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[Catherine333 @WODBWUAF]

@vali_nasr Iran distrusts Biden: any nuclear deal lacking Congress approval is easily scrapped by the next president. Blinken’s efforts face obstruction—highlighted by envoy Robert Malley losing clearance—and looming congressional losses have halted talks entirely.

[Catherine333 @WODBWUAF]

@RamezaniVa91537 @vali_nasr Blinken appointed his childhood friend Robert Malley as the lead Iran negotiator. When Malley faced an espionage probe and lost his clearance, Blinken stayed silent and talks halted. Pinning all the blame on Blinken is easy, but the political reality is far more complex.

[Catherine333 @WODBWUAF]

crazy

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Central casting. He loves war."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Fox Business: "1st quarter GDP coming in with a read of 1.6%. So this is a revision down. The first read was 2%, now we're coming in with a second read of 1.6%, and that is actually below the range."

[Department of State @StateDept]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters. We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it.

Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that.

[S p r i n t e r @SprinterPress]

🇺🇲 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Delhi and asked, "Where is everyone?" At the airport, he was only greeted by the commander of his own plane, and not a single Indian government official came to meet him.

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

If President Trump agrees to a 60-day ceasefire extension based on vague Iranian promises to “discuss” nuclear issues, it’s game over. That pushes the crisis into late July or early August, when major military operations become far less likely ahead of the midterms.

Once the military leverage disappears, meaningful nuclear concessions disappear with it. Ballistic missile restrictions will be nonexistent. Iran will get billions in sanctions relief—while repeatedly using Hormuz as a tool of blackmail.

Tehran will have won at the negotiating table what it lost on the battlefield.

[Catherine333 @WODBWUAF]

@BohuslavskaKate Blinken was actually one of the main voices in the cabinet pushing for stronger Ukraine support. Ultimately, though, the Biden White House just didn't buy into his approach.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

BLINKEN: Ukrainians not only holding on, they’re taking the fight into Russia. Ukraine’s defense industry may end up at the heart of Europe’s future defense industry. Ukrainians now have technology and techniques that we don’t have, and we see that being spread around the world.

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

Marco Rubio posted a video to Cubans claiming there’s no oil blockade. Needless to say, it didn’t land well with Cubans who are living through blackouts that became far worse after the U.S. began stopping oil from getting to the island.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Fuck, I forgot that Trump likes to bomb countries over three day weekends.

[Catherine333 @WODBWUAF]

@ABlinken There seem to be diverse voices both at home and abroad regarding the U.S.-led alliance initiative that deserve our patient listening.

[Tyler McBrien @TylerMcBrien]

BLANCHE: "The United States...is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing...examinations or similar or related reviews" against Trump "or related or affiliated individuals," including family members or related companies and trusts.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits, per FT

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

If we're competing with China one-on-one, that's a game that we may lose.

Their market's much bigger, their manufacturing is three times our manufacturing.

Purchasing power parity is greater than ours, more papers, more patents, a bigger navy — you can go down the list.

But when we're aligned with Europe, with Japan, with Korea, with India, with Australia, with Canada, we go from about 25% of world GDP to 50 or 60%. A lot harder for China to ignore.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: The US 30Y Note Yield rises to 5.18%, its highest level since July 2007.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration has repealed drinking water limits for four different PFAS forever chemicals.

Water providers will no longer have to test or filter for the pollutants.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

JD Vance tells his crowd to "vote against the crazy leadership in Washington, DC"

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Trump: “President Xi said America is a nation in decline. And I said, ‘You’re right.’”

No American president should ever say this. Disgraceful.

[Brandon @Brandon_Fuego]

I’m absolutely stunned they would say that $174k is not enough to survive on. Out loud. To the American people that make about $60k on average.

Tell a middle class American they’re getting a pay bump to $174k and watch them pass out.

As for the trading, if they see their income augmented by trades made with insider knowledge, human nature will cause them to make decisions to further that benefit and not for the overall good of the nation.