kathyk

Blue Boomer, Peace & Love. just hanging out on this dysfunctional planet

[Esta @TheOnlyEsta]

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[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:

— He openly laid groundwork to challenge the midterms. He claimed our elections were "compromised," clearly setting up the justification to tamper with results before a single vote is counted.

— He said he'll "correct vulnerabilities" in our elections. Translation: he told you exactly what he plans to interfere with.

— He contradicted himself on China in real time. He first claimed China was "working to influence" and "undermining confidence" in him, then said he was doing a "great job" with them back when he made the claim. He couldn't keep his own conspiracy straight.

— He claimed China rigged the 2020 election, this time by getting journalists to write bad stories about him, because China supposedly wanted Biden to win since Trump was "wise to them."

— He said they found "burn bags" from the Obama Administration full of supposedly incriminating material, without ever saying what was actually in them.

— He said he needs "urgent measures" to stop our elections from being "hacked," citing Maduro's rigged machines in Venezuela in 2020 as his "evidence."

— He attacked networks for not airing him live, accusing them of being "part of the conspiracy to rig elections" and suggesting they should lose their broadcast licenses.

— He announced he wants to seize voter data from states he's deemed "vulnerable" ahead of the midterms.

This was a sitting president telegraphing, step by step, how he plans to undermine the 2026 midterms with egregious lies and conspiracy theories.

[MeidasClips @MeidasClips]

Katie Phang on the significance of France opening an Epstein-connected investigation: "If there is a victim of Ghislaine Maxwell who can come and make a presentation of a complaint to French authorities ... Maxwell, as a French national, can be extradited from the US to France to face charges. If there is anyone who continues to benefit from the protection of the Trump DOJ ... it's Ghislaine Maxwell."

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Epstein survivor Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche:

“I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors -- a marked contrast to his public testimony during his confirmation hearing."

“While quick to point to the failures of previous administrations, he refused to take accountability for mistakes made under his own leadership..”

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: New reports indicate Thom Tillis is leaning towards ending Todd Blanche's effort to become the next Attorney General. This is huge.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Actor Richard Gere on Trump: “He’s a rogue personality who’s destroyed so much. He’s hurt so many people and he’s caused so many deaths. But it will be over. He’s an old man. He’s a damaged personality. You can see he must’ve had a horrible childhood to be the man that he is now”

[rachel cohen @rcohen]

Tonight, Trump will claim that the intelligence community conspired to conceal from him information about China’s efforts in the 2020 election.

Except that the Intelligence Community Assessment was compiled under Director John Ratcliffe and briefed to him on 1/7/21.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

TRUMP ON HIS POINTLESS WAR: “We’re making a lot of money. The defense companies are doing great.”🤔

Unreal. There you have it, folks.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Massie: "I don't think the problem is that our elections aren't secure because we control the House, Senate, White House, and to some degree we control the Supreme Court. So I ask my Republican colleagues, why are you complaining about election fraud? We won all the damn elections!"

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: INDICT HIM! Jared Kushner gets caught in a massive scandal as it's revealed that Iran warned the U.S. that he was abusing his negotiating role to line his and his cronies' pockets with $9 BILLION!

We suspected it, now we have the smoking gun...

According to bombshell reporting from Drop Site News, Iranian officials sent a private message to JD Vance in late June warning him that Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his corrupt son-in-law Jared Kushner were endangering the viability of negotiations to end the war.

The message revealed that Witkoff and Kushner were "more interested in exploiting insider knowledge of the negotiations to profit in financial markets than they were in reaching a deal." That characterization tracks with what we know about the two men, because neither has ever displayed any genuine interest in obtaining peace in the region.

We also know that there has been a troubling trend of Trump administration officials using insider knowledge about forthcoming government decisions and announcements to rake in massive fortunes through betting markets and stock market speculation. They're treating government like a casino, accumulating massive fortunes, and leaving the rest of us to deal with the fallout from their disastrous policies.

"Iran calculated profits from such alleged manipulation had reached $9 billion and formally requested, in writing, that Iran should share in the proceeds," Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim of Drop Site reported.

“We have conveyed through intermediaries that $4.5 billion of this sum should also be allocated to the Iranian side,” an Iranian official stated. “The exchanged texts will ultimately become part of the historical record.”

Not only that, but the Iranians were concerned about "repeated leaks" from Kushner to indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, an unsurprising trend given the "Israel First" nature of this administration.

“Even before the Islamabad talks kicked off [in April], we had already sent multiple messages to Trump through the Pakistanis, warning them about [Witkoff’s] overall destructive role in the previous negotiation,” the Iranian official said

When efforts to arouse the White House's concern about Witkoff's and Kushner's machinations failed, the Iranians reached out to Vance through intermediaries.

Vance's team insists that the message never reached the vice president, but given his demonstrated penchant for lying — and the fact that he would have never dared challenge Kushner for fear of alienating Trump — it's safest to presume that they're lying.

In any other era, this kind of scandal would bring down an entire presidency and lead to massive investigations and prosecutions. Under Trump, it's just accepted as par for the course.

But we need not accept this as the status quo.

When Democrats retake power, we must launch a well-funded forensic investigation into Kushner and the rest of these crooks, uncover their crimes, and lock them up for the maximum amount of time possible.

Please ❤️ and share if you support prosecuting Kushner!

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 NEW: Iran has formally demanded a cut of the billions it says people close to President Trump made by manipulating financial markets tied to the Iran war, a senior Iranian official tells Drop Site.

Tehran calculated the profits from that alleged manipulation, across oil futures, energy stocks, and prediction markets, had reached $9 billion, and put its demand in writing to mediators.

“We have conveyed through intermediaries that $4.5 billion of this sum should also be allocated to the Iranian side,” the official told Drop Site.

“The exchanged texts will ultimately become part of the historical record,” the official added.

🔗 The claim is part of a broader Iranian warning, reported by Drop Site, that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were “abusing” their inside access to U.S.-Iran talks to profit rather than reach a deal. Read the report from Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim linked below👇

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Jimmy McCain, son of John McCain, is supporting Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs in her re-election campaign and will campaign for her this fall.

RETWEET to thank McCain for putting country over party!

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Fix Congress. Reform the Supreme Court. End money in politics. We cannot be afraid to fight for big reforms.

Whether it’s paying more at the pump or struggling to afford a mortgage, kitchen-table problems will only be solvable when we deliver more accountability in government.

[kathyk @akskirk]

@KobeissiLetter 😂😂😂😂

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump says he just "received a call" from Iran and they "want to meet" with him.

"They want to settle so badly," Trump says.

US oil prices extend gains to above $80/barrel.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

SCARBOROUGH TO SPINELESS @SpeakerJohnson: “I’m not gonna mock you, Mike, I’m just gonna call you a liar. Because that’s what you are. You know EXACTLY what happened in Maine.” #AbolishICE

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

Luke Skywalker is a true patriot.

#ResistTrump

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Jon Ossoff just responded to reports that Trump plans to declare him an “illegitimate” senator because of nonexistent voter fraud. Every word of this is spot on. Spread it everywhere and support Ossoff!!!

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

I know Susan Collins is pro-ICE, but you’d think she’d at least care enough to put out a statement when a victim is gunned down by ICE agents in her own backyard. Her silence today speaks volumes.

For shame.

[Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC]

A reminder that Maduro and Chavez are Putin's people, and Trump had a 90 minute call with Putin a few days ago.