studio. To avoid the long commute, she often slept on the set. Finding her asleep, an irate Gene Kelly would shake her awake and urge her to resume practicing her dance numbers. Reynolds began sleeping under the piano on the set in order to hide from Kelly.

Gene Kelly was a severe taskmaster with 19-year-old Debbie Reynolds, who had never danced to this degree before rehearsals started. “He came to rehearsals and criticised everything I did and never gave me a word of encouragement”, Reynolds recalled. Fred Astaire, who was in an adjacent studio, found her sobbing under a piano and reassured her that all of her hard work was worth the effort. Relations between Kelly and Reynolds further deteriorated during their on-screen kiss when Kelly forcibly stuck his tongue in Reynolds' mouth without her consent. “I was an innocent kid ... It felt like an assault”, Reynolds wrote in her memoir. “I was stunned that this 39-year-old man would do this to me”.

After finishing the “Good Morning” number, Debbie Reynolds had to be carried to her dressing room because she had burst several blood vessels in her feet. Despite her hard work, an unimpressed Gene Kelly believed her dancing in the number to be mediocre and decided to dub the sound of her feet.

Debbie Reynolds stated that making this film with Gene Kelly and surviving childbirth were the two hardest things she had ever done. The filming experience was particularly unpleasant due to her cruel treatment by Kelly. “If I wasn't smiling, Gene would yell at me to smile more”, Reynolds recalled. “My feet were bleeding from all that dancing and when I pointed it out, Gene would say, 'Clean it up.' He was very sentimental like that”. Decades later, Kelly expressed remorse about his behaviour: “I wasn't nice to Debbie. It's a wonder she still speaks to me”.

[Ines @Ines_Mamy]

This is what we call being a boy for life 😂

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

What an amazing and breathtaking photo…

Photo by Elle Lookbook…

[Anand Lalaji MD (Dr A) @MDANANDLALAJI]

“No options left” is often just exhaustion talking. When we’re tired, disappointed, or stuck, it’s easy to give up. But the next possibility appears only after we take a breath, ask for help, change the angle, or try the thing that feels too simple to matter.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

When you don’t want to pay for the shopping bag

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In 1944, 18-year-old Norma Jeane Baker was a recently-married factory worker aiding the war effort at an aviation facility.

When an Air Force photographer happened to spot her on the job, he took her picture and helped put her on the path to pin-up modeling and then movie stardom under a new name: Marilyn Monroe.

The most iconic pin-up models: https://t.co/alP4qHl5QB

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[Dida @Dida_ti]

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[Smart Gadgets @Smartgagets]

I love this gadget ❤️

[LEARN IN MINUTES @Learinminutes]

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Disturbing new allegations accuse Republicans of hiding Mitch McConnell’s health status in order to prevent a special election that could put Trump’s enemy Thomas Massie in the Senate!

This seems INCREDIBLY shady…

Independent journalist Desirée Townsend laid out the disturbing case with clarity:

“Senator Mitch McConnell has now been hospitalized for three weeks. The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated, especially given that his wife, Elaine Chao, appeared in China just days after his hospitalization to meet with high-ranking Chinese officials.”

“The question now is about national security: if Senator McConnell has been unable to independently perform his duties, what safeguards exist to ensure classified intelligence briefings, defense appropriations information, or other sensitive congressional matters could not be accessed, discussed, or shared by individuals operating behind the scenes? And given the timing of Chao’s meeting with China’s vice president, what exactly was discussed?”

These are important questions that we NEED answers for.
Mitch McConnell has not been seen in public in over three weeks, nor have we had any update on his health after he suffered cardiac arrest, was given CPR, and then hospitalized.

Curiously, his wife Elaine Chao, who is not a government official, suddenly flew to China just three days after the incident – meaning that the person with power of attorney over his affairs is out of the country, meaning there is nobody to declare him brain-dead if he is indeed in a coma or otherwise mentally unfit to do his job, which it was unclear that he was capable of doing before.

Is she hiding in China to keep him alive as a vegetable?
In Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election, and that date is August 3rd.

If a special election was called, Trump’s vocal critic Thomas Massie would certainly run and likely win – which would be a HUGE headache for Trump and his agenda. If he didn’t win, he would split the vote, allowing a Democrat like Charles Booker to fill the seat.
That’s why they’re trying to conceal his condition as long as possible.

Either way, this is absolutely unacceptable. Mitch McConnell is the chair of the important Senate Rules Committee.

We cannot allow Republicans to just lie to the American people and treat their jobs like its a position they OWN, especially when so much is at stake and one vote could change history forever.

Republicans need to tell us what the hell is going on with Mitch McConnell, ASAP.

[louisjest @louisjestn]

How did this happen? 🤣

[Nyumm @num_018]

besides the food being very delicious, i like the way it is cooked directly from the heated plate