The feds laid out the federal charges they will seek earlier and - surprise, surprise - no terrorism charge and so far at least, no death penalty.

Thought it was odd none of the resident MAGAts were commenting but they probably think the headline says "important."

These will 100% be used to spy on Americans. I wouldn't allow one on those phone in my house, not that I'd invite anyone dumb enough to buy one in to begin with.

More: Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated.

Doctors and other medical staff can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on their marital status, political party affiliation or union activity, documents reviewed by the Guardian show. The changes also affect chiropractors, certified nurse practitioners, optometrists, podiatrists, licensed clinical social workers and speech therapists.

In making the changes, VA officials cite the president's 30 January executive order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government". The primary purpose of the executive order was to strip most government protections from transgender people. The VA has since ceased providing most gender-affirming care and forbidden a long list of words, including "gender affirming" and "transgender", from clinical settings.

Medical experts said the implications of rule changes uncovered by the Guardian could be far-reaching.

They "seem to open the door to discrimination on the basis of anything that is not legally protected", said Dr Kenneth Kizer, the VA's top healthcare official during the Clinton administration. He said the changes open up the possibility that doctors could refuse to treat veterans based on their "reason for seeking care " including allegations of rape and sexual assault " current or past political party affiliation or political activity, and personal behavior such as alcohol or marijuana use".

"burn the whole city down"

People who say things like that have obviously never flown into LA and have no clue how big the city actually is.

Why not both?

#1,

If you can't figure out how to get around a paywall in 2025 why are you even on the internet?

Turkey's Erdogan: Netanyahu 'trying to drag our region and the entire world into disaster'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel's overnight attacks on Iran as a "clear provocation" which "disregards international law" and risks "setting our entire region on fire."

In a furious post on social media, Erdogan conveyed the condolences of Turkey to the "friendly and brotherly people of Iran" and issued a strong rebuke to Israel.

"Israel has taken its strategy of drowning our region, especially Gaza, in blood, tears and instability to a very dangerous stage," he wrote.

"The Netanyahu administration is trying to drag our region and the entire world into disaster with its reckless, aggressive and lawless actions."

Erdogan called on the international community to prevent further conflict, adding: "We do not want to see more blood, destruction and conflict in the Middle East."

Aww poor guy. Good thing they just made an instrument worthy of playing a sad song for him.

Weather will be the excuse they use to shield Trump's ego form the fact that no one outside of the cult wants to be seen at or associated with the dictator's birthday parade.

Netanyahu is willing to start WWIII just to keep himself in power.

Good thing we're going to get rid of FEMA. /s

The trolls would disappear if you all stopped feeding them.

More: "We're not going away," Noem said just before the disruption. "We are going to liberate the city from the burdensome leadership, mayor and governor."

FTA: The report adds that traditionally, when the National Guard is deployed to assist in distressed communities, they are welcomed with open arms. But soldiers are getting the cold shoulder this time.

"One midlevel officer said their unit would receive 'extremely generous' help when deployed to combat wildfires, including water, sports drinks and food, which played a significant role in morale and tightened the Guard-community relationship," the report notes, before adding one officer conceded, "This is a situation [where] we're against the community."

Says it all.

Someone should remind them they are required to refuse unlawful orders.

I guess it's not really a that much of a surprise since rising oil prices help Russia most of all.

"Hey Babbitt!" - Lou Costello, probably

Skin flutist maybe.

Trump self-owns again.

He was the personification of the tortured artist. And a musical genius.

Third amendment enthusiasts might be about to have their moment in the sun.

More: "With fewer active drilling rigs, we forecast US operators will drill and complete fewer wells through 2026," the EIA said in a monthly report published on Tuesday. Active rigs had "decreased by much more" than it expected in a previous report, it said.

The gloomy official forecast comes just months after Trump was re-elected following a presidential campaign in which he vowed to "unleash" American drilling, promote more oil production, and drive down energy prices.

Page 555 of project 2025.

"In addition to finalizing the southwestern land border wall, the next Administration should take a creative and aggressive approach to tackling these dangerous criminal organizations at the border. This could include use of active-duty military personnel and National Guardsmen to assist in arrest operations along the border"something that has not yet been done."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-
conservative-promise/#document/p555

More: For readers able to handle uncomfortable racial truths: Donald Trump chose Hegseth to take this country back 50 years. He's not qualified to be defense secretary in any other way, and has already proven so. Y'all, the dude accidentally shared real-time information about an impending U.S. bombing run and was not relieved of duty " because his job isn't about making us safer.

Hegseth has been paying dividends for Trump, beginning with his recommittal to honoring white supremacist traitor Confederate general Braxton Bragg's name in February by taking Fort Liberty's name back to Fort Bragg while saying it was for Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Under Hegseth, the armed services also refused to recruit from a program that identifies and cultivates highly-coveted Black engineers. He banned nearly 400 books of mostly African-American authors, including one by me, and even removed Department of Defense web pages on the legendary Jackie Robinson and Native American World War II heroes before being forced to reverse course.

Now he's renaming Naval ships, starting with Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and former Navy lieutenant, whose name is emblazoned on an oiler ship. An unnamed defense official told Military.com that Hegseth purposefully made the announcement during Pride Month.

In a statement, the Pentagon said Hegseth is "committed to ensuring that the names attached to all DOD installations and assets are reflective of the Commander-in-Chief's priorities, our nation's history, and the warrior ethos" and added that "any potential renaming(s) will be announced after internal reviews are complete."

He better change his tune, he's already broke and those lumpy pillows don't sell like they used to.