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“I can’t deny it: I’m enjoying the tumult on the right,” said Dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg , referring to MAGA’s civil war as factions come to terms with Trump finally turning his lies upon them . “Let’s start with poor J.D. Vance,” said Goldberg, a former senior editor at the National Review. “He has spent the last few years grounding his support for Donald Trump in Trump’s wise rejection of ‘forever wars,’ ‘stupid wars,’ ‘regime change wars,’ etc. Now, he’s stuck trying to explain why this war on Iran is not — and cannot possibly be — any of the above without looking exactly like what he is: a guy who reinvented himself as a Trump vassal for political power.” Goldberg recalls with glee Vance telling the Wall Street Journal that he gave his support to Trump “because I know he won’t recklessly send Americans to fight wars overseas.” In fact, the op-ed title of Vance’s article was “Trump’s Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars.” Now Goldberg concedes that a non-negotiab...
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'I am embarrassed ': Republican dismembers new Trump hire

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Politico reports a Republican congressman, who is also a tax writer, destroyed President Donald Trump’s pick for head of the IRS and the Social Security Administration. “This is unacceptable,” Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) told IRS CEO Frank Bisignano after Bisignano offered vague answers to lawmakers’ inquiries about tax-filing season and Trump’s Big Beautiful bill’s impact on it, and other issues. Bisignano got his dressing down at a Wednesday hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. “You really need to come in here and answer the questions that these members ask you directly, and saying ‘I’ll come see you in your office,’ even to me, on very basic questions that I’m asking you, is really upsetting,” continued Miller. “I am very embarrassed right now for my side.” Trump created Bisignano’s position as “CEO” of the IRS to circumvent the Senate confirmation process for agency nominees. But now, even GOP lawmakers appear concerned that Bisignano’s appointment should have bee...
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Another judge rules against the Trump admin

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President Donald Trump will need to figure out how to reimburse the tens of billions of dollars it illegally collected in tariffs, and in a way that provides “efficient justice,” according to a senior judge who ruled on Wednesday . Richard Eaton, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade, decided in a case filed by the company Atmus Filtration that the trade court’s chief judge had given him jurisdiction over the more than 1,000 companies that have sued for refunds. As such, his decision for Atmus Filtration applies to every company demanding a refund from Trump. “So there is no danger that another Judge, even one in this Court, will reach any contrary conclusions,” Eaton explained. “To find otherwise would be to thwart the efficient administration of justice and to deny those importers who have filed suit the efficient resolution of their claims, and to deny entirely importers who have not filed suit the benefit of the” Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that Trump lacked ...
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Troops fed up with military leaders' 'right-wing evangelical theocratic thinking'

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As Trump marches troops into danger in Iran, his commanders appear to be beating the drums of the End Days, and soldiers are getting sick of it. Former MS NOW writer and politics writer Jonathan Larsen told “Left Hook” creator Wajahat Ali that a combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a Monday briefing that the Iran war is “part of God’s plan” and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer. From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), said Larsen. The complaints — which are anonymous to prevent retribution from commanding officers —arose from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told Larsen Monday. One complainant identified ...
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GOP senator fumbles on live TV when CNN rolls tape of Trump officials contradicting him

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President Donald Trump has the loyal support of Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okl.), but in order to get it, Mullin has to say blatantly untrue things in public — and get called out for it. Appearing on CNN with host Kasie Hunt on Monday, Mullin found himself on the defensive after insisting Trump’s invasion of Iran is not a war, only to be corrected by Trump’s own defense secretary. “This isn't a war, we haven't declared war. Everybody wants to say,” Mullin told Hunt , prompting Hunt to play a clip of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying earlier on Monday that “we set the terms of this war from start to finish. We didn't start this war. But under President Trump, we are finishing it.” Hunt then asked Mullin if stood by his earlier statement that this is not a war. “What he declared on us was war — meaning the Ayatollah declared war on us,” Mullin replied. “We are not at war with the Iranian people. The Ayatollah declared war on us, we've already taken him out, and no...
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News24 | Smoky, oily and oh so delicious: 6 snoek delights to make in your kitchen this week

Loved by Cape Malay and coastal communities for centuries, these are six things you can make with SA’s favourite fish. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/hrAFwEQ via sinceretalk
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News24 | WATCH | REPORTING NOTES: Inside Imogen Mashazi’s tender flight of fancy

Join News24 investigative journalists Khaya Koko and Jeff Wicks as they discuss the latest story of a three-day London shopping trip aboard a chartered jet that had a price tag of R3.5 million. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/yN9pCA2 via sinceretalk
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