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Trump suing Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion is such lovely news. Its a win win all around as presumably the love has gone out of that relationship. Remember when Rupert Murdoch would catch and kill stories about Trump for free. As far as the files are concerned Trump now says he "leave it up to the courts". When "illegal immigrants" are concerned Trump ignores court orders.

It appears as though the leaks have started. Naturally Trump is deep in the perversion. Trump sent Epstein a birthday letter in 2003 "it contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman," the (Wall Street) Journal reports. "A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly 'Donald' below her waist, mimicking pubic hair." The letter ends with the signoff: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” "In 2002, a year before the birthday card, Trump told New York magazine, "I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

"Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a murmur of explanation." "On Monday, for instance, in letting Mr. Trump dismantle the Education Department, the majority’s unsigned order was a single four-sentence paragraph entirely devoted to the procedural mechanics of pausing a lower court’s ruling. What the order did not include was any explanation of why the court had ruled as it did. It was an exercise of power, not reason. The silence was even more striking in the face of a 19-page dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson." Long after Trump is dead, after MAGA splinters into the winds of Wyoming. The evil turds that Trump laid in the USSC will continue to destroy the American constitution. They won't have to come out and say that government itself is bad and needs to be dismantled. Their decisions will do that for them. America will have more billionaires than anywhere else by a huge factor. Poverty will become endemic as fires and floods sweep the country. Because there is no explanation behind the decisions. When democrats take control of the new monarchy any attempts to swing the pendulum back can be blocked by the court. Mitch McConnell's legacy of blocking Obama's judicial USSC nomination with 10 months left in his term as president. Because an election was "so close". Was just a preamble for Trump's real lasting legacy.

"The documents were filed in April 2011 as part of an ongoing battle between Epstein and Bradley Edwards, who represented many of Epstein's underage accusers, according to the New York Post. The same filing also cites an underage victim's allegation that Epstein’s "girlfriend-turned-pal" Ghislane Maxwell recruited her at Mar-a-Lago to be the couple’s “sex slave.”

The US King sure has an alternative view on tariffs. His big announcement today was that the US was going to impose 100% tariffs on Russia if it doesn't achieve peace within 50 days. I have yet to hear the question asked or an answer proposed on how thats going to work. How does the US collect a "tariff" or "secondary tariff" on a transaction between two other parties, two other countries? When Russia sells oil to China and ships it via a pipeline. How exactly are the rocket surgeons in the WH going to figure a bill and get it paid? Putin must be laughing his ass off today. Xi is probably thinking the weed in the WH is very good. Trump can't get a 10% tariff to stick there is no way 100% on China or India will stick on US imports.

"WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he might revoke talk show host Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship after she criticized his administration's handling of weather forecasting agencies in the wake of the deadly Texas floods, the latest salvo in a years-long feud the two have waged over social media. "Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, invoking a deportation rationale the administration has used in attempts to remove foreign-born protesters from the country." America and its King are swirling in the toilet bowl.

A few months back it was the Houthis that was the big national threat. In the last week they have sunk two more ships yet the "national threat and national interest" has vanished After losing that war with the Houthis Trump seems to have forgotten that area of the world.

The perfect definition as to why America is so dangerous. Not as dangerous as Russia, China, NK and Iran. But next in line. "Actionable intelligence" is an oxymoron when Trump is concerned. He disregards completely intelligence reports from the CIA and FBI. Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, etc. and lately Laura Loomer are the ones advising Trump's "gut instinct".

Within the last week Trump has told Israel that it has to stop the prosecution of Netanyahu or he would punish Israel. The Israeli prosecutors office cancelled a scheduled prosecution hearing. Then Trump demanded Bolsonaro's trial end in Brazil or he would put 50% tariffs on Brazil. Its no joke that Trump has been publishing memes relating to god. From the republican party nothing, from evangelicals nothing and from FOX more praise.

Big time. "The State Department cable obtained by The Washington Post paints a chilling picture of the attack's execution. The perpetrators created a Signal account impersonating Rubio's official email address and left AI-generated voicemails that perfectly mimicked the Secretary's voice and communication patterns. Recipients had every reason to believe these messages originated from America's top diplomat, potentially exposing classified information and compromising delicate diplomatic negotiations. This was not an isolated incident. The FBI warned in May that these campaigns specifically aim to elicit information or funds from senior government leaders, with malicious actors systematically targeting officials across federal, state, and international jurisdictions. The message is clear: America's enemies have weaponized AI against our leadership, and traditional security measures are failing to keep pace." Once NK, China, Russia and Iran get onboard with this new form of warfare nothing will be safe.

Well he does have God on his side: As an aside this is a post Trump himself made on his website. Deuteronomy 18:20 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”

Copper is necessary for the development of AI data centres and Elon is building a couple. Trump is just trying to stick it to an old friend. Its what he does. A neat side effect is that domestic copper producers can increase prices at the same time.Because domestic industrial users have to buy it. Everybody wins. Right?

Trump is an easy guy to figure out. Praise and flattery will go along way with him. Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, has nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. An award that Trump has openly stated that he wants and deserves. I support Israel, I support the elimination of Hamas. But Netanyahu is on trial for corruption and is an indicted war criminal.

Isn't god always kind, loving and filled with forgiveness. Until you're at the pearly gates for judgment. Where some go directly to eternal damnation. I'm sure its also Biden's fault in some form or another..

Speaking of the felon:

Nobody has driven ICE enforcement policy like Stephen Miller. He has developed unfettered access to the DOJ and virtually every other government bureaucracy. All to drive the expulsion of anyone ICE can scoop up. "The massive package sets aside about $170 billion to support the Trump's administration's border and immigration goals, which includes detaining and deporting a record number of people from the U.S....The final bill allocates $45 billion for immigration detention centers, as well as about $30 billion to hire more ICE personnel, for transportation costs, and to maintain ICE facilities, among other spending. It comes as detention centers operate beyond their capacity. " The expansion of beds in the concentration camps...er..."detention facilities" will go to over 170,000. $170 billion is about 1/2 of what the government spends on all veteran benefits and services. Oh well veterans were getting too much anyway!

Give credit where credit is due, no pun intended. Trump has been president for 167 days and in the last 115 a trillion has been added to the national debt.

God has forsaken Texas. Just look at the Cowboys for proof.

Oh hell no. I briefly tuned into FOX this morning. The answer is in president Trump spending day and night in prayer. For all Texans and Americans praying for all involved.

Agree The propensity of democrats to shoot themselves in the feet. Is equally matched by republican extremism.

Perhaps he intends the America Party to be the sole political party on Mars? Either way his organizational skills, use of "X", cash and conservative values. Could siphon off an easy 20% of conservative votes. Which would result in the decimation of the republican majorities.

Coming soon to every district near you. A perfect way to split the vote on the right. Finally some good news for the good old USA. Thanks Elon.

Oh hell, Ukraine runs more effective operations against the enemy on a monthly basis. A single B-2 bomber costs $2 billion. Trump waited until Israel had complete air superiority over the entirety of the country. Cue real hero's fighting the military the B-2 was designed to fight. " Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, was the deputy chief of the Russian Navy, in charge of coastal and ground forces." ... "Ukraine has accused the 155th brigade of killing civilians in Kyiv’s suburbs in the early weeks of the war and of executing prisoners of war."..."General Gudkov had been killed on Wednesday “during combat operations” in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine. An obituary published on social media by a marines veterans association said four missiles had struck the brigade’s command center in the village of Korenevo, about 17 miles from the border, killing General Gudkov and nine other people, “many of them senior officers.” In other news Two days ago Trump ordered a halt to the shipment of more missiles to Ukraine. Previously "I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks," Trump told reporters, the latest amid a string of critical public remarks made by Trump about Putin. Since Sunday, Trump has written multiple posts on social media saying that Putin has gone "absolutely crazy" and is "playing with fire" after Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine." That two week deadline was five weeks ago. Trump and Putin talked on the phone yesterday and Putin told Trump to pound sand.

Agree, safeguards for the poor and working poor are necessary but the inherent power of capitalism is necessary. Together with the power from taxes to pay debts and pay for programs. Agree but not at the cost of the environment or reasonable protections for all. Agree big time and throw teachers in with that. Energy is a huge component in the economy and here is an excellent NYT companion article. There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. "Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security." Currently US data centers consume 4.4% of all electrical demand. "According to new projections published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in December, by 2028 more than half of the electricity going to data centers will be used for AI. At that point, AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households."

Thanks for that. The Atlantic has great writers. Automation continues as does the growth in the service economy. Agree, revolutions in productivity always bring about populist solutions that seldom level the playing field, seldom contain the correct concise answers. At least immediately.