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Iranian Officials Now Threatening To Close Bab Al-Mandeb Strait After Trump Threats go.forbes.com/c5Gazx

@MollyJongFast It seems they are unaware

Congress exists to run a check on the executive branch.

This is the part that keeps getting buried under the raw numbers. Hegseth spent months pressuring Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove four decorated colonels from the one-star promotion list. Two Black men. Two women. Driscoll refused, because their records demanded it. So Hegseth pulled their names himself… which legal experts say he likely had no authority to do. The defense secretary is supposed to approve or reject the entire list, precisely to prevent this kind of targeted discrimination. Then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George - the Army’s top officer - asked to meet with Hegseth to discuss the blocked promotions. Hegseth refused to meet. Refused to discuss his decisions at all. Then he fired George. Whose term wasn’t supposed to end until September 2027. Nine U.S. officials across all four branches confirmed the NBC reporting. “There is not a single service that has been immune,” one said. The officers’ attributes being cited for removal include past support for Covid vaccine mandates… and association with Mark Milley. The Pentagon’s response to every outlet that asked: “fake news.” They didn’t dispute a single name.

Trump confirms that the U.S. did in fact send “a lot” of guns to protesters in Iran

@marceelias Trump is an unhinged lunatic! He’s digging himself in deeper.

She wants that new DOJ job so badly...

“Hitler reviewed plans and progress on the construction at every turn, studying each detail of every proposed design, sometimes making adjustments, sometimes offering evident approval. Hitler enthused over his office desk, blazing with gold gilt” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) on Americans struggling with rising prices: "Maybe get yet another job"

A federal agency has approved Trump's White House ballroom project, despite a court order and tens of thousands of critical public comments. Even neoclassical architects are divided bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@business A federal agency filled with Trump appointed sycophants who will be owed favors

Mortgage rates climbed for the fifth straight week as the war in Iran weighed on the US housing market, per NYT

Trump just completely admitted that Republicans and their pro-billionaire policies do a terrible job running America. Then, he DELETED THIS CLIP from his account. Make sure everyone sees it!

@NEWSMAX @MikeCarterTV Falling like the Dow. Buh bye

BREAKING: President Trump has removed Pam Bondi from her role as attorney general, appointing Todd Blanche to serve as the interim lead. NEWSMAX White House Correspondent @MikeCarterTV has more on what led to the president’s decision.

BREAKING: President Trump says he'll sign an order to resume pay for Homeland Security, which includes FEMA and the U.S. Coast Guard, bypassing Congress. apnews.com/article/senate…

@kylegriffin1 While Trump and his Oligarchs collect extortion fees!

The Trump DOJ quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal cases in the first six months of Trump's second term — abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases, according to an analysis by ProPublica. propublica.org/article/trump-…

President Trump doesn’t mince words.

@PressSec @RapidResponse47

This story was based on “six people familiar with the planning,” and I am sure none of them actually read the President’s speech before it was delivered. Politico did not even reach out to the White House for comment. Another example of why you should not blindly trust what you read from the legacy media. This is what they do - call up random sources who just make things up, and then they report it as fact.

President Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday that the U.S. "imports almost no oil" through the Strait of Hormuz and "won't be taking any in the future." The president went on to say that the Strait of Hormuz will "open up naturally" when the conflict is over.