The Trump Mobile T1 phone is just a gold-painted version of the HTC U24 Pro which came out in 2024, iFixIt reports.
Trump Working on Plan to ‘Expunge’ Impeachments
“President Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The resolution would allow Trump to claim a symbolic victory on a matter that has dogged him since his first term, part of a broader effort to burnish his presidential legacy. It would have little legal significance, however, because the Constitution provides no procedure for undoing an impeachment, according to experts.”
Chuck Schumer Is Ready for Redemption
Politico: “Chuck Schumer has served as a punching bag for angry Democrats for more than a year — taking flak on everything from his 2026 recruiting to his handling of government funding talks.”
“But with about five months until the midterm elections, the Senate minority leader is gently starting to punch back — pointing out how some of his bets are paying off as his party moves within striking distance of taking back the majority in November.”
Kennedy Center to Fight Order to Remove Trump’s Name
Washington Post: “The Kennedy Center’s board voted to fight a federal judge’s order to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts center, less than 36 hours before the deadline to take it down.”
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Ohio Poll Could Portend Trouble for Republicans
Charlie Cook: “A Fox News poll could well be the canary in the midterm coal mine, suggesting far greater danger for Republicans in November than was previously evident…”
“When reading the numbers that follow, you should know that unreleased, private, high-quality polls conducted for both sides show similar results; this poll is not an outlier. And while Fox News has its fans and detractors, its polling is first-rate.”
Precision U.S. Strikes Hit Iranian Water Facility
New York Times: “Strikes early Wednesday destroyed what appears to be a drinking-water facility on Iran’s southern coast, near the Strait of Hormuz… Around the time of the strikes, the U.S. Central Command said in a post on X that it had conducted attacks near the strait ‘with precision munitions from U.S. Air Force and Navy fighter jets…'”
“It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the water facilities, or knew what was in the buildings. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime under international law.”
Phillips O’Brien: War crimes seem to be official U.S. policy now.
Trump Unveils the UFC ‘Claw’ Ahead of Cage Match
New York Times: “The White House welcomed reporters and influencers from around the world onto the South Lawn for half an hour on Thursday morning to inspect the towering, claw-like superstructure that has been built there for the Ultimate Fighting Championship bout that President Trump is hosting on his 80th birthday this weekend.”
“While the president sat inside the White House, fulminating about the war in Iran — “We will be taking Kharg Island,” he threatened online — dozens of people wandered dazedly inside the monsterama he built out back, trying to get a sense for how Sunday’s showdown will play out. It is sure to be a night unlike any other in Washington history.”
Huge ‘8647’ Etched Into Grass on the National Mall
CNN: “The numbers ‘8647’ — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump’s birthday on Sunday.”
Postal Service Proposes Blocking Some Mail Ballots
“The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don’t turn over voter rolls to the federal government,” the New York Times reports.
“The rule, proposed last week, is vaguely written but appears to establish broad authority for the agency to intervene in the mail voting process. It calls on states to compile lists of mail voters that Postal Service employees would use to screen ballots for eligibility. If states refuse to comply, the agency could refuse to send their mail ballots.”
“Democrats and voting-rights groups say the proposed rule is clear evidence that the Trump administration is trying to unconstitutionally intrude on state-run elections.”
Kash Patel’s Big Test Is the World Cup
Reuters: “With 48 teams, 36 base camps and 11 stadiums, the World Cup, which kicks off on Thursday, is one of the biggest security challenges the FBI has ever faced.”
“That’s before you account for 3 million visitors, including heads of state, not to mention threats from drones, spies, terrorists, drunken fans, cartels or pyrotechnics.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tests Her Message for 2028
CNN: “The New York congresswoman is truly undecided about what she’ll do in 2028, when she can run for president or for the seat held by Sen. Chuck Schumer. But Ocasio-Cortez, 36, is positioning herself to try to reach nationally beyond the deepest blue parts of the Democratic base — and making clear in private that whatever she decides, she has no interest in being merely a protest candidate.”
“Whatever she runs for — including possibly just re-election to her ultra-safe House seat, which has provided quite the platform already — she says she wants to make sure she wins. Same goes for any candidates she backs. And for legislation she gets behind.”
A Grim Milestone
New York Times: “The war in Ukraine has often been compared to World War I for its brutal infantry assaults and heavy casualties. Yet the idea that it could, by any measure, surpass a conflict so long and bloody that French soldiers hoped it would be “the last of the last” once seemed unthinkable.”
“That is just what happened on Thursday. The war in Ukraine — which reached 1,569 days, or more than four years and three months — has now outlasted World War I.”
Congress Is Increasingly Defying Trump
“Congress is increasingly defying Donald Trump’s agenda as Republicans race against a ticking clock to keep their trifecta heading into November,” Politico reports.
“Trump’s made a spate of calls for sweeping changes that have fallen flat on the Hill in recent months. His push to eliminate the filibuster doesn’t have the votes, a fact Senate Majority Leader John Thune has repeated. Calls to replace the Senate parliamentarian landed on deaf ears. And it’s a big zilch on his push to eliminate the blue slip privilege on judicial nominations.”
Biden’s Mexico Ambassador Almost Ran for President
“For nearly four years, Ken Salazar — the U.S. ambassador to Mexico under former President Joe Biden — grew increasingly frustrated with the White House’s border plan,” Politico reports.
“Salazar says he begged for a ‘border czar’ to run point on interagency coordination; he never got one, and instead, the moniker was inaccurately and problematically affixed to then-Vice President Kamala Harris. He asked for the White House to openly call it a border ‘crisis’; the designation came too late.”
“Salazar became so distraught that by July 2024, three weeks after Biden’s disastrous presidential debate performance, he decided to take matters into his own hands: ‘I should run for president,’ Salazar told himself, according to his forthcoming book.”
Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes Planned for Tonight
Donald Trump said the final points of a deal with Iran have been approved by “all parties,” adding that he would call off “strikes and bombings” against the Islamic republic, the Financial Times reports.
Said Trump: “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have . . . cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings.”
Trump Picks Jay Clayton as National Intelligence Director
“President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is nominating Jay Clayton to become the next permanent director of national intelligence,” CNBC reports.
“Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and is the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.”
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