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The Pentagon has quietly dismantled a program it is legally required to operate to prevent and respond to civilian deaths in US military operations, according to its internal watchdog. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

George H.W. Bush kept his assets in a blind trust, as did Bill Clinton. Neither Obama nor Biden traded stocks or bonds while in office. 3,700 trades is probably more than all the trades of all the presidents until now. And he is trading stocks that are affected by his decisions. A walking conflict of interest, at the least, and perhaps insider trading. Just as members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks, so too the president. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump sued his own government to pay himself $10 billion in taxpayer funds. He even said: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself." It's not strange. It's corrupt.

Nobody is telling you how FUCKED every American ally on Earth just became. Everyone is watching the Trump-Xi summit. The handshakes. The deal-making. Nobody is talking about the fact that Trump just turned a democracy into a bargaining chip. Taiwan. The island that built TSMC into the most important company on Earth. Decades of investment. Engineering talent. Strategic vision. The backbone of every iPhone, every AI chip, every F-35 guidance system on the planet. Trump called it theft. → Cost to Taiwan to build TSMC: 50 years of national industrial strategy → Cost to America to benefit from TSMC: $0 — they just bought the chips → That is not theft. That is called "your ally did the work you wouldn't." Taiwan signed a $250B US investment pledge in January 2026. Built fabs in Arizona. Played by every rule America asked. In return, in a single 48-hour window after the Xi summit: → Trump called Taiwan "a place nobody knows how to define" → Held their arms sales hostage as a "negotiating chip" with China → Said he's "not looking" to defend their independence → Blamed them for "stealing" American industry → Told them to "cool it" 💀 Here's what nobody is explaining to you: This doesn't just change THIS alliance. This changes ALL alliances. Forever. → Every country that built its security around American commitments just watched those commitments become leverage → South Korea is watching. Japan is watching. The Gulf states are watching. → The message is now clear: American defense guarantees are not guarantees — they are negotiating positions → The moment America needs something from your adversary, YOU become the bargaining chip → Taiwan built the world's most critical technology infrastructure → America used it for 30 years → Then called it theft when it needed something from China The US spent 70 years building an alliance system premised on the idea that commitments mean something. Trump just replaced it with a system where everything — arms sales, defense pledges, diplomatic recognition — has a price tag that resets every time America needs leverage. This is not a Taiwan story. This is the end of the post-war alliance era and nobody is calling it what it is. Bookmark this. You're watching the biggest shift in American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. I'm posting things here you won't see anywhere else. Follow before that changes.

BOLTON: Ukraine's deep strikes inside Russia not only inflict significant damage but concretely show Russian citizens that war isn't going well. Russians feel direct impact, it undercuts all propaganda they’ve been reading about how well things going on battlefield in Ukraine.

ICE withheld the warrant from the judge. The judge ruled without it - because she was never given it. DHS then attacked her publicly for the ruling, citing the warrant ICE had instructed their own lawyer not to disclose. They hid the evidence. They used the concealment to manufacture the attack. Then DHS published the attack in The Federalist while the case was still live. The DOJ attorney is facing discipline. The ICE lawyer who told him to withhold it is not. That gap is not an oversight. That is the design.

This is extraordinary. I've been a professional investor for decades and I haven't made this many trades in my career. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying." nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/…

But Republicans said that’s not what he meant…

ZELENSKYY: Ukraine will respond to the Russian strikes. Last night, the enemy already saw hits on their oil and military facilities. Those operations will continue. “Of course, we must respond fairly and tangibly to all Russian strikes on our cities and villages. I have agreed on some response formats. Last night, the enemy already saw hits, in particular on their oil facilities and military facilities. Those operations will continue” - Ukrainian President on Friday, May 15th.

CNN’s @KFILE reveals the man leading the hantavirus response in the U.S. is a specialist in penile implants with little public health experience and hosted a podcast called “Erection Connection.”

🚨 Trump illegally taxed working families for over a year. The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional. $166 billion is being refunded right now. But here’s the part no one is talking about. The refunds are going to the importers. Not to you. Not to the families who paid $1,751 more on groceries, on clothes, on car parts, on everything. 330,000 corporations are getting checks. 53 million shipments are being refunded with interest. You paid the tax. They’re getting the money. Trump said he’d “fight” giving any of it back to families. His own words. Newsom is right. Pay the people. $1,751 per household. Every dollar. What’s the point of a court ruling something illegal if the people who actually paid never get their money back?

PabloReports: Any reaction to this $1.7 billion slush fund that Trump is proposing from the IRS for January 6th insurrectionists and pardoned fraudsters? AOC: I mean, he’s using the entire government as a slush fund at this point, extorting everyone and anyone he can. They’re robbing everyone of their healthcare in order to become billionaires, and they’re going to cut loose. It’s one of the most unpatriotic and un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life, and probably in modern political history.

STUBB: We are not going to return to normal relations with Russia. We all fully understand that. Look, Finland became a member of NATO because Russia attacked Ukraine. So there’s no going back to normal.

There are reportedly $1.5 billion in suspicious wire transactions tied to Epstein’s network that Treasury still hasn’t turned over. The American people deserve to know where that money went, who was involved, and what these records could reveal about the full scope of Epstein’s trafficking network.

Listen to the judge at Tina Peters' trial gave a searing condemnation of her crimes and behavior in Court. Compare this to what Polis is trying to spin today, in order to justify the bended knee to Trump and his shortcutting of the judicial process:

The United States are abandoning another ally: “We will not defend Taiwan, and we are halting weapons deliveries to the island because they themselves want to start a war against China,” Trump. This exactly the same rhetoric Trump used against Ukraine: “You don’t start a war against somebody that’s 20 times your size, and then hope that people give you some missiles.”

For 20 years, a $6 knob that takes one hour to 3D print has been grounding Black Hawk helicopters four times a month, and the contractor responsible won't sell us the part or the IP rights to fix it ourselves. So instead, American taxpayers have been paying $40,000 every single time to replace the entire system, multiplied by four times a month, for two decades. That is NOT a procurement problem, that is a shakedown, and it is exactly why right to repair has to be in this year's NDAA.

These gerrymandered maps only work if we don’t show up. That is what they are counting on. These maps will break under the pressure of turnout.

BAIER: You said this summit is a success. What's the most significant specific win for the US? TRUMP: I think the most important thing is relationship. I have a very good relationship with President Xi. (So, nothing.)