“The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.” Thom Hartmann

Epstein's best friend, Donald Trump, who is currently trying to profit from billions of dollars’ worth of stolen Palestinian land and money, said: ‘I’m right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister, so maybe after I do this, I’ll go to Israel and run for prime minister.’

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Iran's IRGC warned Wednesday that any renewed US-Israeli aggression on the country will trigger a war extending far beyond the Middle East, with strikes in places adversaries do not expect.

"That American and Israeli officials saw Mr. Ahmadinejad as a potential leader of a new government in Iran is further evidence that the war in February was launched with the hopes of installing more pliable leadership in Tehran"

This is incredibly insane, but also, the official genius plan of Donald Trump and Israel was to install a Holocaust denier as leader of Iran.

At least 42 U.S. military aircraft have been lost or damaged since the start of the war with Iran, according to a recent analysis that compiled news reports and officials’ statements to tally losses. www.stripes.com/branches/air...

Iran is enforcing a multi-tiered system for clearing vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as nations try to replenish dwindling energy supplies throttled by the war. The US has warned against complying with Iran’s controls. Some shippers and governments are taking the risk reut.rs/4wGmiue

The leaders of Iran did not order this; they were assassinated by Israel and the United States.

The president of the United States is mentally ill.

@atrupar.com This is exactly why the idea that Trump AND his family or friends (which includes everyone in his admin) being impervious to any legal action is bullshit & beyond legally unenforceable. Blanche has not ever been smart. Or even an acceptable lawyer.

The public has a right to know that a significant reason for the increase in food prices is climate change. And they also deserve to know that neither climate change nor massive prices are inevitable, but the result of political cowardice

In my military career I witnessed ethic cleansing and attempted genocides in the Balkans and Rwanda. What I see happening in Gaza is by the IDF is no different. If people want to have a cogent discussion I’m open to that. If you think my view on the matter makes me an anti-Semite, fuck right off.

Thomas Massie: “Today is the six month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” video courtesy @acyn.bsky.social

NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law. With @texastribune.org

NEW: Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.

Gen Z is the first generation to not out perform their parents across all cognitive tests.

Well let’s test that theory and…… Release the Epstein Files!!!!

Testify at a Senate hearing today, Todd Blanche told Senator Chris Van Hollen he's met with Epstein survivors and their lawyers. Within hours, 18 Epstein survivors released a joint statement contradicting AAG Todd Blanche's testimony, directly accusing him of making false claims. I believe them.

For those in the back

This is no longer the country I know. We now have a president whose corruption is open and public, and no one seems to be able to do anything about it. And even the comics who might criticize it are being censored and removed from the air.

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

An American president sues/extorts his own government, then settles with his own justice department to funnel money to his criminal allies. He will go down in history as the president who came up with forms of corruption never contemplated before.

IF IT TAKES 1,000 FBI AGENTS TO REDACT YOUR NAME FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES YOU MIGHT BE A PEDOPHILE

Merkley: "Is the Epstein investigation closed or open?…The FBI said last year in July that it had closed the Epstein investigation." Blanche: "I don't understand what 'Epstein investigation' means. As for Jeffrey Epstein himself? Yes, he's dead."

NEW: Epstein survivor Annie Farmer about Todd Blanche testimony about wanting to hear from Epstein survivors: "Blanche’s suggestion that survivors reach out to the Dept of Justice to re-report the crimes committed against them is beyond insulting. Many of us have already done that, repeatedly"

It’s not FAKE, if there’s tape, you said it. He’s using it to prove you’re only targeting him because of Epstein, so thanks for calling attention to it! 🤡

The Trump regime must think it's near the endgame because they're grabbing every dollar from every pocket as if the getaway car is right outside the door.

BREAKING: It took eight tries, but the Senate has voted 50-47 to advance a resolution to limit Trump’s war on Iran. Bill Cassidy flipped after losing his primary, joining Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Rand Paul in voting with Democrats. John Fetterman was the only Dem to vote against.

Unpaid taxes not tax fraud. He’s still going to jail.

Georgia state Rep. Tanya Miller overwhelmingly wins Democratic primary for Georgia attorney general. Miller, who would be the first Black woman to hold this office, is campaigning to flip an important post the GOP has held since the 2010 elections.

Good News! Sen. #JonOssoff won the Georgia Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. And, Gov. #JoshShapiro won the Pennsylvania Democratic primary for governor.

Thom Hartmann: “The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”…

Kyle Clark: I should say there are more Republican county clerks in Colorado than there are Democrats, but they have spoken with one voice to say: Don’t do this.This will make our jobs harder and potentially less safe if you let Tina Peters out.

Four Senate fascist Republicans, Collins Murkowski Paul and Cassidy, have flipped and the Senate has voted to move War Powers resolution forward to stop the orange felon’s illegal destructive murderous Iran war. Took them long enough, I still despise the 4 immoral cowards.

The Democratic Senate primary in Kentucky between Amy McGrath and Charles Booker is going to be a late one. It's real close, Fayette County hasn't report any, Jefferson County hasn't reported most, and there's a lot of western counties left. #kysen

RESULT: Representative Thomas Massie has lost his reelection race in Kentucky to Ed Gallrein. Massie drew a lot of attention over the last year as the GOP's loudest voice for releasing the Epstein files, & Trump played a major role in ousting him.

Massie: "Why did the race get so expensive? Because they decided to buy the seat... but we ran a clean race."

In his first term, Trump ended an early pandemic warning program just months before the onset of COVID-19. Last year, he and Elon Musk gutted funding for agencies like the CDC and USAID that respond to infectious diseases like hantavirus and Ebola. The pro-virus president.

SIGN OF THE DAY…

#OTD in 1966 Dad delivered his speech "Don't Sleep Through the Revolution" in Hollywood, FL, and warned that the greatest danger is staying passive while injustice advances. That warning echoes clearly today.

The complete, unredacted Epstein Files may be the most patriotic thing an American could leak right now.

It’s not that the president has some mysterious ability to “do whatever he wants” It’s that Senators are choosing not to stop him, even though they could

Get out and vote today in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania! 🗳️

www.youtube.com/live/meK_Jmc... 🚨Live: Blanche in the hot seat as he testifies on oversight of the DOJ.

Todd Blanche spent years as Trump's personal criminal defense attorney. Now he's Acting Attorney General and DOJ ethics officials told him to recuse himself from Trump-related matters. He refused. Today he appears before Congress. The American people deserve answers.

Sharing our new DOJ weaponization report from the Not Above the Law coalition: open.substack.com/pub/american...

This is not the first time the Trump administration has been accused of grand jury misconduct. In Alabama, a court is investigating whether Justice Department officials lied to a grand jury in order to secure fraud charges against the extremist group watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center.