Reagan is rolling over in his grave. Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future. Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal.
Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.
This is a jaw-dropping, horrific surrender document complete with hundreds of billions in reparations. It is the predictable result of incompetent negotiation and the foolhardy strategic catastrophe of starting and pursuing this disastrous war. The U.S. will not soon recover from this, the biggest national security blunder in decades.
My friend Jamie Raskin is one of the most careful and principled people in Congress. So when he says the director of the FBI may be running a taxpayer funded slush fund, I pay attention.
Here is what he found.
Kash Patel directed more than $1 million in bonus payments to a small circle of agents in his inner circle and on his security detail.
Some were getting nearly $8,000 every two weeks on top of salaries that were already maxed out at the federal ceiling. A number of them collected close to $40,000 over consecutive pay periods.
The payments came so fast that the FBI’s bonus reserve accounts ran dry and some checks bounced.
So who got the money?
Agents on Patel’s so-called "director’s advisory team."
That is the unit created in 2025 and described internally as a payback squad, built to dig up dirt on the law enforcement officials who investigated Trump and his allies.
Raskin has given Patel until June 29 to account for every payment, every recipient, and any internal review of whether this was even legal.
Patel should answer for all of it.
https://t.co/HZPeRJ2Kqg
And once again, I am compelled to formally apologize to the rest of the world. As an American, I am again terribly sorry that my country - a great, good, decent country - put this pathologically-lying, idiotic, sociopathic madman in power. I’m sorry. Most of America is sorry.
I was involved in Iran issues in the first Trump administration.
The Trump “deal” could be the most humiliating in U.S. diplomatic history.
Hundred of billions in exchange for a “promise” we already had. Pathetic.
He folks, don't believe these lies from people who are just trying to stir up unrest and anger. Many are likely Russian and Chinese bots or influence operations. And those who aren't are too lazy to take 30 seconds to learn the truth.
In JeffCo, the orange color envelope goes to voters who are registered with ANY political party. GOP, Dem, Libertarian, etc. ANY party. (Different counties can and do have different color schemes.)
The purple in JeffCo is for unaffiliated voters because those folks receive two ballots so it's important to get those envelopes and make sure that the voter only returned one of the two ballots. (If both ballots are filled out and returned, neither ballot is counted.)
Please do not let these people make you angry and stupid. They are lying to you.
BTW, do you REALLY think a county would identify ballot envelopes by a different color for each party? Keep Occam's Razor in mind.
So frustrating to see all these liars out there trying to tear apart this state.
p.s. If this person isn't intentionally lying, then, again, he should have done the 30 seconds of homework it would have taken to understand the truth.
#copolitics