US presidents have made their public speeches about Iran for many years.

President #Obama, just like #Trump, focused on Iran's nuclear program, as if it was a valid reason to give or withhold peace from them, depending on Iran's choice.

The United States has nuclear weapons and has used them. Which nations can be trusted to possess these devastating weapons?

(I would say none.)

#Iran #peace #war #history #USA

Trump was not the first president to wage war without approval from Congress.

Barack Obama broke this rule before him, in his 2011war against Libya.

Trump ordered the attacks that killed the leaders of Iran.

Obama ordered the attacks that resulted in the death of the leader of Libya.

The war machine has been going on and on for generations. Why? Because the love of man has grown cold. He kills and justifies himself for doing it.

#Trump #Obama #war #history #Libya #Iran #oil

Shameful

#RFKJr targets #Fauci & pushes #medical #misinformation in fiery CNN interview

In attempting to rewrite the history of the #US #Covid-19 response, “Health” Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday pinned the blame for pandemic lockdowns on Dr. Anthony Fauci, while simultaneously reviving a string of debunked assertions about #vaccines, #RSV & #measles.

#Trump #PublicHealth #science #medicine #PublicDisservice #eugenics #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #USpol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/rfk-jr-fauci-medical-misinformation

RE: https://masto.nyc/@rejinl/117026794913427870

Spain is in Ceuta because it was part of Al-Andalus. after 1492 it became NOT a migration point but an EXPULSION point.

#Morocco has been complicit with #Spain since the days of the Hapsburgs. they helped La Corona in #deportations of spanish moros, sefaradís and even iberian ethnic groups like basque, gallegos, catalanes.

#Marruecos is to #España what El Salvador is today to #Trump and #MAGA #Project2025.

Spain’s first sugar plantations were worked by moro & sefaradí slaves in Morocco.

🧵…

@altreconomia #ICE Detention Centers using Google Maps ?

Google #Maps Has Removed Reviews of ICE #DetentionCenters, Silencing the Voices of Detainees

https://altreconomia.it/google-maps-ha-cancellato-le-recensioni-delle-carceri-dellice-togliendo-voce-ai-rinchiusi/#ICE_detention_centers

#googlemaps #Current_Events #The_Intercept #McCammon #Trump #ICE

USA v. #Hearn the former Olympic athlete charged with destruction of the Reflecting Pool without cited evidence on a bare bones indictment which discloses nothing beyond a recitation of the statute.

Well, they did seize his bicycle but he soon got that back.

What they seized was his cell phone, after indictment, since he had taken a photo of the failed lining of the Reflecting Pool before he touched it. The 2026/07/10 motion is about getting that back because it has privileged information and proof of innocence and they knew the latter because he shared that photo.

h/t Roger Parloff, Independent Journalist

The new judge has a status conference where Hearn's attendance is compulsory scheduled for this coming Monday, 2026/07/20. It's going to be fire. 🔥 Which is appropriate when Jeanine Pirro baselessly prosecutes you with an *arson* statute.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28476291-hearn-motion/

https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mqoohbz3zk2b

Gift link to the 2026/06/20 Washington Post article which shared this photo: https://wapo.st/4fh5jrX

#Trump #ReflectingPool #Pirro #LawFedi #RogerParloff #Parloff

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In a photo taken by David Hearn minutes before his arrest, a partially detached piece of the dark blue Reflecting Pool liner is visible and the underlying gray concrete substrate. The top of Hearn's shoe can be seen at the bottom of the photo along with his reflection in the water's surface.

New *motion* (not order, sorry) in USA v. #Hearn the former Olympic athlete charged with destruction of the Reflecting Pool without cited evidence on a bare bones indictment which discloses nothing beyond a recitation of the statute. #LawFedi

Because Hearn has exculpatory evidence, and the government has copies, and the #ReflectingPool is being repaired *under warranty* this begets the question of what exactly #JeaninePirro told the Grand Jury to get an indictment against someone who didn't lift section of the lining out of the water, like some of the misdemeanor defendants introduced in the discovery meeting.

So today, 2026/07/27, we have that question asked as "Defendant's Motion for Disclosure of Grand Jury Minutes and Legal Instructions."

Why?

> the Government's sole grand-jury witness on damages testified ① the property was already damaged before Mr. Hearn allegedly touched it; ② that the same repairs would have been required regardless of Mr. Hearn's conduct; and ③ that he could not quantify any loss attributable to that conduct.

(page 2)

Did the Government fail to disclose the exculpatory "before" photo to the GJ? Yes, yes they did.

(page 8)

Did the Government fail to allow the GJ to even question the only eyewitness? Yes, yes they did.

(page 8)

They also pause to point out that the #DOJ of #Trump and #ToddBlanche has pulled this type of stunt before invalidating the trust that they even respect the Rule of Law.

Wham line:

> Mr. Hearn needs to learn whether the grand jury was properly instructed that the charge required him to have caused over $1000 in damages, when the testimony failed to establish that he caused any damage at all. So does the Court.

(page 11)

2026/07/31 Update in USA v. #Hearn the former Olympic athlete charged with destruction of the Reflecting Pool without cited evidence on a bare bones indictment which discloses nothing beyond a recitation of the statute. #LawFedi

Sensing that she has cornered herself, the unqualified #JeaninePirro seeks a compromised between #Trump's wishes and the concept of justice under the rule of law.

15 minutes before the close of business on Friday, Pirro files a motion to dismiss the felony indictment without prejudice, meaning it could be reinstated at any later time withing the statute of limitations. Why? Because the Department of Interior mislead her that the damage was due to vandalism and not a bad installation job by Trump's no-bid contractors — or so she says. But ...

① That doesn't explain how she got the indictment itself on non-evidence

② That doesn't explain how she disregarded the physical evidence that Hearn documented the before state as damaged equivalent to after

③ Even if true, that's grounds for dismissal with prejudice and a full apology in gold leaf on parchment from Trump, Pirro, and everyone at the DOJ above Pirro.

④ Pirro continues to credit the eyewitnesses that Hearn reached in with two hands and violently pulled up a section, but doesn't offer documentary evidence of this from the 24/7 video cameras.

Sociopath

#Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.

“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

#law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/

#US General warns #Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect #Israel

A shortage of #Navy destroyers, used to defend against #Iran ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of US European Command to prioritize the US homeland instead, officials said.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/01/general-warns-pentagon-he-lacks-sufficient-forces-protect-israel/

So VERY reminiscent of “if you don’t test so much the number COVID cases won’t be so high!” #Trump “logic”.

If the #Fed meets less often, reports of higher #inflation & a struggling #economy won’t be so abundant.

#KevinWarsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings

The #FederalReserve has met at least 8 times a year for DECADES. Reducing the number of meetings would represent the biggest change by Kevin M. Warsh since Trump appointed him chairman.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/federal-reserve-warsh-meetings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.gAOR.w90DdcQIOBKw&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#US & #Israel🚨are planning what'd be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infra🎯s in Iran, with strikes possible throughout the weekend. There was some discussion about trying to conclude by the time FIN markets open Mon.

#Trump's yet to give the final go orders. The MIL strike plan came up his CAB mtg at Camp David -high-lev US discussions Fri about🚨CUTTING ELECTRICITY ACROSS TEHRAN➡️but no decision yet.
US troops/others➡️imperiled‼️
#IranWar #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-israel-iran-war-energy-related-targets-trump/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@msmagazine2019/politics-ekhga7m9z/-/a-Wa8CZQUsRqmm2SAB62V_kg%3Aa%3A3253227477-%2F0

I mean they're such great parents themselves..../s

#Trump

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/117016982032713825

And so, another pointless Trumpian Saga closes....

#LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #DOJ #Trump

oheso boosted

Heidi Li Feldman » 🌐 2026-07-31 / 2026-07-31
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social

Here’s DoJ’s official conclusion as to the cause of the peeling liner at the Reflecting Pool: “hasty and botched work”. (Worth reading entire paragraph in pic.) 5/5

Alt...

Specifically, the newly released documents reveal that work on installing the lining almost immediately fell behind, due to a combination of very rainy and windy weather, repeated failures of testing on the sealing of the expansion joints, and delays in obtaining sealing product at the worksite. The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed.

RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/117017204578276777

Trump doesn't pick his minions because they are smart and competent, he picks them because they are weak, needy, loyal and disposable.

#LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #Trump #DOJ #USPol #USPolitics

Tuesday: Local officials' attempts to investigate the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have been stonewalled at every turn. They've even consulted with Minneapolis for tips on forcing #ICE to face justice. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-ice-killing-district-attorney-trump/

#police #law #fascism #Trump #Houston #GulfCoast #news #Texas

Judge says #Trump admin still lacks evidence for #Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/judge-says-trump-admin-still-lacks-evidence-for-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-label/

#cybersecurity #politics #AI

For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again.
Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.
https://archive.ph/P8g2l #globalmuseum #museums #Trump #Smithsonian

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Last year, Kim Sajet of the National Portrait Gallery was targeted by President Trump, who described her as “highly partisan.” “I could see that it was going to become a real witch hunt,” she said of resigning. Credit...Taylor Glascock for The New York Times

#USA gov't map of #Africa mislabels every country at global conference ‼️

The map contained an #AI watermark imdicating it was made w/ OpenAI tools. 👀

It had:
• Nigeria (where #US currently has several hundred troops deployed) as landlocked in the Sahara Desert
• Mozambique, which is in southeastern Africa, relocated to the Horn of Africa
• Ivory ​Coast in West Africa was placed on the other side of the continent

The State Dept blamed a staffer.

#trump #TrumpAdmin
--
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-government-map-africa-mislabels-every-country-global-conference-2026-07-30/

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July 30, 2026 12:28 PM UTC US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference By Jessica Donati Current APS Funding Opportunities $80м Up to DATA, SURVEYS & SURVEILLANCE awards • NIGERIA Up to $200M Up to 20 awards • MOZAMBIQUE Up to $180M Up to 15 awards • UGANDA Up to $60м Up to 15 awards CÔTE D'IVOIRE Up to $50м Up to 3 awards | MALAWI Up to $35M annually Up to 4 awards • CAMEROON Up to $5.4м Up to 3 awards Note: This is the second round of awards A screen shows a U.S. government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26, 2026, in this picture obtained by REUTERS

Update. "Fired Over Speech, Professors Take Their Employers to Court—and Win."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/academic-freedom/2026/07/30/fired-over-speech-professors-take-their-employers-court

"The recent spate of censorship and academic freedom violations is the worst since the McCarthy era, according to one lawyer. But as faculty rack up legal victories, universities may start to think twice before punishing extramural speech."

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Basically, most of the world hates the #Trump's

"The Trump Family Sparks a Revolution in Albania"

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/trump-kushner-flamingo-revolution-albania/688030/

“Why didn’t you stand up, one by one, and walk out during Trump’s obscene tsunami of lies that he called a speech? … What’s it going to take for you to grow a spine? … One of you, just one, should stand up in the White House press room the next time Trump shows his pancake-plastered face down there and ask…: what the fuck is wrong with you? “
—Lucian K. Truscott IV
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/bended-knees-on-the-potomac-white
#trump #usa #media

@Rasta @RegGuy

I am a #whistleBlower against #AccentureFederalServices and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. I had voted #democrat until that point.

Then, I was brutalized by police and jailed, 4 times by the #Biden regime, and once by the #Trump regime ( extrajudicially incarcerated, without trial, or due process ).

All charges were dropped, as I fought in court. They never had any reason to arrest me. It was an attempt at whistleblower intimidation.

This is my account:

https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

I have been #homeless since 2023 , except for a few months.

If you had told me that both sides were the same, in 2022, I would have laughed. Now, I believe it.

Healthcare was complicated and expensive.
People wanted Universal Healthcare.
So Obama sold us #ObamaCare
Now, #healthcare is complicated, expensive, AND mandatory.
More money for “the healthcare industry”.

After the market crash of 2008, where many Americans lost their retirement savings, it was #Obama who stopped the investigation into the #corruption behind the crash.

Trump is not much better than Obama.

Yes, both sides are the same, and they both work for the rich.

I am now in #Japan , seeking political asylum, and have been homeless for a while, and without medical care. I have had to go hungry for days at a time, a few times, as every NPO aimed at helping refugees, has denied me help.

With all due respect, #Takaichi san’s #government is violating the UN convention on #refugees by denying me basic protections and #HumanRights

Can you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.

#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing

#GiftArticle
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the removal of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.

#Trump #COVID #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Senator #RandPaul accuses Dr. #Fauci of funding research in China that sparked the #pandemic, & then lying about it to #Congress — outrageous accusations Dr. Fauci vehemently denies.

In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [ #NIAID ], including during the #Covid pandemic.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

“the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’”Dr. #Fauci said

Dr. Fauci told the panel that it pained him not to answer questions, but that he was doing so on the advice of his lawyers.

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

My utmost respect to everyone yelling truth at #Trump!

"Pedophile protector" or even "Pedophile President"

I'd wish I could do this myself all day everyday until he gone..

#USPol

NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.

We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOJ #Law #Legal #Courts #Trump #Justice #Ethics #USPolitics

#Asylum seekers could be sent directly to #deportation under new federal rule

The #Trump admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to #immigration “judges” [immigration judges are part of the #DOJ not the #judiciary], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.

#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/28/asylum-seekers-could-be-sent-directly-deportation-under-new-federal-rule/

#Trump admin exempts #SpaceX’s #Starlink from #FCC ban on foreign-made routers

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/starlink-gets-exemption-from-fcc-ban-on-routers-made-outside-the-us/

#cybersecurity

“Iran 1953: How Britain and the CIA Overthrew a Country to Keep Its Oil”

by Kathy in Manufacturing Dissent on Substack

@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@palestinenews

“Most Westerners grow up with a cartoon version of Iran’s history. A neat little story about a ‘crazy regime,’ a ‘backward country,’ and a ‘dangerous revolution.’ What they never hear is that Iran once had a democracy. A real one. And the West destroyed it because Iran dared to say its oil belonged to its own people”

https://open.substack.com/pub/mandissent/p/iran-1953-how-britain-and-the-cia

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Sanctions #EconomicWarfare #Hegemony #Mossadegh #Coup #Britain #US #MI6 #CIA #Oil #Nationalization

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding.

One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Science #Physics #Research #Funding #Academia

Oh btw, a "reporter" clapping for #Trump's stupid behavior is not a reporter but an enabler

Stand up or get out 🤷

@molly0xfff

Molly White, who writes the knowledgeable Citation Needed blog, made an interactive map of the Trump family’s crypto venture.

It has become an incredible map of linked businesses that spreads worldwide, and all of them funnel money into him and his family.

Click on the link to see the enormous effort she has put into this.

And this is just his crypto business.
USA's presidency: no better place for a #conman.

https://map.citationneeded.news
#MollyWhite #CitationNeeded #Trump #Corrupt