Jesse's Cafe

"Rome has grown so much from its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its greatness." Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita

[Jesse's Cafe @JessesCafe]

"The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them."  Elena Gorokhova

To Be Human
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[Jesse's Cafe @JessesCafe]

"I am Ozymandias, king of kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair."

[Thierry from arvy 🇨🇭 @ThierryBorgeat]

SpaceX trades at 94x sales. Nearly 4x the next most expensive company on earth, and 27x more than Amazon.

Every other trillion-dollar tech giant earns a fat profit. SpaceX is the only one that loses money.

The market is asking you to pay the highest price in the room for the one company in it that earns nothing.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran says talks have now "completely stalled" due to Trump's positions and actions, saying that as long as Trump does not accept all of Iran's demands in the draft, the 60-day negotiation period has no chance of beginning and Iran won't sign, per a source close to Iran's Ghalibaf.

Vance's new statements say the deal involves "no cash" and "no funds released for signing," while Iran's draft requires the US to release $24 billion in frozen funds and pay Iran $300 billion in war reparations before Iran signs anything.

There clearly isn't an agreement.

[Jesse's Cafe @JessesCafe]

A man takes responsibility, upholds his commitmen, and does what's right, even when no one is watching. Real men don't lie and cheat their way through life, sell their soul to the highest bidder, or steal from other people in order to enrich themselves. Real men serve others.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man.

Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does.

A man takes responsibility, upholds his commitments to his family and his neighbors, and does what's right, even when no one is watching.

Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life, sell their soul to the highest bidder, or steal from other people in order to enrich themselves. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man, and I don't think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is.

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

🔺Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: An MOU "has never been closer," calls on media to refrain from speculating on details.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire.

Let’s make sure he’s also the last.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Hegseth removed Chappie James's portrait from the Air Force Art Gallery and left the wall empty.

James flew 179 combat missions across two wars. First Black four-star general in US military history.

Curry passed that portrait every day for a decade. When it came down, he retired.
The wall is still empty.

[Garland Nixon @TheGarlandNixon]

BREAKING NEWS: White House insiders leak that President Trump will wait until the markets close on Monday evening before announcing that the Iran deal has once again collapsed.

[Jesse's Cafe @JessesCafe]

"The draft also requires the US to pressure Israel to completely end the war in Lebanon, release $24 billion of frozen funds, pay Iran $300 billion for war reparations, lift the US naval blockade, release all sanctions, and accept Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz."

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran now also rejects Trump's claim that "we have a deal in which Iran won't have nuclear weapon," saying the current draft keeps the nuclear program completely untouched with no new commitments regarding not building a nuclear bomb, enrichment or uranium handover to the US, per IRNA.

The draft also requires the US to pressure Israel to completely end the war in Lebanon, release $24 billion of frozen funds, pay Iran $300 billion as an "investment fund" for war reparations, lift the US naval blockade, release all sanctions, and accept Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. These are Iran's conditions for the US to accept, only then will Iran sign the agreement.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Canberra is running a genoside protection racket.

“Juliet Lamont came home from being raped and tortured by a foreign military..

“And her own country ransacked her luggage, seized her phone and laptop, and told her she was under arrest unless she surrendered her passcodes.

“Her government did not protect her. Her government investigated her.”

‘Israeli soldiers raped her. Australian customs threatened her’
https://t.co/Ha8BKZ4Sk8 via @MichaelWestBiz

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

NEW: The DOJ’s Civil Division says it has no records of communication related to Trump v. IRS or the settlement negotiations.

For a deal of this magnitude, the absence of records is yet another striking sign of the irregular process that produced an enormously corrupt result.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

This is completely false. All reports claiming a deal has been reached, including Trump's claims yesterday are market manipulation ahead of today’s SpaceX IPO. Iran has explicitly rejected that any deal has been finalized.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn is taking 7 agencies and $60 million to put on—meanwhile the Trump family stands to profit as they sell coins commemorating the fight. More blatant corruption.
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[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran rejects Trump’s plan of a weekend deal-signing ceremony with Vance, saying any plan about signing in Geneva, Switzerland or a face-to-face meeting is nothing but a “mistaken understanding of US proposals and wishes,” due to the absence of a final deal, per Fars.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING MS NOW:

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative — a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
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[Discourse News @Discourse__News]

🚨 BREAKING: TPUSA leadership admits using AI to create the video they circulated of Charlie Kirk saying he wants Erika Kirk to replace him if he dies.

[Epstein File Search @epsteinsearchin]

Todd Blanche was CC'd on Epstein case correspondence (EFTA00092801) when he was a defense attorney.

He is now the Deputy Attorney General overseeing the release of those same files.

[Nick Cleveland-Stout @nick_clevelands]

The Pentagon is trying to make it easier for departing DoD officials to work for Raytheon and Lockheed Martin by getting rid of a two year “cooling off” period for consulting defense contractors.

80% of retired four-
star generals work in the arms industry, is that not enough?