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Can we just quit giving Americans’ hard earned money to this blood thirsty war criminal? Peace in the Middle East would follow quickly.

Here is the investor who handed $30 million to a 22 year old, likely to bribe his Senator mother. His name is Josh Wolfe, and he is a genocide denier who once demanded Palestinians abandon their flag. (His company, Lux, led the fundraising round.)

NBC: President Donald Trump told NBC News in a phone call Friday afternoon that he spoke with Israel and asked them to agree to a ceasefire. “It’s a positive,” he said, adding: “It’s a little icing on the cake.” He declined to specify whether he had talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly. nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-…

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The @POTUS took a moment to review construction work on the North Portico before heading off for a weekend at Camp David.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s crusade to purge women and people of color from our Armed Forces has never been subtle. But today, a New York Times exposé revealed exactly how far he’s gone to dismantle the careers and achievements of our finest servicemen and women. More than a dozen military insiders — both active duty and those already purged — spoke to the Times anonymously to unmask a horrific ongoing attack. They detailed a process used by Hegseth and his team to halt senior officer advancements for reasons completely unrelated to merit, job performance, or fighting wars. Hegseth’s efforts are part of a quest to advance his white-and-male centered worldview, facts, history, and actual service be damned. In the absence of any such evidence, insiders confirmed that he has used his position to withhold promotions from qualified, decorated veterans. The Times cited several enraging examples: • Last fall, Hegseth ordered Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll to remove two Black and two female officers from a 29-person promotion list. Driscoll repeatedly refused, citing their decades of exemplary service. In March, Hegseth bypassed him, removed their names, and sent the modified list to the White House. • In total, Hegseth has removed 32 officers from Air Force and Navy one- and two-star promotion lists. He also pulled the only Black officer and the only female officer from a Marine Corps list, leaving their promotions in limbo. • Vice Adm. Sara Joyner, a highly decorated three-star fighter pilot, saw her advancement stalled over a 2021 Navy recruiting ad where she said, "I’m not just a girl with a dream. I’m a sailor with one." Hegseth deemed the line a "big problem." Joyner has since retired. • Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett was recommended for a promotion after successfully managing the aftermath of a massive Navy fuel spill in Hawaii. Hegseth blocked his advancement after Barnett participated in a Navy-sponsored Pride event back in 2018. It is an outrage to watch a media personality whose greatest battles have been with hangovers intentionally harm the careers of people who risked everything to keep America safe. Hegseth’s actions are insult to all who have served and a risk to national security. [Image: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov]

🇺🇸 U.S. strategic oil reserve hits lowest level since 1983

Oh the mask is FULLY off from the man now.

And he’s doing it with startup money from Lux Capital, the firm joined last year by Biden’s Mideast policy guy (and now CNN contributor) Brett McGurk.

Another reason why Secretary of War Hegseth must either step down or be fired. Losing a war and claiming we won is reason enough, but he's also doing a disservice to our troops themselves by playing politics with their health - and there have been consequences.

The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.

EU leaders have nudged the EU Commission to draft legal texts to restrict imports from Israeli settlers, at Brussels summit today - after months of foot-dragging by @vonderleyen Macron: aim is to "align our trade policy with international law" euobserver.com/223019/eu-lead…

People were mad at Tucker for saying Ben Gvir was more bloodthirsty than Goebbels but what Ben Gvir is describing here is actually worse than Nazi war doctrine. Nazis said they’d execute ten people for every soldier killed. Ben Gvir is demanding a ratio of 1000 to 1.

Israeli soldiers were killed on Thursday as they were attempting to seize new territory in Lebanon’s south. Israel responded by murdering Lebanese families in their homes. The Lebanese Health Ministry says 55 killed and over 100 injured on Friday.

I just confirmed that one of the data points JD Vance used yesterday to underscore how much Israel relies on the US was a reference to the large number of interceptors the US used to defend Israel from Iranian missiles as spelled out in our scoop last month 🧵

There must be consequences for this statement. Remaining silent in the face of an ally openly threatening crimes against humanity is a threat to U.S. national security. If we do nothing, we are ratifying these horrific, terroristic threats and proving ourselves hypocrites.

US intelligence treats Israel as potential adversary. Who saw that coming? Definitely not the “Turkey is next Iran” bros

The U.S. Forest Service quietly approved spraying a cancer-linked chemical above Lake Tahoe. The public didn't find out until two months later. The chemical is glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The plan covers 11,700 acres burned in the 2021 Caldor Fire, with up to 3,600 of those acres slated for herbicide treatment. The agency used an "emergency" authorization to skip the usual public objection process. The only comment window came and went in December 2025, before most locals even knew the project existed. About 75% of the lake's watershed sits inside that national forest land. Part of the spray zone sits on mountains above the lake, where snowmelt feeds a tributary running straight into Tahoe. Homeowners around the lake already have to follow strict rules about what they can put on their own lawns, no high-phosphorus fertilizer, no application near runoff paths - all to protect the lake’s clarity. None of those rules apply to the Forest Service spraying herbicide in the national forest right above it. Most residents only learned the scale of it from a magazine investigation in late April. A town hall to organize pushback didn't happen until June 11. By then, spraying had already taken place at one local ski resort. Who's supposed to tell you what's happening in your own backyard, the federal government or a reporter? #DemsUnited

Italy’s foreign minister cancels his trip to the U.S. after President Trump reportedly say Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “begged” him for a photo at the G7 Summit

ADNOC just told buyers: "Come load inside the Gulf. Or you're in breach." Here's why that message just got a lot more powerful. 40 fully loaded supertankers are sitting inside the Persian Gulf right now. 80 million barrels. Ready to move. Just waiting for shipowners to feel safe enough to transit Hormuz. 21 of those VLCCs are pointed at Asia. 5 specifically showing China as destination. 5 more headed to Singapore for trans-shipment. As of this morning, at least 3 supertankers are already steaming east toward the strait at normal speeds owners starting to test the route. This is the near-term bearish reality I won't hide from you. Once those ships move, the market gets a sudden burst of delayed supply on top of ongoing production ramps. That's why Brent softened on the deal headlines. Traders are pricing these "shadow barrels" coming out.