Rob Blanton

MS NOW analyzed Trump Justice Department data and found Kash Patel is making false statements about FBI crime stats. The FBI under Patel has brought thousands fewer criminal cases than previous administrations. The findings rebut Patel's claims that he has led a crackdown on violent crime.

NEWS: Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, is sounding the alarm about Trump’s treatment of America’s allies.

Imagine having grifted millions and millions of dollars off your father’s political career like Don Jr, including government contracts in multiple businesses where you have an ownership stake, and STILL having a Russian oligarch pay for your lavish wedding. Just obscene.

As we have seen in Texas, Florida, and other places, Republicans can control everything for 30 years in their states and still blame Democrats for their failures, so what Republicans are doing nationally is their standard playbook. They accept responsibility for nothing.

President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...

Periodic reminder that Ukraine is one of our best allies. Between the intelligence sharing, capability sharing (drones, counter drone systems), and the fact they’re degrading the capability of one of our primary adversaries, anyone rooting against them looks even dumber now.

The Supreme Court on Monday gave the president the authority to remove the leadership of most agencies that Congress had set up to act independently of presidential control. “Today, the majority reshapes our Government.”

Another step towards authoritarian rule.

Watch Thomas Massie turn the tables and completely own Fox News Digital reporter Nicholas Ballasy. Just incredible.

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

From the National Mall to the Strait of Hormuz, the president is contending with two problems that defy his ability to convince his supporters to disregard what they can see with their own eyes, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:

NO DEAL. Iran rejects Trump's new claim that he reached an agreement to cancel tonight's strikes on Iran as baseless, saying no agreement has been approved at all, and all of Trump's words should be disregarded like all his previous 38 times deal-imminent announcements over two months, per Tasnim.

Hegseth plans to cancel Tomahawk missile sales to Germany because he's afraid Putin will disapprove, Politico says. Actually it's more clear evidence of US realignment with Putin. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

exactly...

This precedent could also be applied to government officials who blow people up in boats without a declared war, due process, evidence, or trial.

Ditto

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Most serious people already acknowledged that Iran could withstand a blockade for longer than we would be willing to maintain one. Anyone who thought this blockade was a good idea should be fired immediately due to lack of basic analytical ability.

Trial run for canceling the midterms and ‘28 national elections

Conservatives want to police how we talk about Donald Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else, Jonathan Chait argues:

My hometown of Nashville -- a blue city which went about two-thirds for Harris-Walz in 2024 -- was gerrymandered by the TN GOP into three different districts all represented by Republicans now, so please get in line to complain about how unfair this all is, Virginia Republicans

I can’t unsee a carotid endarterectomy preop arteriogram

I second this emotion

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Exactly this. It’s honestly concerning that we’ve hit over 15,000 targets and aren’t seeing any real strategic value out of it. Iranian missiles are increasingly getting through Israeli air defenses. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and we are preparing boots on the ground.

Trump is threatening NATO with consequences if they don’t join a war that none of them had a say in and that Trump now can’t figure out how to get out of. Dumbest possible timeline.

WTF?

10. The Russians are not only helping the Iranians kill Americans, but they are also helping reduce the supply of oil, which raises the price of oil, which pressures Trump to ease oil sanctions, which enriches the Russians, which rewards them for helping Iran kill Americans. Right?

He’s taking his love of gold drapes too far.

Some spaghetti finally stuck to the wall

The Trump administration has America closer than ever to war with Iran. Are Democrats willing to have the blood of our soldiers on their hands, or will they drop the Epstein matter once and for all?

www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/p...

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

FACT CHECK: TRUE

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

I'm really tired of Stephen Miller playing president.

What a fucking embarrassment. Trump says part of the reason he’s pushing for Greenland is that he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, so now he doesn’t think “purely of peace” Looking forward to Mike Johnson not seeing this letter until 2050.

Second amendment rights also extend to non-MAGATS.

Mind blowing

So I guess it’s ok to kidnap another country’s leader. Russia if you’re listening.

So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago. And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.

20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding. Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers. Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.

How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?