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“𝟖𝟔-𝟒𝟕” 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒—𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 “𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴∗𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.” The White House issued that statement Thursday after a large “8647” was found etched into the grass on the west side of the Washington Monument. Police say it was discovered at 11:30 in the morning. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐔𝐅𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 — 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬∗𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝. “86” is slang for removing someone — permanently. “47” is the 47th president. The sequence was thrust into public consciousness last year when former FBI Director James Comey posted seashells arranged as “8647” on a North Carolina beach, calling it “𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵.” The Justice Department saw it differently. 𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤!𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦: 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. Investigators are not just asking who left the message but how. The grass discoloration pattern is still being analyzed, with samples collected for testing. Whoever etched that sequence into the National Mall lawn did not act impulsively. They planned it, picked the location, and timed it for maximum visibility. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Sen. Cory Booker on Trump’s Iran deal: Trump wanted unconditional surrender; turns out it was America’s. Total betrayal. No $300B fund. Unmitigated disaster. Reality check: The deal reopens the Strait of Hormuz, lets Iran sell oil again, kicks off 60-day nuclear talks, and unlocks a Gulf-backed $300B reconstruction fund. Trump’s calling it a win because the shooting stopped. Dems are furious it’s not another forever war? Make it make sense Writer: Lucas

Not a single visible U.S. Air Force tanker near the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in several weeks.

🚨 THREAD: What do Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Elaine Chao have in common? They were all paid by a Marxist-Islamist Iran group that was designated as terrorist until 2012. No, this is not a joke. Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) was founded by leftist Islamists to oppose the western-backed Pahlavi, and participated in his 1979 overthrow. Khomeini barred MEK afterwards. MEK was implicated in multiple bombings, including that of Americans, and remained an openly armed group until 2003. Since they got de-listed as a terrorist organization in 2012 on procedural grounds, MEK and their fronts have been actively recruiting US politicians selling themselves as a moderate alternative to Khomeini. But RAND Corporation says MEK meets the qualifications for a cult, citing criteria such as forcing their members to work 16+ hour days and forced divorces. Polls of the Iranian-American community shows that they do NOT accept Rajavi, MeK's leader, as legitimate, with a 46-point net disapproval - numbers nearly as bad as the existing regime. As Pence's former Chief of Staff, Marc Short, has already weighed against Trump deal, it's helpful to recall this. Receipts below. As always, patience as I pull the thread together.👇