An Iranian official says they privately warned Vance about how Trump's son-in-law and his special envoy to the Middle East were destroying peace talks. read more
Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B.I. would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents " cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters, according to people briefed on the decision. If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents, as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism over killings at the hands of federal officers. In the last two weeks, two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and Maine have thrust the government's tactics back into the spotlight. read more
As the bombing starts again, it's clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco -- and the world into an economic quagmire. read more
Israel's defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (300m) in funding to expand construction in the occupied West Bank, as Israel's military commander for the region celebrated violent outposts as his "security partners". read more
The Bureau of Land Management plans to reopen the area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park for possible oil and gas leasing, giving the public until July 29 to comment. In April, the Interior Department moved to revoke protections surrounding Chaco Culture with a proposal to rescind Public Land Order 7923, which put wide areas of land around the park off limits to mining and drilling. The BLM has now opened a 14-day comment period for the draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Revocation of Public Lands Order 7923. The move came just days after President Donald Trump slashed the boundaries of two Utah national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, by nearly 3 million acres. Both are important to tribes in the region. read more
They aren't just "social media influencers." As the headline e at The Guardian reports:
Andrew and Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami on UK Charges of Rape and Sex Traffickimg
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"What are Trump's connections to the Tate brothers exactly?"
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Don Junior, of course, Barron, Richard Grenfel, oodles of slimy contacts.
Twould appear birds of a feather do what they do, together.
Cute.
The thing, to remember about The Art of the Deal is Trump didn't write it. And there's a good chance he never read it, either. As Tony Schwartz, Trump's ghostwriter, explains, ""He is incapable of reading a book, much less writing one."
When you move beyond simple intimidation, smash and grab, busting-out a business, and outright theft Trump is at a loss for what to do and how to account for himself.
That's when he kicks his fake-gold Lego dollhouse into a gazillion pieces, stomps his little feet, and cries out - as tears transform his makeup into a rivuleting creation rivaling one of Jackson Pollock's later drip canvases that Peggy Guggenheim squeezed out of him - "I'M NOT PLAYING ANYMORE!" as he stomps away, pausing to make sure some hired flatterer is paying attention. Just another wonderful day in the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue neighborhood.