Mysterious Crime Spree Targeted National Guard
Wired: “A string of previously undisclosed break-ins at Tennessee National Guard armories last fall marks the latest in a growing series of security breaches at military facilities across the United States, raising fresh concerns about the vulnerability of US armories to theft and intrusion.”
“At least some of the break-ins seem to point to potential insider help.”
Justice Department Subpoenas Office of Letitia James
“The U.S. attorney in Albany has issued two broad subpoenas to Attorney General Letitia James of New York, one related to her office’s civil fraud case that resulted in a half-billion dollar penalty against President Trump,” the New York Times reports.
“The second subpoena is related to another of the office’s long-running cases, against the National Rifle Association.”
Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
“President Trump has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations,” the New York Times reports.
“The decision to bring the American military into the fight is the most aggressive step so far in the administration’s escalating campaign against the cartels. It signals Mr. Trump’s continued willingness to use military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs.”
U.S. Peace Deal Would Lock in Russia’s Gains in Ukraine
“Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion,” Bloomberg reports.
“US and Russian officials are working toward an agreement on territories for a planned summit meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as early as next week… The US is working to get buy-in from Ukraine and its European allies on the deal, which is far from certain.”
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Abbott Threatens to Expand His Redistricting Ambitions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) told the Ruthless podcast that he might not stop at trying to redistrict five House seats.
Said Abbott: “What I’m thinking now is that if they don’t start showing up, I may start expanding. We may make it six or seven or eight new seats we’re going to be adding on the Republican side.”
Michigan Lawmaker Drops Out of Senate Race
Michigan state Rep. Joe Tate (D), who was the first Black speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, said that he is suspending his U.S. Senate campaign to move “in a different direction of service,” the Detroit News reports.
Tate struggled to compete with the fundraising numbers put up by the three other Democratic candidates, Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and public health official Abdul El-Sayed.
Greg Abbott Amps Up Pressure on Democrats
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vowed to call “special session after special session after special session” in response to Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state to block redistricting legislation, saying they’ll have to stay out of Texas for years to prevent it becoming law, NBC News reports.
Said Abbott: “We are in the process as we speak right now of searching for, preparing to arrest Democrats who may be in Texas, may be elsewhere.”
He added: “But I’ll tell you this also, Democrats act like they’re not going to come back as long as this is an issue. That means they’re not going to come back until like 2027 or 2028, because I’m going to call special session after special session after special session with the same agenda items on there.”
So Much for the ‘Best Health-Care System in the World’
Jonathan Chait: “Here’s a piece of Republican rhetoric that used to be ubiquitous but that you never hear anymore: America has the best health-care system in the world.”
“Republican politicians liked this line because it helped them dismiss the idea that the system needed major reform. American health care at its finest offered the most advanced treatments anywhere. Democrats wanted to expand coverage, but why mess with perfection?”
“In Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans haven’t given up their opposition to universal coverage—far from it—but they have mostly stopped singing the praises of American health-care innovation. Indeed, they are taking a meat axe to it, slashing medical-research funding while elevating quacks and charlatans to positions of real power. The resulting synthesis is the worst of all worlds: a system that will lose its ability to develop new cures, while withholding its benefits from even more of the poor and sick.”
Xi Pleased Putin Is Attempting to Improve U.S. Ties
“Chinese President Xi Jinping is glad to see the US and Russia talking, he told Vladimir Putin in a phone conversation on Friday,” Bloomberg reports.
“Xi set out China’s position on Ukraine to the Russian leader, describing it as a set of complex issues with no simple solutions.”
Nancy Mace Melts Down at Reporter
After a reporter called out Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for boasting about having secured infrastructure funding for South Carolina that she voted against, Mace attacked her a “raging leftist.”
Said Mace: “You’re very confused. And you’re a raging Democrat, so raging leftist with that kind of questioning. And I would say as a woman, like, you might wanna think about how you view other women and how you treat other women the way that you question them, because women are gonna lead this country off the brink. And conservative women, the first female president of this country is going to be a conservative woman, not some liberal like you.”
Daily Beast: Nancy Mace loses it after being fact-checked to her face.
Don Jr. Posts Image of Father Throwing a Dildo
Donald Trump Jr. posted a photoshopped image of his father, President Donald Trump, throwing a dildo off the White House roof.
Daily Beast: “The meme is a reference both to the president’s recent stroll around the roof of the White House, and to a recent incident involving Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.”
“Cunningham was struck by a sex toy that was thrown onto the court during a WNBA game between Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.”
Trump Lashes Out at Republican Ditching the GOP
President Trump ripped into former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan who changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, calling him a “total loser.”
Said Trump: “We didn’t want him in the Republican Party any longer, so I’m told he became a Democrat. Good riddance Geoff. You don’t even have a chance!!!”
Trump Is Furious with India
Politico: “The unraveling of what had appeared to be a promising trade dynamic between the U.S. and one of the world’s fastest-rising economies illustrates the precarious nature of crafting an economic partnership with a mercurial Trump administration that has freely used high tariff rates to try to bend the world to its will.”
Said Mukesh Aghi, the president and CEO of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum: “We are in a situation now where he is completely upset with India, and the 25 years of effort to build a relationship seems to be going down in 25 hours. We need to arrest this in some manner… because the relationship is critical for both nations.”
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
“As a record number of people in the U.S. are sickened with measles, researchers are resurrecting the search for something long-deemed redundant: treatments for the viral disease,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“After the measles vaccine was introduced in the 1960s, cases of the disease plummeted. By 2000, federal officials had declared measles eliminated from the U.S. This success led to little interest in the development of treatments. But now, as vaccination rates fall and infections rise, scientists are racing to develop drugs they say could prevent or treat the disease in vulnerable and unvaccinated people.”
Swiss Leader Stood Up to Trump and It Backfired on Her
“Karin Keller-Sutter admires the grit of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and as Swiss president is known as technocratic and tenacious. Those traits look to have backfired when she faced off with Donald Trump and led her country into crisis,” Bloomberg reports.
“With Trump levying the highest tariffs in the developed world on Switzerland at 39% — more than double the European Union’s rate — there’s little relief in sight.”
Trump Is Making CEOs’ Business His Business
“In dealing with America’s biggest companies, the commander in chief has no qualms about acting as the micromanager in chief,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“President Trump took his penchant for telling corporate bosses how to run their companies to another level Thursday by publicly calling on Intel’s chief executive to resign. The move wasn’t out of character: Trump has told Detroit carmakers not to raise prices and demanded Walmart ‘eat the tariffs.’ He has pressured the Washington Commanders football team to change its name and wants Coca-Cola to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup.”
“All of that intervention is creating a risk for business leaders who thought they had largely figured out the Trump playbook.”
Washington Post: America’s CEOs come to the White House bearing gifts and flattery.
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