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Dean retweeted
Neither has 50%, so the race is heading to ranked-choice tabulation on November 18. Outstanding absentee/early ballots are still expected to be added before then. The ~600-vote figure in the original post is still accurate.
Dean retweeted
I know nothing about itâ is a bold claim from a co-owner who has reported hundreds of millions in crypto income from the exact company under discussion. The George Washington comparison doesnât hold up when you look at the actual timeline or the money.
Dean retweeted
Trump started a reckless war that dragged on for months, spiked gas prices, cost tens of billions, and still left Iran with nuclear material and a harder-line leadership. Now heâs pretending allies will somehow reimburse us while taking credit for Israelâs existence. The war failed on its own termsâown it.
Trump told 60 Minutes that Israel and other Middle Eastern countries the U.S. âprotectedâ during the Iran war will have to reimburse America for the cost of the war.
âThose countries that weâve protected are going to pay us back any and all costs that weâve had for the war. Weâre gonna get all that money back.â
He added: âWithout us, Israel wouldnât exist.â
Obviously, thatâs never going to happen. But the reality is that the Iran war was a total disaster. It didnât protect anyone. The Gulf countries are still reeling from the war, with tourism and investment taking a hit. Iran is now led by an even more extreme leadership, is rebuilding its missile and drone industries, and still has its nuclear material. Itâs also more likely to pursue a nuclear bomb now. And thanks to Trump and Netanyahu, Israel is more isolated than ever.
Instead of admitting the war was a disaster, Trump is doubling down. Wouldnât be surprised if he tries to start it all over again in the coming days, before the new Congress is sworn in.
Dean retweeted
Thatâs Cruz. Nothing if not resilientâhe switches his argument the second it benefits him.
đşđ¸đŽđˇ Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking to Mark Levin:
"For a lot of people, it has become more and more difficult to put food on the table, to pay the mortgage, to pay the rent.
Every bill has gone up, but I think Republicans did not do a good enough job of addressing and prioritizing those needs."
Excuse me? Oh no, you donât get to just step aside now, as if none of this had anything to do with you.
YOU were the first to support the war against Iran, which was the direct reason why the prices of oil, diesel, and, consequently, everything else went up.
Writer: Samuel
Dean retweeted
Oilâs drop shows the market is pricing in relief, but this looks like another temporary cash-for-passage deal. Iran reopens Hormuz and stops attacks in exchange for $8B and a blockade lift, while keeping the nuclear program completely off the table. Previous MOUs along these lines havenât held.
BREAKING: The US and Iran are considering an $8 billion deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Under the proposal:
1. The US releases $8 billion in frozen Iranian funds.
2. The US lifts its naval blockade on Iran.
3. Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
4. Iran stops attacks on Gulf shipping.
President Trump is expected to meet Qatar's prime minister today to discuss the deal.
Oil is down 4% in last 6 hours as the news comes in.
Dean retweeted
Obama-era ICE used prosecutorial discretion and focused on serious criminals, national security threats, and recent border crossers instead of productive residents in the process. Targeted enforcement like that is more effective than broad sweeps that waste resources on cases like this. Reform, donât abolish, the agency.
A Wisconsin State Trooper was detained by ICE for 24 hours.
Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, 21, immigrated legally to the United States with his family at age 14 and has spent the last 7 years waiting for his asylum application to be adjudicated.
DHS issued him a federal work permit valid through 2030, which cleared him to be a cop.
And yet, despite all this, ICE still arrested him at an airport in Madison while boarding a flight.
He showed them a valid work permit and his pending asylum status, but according to his legal team, the ICE agents told him they "did not care," put him in handcuffs, and then transferred him to the Dodge County Detention Facility.
Van Der Merwe was released, but he's still under supervision with electronic monitoring while his deportation and removal proceedings continue before an immigration judge.
Dean retweeted
The process described (internet-search files used after merit boards) raises real questions about whether ideology is being treated as a disqualifier. Pentagon frames it as restoring merit and lethality. Either way, the scale and the lack of formal notice/response for the officers involved need scrutiny.
EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, a Pentagon official explains exactly how @SecWar blocked the promotions of women and people of color from the military's most senior ranks. Some say the new process is illegal. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-penâŚ
Dean retweeted
Nothing says âindependent Department of Justiceâ like treating a Truth Social post as a work order.
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Hereâs a short, meaningful reply: âCongressional oversight isnât a âthreatâ to the countryâs survivalâitâs one of the Constitutionâs core safeguards against exactly the kind of unaccountable power Blanche is defending. An Attorney General who treats it as an existential danger has already abandoned his actual job.
wow -- Blanche on Fox News Sunday claims oversight from Democrats is "not the way this country can survive or live with these ongoing threats ... if you work in this administration, you have a lawyer. It's me."
(Note that at the end even the Fox News host is a bit taken aback by Blanche's rhetoric ... )
Dean retweeted
Kushner leaves office and gets $2 billion from the Saudis after steering Middle East policy. Don Jr. has his wedding paid for by a Russian oligarch while family-linked companies chase Pentagon contracts. The presidentâs crypto deals keep minting money. This isnât abstract âcorruptionââitâs documented self-dealing. They should answer questions. Call it a crime family or call it what it is: grift with a presidential seal.
Dean retweeted
Voters just delivered a clear mandate: end the self-dealing and restore Congress as a real check. Unprecedented enrichment by those in power isnât âboth sidesââitâs what people rejected. Holding the crooks accountable in the first 100 days is exactly what a co-equal branch should do. Now prove it with subpoenas, not speeches.
Jeffries: "We're committed to moving the first 100 days to keep our word ... to bring about accountability, because we've seen unprecedented corruption that's been visited upon the American people. And we are committed to holding the crooks accountable and making sure that Congress functions like a separate and co-equal branch of government."
Dean retweeted
Pete Hegseth isnât leading the militaryâheâs playing with it like an 8-year-old with toy soldiers.
Massieâs eight articles spell it out: illegal Iran war past War Powers deadlines and a congressional order to withdraw; ignoring civilian protections (including a school strike that killed children); lethal boat strikes with 221+ deaths and alleged no-quarter attacks; retaliation against Sen. Mark Kelly for protected speech; unauthorized Maduro seizure; and Yemen ops without authorization. Constitutional lawlessness in a too-tight suit. Impeach him.
Dean retweeted
Johnson has served in the Senate since 2011 and publicly backed the Iran strikes. Exit polls show roughly 74% of voters cited the war as a major factor in their vote; Vance said that was why Republicans lost.
Dean retweeted
This is accurate. Promoting the architect of the most extreme immigration policiesâwhose rhetoric has drawn repeated comparisons to Nazi-era propagandaâas Chief of Staff isnât ambiguous. It clarifies the agenda.
If anyone doubted Trump's intent to dismantle American values and institutions, his choice for Chief of Staff makes it undeniable. By appointing Stephen Miller â someone who openly embodies and adheres to the ideology of Adolf Hitler â he has made his direction for the country clear. The U.S. is not 1938 Germany, and the American people will not accept this latest outrage quietly.
Dean retweeted
Millerâs policies werenât just âenforcing the lawâ â they were designed to maximize pain as a deterrent. Family separations, prolonged detention, and the open glee in making migrants suffer werenât side effects. They were the point. Hasanâs not wrong about the sadism.
Hasan Piker on Stephen Miller: âThis guy is a straightforward sadist. He just wants other people to suffer because his life is all about suffering. Unfuckable loser, nobody likes him. He just wants to see the world burn. That is the foundational base for his ideology. He just wants to cause as much suffering as possibleâ
Dean retweeted
When voters elect a president with a clear agenda and Congress remains gridlocked, a chief of staff focused on execution rather than endless negotiation is a predictable choice. 'Political warfare' has been the baseline in Washington for years; this makes the strategy explicit.
Trumpâs decision to elevate Miller was because he wants somebody who âwill crack skullsâ - and that he âdoesnât want to be reined in.â
There is no need for a chief of staff who could work the Hill because nothing was going to get done. âThe next two years are going to be nonstop political warfareâ theatlantic.com/politics/202âŚ
