Tag: Drone Strikes

Military Leaders Were Freaking Out Since Day 1 of Trump’s Boat Strikes

“It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” he added, referring to the massive boondoggle he seeks to build. “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!” The governments of Denmark and Greenland requested Wednesday’s […]

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Military Officials Freaked Out After Trump’s First Boat Strike

“It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” he added, referring to the massive boondoggle he seeks to build. “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!” The governments of Denmark and Greenland requested Wednesday’s […]

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You Won’t Believe What One of the Boats Trump Struck Was Carrying

During the protest Sampson was documenting, which took place at the ICE processing center in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, agents emerged to move the perimeter farther away from the west suburban facility. Their commands to the crowd to move back were unintelligible, several protesters allege. “All of a sudden they were there, in your […]

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We Have New Details of Trump’s Venezuela Attack—and They’re a Doozy

“Did [Russian President Vladimir] Putin agree to a ceasefire to allow a referendum to take place?” a journalist asked Trump Sunday evening during a Palm Beach press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “Not a ceasefire, and that’s one of the points that we’re working on right now,” Trump said. “He feels that look, you […]

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Stephen Miller Wanted to Bomb Mexico. When That Failed, He Pivoted.

“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we won, we won, we won your state massively. They took votes away.” Ralston didn’t keep the call to himself, […]

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Trump Is Bombing Boats Because Stephen Miller Wanted to Bomb Mexico

“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we won, we won, we won your state massively. They took votes away.” Ralston didn’t keep the call to himself, […]

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Try to Make Any Sense of What Trump Is Saying About Venezuelan Oil

Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s telling that after surviving two elections after that, he now thinks his time is up. Newhouse’s retirement means that only one Republican who voted to impeach Trump in Congress, Representative David Valadao of […]

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Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio Wrecked Trump’s Biggest Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio Wreck Trump’s Biggest Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Top Trump Advisers Totally Undermine His Main Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Trump Just Gave Himself the Perfect Excuse to Invade Venezuela

Reiner was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, alongside his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was taken into custody early Monday and is being held on $4 million bail. The motive for the gruesome killing is not clear. But in Donald Trump’s mind, the murder is […]

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Republicans Try to Force Pete Hegseth to Release Boat Strike Video

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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GOP Uses Budget to Try to Force Pete Hegseth to Release Strike Video

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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Pete Hegseth’s Own AI Bot Backfires on His Boat Strikes

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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Trump Pulls a Sudden 180 on Releasing Boat Strike Video

“While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized left…. They joined New Jersey senators, who care more about fighting President Trump than the well being of residents which they serve,” Habba wrote in her resignation letter, posted […]

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MAGA Senator Says Didn’t See Proof of Trump’s Main Claim on Drug Boats

“They have talent. They have talent. The great Gary Player, he hits shots. He’s 90 years old. He still plays good. Shot a 70 with me the other day. He’s 90. We’re playing pretty far back too. He’s incredible. You think [Joe] Biden could do that? I don’t think so. Can’t, can’t lift the club,” […]

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“Clear Distress”: Lawmaker Says Strike Video Wrecks Hegseth’s Defense

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Top Military Commander Showed Lawmakers Boat Strike Video—and It’s Bad

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Top Military Commander Plans Wild Defense of Second Boat Strike

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Pete Hegseth’s Main Defense for Boat Strike Survivors Just Fell Apart

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Bombshell Report Undercuts Pete Hegseth’s Main Defense for Boat Strike

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Trump Backs Pete Hegseth on Boat Strikes Even as GOP Turns on Him

“Larger companies are still hiring,” wrote Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, on X. “Smaller firms (under 50 workers) are doing the layoffs. It’s been a very tough year for small biz due to tariffs and more selective spending from lower and middle-class consumers.” Indeed, smaller employers seem to be taking the […]

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Pete Hegseth Freaks Out When Asked About the Boat Strikes

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Top Military Lawyer Says Trump Ignored His Advice on Boat Strikes

The Trump administration first bungled the release of the files in July, when the Justice Department issued a memo that contradicted Attorney General Pam Bondi on the alleged existence of Epstein’s so-called “client list.” Since then, Trump has attempted to brush off the scandal, repeatedly referring to it as a Democrat-invented “hoax.” “For years our […]

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Rand Paul Compares Trump’s Lawless Caribbean Strikes to Dictatorships

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor Friday. The Brooklyn native extended his support with less than two weeks until Election Day. Early voting in the Big Apple begins Saturday. “Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for […]

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Rand Paul Torches Trump’s “Extrajudicial Killings” in Caribbean Sea

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor Friday. The Brooklyn native extended his support with less than two weeks until Election Day. Early voting in the Big Apple begins Saturday. “Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for […]

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Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About “Water Drugs”

“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said at the time, referring to a phone call he had with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and […]

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JD Vance Makes Crass Joke About (Potentially Illegal) Boat Strikes

One was “to commit, in advance, to approving every” recommendation by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, “regardless of scientific evidence.” The ACIP, responsible for providing national vaccine guidance, has undergone an upheaval under Kennedy—who has fired all of its members and appointed new ones, including vaccine skeptics, in their place. Kennedy’s other directive, […]

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