Jim Predmore

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

TWO STATEMENTS BY TRUMP 7 MINUTES APART:

Trump at 9:00: "Regime change was not our goal. We don't want that"

Trump at 9:07: "Regime change is what we want. It is needed"

These statements were made 7 minutes apart in the same speech

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

All the information about this POS was known decades ago. It was there, out in the open and for everyone to see.

[Jane Mayer @JaneMayerNYer]

The America they want to make great again turns out to be Salem, Mass. circa 1692.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨BRUTAL: Israel claimed only Muslims are upset about the war on Iran.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez:

“Even the Pope condemned the war. Are you going to call him Muslim too?”

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Absolutely horrifying.

Trump and Israel bombed a bridge in Karaj, Iran — while families were nearby enjoying picnics.

Then they bombed it again when rescue teams rushed in.

Bombing civilians is a war crime.
Bombing rescuers is a war crime
Bombing infrastructure is a war crime

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

Trump thinks US energy independence protects Americans from Gulf shocks.

But he FAILS TO SEE that global markets are pricing all barrels the same.

TRUMP = CLEARLY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS FOR OIL.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Twenty-six generals and admirals in fourteen months. No misconduct cited for a single one.

A former Fox News weekend host who never held a senior military command has removed the Joint Chiefs Chairman, the Army Chief of Staff, the commander of Army Transformation and Training, the Chief of Chaplains, and at least 22 other senior officers from the most powerful military on earth. He blocked four Army officers from promotion to brigadier general, two Black men and two women, by unilaterally striking their names from a list of 36. When Army Secretary Dan Driscoll refused to remove them, Hegseth did it himself. No hearing. No review board. No Senate consultation. The names were struck because the man who reads the list decided they should not be on it.

The pattern is not random. It is architectural. Every removal serves the same function: shortening the distance between a presidential decision and its execution. The officers who remain are the ones who did not resist. The officers who resisted are gone. The replacement for the Army Chief of Staff is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve, who served as Hegseth’s personal military aide. The man who carried the briefcase now signs the orders. The chain of command has been rebuilt so that every link answers directly to the man who removed the previous link.

General Randy George was the commander of the United States Army’s ground forces. That title matters now in a way it did not matter six weeks ago. Before February 28, ground forces in Iran were a theoretical exercise discussed in war colleges and think tanks. After five weeks of air strikes, with the IRGC publishing bridge target lists across four allied nations, with the President saying the military has “not even started” destroying what remains, with MEUs staged in the Gulf and the 82nd Airborne deploying and JSOC operators at forward bases in four countries, the ground option is no longer theoretical. It is a logistics package. And the man whose job was to assess whether that package should be opened was told to retire the same day the President posted “much more to follow.”

Lieutenant General Hodne ran the command that trains every soldier who would execute a ground operation. Major General Green led the chaplain corps that would minister to every soldier who dies in one. George decided whether the operation should happen. Hodne prepared the soldiers to carry it out. Green prepared them to live with it. All three were removed on the same afternoon.

Congress has not held a hearing. No subpoenas issued. The legal authority for a Defence Secretary to unilaterally override promotion lists and force immediate retirement of Senate-confirmed officers during wartime has not been tested because nobody with the authority to question it has chosen to.

The IRGC has said attacks will “intensify from next week.” The Ford carrier is heading back. The CNN intelligence assessment confirms half of Iran’s launchers and thousands of drones remain. The President has named the next targets: power plants, desalination, oil wells, Kharg Island. And every general who might have said “this crosses a line” is already gone.

Twenty-six officers. Zero misconduct findings. One question that every general still serving is asking behind closed doors: who is left to say no? And what happens when the answer is nobody?

https://t.co/dAOBBMsgDS

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Losing an F-15 over Iran while claiming air supremacy is a wake-up call. A successful outcome isn’t more bombing — it’s Hormuz reopened, a nuclear deal on a separate track, and US credibility restored through results, not rhetoric. Win the peace, not just the news cycle.

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

Let's tell the truth...

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Former Trump administration DHS Miles Taylor has launched https://t.co/ekn0G6OTi8, a campaign aimed at removing President Donald Trump’s name from federal buildings, monuments, and any public assets where it has been placed or proposed.
The effort comes amid controversy over Trump’s name being attached to government properties and projects, with critics pointing to branding tied to federal facilities and reported discussions around placing his name on currency and national infrastructure initiatives.
Taylor says the campaign is about drawing a line between public service and personal branding, arguing that taxpayer-funded institutions should not carry the name of any sitting president.
The move is already sparking debate over presidential norms, legacy, and the role of personal image in public office as Trump’s influence continues to shape both policy and symbolism.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The New Yorker is right to put the second half in the headline.

Bondi's portrait was in a trash bin within hours. Career officials celebrated quietly. She served sixty years' worth of shortest tenures and still did enormous damage - 23,000 criminal cases closed, the Epstein file process botched in both directions at once, the DOJ/White House firewall dismantled on day one.

She was fired because she wasn't effective enough at prosecuting Trump's enemies. The DOJ found no real evidence against Jerome Powell and a federal judge heard a government attorney admit it.

The man who replaced her defended Trump across three criminal cases simultaneously. That's the inheritance. The infrastructure's intact. The independence isn't.

[Mal | 🇺🇸 BIDEN DOESNT HAVE DEMENTIA 🇺🇸 @malhdavis]

The administration who convinced an entire generation of Americans to not go to college and pick up a trade instead has now decided they’re going to shut down the nations largest trade school who trained and educated the entire generation of Americans who were told not to go to college.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

A French journalist in Iran confirms Trump and Israel bombed:

• 8 pharmaceutical factories — including a cancer medication facility

• 60 pharmacies

• Hospitals

• One of the oldest medical research institutions in the region

These aren’t military targets
They’re lifelines

[Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi]

Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. -NP
https://t.co/tymJfeluxJ via @NYTimes

[Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman]

I’ve got news for you. The governments of Poland and the Baltic states distrust and dislike the Trump administration even more than the western Europeans because they are directly threatened by Trump’s friendliness towards Putin. The UN vote where the US voted with Russia and N.Korea against Ukraine is copied and framed on the wall of the Estonian foreign ministry

[Jgmac1106 @jgmac1106]

Someone in the US Government was powerful enough to approve Jeffrey Epstein for the Visa Waiver Program so he could fly new rape victims into the country without notice.

If the Press can figure out who did it, we will have good evidence to who is behind the Epstein Cover Up

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

In 2000, the average pound of ground beef cost 29% of the minimum wage.

Today it’s 110%. This is what people mean when they say this economy isn’t working.

We need to raise the minimum wage and break up meat packing monopolies.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

"This isn’t cowardice. It’s a calculation: If allied leaders thought that their sacrifice might count for something in Washington, they might choose differently."
But most of them know that Trump will not even remember that it happened.

https://t.co/sPR7wLEMmF