Charles Talbott
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@pati_marins64 What is your source for the claims you are making?
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Today, two U.S. destroyers transited the strait into the Persian Gulf without being harassed by the Iranians. It’s possible they will anchor in the Emirates to reinforce anti-aircraft defenses.
And why didn't Iran stop these vessels? Because, by all indications, there is an agreement where Iran pretends nothing passes through the strait, and the U.S. pretends no Iranian ships are leaving the region.
As I reported yesterday, about 25-35 Iranian ships loaded with oil bypassed the American blockade. Why? The U.S. priority is to maintain the flow of oil in the international market, and stopping Iranian exports would only worsen that. Obviously, this deal includes Iran quietly allowing the passage of several tankers.
So, one side pretends to run a naval blockade against Iranian exports, while the other pretends the strait is closed to American military ships.
Iran is the clear loser in this deal, giving Trump the argument that the operation freedom project, he claims to be implementing is actually opening the strait by force.
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@covie_93 And there in a nutshell is the problem with raced based outcomes. You only understand that Justice Thomas got to his position in life because of his race. But if his view of the Constitution were yours you would be ok with that.
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@MalloryMcMorrow Go ask Elizabeth Warren if there is more or less competition now?
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Awful. Trump dragged us into war with Iran, sending fuel prices through the roof, and now one of the few affordable options to fly - one started right here in Detroit - is gone.
And not a single Republican stopped him when they had the chance.
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy
STRAIT STINGS SPIRIT... Spirit Airlines begins ‘wind-down’, cancels all flights over fuel crisis... Spirit’s restructuring plan assumed jet fuel costs of about $2.24 a gallon in 2026 and $2.14 in 2027, but prices had climbed to about $4.51 a gallon by the end of April.
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@Scaramucci Why are you trying to beat Trump. He’s not running again. You had your shot. Let it go.
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Here’s the cold truth about how you beat Donald Trump. 👇🏼
You put up a mediocre candidate. A mediocre Democratic candidate beat a sitting president.
Trump’s entire rise was powered by two weak opponents: Hillary Clinton & Kamala Harris.
We have to look at that objectively and now comes the interesting part.
The Republican Party is heading for an intellectual civil war.
Because the MAGA movement is a personality cult — and the personality is leaving.
Nobody else in that party can carry that mantle the way Trump can.
Now we’re in an ideological fight for the future of the party.
And remember — he has never cracked 50% approval.
He’s beatable. He was always beatable.
The question now is what comes next.
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@CaptMarkKelly Quit “fighting “. Replace with“working “. Tone it down.
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@RepAnalilia It’s clear the word « gutting » is in the talking points memo.
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@CultrHack @GOP What you are saying is that blacks can only get elected to Congress in highly crafted districts. This is insulting and definitely wrong. You falsely conclude that all the increase in black participants in Congress is due to gerrymandered districts.
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Why was the 1965 Voting Rights Act so crucial? People forget the history, but check this chart: for 90 years after Reconstruction in the 1870s, there were basically no Blacks in Congress. On purpose. This is the cruel racist history SCOTUS & @GOP Congress are trying to resurrect.

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The gutting of the Voting Rights Act is shocking not just in its immorality but in the sheer and deliberate absurdity of the majority opinion.
npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-…
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@LeslieProll Not interested in your condemnation but would be interested in understanding why you think district lines should be drawn based on race. Isn’t that discrimination based on race?
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Members of Congress—and yes, on both sides of the aisle—should be giving floor speeches condemning this abhorrent decision. This is not just about partisanship. It’s an attack on our foundational principle that everyone should be able to fully participate in our democracy.
POLITICO@politico
The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision dlvr.it/TSHltG
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@trillestjgoody Could just prove the point that people don’t vote according to their color.
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@RoKhanna Ironic that now states will draw lines without referencing color.
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