Brutkey

emptywheel
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There is no substitute for the tariffs and deals that President Trump has made. One year ago, the United States was a dead country, and now, because of the trillions of dollars being paid by countries that have so badly abused us, America is a strong, financially viable, and respected country again. If the United States were forced to pay back the trillions of dollars committed to us, America could go from strength to failure the moment such an incorrect decision took effect. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg Pete Hegsesth scowling. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg A member of the public familiar with the Maxwell trial record who reviewed the grand jury materials that the Government proposes to unseal would thus learn next to nothing new. The materials do not identify any person other than Epstein and Maxwell as having had sexual contact with a minor. They do not discuss or identify any client of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s. They do not reveal any heretofore unknown means or methods of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s crimes. They do not reveal new venues at which their crimes occurred. They do not reveal new sources of their wealth. They do not explore the circumstances of Epstein’s death. They do not reveal the path of the Government’s investigation. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg A screen cap from the White House AI guy to Jared Kushner, saying, "would love to catch up on all things UAE, working with David a lot on what we are doing with UAE." com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg Comolli says it was common knowledge among inmates that Maxwell didn't aim to serve her full 20-year sentence and instead had hoped to get a pardon from then US President Joe Biden in exchange for information about Donald Trump in the lead-up to the 2024 election. 'I heard her tell another inmate that she had dirt on Trump and that it was going to get her a pardon from Biden. I guess Biden's camp just didn't want to go down that route.' com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg The picture of Trump and Putin from the Helsinki meeting, where Trump looks beaten. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg My RT of a post showking Jason Chaffetz posting with Trump. I've added, Wowow. @jasoninthehouse is boasting about hanging with a guy who's covering up sex trafficking. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg A tweet from Kirill Dmitriev, who is now and was in 2017 in charge off offering financial incentives for the US to reverse sanctions and help carve up Ukraine. It describes Alaska as Russian-American. BREAKING: President Trump announces a 🇺🇸🇷🇺 summit with President Putin in Alaska. Born as Russian America—Orthodox roots, forts, fur trade—Alaska echoes those ties & makes the US an Arctic nation. Let’s 🇷🇺🇺🇸 partner on environment, infrastructure & energy in Arctic and beyond com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg D.C. police say they sent an arrest warrant on Rep. Cory Mills but the U.S. Attorney has not signed it Frank Thorp V and Raquel Coronell Uribe The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., sent an arrest warrant on Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., to interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin’s office on Friday, a spokesperson for MPD told NBC News, but the warrant has not been signed by the federal prosecutor. The case could essentially die at this point, the spokesperson said, meaning it may never result in criminal charges. The status of the warrant was first reported by NBC Washington. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment this evening. Trump appointed Martin to his position on interim basis and has since nominated him to hold it in a permanent capacity. Metropolitan Police said last week they were investigating Mills over a report of an alleged assault at an apartment building. Mills, who was not arrested, denied wrongdoing, saying law enforcement was called for help to “resolve a private matter” at his home and was “confident investigation will clear this matter quickly.” D.C. police say they sent an arrest warrant on Rep. Cory Mills but the U.S. Attorney has not signed it, continued Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said Friday that there is an internal police investigation into how the situation was handled. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg We’ve also seen that this kind of thinking can work when Democrats do it. Last year, both the Democratic presidential campaign and the broader progressive movement took Project 2025 from a viral curiosity and turned it into one of the Trump campaign’s worst negatives. And right now, the party is effectively seizing on the Jeffrey Epstein saga, despite some initial hemming and hawing. Until recently, I ran into no shortage of people in D.C. who said Democrats should move on from the so-called Epstein files to “economic issues” — not recognizing that Epstein is an economic issue. It’s about elites doing terrible things and protecting themselves, a metanarrative that appeals to Americans’ sense that the system isn’t working for them. Social media messaging is as much about implication as it is the blunt statement of fact. com.atproto.sync.getBlob.jpg