🚨 Republican child m*lester Adam Hoffman has now been added to the Nebraska sex offender registry.
He is currently a free man due to Ken Paxton allowing him to serve less than 1 month in jail.
🚂🚂 Two Big Boys. One historic moment.
Big Boy No. 4014 made a rare stop in Scranton, Pennsylvania, joining @steamtownnhs's No. 4012 — the first time two Big Boys have stood together since the early 1960s. Tens of thousands came out to see it.
Now through June 30, both steam locomotives remain on display as #UP4014 undergoes routine maintenance. The journey continues, honoring America’s 250th, with our commemorative Silver Spike in tow as #BigBoyHeadsEast.
See where Big Boy heads next: https://t.co/7lol4GP7Ln
What is this world coming to when I can't even get drunk and park my car on the train tracks anymore without getting hit by a, you know....train. Damn liberals screw up everything!
https://t.co/FlwqfGFpRX
NEWS: Susan Collins’ husband appears to have worked last year for the lobbyist running her super PAC.
Her husband, Tom Daffron, lobbied years ago for Chesapeake Enterprises, and consulted for the firm again in 2025.
Its chair leads Pine Chair Results PAC https://t.co/ZbiGHU1Kjx
New = Controller Chris Hollins opens investigation into Whitmire adviser who rarely appeared at City Hall https://t.co/U9T2dB2Op9 via @houstonchron@Rya_n_ickerson
🚨JUST IN: Was just on a media briefing call with a senior US officials who confirm the MOU with Iran has been signed and outlines the following from their POV:
"In general terms, the deal says if you're willing to behave like a normal country, we're willing to treat you like a normal country. It's performance based."
- Strait of Hormuz is open, but it will take a few weeks to get travel back to normal.
- A signing ceremony on Friday in Geneva including JD Vance, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and others, and a large Iranian contigent.
- The official stressed that we're here not just because of the last 1.5 years of the Trump administration, but because of the first 4 as well. The sanctions pressures built up and they believe created leverage.
- The reason negotiations have been "very fruitful" was because of the "degredation of [Iran's] economy" and the "scattering of their government which created a lot of internal pressure."
- There a significant new communication channels. The official describes the initial Islamabad meeting as very fruitful, despite not resulting in a deal. It laid the groundwork.
- Operation Project Freedom has been an "unsung hero" in this, resulting in over 7 million barrels of oil a day. That increased US leverage.
- The nuclear talks are described as "technical" in terms of how to retrieve the enriched uranium.
- Stressed this is not "pay for play." They will not get access to markets or release of their funds just for showing up for a meeting.
- There are "fascinating" internal political dynamics playing out in Iran. There are constituencies that want different things. Iran, by all accounts, should be incredibly wealthy.
- "We go in very clear-eyed" that Iran has been a bad faith actor in negotiations for 47 years: "Everything will be verified... all released assets and sanction relief is tied to milestones."
- The US will keep the current military force posture for now to make sure Iran "does what they say they're going to do." The deal contemplates a partial draw down upon the signing of the nuclear deal."
- "One of the aspects of the negotiation that was actually easier than others was the nuclear, because they need our technical expertise to get the dust out."
- Iran would probably love to have a nuclear weapon, but they know US intelligence is so precise that they can't do it in secret and the threat of force is now realized.
- The Gulf States generally love this deal. They saw the JCPOA as empowering Iran to be a bad actor. They see this as a regional deal that pressures Iran to behave and bring stability to the entire region.
- "The full deal will be published soon, but we're still in the building trust phase."
You sexually groomed a 16-year-old girl from your own organization when you were 27 and threatened her parents with a lawsuit. Then you were found guilty of revealing corporate secrets and, just three months ago, your lawyer withdrew due to nonpayment. But boo, George Floyd! Boo!
@JamieMetzl I agree Jamie. You and the corporate wing of the party should learn to love America more and recognize when they are desperately pleading for you to change your ways. No one gives a fuck about your self righteous moral grandstanding anymore. People want to feed their families.
Netanyahu is lobbying for Section 224 in the national defense bill, a provision that quietly expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation and weapons development with almost zero oversight.
The American people do not want more U.S. military aid to Israel. We must defeat Section 224.