James Eilerts

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Iran has declared that ships cannot cross the Strait of Hormuz without its permission, setting the stage for future tolling arrangements by saying it could introduce “insurance fees," per Bloomberg.

Details include:

1. All vessels that transit the Strait of Hormuz will have to secure a mandatory insurance policy

2. This policy is currently free for the next 60 days but could involve charges in the future

3. Iran also said ships must follow its prescribed route and that alternatives are prohibited

The MoU signed with the US only says that transit through the Strait of Hormuz would be free for the duration of its 60 day term.

It appears Iran is preparing for long-term control of Hormuz.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Here to remind you again that Juneteenth isn't the celebration of the slaves being freed. It's the celebration of enslaved Texans finding out they were free TWO years after slavery was abolished....so.....UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE, NO ONE IS FREE.

[Amy @AmysGotBirds]

I hate it when people blame Trump's shortcomings on dementia, because he was such a piece of shit when he was young, too.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

By the way according to the MOU with Iran, the $300 billion is the FLOOR of funding. A minimum of 300 bills.

Insane

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Trump is going to bankrupt the United States of America and then walk away with all the money he made for himself and his family.

[Timothy Ash @tashecon]

Whoever got him to sign it at Versailles. Genius. The final humiliation.

[ProPublica @propublica]

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.

We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://t.co/ejXPkLasNM

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

French President Emmanuel Macron pulls off what could be the greatest diplomatic troll of all time by getting Trump to sign the "$300 Billion US Surrender to Iran" deal in... Versailles. The ignoramus Trump will have been clueless as to the historical significance of the location

[Grow Omaha @GrowOmaha]

You could make a good argument that "The Center" at 42nd & Center Street was actually the first mall in America. Here's this week's HISTORY article by Patrick Wyman: https://t.co/DomXUopGLk

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

Trump was able to quickly put together $300 billion in recovery money for Iran after he decided to bomb it.

He stood in Swannanoa NC not far from my house in October 2024 and said he’d build back bigger, better, more beautiful, and faster than Biden after Hurricane Helene inflicted $60 billion in damage in the Blue Ridge . . . and then he went MIA.

Imagine if @realDonaldTrump cared as much about rebuilding Western North Carolina for Americans as he does about rebuilding Iran for Iranians.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Wasn't Biden's plan to help alleviate student loans $300B?

Really happy we are giving that to Iran instead for funsies.

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

THE TEXT IS OUT! AMERICA GOT OUT-NEGOTIATED, OUT-SMARTED, AND OUT-HUSTLED BY IRAN! $400 BILLION + BILLIONS OF DOLLARS/WEEK TO IRAN! THEY EVEN GET TO KEEP NUCLEAR. THEY FLEECED US AND TOOK US TO THE WOODSHED! ONLY A STUPID BUFFOON WOULD AGREE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS! THANKS, TRUMP!

[Senator Megan Hunt @NebraskaMegan]

Worth noting Nebraskans have tried to improve their lives at the ballot box, raising wages, passing paid leave, approving medical cannabis, and they’ve watched politicians chip away at those wins while underinvesting in housing, childcare, healthcare, and schools.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Billionaires do not create jobs. Stop saying it. Without billionaires, we would still build things, design things, teach things, sell things, buy things.

Billionaires capitalise profits. That's it.

[Black Girl @t_sadiity]

yall don’t think it’s WEIRD , that CPS will potentially take your kids if you’re struggling (unable to feed them , clothe them , pay for necessary medicines , etc.) 🤔 and then once your kids are taken , they put them in a home with another family , and then give THEM money every month to take care of your kids ??

is that not a fucked up system ?!

[Chris Cadence @ChrisCadence]

White Privilege is being a former Escort that can barely speak English properly and people honor you at the White House meanwhile a successful accomplished Black Women gets disrespected 10 years removed from office.

[Jenni @hashjenni]

Zohran Mamdani is 34 years old. YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEAD EFFECTIVELY. You don't have to be 70 with "life experience" to do a good job.

[David DeWitt @DC_DeWitt]

Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant. https://t.co/ct7KsbWNrG

[David DeWitt @DC_DeWitt]

The Ohio Supreme Court recently blocked a permit for what would be the state’s largest solar installation. State lawmakers and other officials have now blocked more than 5.3 gigawatts of solar and wind projects in Ohio over the last dozen years. https://t.co/jnfnKwC6qH