More corruption in plain sight. The government committed $1.6 billion to a company called USA Rare Earth. The private fundraising tied to that deal was led by Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ran for 30 years before handing it to his sons.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. official to Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department is revoking the general license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil. Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences.

📢 Ukraine sent Putin a peace proposal, — MFA Our proposal to Putin to end the war is realistic and feasible. This is a chance for his regime to avoid collapse. Putin must admit that he will never achieve his goals in Ukraine on the battlefield.

SCOOP: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. by @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

Hey Texans: Is this really what your Christian values look like?

😎🇺🇦 Khartiya engineers have converted an M113 armored personnel carrier into a remotely controlled demining vehicle.

Reuters reports that the Omsk Oil Refinery has suspended operations following a UAV attack. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Up to some Good Trouble with the @reallindelltv anchor (as in the My Pillow Guy) outside the presser ... the police were on our side that we had an equal right to be there. she chose to broadcast where all the protesters were. Choices were made.

So the person vouching that Mitch is alive and lucid is the well-known truth teller Scott Jennings who also wants his seat.

🇩🇰🇺🇦 Zelensky: We signed an agreement with Denmark in the Drone Deal format. Today, we also discussed the strengthening of our air defense, work on European anti-ballistics. Thank you to Denmark for your constant support of our people.

🟣 SUBSTACK: Putin’s Circle of Lies Is Vladimir Putin being lied to by his military leaders? Are they being lied to by their subordinates? Is Putin lying to himself? All three, reports Paul Niland Read below.

Finland President Alexander Stubb in Ankara: “We’ve been very naive and very spoiled in Europe, thinking that we are just secure and nothing’s going to happen to our continent. “And we’ve seen several wars on our continent and outside our continent. But also the threat of being. 1/

BREAKING: Mamdani, one of the most prominent voices on the American left, has called on Platner to end his Maine Senate campaign.

🔥🔥🔥 Today, Commander of the SBS reported on the destruction of 8 tankers of the Russian shadow fleet, which finances the war, - Exilenova ❗️Objective control footage, shot from a very close distance. 1/3

a zoom in on Trump's discolored right hand during his meeting with Erdogan (Saul Loeb/Getty)

Mamdani on Platner: "I believe it's time for him to drop out of the race"

Just POTUS (once again) threatening territorial conquest against a treaty ally and undermining US defense alliances.

More ships attacked. Folks have to understand that Iran really has no incentive to negotiate in good faith - they know Trump wants this war to end, and they have all the leverage. They’re going to take what money they can get and drag out the political pain for Trump as long as possible.

There are many people who should assess their failures of judgement, skepticism, and courage in the wake of the Platner catastrophe, and it’s to Michelle’s great credit that she does so here. I hope others follow her example.

Democrats - knock off the stupid ideological food fight. Find someone who can speak articulately about housing and gas costs, corruption, doesn't have a Nazi tattoo, and isn't over 80. It's not that hard.

Americans are now so used to their president cheating and breaking rules that many of them seem genuinely not to understand why the world was rooting for Belgium.

so this incident in the pub, in which a "mob" bashed Nigel's car up so badly it was written off, but it seems no-one filmed it? for socials? and he didn't tell his insurer or the police or the media? gee whizz, i wanna know more about this, sounds terrible

🇺🇦🇨🇦 We received a large package of air defense from Canada, — Zelensky

I have shocking news to report: An hour in to the NATO summit and Trump has already make a complete ass of himself on the world stage again, trashing our closest allies for decades while praising Putin and Erdogan and ranting one lie after another.

🇺🇦 Ukraine no longer requires third-party permission to carry out long-range strikes against legitimate military targets in Russia, — FM Sybiha "We will continue asymmetric operations with our own weapons, as this is our right to self-defense, guaranteed by Article 51 of UN Charter."

Q: Are you gonna sell F-35s to Turkey, and what about the legal restrictions? TRUMP: Why wouldn't we do that? Turkey in many ways has been much more loyal than other countries than we think would be loyal. It's certainly something we'd consider.

For what it's worth- Is someone keeping him on life support to run out the clock for a special election so repubs can keep the majority? That's what it looks like to me.

And here it is. He is embarrassing his country in the world stage big time. The fix is in. If you are American who spends your days complaining about corruption in your government but is ok with this, then we have nothing to talk about. I will block anyone who tries to justify this.

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The 60-year-old Catholic school teacher in Yorkshire reportedly said: 'gay and transgender people are mentally ill', and that he was 'happy' that Putin was killing 'satanic Nazis' in Ukraine. The remarks were made during a history lesson. This is... totally unhinged. 🧵

1/3 Sweden is the powerhouse of European arms industry. It's a privilege and a true relief to have a neighbor and a close ally like them. Europe, buy Swedish!

"Canada chooses Germany’s TKMS for landmark submarine contract Joint German-Norwegian team wins multibillion-dollar deal as Ottawa pivots away from US" www.ft.com/content/ca6a...

ALERT: More than 1,200 former Dept of Justice employees have signed etter urging Senators to block Todd Blanche’s confirmation There are so many signatures… this letter consume 59 pages. It was distributed by @Justice_CXN www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

We need to ask ICE constantly why they are violating the first amendment rights of US citizens. Remember how, when masked racists marched through DC, we were told that it's just free speech. Guess what? This applies too.

Pass it on all your social meda accounts

“Authorities from France to the Netherlands are quietly removing American tech from their systems, adopting European open-source software and urging civil servants to no longer use Microsoft Teams or Office.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...

“I did believe the election was stolen and the rioters were patriots - until I turned off Fox News.”

Italy will no longer respond to Trump's provocations, foreign minister says reut.rs/4wu35uH

The US World Cup team went down to its worst defeat since the 1990s after opponents Belgium said they were fired up by a “sense of injustice” following Trump’s interference in the game. After the fourth goal, Belgium posted on social media “Overturn this”.

With reports of a brain-dead Mitch McConnell, it is critical to avoid the distinction that people want to make between Trump and the GOP. McConnell is the most effective and destructive politician of the 21st century and was the architect of Trump's entire agenda.

An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces murder charges connected to their deaths, authorities said. https://cnn.it/4bvdT3I

Manneken Pis (the famous "pissing boy" statue) in Brussels has been given a makeover #belgium #worldcup

The facade is cracking

Nigel Farage has lashed out at a Sky News journalist, telling him there will be 'serious consequences' after he was questioned about taking money from convicted criminal George Cottrell

🇬🇷FT: Greek shipping companies earned at least $3.8 bn transporting Russian oil since July 2023 under the G7 price-cap regime. Dynacom Tankers led with about $915m, followed by Olympic Shipping (Onassis Group) at $404m, with Stealth Maritime and Polembros Shipping also earning more than $200m each.

🔥🚢10 Russian vessels were stuck overnight in the Sea of Azov! The targets included 8 sanctioned shadow-fleet fuel tankers, 1 dry cargo ship, and 1 ferry. The identified tankers are Venera-3, Sanar-1, Sanar-17, Klimena, Teti, Alexey Savrasov, and Penelope, with one more still being identified.