Reuters, CNBC and Bloomberg are reporting that per officials speaking on condition of anonymity, the USCG has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. No specifics on location. Ugh.

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”-Hannah Arendt

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

wow. we’d heard rumors to this effect. now it’s more than rumor.

So…Space X big deal rocket test launch just occurred. Who cares? I remember how launches years ago captivated everyone. They were profound achievements but now, the rockets coming back and landing is cool, but I can’t get excited about any of it. The whole vibe is just phony and disingenuous. Yawn.

Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open. Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.

Arrested for filming it. And look how excited they all are to get some *action*. 🇺🇸 Watch fascism work.

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If you haven’t seen this, it’s about time you did. Sound up!

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Keep talking about it. Every time I see or listen to his speeches I’m aware of his Dementia and of course, he says or does something that confirms it. Mainstream media may not be talking about it, but everyone knows it. Keep saying it.

Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—

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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

Jasmine crockett preparing Texas residents for testimony's at the capitol.

40% of births in America are covered by Medicaid, which Rob Wittman voted to cut. We deserve better than a representative who uses our healthcare as a political bargaining chip.

13- Concocting any sort of absurdity, waving his magic wand with some meandering incoherent talk or fabricating a new conspiracy reason to move quickly beyond this episode will not be unexpected or surprising. Deflecting blame toward his enemies is ongoing.

12- Be ready for anyone to be kicked to the curb in disgrace to avert the any embarrassment or appearance of instability or inconsistency. The stable genius must remain stable in the hearts and minds of the adoring masses.

11- Authoritarians and those vying for inner circle status will begin to whisper louder and more loyally into his ear. Lavish praise and fealty is Trump’s heroin and throwing anyone and anything under the bus not off the table if he is convinced someone or something is a threat to his rule.

10- The tools available today for Trump eliminating threats to power are more varied and seripticious than in the summer of 1934. But let’s not forget his stated affection for Putin, Xi and Kim’s ability to wield such unquestioned unrivaled authority and power.

9- If there’s anything Trump is good at, it’s playing a deceitful double game. If the walls begin to crack, decisions will be made to disassociate from and to severely discredit those causing growth of those cracks.

8- He spoke to the rank and file SA, pleaded with them to trust him. Trump in his media pleas and posts is doing the same by attempting to reassure those most fervent supporters. Historians have called Hitler’s tactic, a double game.

7- When Ernst Rohm started asking for too much, stepping out of line and elevating his control of the SA stormtroopers to an inconvenient and uncomfortable place, Hitler noticed.

6- In 1934, Hitler played his most fanatical supporters against each other in an effort to lift himself to higher prominence and control. The jockeying to be part of Trump’s inner circle is no different than the positioning on the Bergtesgarten balcony of Hitler’s henchmen and Eva Braun too.

5- It’s all about how a transaction in the end makes his brand and his persona look. With his blatant and unethical command and exploitation of crypto currency, big waves might be calmed with lies and individual promises offered. He might reward some people with higher positions too.

4- In the wake of the Epstein conspiracy theory blowback, will Trump need his own Night of Long Knives? Far fetched? I don’t think so. Perhaps targeted firings could be in the works. Remember how Trump sees the world, how he operates through non disclosures and shady transactional deals.

3- Perhaps. But I wouldn’t discount Teflon Don quite yet. Although this may be the biggest test yet of his staying power, he has that uncanny cultist ability to twist and slime his way through any minefield of controversy to calmly stand in the middle of 5th Ave.

2- The backlash from his most fervent base, those who literally worship the ground he walks on, and chosen to intertwine their religious convictions is angrily growing. Could the messianic evangelical support base finally realize that from the very beginning, Trump has played them for fools.

1- So recently, Donald Trump has discredited the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories. First he has decided to publicly lash out against those still asking questions regarding the Epstein affair and the circumstances surrounding his death in jail.

It’s still amazing tens of millions of people want this guy in the White House and making life-and-death decisions.

Horrific, police state stuff.

“The judiciary lost independence as it was increasingly controlled by the Nazis. Judges who did not join the National Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law were dismissed. Jewish lawyers and judges and those with socialist or other views inconvenient to the Nazi Party were removed.”-Wikipedia.

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

In the wake of these events, there has been little discussion in the MSM of the theological motives behind all this. But theology matters, and it may be what tipped the scales in favor of attacking Iran. War and Prophetic Ecstasy open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

Reminder how this works: Not only do the Jewish people have to control Israel. We have destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount and rebuild the Temple. Then, when the third Temple is built, Jesus will return and all Jews will be burned in hellfire. We're only a means to an end (of days).

U.S. Congressmen—Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler—are being illegally denied entry to inspect the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people taken by ICE are being held for days.

Happy Juneteenth To All !! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

So why does he feel the need to swear in service personnel? Such a performative act by a narcissist ingratiating himself. This whole thing is an embarrassment. This shows nothing but insecurity and weakness. $145M that could feed homeless Vets but they’re likely seen as losers. Disgusting.

Fucking hell: “Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer.”

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.

Right now, in my community, and hopefully many others, there is a lone individual standing on a busy street corner holding a sign that reads, “SAVE DEMOCRACY- END TRUMP TYRANNY!” This is the work, the care, devotion and courage it takes and will take in the coming days. We’re in uncharted water.

🚨😲Whoa… The National Guard in L.A. is no longer the National Guard!

Allegedly the units sent this out, that soldiers who disagreed politically could ask to be excused from attending the speech. Army didn't want the optics of having people not applaud the President.

Live feed for LA City Hall event 2PM Pacific -5 PM in the East.

BBC again on it…staging going on.