Cornyn challenges Blanche on fate of 'anti-weaponization fund'

Todd Blanche should NEVER be confirmed by the Senate. He only represents one person. A Rapist.

Todd Blanche is actively participating in the Epstein cover-up. Any Senator that votes to confirm him as A.G. is actively participating with him.🔄

President Trump’s first naval blockade on Iran's ports choked off Iranian exports without causing a lasting price surge. Now global oil reserves are lower, and ships face heightened risks.

Fears grew of a return to a full-scale war on Wednesday as the U.S. struck Iranian targets for the fourth consecutive night and Iran launched new strikes on U.S. military facilities in the Middle East. Follow live updates.

Just before the United States reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports Tuesday afternoon, Iran appeared to be readying blockade-busting vessels in the Persian Gulf that could attempt to evade US military forces.

Do not fall for this, @durbin.senate.gov.

Trump: “Todd Blanche is doing a PHENOMENAL job as Acting Attorney General of the United States”

Trump's approach to war is dangerously nonsensical.

Energy traders and Wall Street analysts are resorting to dark humor to cope with Donald Trump's foreign policy catastrophe in the Persian Gulf. Traders have coined a new term for what they now expect: the "NACHO trade" — shorthand for "Not a Chance Hormuz Opens," according to a report from the WSJ.

one day after announcing a fee for transiting the strait, Trump now says "I don't think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the strait" 🙃

Two months of silence, a broken promise, and now a deadline. Todd Blanche said he’d meet with Epstein survivors back in May. He still hasn’t. Senate Democrats just gave him until July 28, one day before his confirmation hearing starts. Just filed by @macfarlanenews.bsky.social:

Monday. Tuesday. @politico.com

Reuters: ICE SUSPENDS VEHICLE STOPS FOR US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT - SOURCES

A Dutch shipping firm said one of its tankers came under attack off Oman in the Arabian Sea as Iran targeted other vessels in the region. Stolt Tankers says all the mariners aboard its vessel were safe and accounted for after the attack.

A federal judge held that Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was manufactured simply to justify its settlement, including a multibillion-dollar “anti-weaponization” fund for political allies and a shield from IRS scrutiny.

Thomas Massie: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud’? We won all the damn elections.”

Escalation Trap.

(AP) - Bahrain sounds its missile alert siren for the third time as Iran retaliates over US strikes. (AP) - Jordan says it shot down four missiles launched by Iran. (AP) - Kuwait says its air defenses are firing as Iran retaliates over US airstrikes. @apnews.com

Trump is only inflating his approval rating by 20 points here

No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum

I just spoke to Lindsey Graham for 20 minutes, and

Oh shit. Lindsey Graham died this evening, according to his official Twitter account and his communications director

www.britannica.com/question/Has... Hopefully adding to the site as a source of information.

BREAKING: Iran indefinitely closes the Strait of Hormuz and attacks a Cyprus-flagged ship, prompting the U.S. to retaliate with another round of strikes.

Iran hit a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz with a missile, causing heavy damage. They’ve announced the Strait is closed - again. The US is currently bombing Iran in response.

Marco Rubio says the goal of the war in Iran is now to return everything “back to the way it was” before Trump started the war. So after all that, the mission is apparently to undo the damage.

This is just an incredible statement from a news org. It's almost like ... ok, hold on ... stick with us here ... CNN thinks Scott Jennings is as unreliable a narrator as a lot of viewers do.

NYT sources: President Trump was so enraged by NYT coverage of Air Force One security issues that the White House directed Kash Patel to oversee a leak investigation. Patel began running the probe from inside the White House instead of FBI headquarters. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...

Trump took another cognitive test and had another physical at Walter Reed. Has it even been two months since his last physical? There’s a massive coverup surrounding the President’s health happening right now.

So military troops under the direct control of Trump and Hegseth will be on the streets of our nation’s capital for the rest of Trump’s term. The rationale—they’re here to help with a crime emergency—is laughable. But of course the real reason is ominous. cbs4local.com/news/nation-...

Donald Trump is mentally deranged. He’s a danger to the U.S. He’s a danger to the globe. He does not belong in this position of power—in control of the massive U.S. military—and he should be removed from office. This is not a joke. And his GOP enablers are responsible for abdicating their duty.

NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker: "He is demonstrating peace through strength in action by returning fire"

Yes, people were making fun of him to his face and basically called him a loser, at some point someone more or less told him to shut the fuck up. That's some US power, lmao. Thankfully for Trump, Zelenskyy decided to rescue him from total humiliation half way through.

Trump: "The Cease Fire is OVER!"

Yeah, we know. We’ve been saying that for 18 months.

Ken Paxton just denied our public information request for the Hoffman Files. Adam Hoffman — an admitted child molester — should be in prison, but Ken Paxton let him off the hook. Texans deserve to know why. We don’t need any more pedophile protectors in our government.

Oil prices flitted between modest gains and losses on Friday, a spell of relative calm at the end of a turbulent week in which rounds of military strikes around the Persian Gulf threatened to shatter a fragile truce between the U.S. and Iran.

In talks to renew talks to begin talks.

President Donald Trump's political advisers know exactly how much his Iran war has cost him with the MAGA base and Republican voters, but

To suppress high oil prices during the war, the US released oil from its emergency stockpile. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve held 319.5 million barrels as of July 3. The last time the inventory was that low was in 1983, when the reserve was still being filled. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a near standstill on Thursday, according to data and sources, as shipping risks escalated after the U.S. renewed airstrikes on Iran, triggering retaliation by Tehran in the Gulf. @reuters.com

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR RICK CRAWFORD: I think the Iranian people are supportive of the United States coming in and helping them achieve liberty MARIA BARTIROMO: Oh, for sure. The Iranian people are thanking president Trump (Note the B-roll of Trump bombing Iran as they say this ... )

So. The Epstein Files are trending… Again…

(Bloomberg) - Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to a near standstill on Thursday after the US struck Iran for a second straight day. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

(Axios) - The White House is preparing for what could become a multi-day or even multi-week exchange of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/07/09/t...

The Secret Service is said to have urged President Trump to avoid flying the Qatari-donated jet out of Turkey after hostilities resumed with Iran.

Iran Speaker of Parliament Ghalibaf:

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"