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The new commemorative 250th anniversary US passport doubles as Trump merch. More potentate than President….
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An editor friend texts me: "So on the day Trump adds his photo to passports, his DOJ indicts one of his top enemies over seashells and the FCC goes after a comedian for being mean. Amazing. I don't think Trump learned the lesson of free speech from the dinner."
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Trump has now put his face or name on all of the following in his second term:
— Passports
— National Parks Passes
— Trump Gold Cards
— Trump class battleships
— The Trump Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
— TrumpRx
— Trump’s signature on US paper currency
— Gold coins from the Commission of Fine Arts
— The Department of Justice
— The Donald J Trump Institute of Peace
— The Department of Labor
— Trump accounts
— The Department of Agriculture
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You have got to be kidding me.
The State Department is putting Donald Trump’s scowling face on the U.S. passport.
His signature in gold. Superimposed over the Declaration of Independence, a document literally written to get away from this exact behavior.
No sitting president has ever done this. Coins, park passes, battleships, and now your passport. The man cannot find a surface he will not slap his name or face on.
This is not patriotism.
It is vanity.
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Lebanese Civil Defence are reporting that a crew of first responders has been targeted in an Israeli strike as the crew responded to an attack in Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon. Three of the first responders are trapped under the rubble. Work is ongoing to evacuate them in cooperation with the Leb army.
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If true, complete banana republic stuff. Genuinely tragic to see.
LBC@LBC
'An astonishing development here...' Simon Marks reacts to the White House's 'radical redesign' of the American passport.
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A literal king is showing more commitment to checks and balances than the US president
Headquarters@HQNewsNow
King Charles: The Magna Carta is cited in Supreme Court cases as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances. *Members of Congress applaud*
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The Department of Justice is now a joke.
This is an official filing signed by its top leadership.
Scott MacFarlane@MacFarlaneNews
OVERNIGHT: Trump Admin files latest court motion in support of White House ballroom It reads like a Trump Truth Social post, with random capitalization, accusations the plaintiffs are "very bad for our country", suffer "Trump Derangement Syndrome", etc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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I went through the entire thing comparing the 40 minutes of footage to the 13 minute edit that aired. In many cases they cut Trump off mid-sentence and took a 4-minute answer an turned it to 20 seconds
The Hollywood Reporter@THR
Trump's '60 Minutes' Interview Heavily Edited, Despite Previously Suing CBS Over Deceptive Editing hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/don…
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Significant geopolitical shockwaves from the Iran War.. UAE, which was a member of OPEC, even before the country formally existed, has quit OPEC immediately. UAE has been the second largest holder of spare capacity in OPEC.
Longstanding aim to grow production well beyond its 3m bpd quota to its capacity of closer to 5m bpd… (although right now it’s below 2m bpd). In many ways UAE sacrificed greatest proportion of its capacity to keep close to OPEC quotas.
Emiratis have options on bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, as it geographically has sea access/ ports on either side, and there will be moves to expand the capacity of pipelines into Fujairah… indeed longer term, that could become an option for other Gulf nations too…
As for OPEC, this is a big blow, amid significant questions. Its not just that the UAE, when it can get its oil fully back on the market by sea or pipeline is likely to target 5m bpd production, Saudi might respond with a price war that the UAEs more diversified economy could withstand, but others might not.
While the world understandably focusses on oil at $110 per barrel, this is a reason why we should not discount the chance that it could be half that some time next year, depending on the Iran-US talks and the state of the Strait.
Chart via @IEA (dark blue is UAE spare capacity)
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In the middle of the King's state visit, at the most sensitive time in the special relationship for decades, the new UK ambassador tells something to schoolkids he wouldn't say in public - and gets caught
Christian Turner said that America’s only “special relationship” is “probably Israel”, not the UK, and said the phrase is “quite nostalgic, it’s quite backwards-looking, and it has a lot of baggage about it”.
“I think there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the United States — and that is probably Israel.”
Read the FT scoop
ft.com/content/d4bfac…
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Trump on the White House ballroom (February):
“We did this with no charge to the taxpayer whatsoever. This was all donations by friends of mine and people who love our country, love the White House.
Not one penny. And it's very expensive ballroom”
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Senator Lindsey Graham says he’s introducing legislation to spend $400 million on Trump’s White House ballroom: “The sooner we get the ballroom built, the better it is for the country”
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The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.
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Trump's '60 Minutes' Interview Heavily Edited, Despite Previously Suing CBS Over Deceptive Editing hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/don…
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Channel 4 News has uncovered that the King’s private estate tried to sell land contaminated with toxic illegal waste in Wigan to the local council.
In January, Channel 4 News revealed the 25,000-ton site, dubbed UK’s “most dangerous illegal waste dump”, was on land largely owned by the Duchy of Lancaster - the King’s extensive private portfolio of properties and estates.
When approached by the programme the Duchy of Lancaster said it had offered to transfer the land to the council last year - however, correspondence obtained via a Freedom of Information request reveals it actually tried to sell the site at full market price.
Wigan Council told Channel 4 News it “respectfully declined” the Duchy’s offer.
The Duchy told us today "We continue to work with Wigan Council to try and find an effective resolution to the illegal waste site."
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A $500m megayacht linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch just passed through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US blockade, according to tracking data. Erin and Seth Jones react:
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AOC says we shouldn’t be using taxpayer money to build Trump’s ornate castle/ballroom while people are struggling to pay for healthcare and rent.
Raju: Would you support authorizing the new ballroom?
AOC: No. The president demolished the East Wing of the White House, a historic jewel of the American people, and he started to build this ballroom long before any incident. He also promised the American people that this was going to be built with private dollars, so the idea that they are trying to change the rationale for this doesn’t add up.
The White House long had facilities for hosting, which also included the East Wing of the White House prior to them bulldozing the crown jewel of the American people.
I don’t believe, in an era when they are jacking up costs, when they’re gutting everyone’s healthcare, and when people cannot afford their rent and their mortgages, that we should be using our treasure to build an ornate castle on a scale that is unprecedented and unbelievable.
I’m sure that anybody who is against waste, fraud, and abuse would agree with me on that.
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The President has repeatedly said the ballroom is fully paid for already by private donations, and by himself
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree
Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC, Sen. Katie Britt R-AL, and Sen. Eric Schmidt R-MO unveil plans to authorize $400 million to pay for a new White House ballroom.
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