Posts by Shopie Claire
Trump, 79, Claims He Totally Predicted 9/11 Attacks
While talking on Monday about the war he started with Iran, President Trump claimed that he predicted 9/11 “a long time ago.” “I knew about the Strait [of Hormuz], that it would be a weapon, which I predicted a long time ago, I predicted all of this stuff. You guys were very generous in that…
Read MoreTrump Has Brought American Paramilitary Violence Home
Unrestrained, unaccountable political violence became a recurring theme of U.S.-backed paramilitary operations. “We see way higher rates of human rights violations in conflicts [involving paramilitary units], and in particular, we have higher rates of violations that are what we call ‘agent-centric violations,’” Erica De Bruin, associate professor of government at Hamilton College, who researches the…
Read MoreHow Malta to Jordan, Usually About 10 Hours, Turned Into Four Days
On a personal level, of course, I became worried that my wife and I would not be able to get back home anytime soon. You Americans don’t run into this sort of thing, but it happens from time to time in our part of the world. My saga is one of mere inconvenience, but multiply…
Read MoreHere’s Which DOGE Goon Allegedly Took Social Security Data
“Fifty percent of Americans do not have a passport. Those who want to obtain it so they can vote will pay $186 and wait three or four weeks for that to happen,” Durbin said. “Secondly, you can use a birth certificate, but any person who has changed their name as a result of a marriage…
Read MoreEpstein Adviser Reveals Settlement With Woman Who Also Accused Trump
China, one of Iran’s biggest oil importers, appears to be taking most of the oil. And almost all ship traffic moving across the strait is “linked to Iran or China,” Christopher Long, head of intelligence at U.K. maritime-security company Neptune P2P Group, told the Journal. Trump has claimed that it’s safe for ships to traverse…
Read MoreTrump Insists Strait of Hormuz Is Safe as Iran Begins Laying Mines
Iran was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz while Donald Trump declared he was thinking of taking it over. At least two people familiar with U.S. intelligence told CNN Tuesday that Iran began laying mines in recent days, but noted that the operation is still in an early phase. They estimated that Iran has…
Read MoreTrump Went to War With Iran Because Jared Kushner Is a Fool
“In both cases the President fired their selection within hours and [Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche] made combative (and legally incomplete) posts clearly indicating that the Department of Justice would not permit anyone to hold any United States Attorney’s office if that person was not handpicked by the President,” Brann continued. The whole reason that…
Read MoreThe Corporate Miscreants Driving the Affordability Crisis
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that currently employ 6.7 million people across the United States. The names are familiar—Amazon, Starbucks, FedEx, Walmart, and Tyson Foods are habitual malefactors—but their sins are growing…
Read MoreDemocrats Demand “Reckoning” With Probes Into Noem on Every Front
“We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries,” Kliger is quoted as saying in the post. “My mission is to integrate the unparalleled innovation of America’s private sector with the Department’s operational expertise to rapidly deliver advanced AI capabilities to…
Read MoreThe Five Craziest Things Trump’s New Pick for DHS Secretary Has Said
At least 87 sailors were killed in the torpedo attack in international waters in the Indian Ocean, and the Sri Lankan navy responded to the Dena’s distress call and rescued 32 survivors, but 61 members of the crew are still missing. The U.S. didn’t respond to the call, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth crowed…
Read MoreEvery Single GOP Senator Blocks Iran War Powers Resolution—Except One
But nobody in Washington has explained the rationale for going to war with Iran with any modicum of clarity, leaving even those in Trump’s Cabinet confused about the intended messaging. State Secretary Marco Rubio, for instance, had to eat his own words Tuesday evening after the president disagreed with his depiction of the war. Rubio…
Read MoreWhy Texas Republicans Want to Halt All Immigration Into the Country
Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey) Jimmy Panetta (California) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Greg Landsman (Ohio) Jared Golden (Maine) Jim Costa (California) “Our war powers resolution allows for the short-term, targeted strikes on the regime’s missiles and bombs, requires Trump to come to Congress for a vote, and specifies ‘no ground troops,’” Representative Landsman wrote Tuesday. “Destroy the…
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