“President Donald Trump will attend a National Security Council meeting on Friday morning, the White House said late on Thursday after Israeli strikes on Iran that have put the Middle East on edge,” Reuters reports.
Quote of the Day
“It’s horrible. It is shocking at every level. It’s not the America I know.”
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), speaking out against the handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA).
Rand Paul in Bitter Dispute with Stephen Miller
“A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month,” CNN reports.
“Key Trump adviser Stephen Miller came to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Republicans on Thursday to resolve a disagreement over money for the bill’s border security provisions.”
“Paul and Miller have been locked in a dispute for days over the border funding. The White House is seeking $150 billion in funds for border security and deportation. But Paul – who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – has repeatedly lashed out against the price tag of Trump’s bill and wants to dramatically cut down that funding.”
Trump Claims 15,000 ‘Gold Card’ Visas Have Been Sold
President Trump claimed “more than 15,000 foreigners have signed up for the Trump ‘gold card’ that offers applicants residency and a path to U.S. citizenship,” USA Today reports.
GOP Lawmaker Says Padilla Is Part of the ‘Cartel Caucus’
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) suggested Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was supporting Mexican drug cartels at a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Said Davidson: “I didn’t know the Senate had a Cartel Caucus to protect the interests of the cartels, but maybe so.”
Trump Urges Iran to Make a Deal
“President Trump said he encouraged Iran to make a nuclear deal and had warned the country’s leadership there could be lethal consequences for failing to negotiate,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Trump: “Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”
He added: “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.”
Israel’s Bold, Risky Attack
Tom Nichols: “At the end of the classic 1972 film The Godfather, the new don of the family, Michael Corleone, attends a baptism while his men wipe out the heads of the other New York mafia families—all of them Michael’s enemies, and all intending one day to do him harm. Rather than wait for their eventual attacks, Michael dispatched them himself. ‘Today, I settled all family business,’ Michael says to his traitorous brother-in-law, before having him killed.”
“Tonight, the Israelis launched a broad, sweeping attack on Iran that seems like an attempt to settle, so to speak, all family business. The Israeli government has characterized this offensive as a ‘preemptive’ strike on Iran: ‘We are now in a strategic window of opportunity and close to a point of no return, and we had no choice but to take action,’ an Israeli military official told reporters. Israeli spokespeople suggest that these attacks, named Operation Rising Lion, could go on for weeks.”
“But calling this a ‘preemptive’ strike is questionable. The Israelis, from what we know so far, are engaged in a preventive war: They are removing the source of a threat by surprise, on their own timetable and on terms they find favorable. They may be justified in doing so, but such actions carry great moral and practical risks.”
Raptors at the Door
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Hundreds of ‘No Kings’ Rallies Planned
“Boasting tanks, cannons, soldiers and fireworks, President Trump’s military parade Saturday is designed to be a spectacle. Opponents to Trump want their nationwide protests that day to be an even bigger one,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Progressive groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Teachers, Planned Parenthood and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign office are planning peaceful protests in over 2,000 cities across the U.S.”
New York Times: Trump bristles at “No Kings” protests.
America’s Political System Is on Edge
Punchbowl News: “The national political scene is on the verge of boiling over.”
GOP Megabill Boosts Wealthy Households
“Republicans’ tax-and-spending megabill would give more money to middle-income and high-income households while taking benefits away from low-income people, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Cuomo and Mamdani Tear Into Each Other
“Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany,” CNN reports.
Fetterman Wants Israel to ‘Keep Wiping Out’ Iranians
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) urged Israel to “keep wiping out” Iranian scientists and military officials.
Said Fetterman: “Our commitment to Israel must be absolute and I fully support this attack. Keep wiping out Iranian leadership and the nuclear personnel. We must provide whatever is necessary—military, intelligence, weaponry—to fully back Israel in striking Iran.”
Tensions Explode on House Floor
Rep. John Mannion (D-NY) shocked colleagues in both parties by tearing into Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) in what sources described as a tense and profane confrontation over the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a press conference, Axios reports.
Mannion reportedly told Lawler: “You’ve got to do something. Stand up. Grow a pair of balls.”
Lawler’s response: “Fuck you… I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Top State Department Official Posts Attack on Colleague
“Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state, posted and then quickly deleted a statement on Wednesday evening attacking another high-level U.S. diplomat and criticizing the NATO military alliance as ‘a solution in search of a problem,’” the New York Times reports.
Iran Launches Massive Drone Attack on Israel
Iran has launched more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory, CNN reports.
Said IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin: “This is a different event to what we’ve experienced thus far, and we’re expecting difficult hours.”
Iran Accuses U.S. of Aiding Israel
“Iran has the right to retaliate against Israel, its foreign ministry said Friday, accusing Washington of aiding the overnight attack, despite U.S. claims otherwise,” CNN reports.
From a statement: “Such acts of aggression by the Zionist regime against Iran could not have occurred without coordination and authorization from the United States. Accordingly, the U.S. government, as the regime’s primary backer, is also responsible for the dangerous consequences of this reckless escalation.”
Appeals Court Lets Trump Keep National Guard for Now
“An appeals court late Thursday allowed President Donald Trump, for now, to keep the California National Guard deployed in response to protests in Los Angeles, blocking a federal judge’s move just hours earlier that ordered the Trump administration to return control of the troops to California Gov. Gavin Newsom,” the Washington Post reports.
New York Times: “The administration quickly filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Court, which temporarily stopped the ruling from taking effect while it considers the case.”
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