Operation Close the Strait of Hormuz is over. Time to launch Operation Open the Strait of Hormuz.

“I’m just so goddamn fed up with all this,” Gina Small, 29, said in a comment on the U.S. economy that one of her friends assumed was about the world’s ongoing humanitarian crises, another friend thought was about the weaponization of America’s military against its own people.

New post by Jill Shudak: If a Democrat is going to win this seat, the nominee has to be someone willing to stand up to the Democratic establishment, not someone handpicked by it. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/05/07/w...

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We should come up with a name and a crime for when people trade but like from the inside

As Trump ramps up his threats of war against Cuba, we must understand what led us to this point: 65 years of a bankrupt Cuba policy. If we want to avoid war with Cuba, we must rein in this lawless President & learn from the failed, bipartisan policies that led us to this point.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

the level of islamophobia across the west is genuinely astounding. like, we're bigoted against everyone obviously, but with muslim/arab/arab-looking people it's truly next level. and for no good reason, people act like they're all terrorists who may come bomb us, while we literally go bomb *them*

Israel murdered Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Killing journalists in a war zone is a war crime, and Israel has been doing it with impunity for years. The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity.

Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.” www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

Here's what a senior homeland official told me about their development of ICE smart glasses: "It might be portrayed as seeking to identify illegal aliens...but the reality is that a push in this direction affects all Americans, particularly protesters." www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

‘Everything has changed’: bittersweet emotions as Lebanese return south

With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market. n.pr/41Ez6TN

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"There's only one majority in this country and that's the working class." —Zohran Mamdani

Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today.

Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill. But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028. The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent. Funny how that works.

John Deere has to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action right-to-repair lawsuit. The company will also provide farmers with access to repair materials for 10 years. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Six months into ‘ceasefire’, Gaza suffers under persistent Israeli attacks https://aje.news/cwf0ve

Trump agreed to include Lebanon, Netanyahu overruled him. Who is in charge, exactly?

There is no ceasefire. Like Gaza before it, Lebanon is being decimated to make way for annexation. That’s what this war was always about—using your tax dollars for their territorial expansion.

‘Dying of thirst’: Inside Gaza’s al-Mawasi water crisis https://aje.news/lck04a

NEW: Israel becomes the first state in history to write INTO LAW the death sentence for one, specific ethnic group. This is Cabinet member Ben Gvir celebrating with champagne after the vote. This is not a government, it is a death cult. They won’t serve champagne in The Hague. (🎥 Cradle Media)

ICYMI: The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?

Vigeland: We talk about how, oh no, they just hate us for our freedom. No, they hate us because we bomb girls schools.

We must lift the US oil blockade on Cuba. This is economic warfare designed to suffocate an island. Food is spoiling. Water supply is compromised. Healthcare services are disrupted. End the blockade now. Grateful to all those helping deliver humanitarian aid!

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

I heard some brave testimony on Thursday at an Iowa Senate subcommittee on a bill that would redefine child abuse in Iowa to exclude actions that "raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex." LGBTQ advocates warn the bill would greenlight "conversion therapy."

having a stress dream about a college exam is so embarrassing. like ma’am, you’re closer to menopause than graduation, please get a new fear.

Sure, child sex trafficking is bad. But did you know the Dow is doing well?

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.

ICE agent: “I fired 5 shots. She had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.” 😳

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?

The Department of Homeland Security thinks this 29-year-old named Chandler is "the leader of Antifa" (seriously) www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...

New post: Rick Morain highlights another attempted power shift from Iowa's county attorneys to the Attorney General's office, which wants a new process for handling child in need of assistance cases. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/01/30/a...

Children were among at least 12 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli strikes in Gaza, which have continued despite a US-brokered ceasefire that came into force in October.

At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?

Alarmed yet?

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🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator. The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him. It's time for a massive general strike across the country.

TW ⚠️ The stabilized version is brutal.