Jessica Leigh

🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🇱🇧 FDT. center left. Anti-MAGA. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."- Voltaire

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Iran's Top Joint Military Command: Israel should expect a hard response from the Iranian armed forces if it doesn't stop its attacks on southern Lebanon

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump sounded exhausted as he slurred his way through a tele-rally for for Mike Collins yesterday

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran's IRGC threatens a "harsh response" against Israel, accusing it of violating the ceasefire and Lebanon clause of the US-Iran agreement 84 times in just the past two days since Trump announced the end of the war, warning it will attack if any further violations occur, per Tasnim.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: US officials have now confirmed in a briefing that Iran will get full access to a total of $100 billion in frozen funds and the $300 billion reconstruction fund, both included in the deal with implementation now underway, per WSJ.

More than $150 billion of the fund has already been committed, directly contradicting Trump's claims that the US would not contribute to the $300 billion fund, per Reuters.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: The US will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the deal to end the war, per WSJ.

Details include:

1. The provision for waivers of sanctions on oil sales takes effect immediately upon signing the agreement

2. This also covers necessary services including banking, transportation and insurance needed to facilitate the sales

3. Iran is expected to receive upfront sanctions relief under the deal with further relief tied to Iran’s performance

Oil prices are down sharply on the news.

[Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi]

NEW: Trump reportedly considering dismissing senior officials who opposed Iran deal including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe according to Israel Hayom News.

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Senate Majority Leader Thune says he hasn’t seen the Iran deal MOU and has asked for a copy of it and is asking for a briefing on the deal

“Hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later”

[Jessica Leigh @dens1984]

@ChrisCuomo It’s not even a deal. It’s a MOU

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

📊MARKETS BET FED WILL HIKE AGAIN

Investor expectations for a Fed rate hike are rising. Bank of America’s June fund manager survey shows 40% expect at least one hike in the next 12 months, up from 16% in May. Rate-cut hopes fell sharply, with only 28% expecting cuts versus 50% last month. Prediction markets also show growing odds of a Fed hike before 2027.
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[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Trump: "Qatar is the closest to Iran, physically. With other countries, I noticed they had to travel about 45 minutes to get there. With you, you could walk right across the border."

There's no land border between Iran and Qatar. They're separated by the Persian Gulf.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

upside of not publicly releasing the terms of the iran deal: harder to say it’s bad if you don’t know what it is.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

Israeli outlet Israel Hayom reports, in a claim not yet echoed by other major outlets, that President Trump is weighing the dismissal of several senior administration figures who opposed the Iran deal, including Defense Secretary Hegseth and CIA Director Ratcliffe.

“The argument has been settled. Those who opposed it may pay a personal price,” a senior U.S. official was quoted as saying about the behind-the-scenes turmoil.

According to the report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to be safe for now.

[The Iranian Letter @TheIranianzg3z]

BREAKING: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the memorandum views the conflict as involving “America and Israel” on one side and “Iran and Hezbollah” on the other.

Araghchi stated that ending military operations in Lebanon is an integral part of ending the wider war and said any future Israeli attack on Lebanon or continued occupation of Lebanese territory would be considered a violation of the memorandum.

He added that nuclear issues and sanctions relief will be addressed during negotiations on a final agreement.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jennings: They're constantly being asked to condemn things. And my guess is they just sort of have a policy not do it.

Phillip: Aren't there some things that they should condemn? The idea that they always can have to condemn things is not an excuse for not condemning things that should be condemned.

Blow: He can't condemn it because he too has engaged in conspiracy theories against Michelle Obama

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

38% OF AMERICANS SAY U.S. WILL NOT EXIST AS A SINGLE COUNTRY IN 250 YEARS WHILE 62% SAY IT WILL, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS

64% OF AMERICANS SAY U.S. DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGER OF FAILING, UP FROM 57% LAST YEAR, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS

30% OF AMERICANS SAY U.S. IS GREATEST COUNTRY IN WORLD, DOWN FROM 38% IN 2017, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

Impressive.

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Staggering that the NYT reports Trump/Miller are plotting to suspend habeas corpus (i.e. end the constitution) & by the end of the day it's treated as a non-story, not anywhere near top of major news' outlets websites.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

Ratcliffe isn't the only skeptic in Trump's top team. Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary of Defense Hegseth have both expressed concerns and raised questions about the deal in internal discussions, while VP Vance and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner advocated for it

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

That’s because if you do focus groups with women who voted for Trump, many of them will cite this comment as one of the reasons they’re no particularly interested in a President Vance.

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

Sunny Hostin addresses the derogatory slur made about Michelle Obama by a UFC fighter.

"For a long time, Black women have been slurred, made to feel they were unattractive, and masculine. Racism and sexism was on full display at the WH. The crowd laughed. The President smirked and never addressed what was said. That is beneath the dignity of the office of the President of the United States."