Senator Dick Durbin: Ukraine still hasn't received the $400 million we appropriated in last year's appropriations bill signed into law by the President.
I asked Secretary Hegseth why Pentagon is taking so long to send this critical aid to Ukraine. He didn't have a good answer.
President Trump needs to send $400 million in funds immediately.
They're desperately needed in Ukraine to stop Russian advances. Doing so will help bring President Putin to the negotiating table.
Secretary Hegseth also needs to move $200 million that we appropriated and President signed into law for Baltic Security Initiative to help frontline NATO allies prepare for Russian intimidation and retaliation.
What the FUCK.
RFK Jr: “Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism.”
Trump: “I've studied this a long time.”
These people are all sick lunatics.
BREAKING: Trump's Epstein cover-up runs out of room as a judge orders Todd Blanche to personally deliver him the unredacted Epstein files!
Journalist and attorney Katie Phang's Epstein files lawsuit just paid another dividend. Today she told podcaster Aaron Parnas that the federal judge overseeing her lawsuit against Acting AG Todd Blanche just sent a message the Trump Justice Department won't enjoy hearing: "Show your work."
Phang explained to Parnas why she believes Saturday's court order is far more significant than it appears at first glance.
"So far, my lawsuit against Todd Blanche has been successful on every step," Phang said.
"This particular order speaks volumes about kind of generally what this judge thinks about the merits of my case, but also speaks about how the Trump DOJ just doesn't have credibility anymore."
The order directs Blanche to appear in court by Thursday with specific, unredacted Epstein files, emails and other documents. But Phang said the real significance isn't simply the deadline.
According to her, Judge Emmet Sullivan is requiring Blanche to do something the Justice Department apparently hoped to avoid.
"He has to show his work," Phang said. That means Blanche can't simply tell the court the redactions were appropriate. He must bring documentation supporting every decision to withhold information from the public.
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Phang said the primary legal basis for redacting material is protecting victims.
She noted that both Blanche and Attorney General Pam Bondi have already acknowledged the files do not involve classified information or national security concerns, leaving victim protection as the central issue the court will examine.
"Judge Sullivan telling Blanche that he has to prove what he's claiming," Phang said, "I think is a bad sign for somebody who wants to be the Attorney General of the United States."
That may be the most important takeaway from Saturday's order.
Rather than accepting the Justice Department's assurances at face value, Judge Sullivan is requiring the department to produce the unredacted records and justify its redactions with evidence.
In other words, the court isn't simply taking the DOJ's word for it.
For critics who have questioned the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, that represents an important shift.
If the Justice Department wants to keep information hidden, it now has to explain precisely why. By Thursday afternoon, Todd Blanche won't just be dragging himself into court.
He'll be bringing proof – finally!
Reuters reports that the Pentagon does not plan to spend the full $400M authorized for Ukraine until 2029, despite the urgent need for air defense and weapons to defend against Russia's missile attacks.
This slow pace can probably be attributed to Elbridge "Cheese" Colby.
"In 2025, I watched from inside the White House and at the CIA as the intelligence community came under assault: senior officers fired in public, clearances revoked for dissent, decade-old assessments denounced by the CIA director in the press. Earlier this month, the campaign reached the raw intelligence itself, as the White House declassified selected reporting to sustain election interference claims that the intelligence community’s own finished analysis would not support."
Read Former CIA Analyst, NSC Director, and Steady State Member Julia Curlee's "What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence" https://t.co/PT17etS9Ha
JUST IN: 4 law firms who repped 35 former judges in bid to overturn Trump settlement w/IRS essentially pass up court's offer of attorneys' fees. Each firm requests $1. Plus about $4600 in court fees/postage. Doc: https://t.co/ySO4VCmwfw Earlier: https://t.co/946hMwkDcq
NEW: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a message for Sen. Mitch McConnell: Explain your prolonged absence from the Senate and provide an update on your health, or resign:
“I am addressing this letter to Senator McConnell under the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition. If the Senator is unable to respond for either of those or other conditions, consider this letter a demand for his Senate staff to be honest and transparent with the people of Kentucky,” Beshear writes in the letter, written on state government letterhead and obtained by CNN.
“As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign,” he continued.
@golub One trick we learn in HS wrestling was to send someone small to walk by hockey player in hallway. The moment they became aggressive we dragged them into what we called "The pit" and made it clear what would happen.
Remember line from Movie Heather's, "We're Senior's now"!
@RepDonBacon CDC education 101.
In Virus Hunter's of CDC, the reason we have sampling around the 🌎 is to catalog and record viruses for study and detection.
Creating a fiction with MAGA dumb dumbs is not going to help in next pandemic.
Please think like an adult!
Does anyone remember when Elon Musk criticized MacKenzie Scott for giving away billions to help vulnerable people?
Now he's calling José André who has fed thousands of people in some of the world's worst disasters an asshole.
No, Elon.
You're the asshole.