Janet Wagner
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@janetswags
Educator, Writer, Animal Lover, Humanist
Despite Trump’s promises to bring down prices “on Day One,” Americans paid an average of $310 more for groceries in 2025 compared to 2024. American families are footing the bill for Trump’s reckless policies.
This is a remarkable shift. People in *every single one* of the top US-allied countries now believe it’s better to depend on China than on the US. The global balance of power is clearly tilting away from the US and toward China.
Ossoff: How much do you guys know about Jared Kushner—Ivanka’s husband? He’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 billion. And now he’s leading American diplomacy in the Middle East, apparently, while at the very same time asking princes and sheikhs to give him billions more. Can you imagine a normal sitting U.S. ambassador just hitting MBS for billions? But he’s a Trump, a royal, a princeling. The rules are for us, not for them. And it’s not just Jared. Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights.
Hearing this every day in red Midland Texas. No more MAGA flags. No more MAGA bumper stickers. No more MAGA hats. Just regrets.
The Atlantic: Kash Patel's erratic behavior at the FBI could cost him his job. His colleagues describe unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have alarmed colleagues and his security detail. Sources describe Patel's tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior a national security vulnerability that puts the country at risk. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market. Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, a $760 million bet that oil would go down. These orders were much larger than anything else at the time. The traders made huge gains. Unusual.
