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[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“Moreover, it turned out that Vance mentioned this report after being told by the Springfield city manager that it was baseless. Apparently, Vance’s Christian conversion never got to the ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness’ part.”

https://t.co/fc7xXSOEkq

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Companies associated with Trump's sons have received $1 billion and counting in government contracts since he returned to office.

We've never seen anything like this coming out of the White House.

📸: @MSNOWNews @Morning_Joe

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

I fear the general progressivism of American Muslims is a bit overstated in leftist circles.

They disapprove of gay marriage, for instance, by more than any other religious affiliation except Jehovah's Witnesses. Only 33% approve.

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Last night, Trump fired both Dem EAC commissioners & the remaining GOP commissioner resigned

The bipartisan agency that helps states run secure elections now has 0 commissioners

This is yet another desperate attempt to grab power but we, the people, will not be intimidated -TN

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

For the first time since 2022, Ukraine has a coherent theory of victory. Instead of grinding down the Russian army at huge cost, Kyiv now destroys Russia's capacity to wage war.

It targets the revenue, fuel, and the supply lines that feed the front — Christian Caryl, FP. 1/

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

This is a great reminder that there are people who long for endless toil and drudgery, who hate progress in all its forms, who would rather you ride a horse than drive a car or fly on a plane.

And we cannot let them win.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

She did everything right, grew up here since 4-months-old, never committed a crime, followed the law, her parents followed the law, valedictorian, got a STEM degree, her family is here, her siblings are US citizens, and our government KICKED HER OUT. This is the system

[𝐓𝐗𝐌𝐂 @TXMCtrades]

I don't think homes should be a significant share of Americans' net worths. It drives the wrong incentives and gates a lot of people out of ownership. Ideally they would be cheaper and not function as investments. But we're nowhere near that being a reality,

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Reports that the White House has dismissed the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — all of whom were unanimously confirmed by the Senate, including a commissioner appointed by President Trump himself — should concern every American, regardless of party, because the EAC was established by Congress as an independent, bipartisan body to help states administer secure and credible elections.

If these reports are accurate, removing every remaining commissioner just months before the 2026 midterm elections is an extraordinary step that demands an immediate explanation from the administration and raises profound concerns about political interference in the institutions that support our elections.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

This is what leaders do when they don’t want free and fair elections. I’ve studied these activities in other countries moving towards autocracy.

[Lone Candle @Lone_Candle]

in the military, as well as hurting their morale. 2/2

https://t.co/qzOjaGZRG7

[Lone Candle @Lone_Candle]

Trump's overzealous anti-DEI push in the military that has led to the canceling of promotions of mostly nonwhite straight males, may be hurting the military by decreasing the number of quality nonwhite straight males who want to serve 1/2

[Lone Candle @Lone_Candle]

We still don't know who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline. There are theories out there, but they are not confirmed.

https://t.co/YMrC29j5Un

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ Heavy drones, which the Russians largely lack, are providing a significant advantage for Ukrainian infantry logistics on the battlefield. Meanwhile, says a Russian source, the Russian infantry face a "reverse evolution" of their equipment under harsh battlefield conditions. ⬇️

[Lone Candle @Lone_Candle]

What economists get wrong about government debt | Prof. Steve Keen

https://t.co/j8R3CnXVdE

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ Russian mobile air defence teams are stuck in queues outside gas stations and are being denied preferential access to scarce fuel, a Russian source says in a plea to a warblogger for help. The problem has arisen because the teams don't drive military-registered vehicles. ⬇️

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

Jaw-dropping accounts of Trump's off-the-charts grifting, from @MattWelch & @jacobsullum at @reason.
https://t.co/6JQH0A9KiF
https://t.co/bICLNtMQc7

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Remember, just last week it came out in court that ICE outright invented a fake murder attempt on one of their officers and tried to send a man to prison for decades on claims he choked an agent, even though THEY were the ones who actually put the guy in a chokehold!

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Trump just denied disaster aid to four blue states, after approving aid to six red states. https://t.co/XYnFtCTT4f

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Last month, Border Patrol shot a US citizen who was drunk and looking for a bathroom. They detained for no reason at all. **According to DHS,** just like Alex Pretti, they disarmed him first, but fell over and yelled "gun, gun," which led to another agent to shoot him.