significant Wapo makes negligence case public on Dump's no-bid contractor Wapo:Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say President Donald Trump has blamed vandals...Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process

apple suing jony ives / his openai venture is self defeating. It shows a major leadership strategy problem: it reflects poorly on their inability to keep him making great things at apple, and highlights their utter inability to make their own compelling AI proposition.

pathetic doesn't come close... “If anybody with a heartbeat stood there and heard it, and it didn’t bring tears to your eyes, then I don’t know what kind of person you are,” 
the officers seemed to casually walk away “like they just ordered Dunkin’ Donuts,” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Dump. What shame you have heaped upon the US.

www.dailymail.com/news/article... 'What I'm really hoping for is that it's a toxicological examination that is informed by everything: the foreign threat environment, international travel, symptoms, timeline, medications, meals, contacts, potential exposure,'

Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️

Quite right...

The US president’s $10bn complaint over his leaked tax information was brought for the ‘improper purpose’ of legitimising a legally dubious deal, a US judge said in a ruling. ft.trib.al/LROIgEW

There is a one word summary of what it was which begins with C.

What did guaranteeing international freedom of navigation get America, huh? Only a system of open trade facilitating unprecedented prosperity and widespread acceptance of U.S. hegemony, making America the richest, most powerful country in world history.

Dump famously *wasn't* in Vietnam and boy it shows.

Today is 500 days since Zelensky was told Ukraine has no cards.

He is clearly one of the most powerful democratic (in both senses) speaker currently available to the United States.

“Russian hit men who carried out the attempted 2018 assassination of defector Sergei Skripal in England are now running instructional classes for assassination students back home.” open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

Prez went and made a substack. First article is from a week ago, about the longer term consequences of the flamingo. The prediction that the record would be broken was solid. darthputinkgb.substack.com

Fun fact: The last time a country tried to impose a toll on an international shipping lane was 1429, when Denmark imposed a 1% to 2% toll on the Øresund Strait. The toll was abolished by the 1857 Copenhagen Convention, at which the US and other nations declared such tolls illegal.

THE PCC BEYOND BRAZIL: CRIMINAL ADAPTATION, LOGISTICAL INFILTRATION, AND TRANSNATIONAL RISK On 7 July, Border Security Report considers the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) www.border-security-report.com/the-pcc-beyo...

This is all going well - 3d chess master alive and well...

The NATO Summit on July 7-8,2026, in Ankara took place against the backdrop of two wars:Russia's war against Ukraine,now in its fifth year,& the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran As leaders gathered for dinner at Erdoğan's presidential palace,the United States struck more than eighty targets in Iran⤵️

2/They also discussed preparations for the Drone Deal, the protection of Ukrainian airspace, and the need for anti-ballistic systems.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

🇺🇦🇸🇪 Zelenskyy met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Against the backdrop of the anticipated arrival of Gripen fighter jets in Ukraine, the leaders discussed strengthening Ukraine’s combat aviation and pilot training.

A massive fraud has been detected in scientific infrastructure. Someone is using AI to mass-create fictional authors, publications, and metadata with real DOIs. Such records can enter publication aggregators and contaminate the academic record. An attack on science? arxiv.org/html/2606.02...

4) Trying to bully Ukraine into handing over more of its territory and people to Ukraine 5) Relaxing sanctions on Belarus 6) Starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles leaving Ukraine vulnerable 7) Driving up the price of oil for months when Russia desperately needed money It is a Russian wish list.

It is amazing and depressing how often Trump has ridden to Putin's aid since becoming President. Just some of his actions include: 1) Cutting off all US military and economic aid for Ukraine 2) Slow walking vital military sales to Ukraine 3) Rehabilitating Putin by inviting him to the USA .

So if I understand Nigel Farage’s position, it is this: It is irrelevant how corrupt or not a politician is, as long as the voters of Clacton support him. Welcome to Trump’s America, UK!

At least i know where to find everyone for the mobilisation, they're queuing for fuel. The problem is, cos there's no fuel, they're immobilised. I remain a master strategist.

The American papers are gonna lose it about this. "Binface, a member of the English aristocracy..."

Trump has raked in $2.2 BILLION for himself since the start of his presidency. Grocery prices are up. Rents are up. Gas prices are up.

Nigel Farage's grifting is so overt it's visible from space....how can his thumb-headed disciples not see it?

Nigel Farage failed to declare staff, security and housing gifted to him by a convicted fraudster and crypto gambler who was charged for his role in a “dark web” money laundering plot www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Gosh. He needs a lot of “security”

🔥 St. Petersburg oil terminal this morning

Investing in an age of lawlessness ft.trib.al/BP5Umm5 | opinion

Crypto and similar meme assets often provide liquidity for the most corrupt actors on the planet. My 2025 testimony on Democracy Shield hearings at European Parliament. youtu.be/xJaJfROLs6Y?...

Albania’s flamingos meet the Trump family bulldozers ft.trib.al/uhx5jfD

Ben Jennings in the Guardian. Vrij naar 'Washington crossing the Delaware.'

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CORRUPTION UPDATE Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

... carpet bagging the presidency www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Wapo: Vance dismisses Watergate scandal, says ‘deep state’ went after Nixon... Vance clearly trying to position himself as the candidate most likely to whitewash Dump's tenure...

I told you she was nuts and dangerous! (Our pod to follow). Gift article. wapo.st/4viLSnW

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For all of the resemblances between the end of Johnson and what's happening to Starmer, I do hope commentators draw attention to the very different circumstances around their respective demises. Johnson went because no one in politics trusted him any more, for ever-accumulating reasons

June 17: Trump signs MOU stating, in part, that the US and Iran agree "to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other." Later on June 17: Trump threatens to bomb Iran "harder than ever." June 21: Trump threatens to kidnap or kill Iranian negotiators in Switzerland.

This is an amusing read on Tulsi: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Almost no one is *acting* like it's a crazy thing to eat a platter of shit. Almost no one in power seems genuinely *angry* that so many people are being served shit. The basic organs of politics & media continue to frame the choice between chicken & glassy shit as some kind of difficult dilemma.