Absolute bombshell. Donald Trump openly confesses that his administration's goal is to breach the Hormuz Strait simply to steal oil and make a fortune. He is literally bragging about blatant imperialism and state theft on social media. The mask is completely off.
When President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general, Pam Bondi, it sent a clear message to his remaining Cabinet members: The job security they’ve enjoyed until now is no longer guaranteed. https://t.co/Ab0zfvMwSX
BREAKING: Donald Trump meets privately with Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth to assure them their jobs are secure, amidst swirling rumors that they may be the next cabinet members to be fired.
BREAKING: 23 Democratic states and D.C. hit Trump with a MASSIVE lawsuit over his blatantly unconstitutional order to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.
This is EXACTLY what we've all been waiting for...
“The President wants to control your vote. He wants to tell the Postal Service what ballots they can accept and when. But this is patently unconstitutional,” stated Washington Attorney General Nick Brown. “And come November, despite the president’s lawless threats, we’ll once again use that power to protect our democracy.”
The suit outlines how the Constitution clearly invests the states with the primary authority when it comes to how elections are administered. It's beyond the president's powers to circumvent Congress and directly, unilaterally change federal election procedures in such a fashion.
“The Court should declare the specified provisions of the EO(Executive Order) unlawful and void and order corresponding preliminary and permanent relief,” the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, states.
It further states that Trump's order would create a new paradigm in which we allow the White House to "amend and dictate election law by fiat based on the President's whims" and argues that the order "violates bedrock principles of federalism and separation of powers."
Trump's executive order, signed earlier this week, directs the U.S. Postal Service to only send ballots to eligible voters named on a list provided by Homeland Security, with assistance from the Social Security Administration. Not only that, but the order threatens to withhold federal funds from states that refuse to comply.
This vaguely described and largely opaque screening process would be designed solely to make it harder for Americans to vote, thus depressing turnout and helping Republicans in elections despite their cratering popularity.
The suit is led by the attorneys general of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Washington. They're joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is also party to the suit.
“Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, and no president has the power to rewrite the rules on his own,” stated New York Attorney General Letitia James. “This executive order is yet another attempt to disenfranchise voters and sow distrust in our electoral system as we head into the next election cycle.”
This entire voter suppression effort is rendered patently absurd by the fact that Donald Trump himself just cast a mail-in ballot last month for a Florida special election. As always with this fascist, it's one set of rules for him and more restrictive ones for the rest of us.
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The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them.
Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him.
Nine U.S. officials told NBC News that Hegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military.
Hegseth has now fired or sidelined more than a dozen generals and admirals.
He is an out-of-control, unqualified former TV host and nobody in the Republican Party will say a word about it because they don’t want to make Trump angry.
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