Vladimir Putin has increased the number of officers responsible for his personal protection to more than 800.
The Russian president, who has reportedly become more paranoid over his safety in recent months, ordered the increase at the central apparatus of the Federal Protective Service (FSO), according to a draft decree set to take effect on Wednesday.
Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI), who in 2022 lied that Dummkopf Trumpf caught Osama bin Laden, bleated the following nauseating screed:
Why doesn't Lisa McClain want the Jeffrey Epstein files released? Who or what does she want to protect from public scrutiny?
Video footage captured Miller trying to speak over the sound of chanting and sirens. The internet mocked Miller for the embarrassing moment.
A woman has become the first person to be publicly caned in Indonesia's Aceh province for 'committing obscenity live with a man on social media' under its strict Sharia law. Read more
The FBI is ramping up its investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, by ordering field offices across the country to send investigative analysts to Atlanta to help evaluate thousands of records, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. According to a memo sent to all field offices and reviewed by CBS News, the Directorate of Intelligence requested "surge support" to Atlanta to assist in what it called FBI Director Kash Patel's "priority" investigation.
Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago. Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran's funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement.
"A rather embarrassing flop," MS Now wrote. "A big ol' dud," was the verdict of Slate. "To put it simply, miserable," the New Republic ruled, while USA Today said witnessing the failure of Trump's fair is "like watching your high school bully host a party that no one attends". What makes it so bad?
Dummkopf Trumpf staged a hostile takeover of the US's 250th anniversary celebration to enrich political allies, harvest voter data, and promote Christian nationalist ideology, according to a congressional investigation: "From Vanity to Insanity: How the White House Cheated the American People Out of Their 250th Birthday."
Imbeciles keep supporting this crook and sexual predator
The Tesla driver who claimed his car was in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home and killed a woman has been charged with manslaughter, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Online court records show Michael Butler was booked into the Harris County jail on Wednesday. The crash killed 76-year-old Martha Avila, who was inside the home on Blooming Park on June 19. Investigators said Butler claimed his car was in self-driving mode, but Tesla disputed that and claimed he overrode the feature. Court documents detailing the specific criminal allegations were not available at the time of publication.
In 2020, when wealthy Tommy Tuberville (R) was running for the US Senate, he said he would "donate every dime" he made in Washington to Alabama veterans. Six years later, as he runs to be governor of the Cotton State, the Republican Senator won't say whether he has kept that promise. Tuberville's office declined to answer questions about whether he has donated his $174,000 Senate salary to charity as he had vowed to do in 2020.
Tommy Tuberville is not a good human being
Dummkopf Trumpf plans on razing "Washington's oldest grove of cherry trees," the sole survivors of Japan's original 1910 gift to America, for his personal and selfish golfing needs. The "White House Windbag" also vowed to deliver a long, boring speech on the Fourth of July when the temperature will reach 107 degrees Fahrenheit: "By the way, on July 4th, it's going to be approximately 107 degrees out, and I'm going to go, and I'm going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything."
Dummkopf Trumpf is an ecological terrorist
Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel is being accused of breaking the law after failing to properly report a six-figure purchase of stock in a crypto company that has received millions of dollars in government contracts through the Justice Department. According to NOTUS, Patel, 46, purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of stock in MicroStrategy, a "bitcoin treasury company," on Nov. 21. He did not disclose the trade with federal regulators until May 26, well past the 45-day deadline required for reporting stock transactions over $1,000 under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.
NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (D) announced City Hall will provide 100,000 free tickets for New Yorkers to watch the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks from prime viewing areas at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn and the Seaport in Manhattan. The public lottery at july4.events.nyc is open now and will remain open through 29 June. Winners will be notified between 30 June and 2 July and may claim up to four tickets.
Each member of the NBA champion NY Knicks will have a Manhattan street temporarily named after him.
A woman known as Jane Doe 4 in the Jeffrey Epstein files is "staying off the grid" and lives in fear of retaliation from the Trump administration amid an escalating controversy over its handling of her case, according to a family member.
"Trauma is brutal. Chronic trauma destroys," said the relative, who described the woman's life as layers of abuse dating back to early childhood. "She's coping as best she can." Read more
And then there's this... thepostmillennial.com
Like a demented sequence killer, the US-funded Israeli Death Forces murdered 12 defenseless Palestinians, including four children in Gaza over the past 48 hours. Meanwhile, the ghoulish Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans to establish three settlements in Gaza over the graves of tens of thousands of slaughtered or nebulized Palestinians.
Israeli hypocrisy
