The wood paneling on the new presidential aircraft is the highest quality, President Donald Trump says. The flag on the tail is waving just right. The colors, no longer robin's egg-blue, are a "much better" and "more appropriate look." Unveiling "the world's most luxurious plane," as he called it at Joint Base Andrews on Friday, Trump appeared relieved to finally have an airplane that matches his own proclivities. Read more
Is the number of girls raped in the United Kingdom by grooming gangs definitively documented to be 250,000? No, that's not true: That figure is an extrapolation using an unclear methodology based on data from smaller communities with headline-grabbing scandals and is not an actual count of rape cases across the United Kingdom. A 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said, "it is simply not possible to know the scale of child sexual exploitation by networks."
Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg asked Congress for an additional $80 billion to cover the costs of the unconstitutional war being fought by US forces against Iran on behalf of Israel, as well as other non-war-related bills.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) thus
A newspaper owned by a billionaire Republican megadonor has published a blistering opinion piece accusing President Donald Trump of betraying Israel over his deal with Iran to end the war. The critical op-ed was published by Israel Hayom, the Israeli newspaper owned by Miriam Adelson, one of Trump's biggest financial backers and one of the most influential pro-Israel donors in Republican politics.
President Trump insisted there are "no limits" to his power when asked in a new interview about his takeaways from the Iran war. The president was pressed by Axios's Marc Caputo during an interview about whether he learned there are bounds to his power during the Middle East conflict. "I haven't learned that lesson yet," he replied. "I know there are, but there are no limits. We defeated them totally militarily."
Not only is the reflecting pool growing algae, but now the beautiful American Flag Blue coating that was installed by a pool company chosen by Trump for a no bid contract is peeling off shortly after being installed. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) " As Janeese Lewis George paves a path to the mayor's office in Washington, D.C., she's told voters they could have it all. Her unapologetically expansive, left-wing agenda includes subsidized or even free childcare, increased down payment assistance for homebuyers and community resources to reduce crime, plus a promise to aggressively confront President Donald Trump's attempts to reshape the nation's capital. "People are tired of hearing what government can't do. They want to hear what government can do," Lewis George said in an interview before the city's primary, where she defeated her Democratic opponents and positioned herself to win the general election in November in a city dominated by Democrats. Read more
The Michigan State Police (MSP) is robustly investigating CPAC Christian youth pastor Zachary Radcliff (29) for allegedly grooming and sexually assaulting scores of underaged boys and girls, some as old as ten. The phony Christian is facing at least 60 felony charges and the MSP is asking anyone with any information on Zachary Radcliff to please contact them ASAP at 517-899-6174 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.
"Christian rock and pedophilia are cool, Dude!"
Officials in Tehran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation. Normally one would have to pay a lot of money to a discreet professional to be humiliated this badly. Read more
U.S.-Iran deal hailed by supporters as historic "grand bargain".
Critics say accord legitimises and strengthens Iran.
To Israel, the deal is strategic setback undermining core goals Lebanon pulled into U.S.-Iran framework, limiting its own track.
Gulf states alarmed by shifting regional order.
Reporting Highlights...
Climate Rollbacks: Trump's EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
A Wealthy Beneficiary: Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs.
The Influence Campaign: A former Hildebrand lobbyist now rewriting the EPA's methane rules has solicited input from oil industry groups backed by the billionaire.
ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700m by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright.
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is a good human being
Cody Johnston analyzes how we're making the same mistakes we did in 1980 and how what we now call AI "slop" has always been here. Watch to the end (without skipping ahead) before you comment. I dare you.
Experts raise concerns about medical care, supervision in ICE detention centers. ICE death records lack critical information - such as medications and emergency response records. DHS says it is committed to ensuring 'safe, secure and humane environment' for detainees.
Ukraine's e-Points system is pushing soldiers toward higher-value Russian targets. Units earn points for confirmed hits and use them to buy drones, robots, and other gear. The system shows how Ukraine is using incentives, data, and decentralization to fight faster.
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi, musicians Ehsan Beiraqdar and Soheil Faqih Nasiri, and six members of the production team for the Caravanserai Concert were ordered to be lashed 74 times by the Qom Provincial Criminal Court, Iranian human-rights groups and diaspora media outlets reported Thursday. The artists will also face a two-year travel ban and a two-year restriction on all artistic activity. The court ruled they had offended "public decency through the production and publication of obscene and immoral content on cyberspace platforms." The artists and their team were first arrested after their performance was broadcast on YouTube last December. They were ordered to appear before the Prosecutor's Office for Moral Security in January.
