We had Putin ON AMERICAN SOIL last week, and it was complete nonsense.
Then, we had President Zelensky roll up to the White House WITH THE EU.
I have never, through Democratic and Republican Presidents, seen this happen.
What an embarrassment.
Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
By Anne Applebaum
August 16, 2025
President Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine. He promised that when the current tranche of armaments runs out, there will be no more. He has cut or threatened to cut the U.S. funds that previously supported independent Russian-language media and opposition. His administration is slowly, quietly easing sanctions on Russia, ending “basic sanctions and export control actions that had maintained and increased U.S. pressure,” according to a Senate-minority report. “Every month he’s spent in office without action has strengthened Putin’s hand, weakened ours and undermined Ukraine’s own efforts to bring an end to the war,” Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Elizabeth Warren wrote in a joint statement.
Many of these changes have gone almost unremarked on in the United States. But they are widely known in Russia. The administration’s attacks on Zelensky, Europeans, and Voice of America have been celebrated on Russian television. Of course Vladimir Putin knows about the slow lifting of sanctions. As a result, the Russian president has clearly made a calculation: Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Zelensky, has no cards.
Trump does say that he wants to end the war in Ukraine, and sometimes he also says that he is angry that Putin doesn’t. But if the U.S. is not willing to use any economic, military, or political tools to help Ukraine, if Trump will not put any diplomatic pressure on Putin or any new sanctions on Russian resources, then the U.S. president’s fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored. No wonder all of Trump’s negotiating deadlines for Russia have passed, to no effect, and no wonder the invitation to Anchorage produced no result.
There is not much else to say about yesterday’s Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, other than to observe the intertwining elements of tragedy and farce. It was embarrassing for Americans to welcome a notorious wanted war criminal on their territory. It was humiliating to watch an American president act like a happy puppy upon encountering the dictator of a much poorer, much less important state, treating him as a superior. It’s excruciating to imagine how badly Trump’s diplomatic envoy, Steve Witkoff, an amateur out of his depth, misunderstood his last meeting with Putin in Moscow if he thought that the Alaska summit was going to be successful. It’s ominous that Trump now says he doesn’t want to push for a cease-fire but instead for peace negotiations, because the latter formula gives Putin time to keep killing Ukrainians. It’s strange that Russian reports of the meeting focused on business cooperation. “Russian-American business and investment partnership has huge potential,” Putin said today.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 10:04 AM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
Crow: “Putin doesn’t care about a B2 bomber flyover … what he cares about is 3 things: economic pressure in the form of sanctions; diplomatic isolation, being a pariah state; and he cares about military defeat. Those are the 3 things that will end this conflict … this administration continues to be unwilling to do anything to assert pressure in any of those 3 areas.”
https://t.co/AJ1VaLbvVU
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1957096267357556919?t=mcauuuVIZKvCaObE67Mwcg&s=03)
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) posted at 0:00 AM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
MSNBC host Antonia Hylton cited reporting that suggested President Donald Trump’s aides may have been “frightened” by what they witnessed during the president’s meeting with Vladimir Putin.https://t.co/wrciLz12JZ
(https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1956944127028793642?t=hJyrODcthGLvSUXulJmiPg&s=03)
The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) posted at 9:29 AM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
Bartiromo: “There’s no ceasefire in place right now…Are we just going to watch the murders continue?”
Rubio: “At some point a decision has to be made if a peace deal is possible or not. If at some point it becomes clear that both sides are so dug in that we’re just not near a peace deal, then the president will have a decision to make about how much more time do we invest in it and what actions does he take.”
https://t.co/TnXZ7iMuhl
(https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1957087341215916126?t=NHC6cKNZYIwRBUZiI67_IA&s=03)
CBS News
@CBSNews
President Trump said “I don’t think you need a ceasefire” in the Ukraine war during a bilateral meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand, strategically, why one country or the other wouldn’t want it,” Trump added.
The comments mark a shift in his position following his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week, when he warned there would be “severe consequences” if the talks didn’t end in a ceasefire.
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1957503567519973651
Jorge Liboreiro (@JorgeLiboreiro) posted at 6:29 AM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
And here it is: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will also join Zelenskyy in his meeting with Donald Trump on Monday.So far confirmed going to Washington:
🇺🇦 Zelenskyy
🇪🇺 Von der Leyen
🇩🇪 Merz
🇫🇷 Macron
🇫🇮 Stubb
🇮🇹 Meloni
🇬🇧 Starmer
🌐 Rutte
(https://x.com/JorgeLiboreiro/status/1957042099943305384?t=YouKHeQALT1U902An7VQag&s=03)
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) posted at 0:08 PM on Mon, Aug 18, 2025:
After rolling out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, Trump didn’t even bother to directly greet seven European leaders that arrived at the White House.https://t.co/WTNsmtPNjw
(https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1957489747418337418?t=-9ouve4KtB4F0lGOH0MhVA&s=03)
Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) posted at 11:22 PM on Sat, Aug 16, 2025:
Be realistic! Trump doesn’t like Zelensky and Ukraine for the same reason Putin doesn’t: They are proud and courageous people fighting for human values that Trump and Putin will never understand, so they prefer to interpret them as weakness or madness.
(https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/1956934646513463639?t=zSoXIy1rzRXueFFIjiwszw&s=03)
Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) posted at 3:01 PM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
1/2. The phrase “land swap” is being used to mean “Ukraine concedes land illegally occupied by Russia and also concedes territory that is not even occupied.” That is not a swap.
(https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1957170932448928179?t=4q7HdRCKxZDteQYSzkwFhA&s=03)Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) posted at 3:01 PM on Sun, Aug 17, 2025:
2/2. Everyone using the phrase “land swap” should please specify which Russian territory Ukraine would be getting. So far it’s a euphemism for forcing Ukraine to give things up to Russia.
(https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1957170934306992238?t=EDMVZbcSZSQjUNrOyqK2bw&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 4:22 PM on Mon, Aug 18, 2025:
BREAKING: During a high-stakes summit with European leaders and President Zelenskyy, Trump abruptly interrupted his own meeting at the White House to place a call to Vladimir Putin—skipping ahead of schedule and catching allies off guard.
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1957553752887394807?t=iiCYLXpIV2EO6D7_HBM2pw&s=03)
I had not seen the monstrosity in its totality.
Turnbull (@cturnbull1968) posted at 11:27 AM on Mon, Aug 18, 2025:
It will be a fucking miracle if at least one of the European leaders doesn’t burst out laughing when they walk into the Oval Office https://t.co/NbNZAl0aEM
(https://x.com/cturnbull1968/status/1957479538335666633?t=v-qmk7kYRyhfDT-6IEOU4A&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 2:50 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman just called out the Trump DOJ and denied its request to unseal grand jury materials in the Epstein case.
“The government’s 100,000 pages of Epstein files and materials dwarf the 70 odd pages of Epstein grand jury materials.”
DOJ’s motion “appears to be a ‘diversion’ from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the Government’s possession.”
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1958255249149362621?t=bTc7aagwzvbtD3LT-c4vFQ&s=03)
phuck this trick
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 8:21 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
Biden has been gone from the scene for months, and Alex Thompson is still going on about the “dementia angle.”
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1957976375291441222?t=aQFUIiGXLu_ZaUYhO3YLAQ&s=03)
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) posted at 0:08 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one “elderly white hippie” there.
I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on. https://t.co/S3BudfHtbU
(https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1958214529294209089?t=2xgbVIRpJrYRxE3fTt2Vsg&s=03)
Prez (@PrezLives2022) posted at 0:24 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Trump is attempting to go after Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to gain some control over the central bank.
Once again it is U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte accusing a Trump enemy of mortgage fraud.
Let me clear here, Donald Trump is in fact the only person in government who has been convicted of fraud. Adam Schiff, Leticia James, and Lisa cook have not been convicted of fraud and they won’t ever be convicted of fraud.
Trump is using Putins playbook to drum up charges to get rid of people who dared to prosecute him or those who are in his way of bigger corruption. He will fail in his efforts to prosecute career government officials.
(https://x.com/PrezLives2022/status/1958218720502837519?t=jYeWK6U1LM6Twf-Y4YDjPg&s=03)
Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 4:05 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
In other news, because Trump can’t fire Jerome Powell, the indie Fed chief, they are indicting the current fed governor to pressure the Fed/Powell.
That’s some fascist shit right there
(https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1958274126378115381?t=CCRj7xRrLSspCdTtPMwB6w&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 7:49 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
So whitepeople are mad the media called a thing a thing. Racism and white supremacy were exposed and too many white people didn’t like that. Hence why they say “woke” as a pejorative. We aren’t sleep Batya, we see and hear loud and clear.
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1958149340649644440?t=v9hSNSwA62cdz6tyxnCU8g&s=03)
Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) posted at 3:33 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
BREAKING: New reports indicate White House officials are panicking at the rise of electricity prices in the U.S. This comes after the Trump Administration cancelled billions of dollars in energy subsidies that had been keeping prices low for all Americans. Wow.
(https://x.com/DemocraticWins/status/1958266068386148538?t=b-wxcux2yzMeydA-rdUuJw&s=03)
BWA HA HA HA AHA HAH
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 1:31 PM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
🚨 The White House just quietly axed its “director of digital content” after launching a TikTok page — only to watch it get swarmed with thousands of comments demanding Trump release the Epstein files. They wanted slick messaging. Instead, they got a digital jury screaming for
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1958235413874942102?t=d3X9PYXAUdsMTAVsfz-HVQ&s=03)
kevin blue (@kevinblue345) posted at 4:07 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
South Bend, Indiana, shows an Indian police officer pinning a crying Black teenager to the ground outside a McDonald’s after she asked for a refund over food safety concerns. The 13 or 14-year-old pleaded for her mother as bystanders recorded the incident, https://t.co/nmFf9N4PWn
(https://x.com/kevinblue345/status/1957912217749221490?t=yZb6C3vgLy6JTl0-Xogc3Q&s=03)
Gary Chambers (@GaryChambersJr) posted at 5:39 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
Louisiana ranks #50 in crime and #50 in the economy—dead last. Yet Jeff “Pick Me” Landry sent 135 National Guard soldiers to D.C. in the middle of hurricane season, less than two weeks from Katrina’s 20th anniversary.
This isn’t leadership—it’s begging for MAGA’s approval while leaving Louisiana vulnerable. Old folks used to say: “Sweep around your own front door before you try to sweep around mine.”
While Trump denies FEMA reimbursements to states, Jeff has time to use our resources for a made up emergency. Working class people need jobs and affordability but Jeff like most conservatives don’t care about that. They care about culture wars and then pretend there are none.
When the people realize their power, politicians like Jeff will lose theirs. https://t.co/m9V281vfAs
(https://x.com/GaryChambersJr/status/1957935555859165564?s=03)
FOH
MarketWatch
@MarketWatch
Trump calls on Fed’s Cook to resign as DOJ urged to probe mortgage-fraud claim
https://x.com/MarketWatch/status/1958181222103830765
She earned a BA in Physics and Philosophy (magna cum laude) from Spelman College in 1986, where she was named a Harry S. Truman Scholar. She proceeded to St Hilda’s College, Oxford as Spelman’s first Marshall Scholar where she earned another BA in philosophy, Politics, and Economics in 1988. She took courses towards a master’s degree in philosophy at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal. After a mountain climbing trip on Mount Kilimanjaro with an economist, Cook began to seriously consider pursuing a PhD in economics.[11][3] She temporarily used a wheelchair due to an automobile accident, when she entered graduate school.[9] Cook earned a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997 under the guidance of Barry Eichengreen and David Romer.[12] Her dissertation focused on the underdevelopment of the banking system in czarist and post-Soviet Russia.[9][12]
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since May 23, 2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Board
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Stephen Miller: “All these demonstrators that you’ve seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they’re not part of the city and never have been … we’re gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they’re all over 90 years old.”
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1958211663062040954
CBS News
@CBSNews
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would bar people with outstanding college loans from relief on that debt if their employers were found to be “undermining national security and American values through illegal means.”
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1958121836786446370
Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) posted at 11:41 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
A’JA WILSON OVER THE LAST 7 GAMES:
32 PTS — 12 REB — 5 BLK
34 PTS — 8 REB — 3 BLK
30 PTS — 16 REB — 2 BLK
17 PTS — 16 REB — 4 AST
32 PTS — 20 REB — 5 AST
29 PTS — 12 REB — 3 AST
27 PTS — 7 REB — 3 AST
BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE https://t.co/cjsd7SSCJa
(https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1958026565566017953?t=WDjVTmotIphmhL_APP0gtw&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 8:06 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Republicans who still dare to hold town halls (not all of them do) are getting roasted by their constituents, even hard-core MAGA, but this is 2025 and not 2017, and the emphasis on Twitter does not seem to be on the next midterm election. 😒
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1958153751438799093?t=hC2_3oVzvStc6j0lCs49rw&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 8:16 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
This is logical but the issue is too many far leftists are anti-Democrat. They hate Democrats more than Republicans. The goal is to punish “neo-liberals”. It’s grievance politics masked as progressivism. The greater good, or harm reduction isn’t taken into consideration.
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1958156304784019715?t=6L9JW1pjc6NV7xDI2npAMw&s=03)
Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) posted at 8:05 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Democrats: think about this logically. If someone is to the left of the Democratic party, which is to the left of the electorate, then that person, if rational, should, by default, either vote for Democrats or STFU about electoral politics.
(https://x.com/magi_jay/status/1958153374467236124?t=UKvDCFXKfQNBNK9cuq2Syg&s=03)
Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) posted at 8:13 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
We cannot waste our time trying to appeal to *irrational* people. It puts our candidates in absolutely *untenable* positions. A Democrat these days can’t appeal to independents w/o the knowledge that their OWN OSTENSIBLE TEAM will drag them on the internet.
(https://x.com/magi_jay/status/1958155521292124356?t=AjyaUx2VXkdLoDIOcYnzoQ&s=03)
Dearborn, Michigan…what say you?
The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) posted at 3:02 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
BREAKING: Israel has approved plan to conquer Gaza City and call up 60,000 reservists
(https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1958077074071257419?t=4IkKmJyL4PMY–m2CFtTGA&s=03)
sad truth
Jamesetta Williams 💕 (@jalexa1218) posted at 6:04 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
Exactly. Biden bet his entire presidency on avoiding recession and delivering wage gains to the working class. And Americans hated it! So I don’t want to hear a word from @RoKhanna about Dems’ commitment to the working class.
(https://x.com/jalexa1218/status/1957941770869715327?t=FA1srvUPCWOGr3QsB6OBww&s=03)
CJ G (@cjgproduxions) posted at 6:12 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Costco kept DEI initiatives and they are still full, Target folded and sales dropped, now CEO is stepping down
(https://x.com/cjgproduxions/status/1958124989754032175?t=928CMV6z8kgKDoPA2kIKjQ&s=03)
Longtime Black Man Here (@groove_sdc) posted at 8:32 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
If you’re a Democratic activist the first people these wannabe progressive folks are going to kick out the party is you. They don’t want anything to do w/ organizing or coalition building with people of color and particularly Black folks. They see you as an impediment. Know that.
(https://x.com/groove_sdc/status/1958160094165627018?t=g5_C8dTjeSYxHOvWqLjjxw&s=03)
midwest Independent (@reesetheone1) posted at 8:43 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
These are the top ten Least federally dependent states in America…. Only two are from the Midwest. Trump had flipped one and it isn’t going back.
Jersey is 200k votes from being a red state In 2024.
Dems netter smarten up. https://t.co/HjIl4TAczP
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1958162937673093549?t=asiDUTy9rIL5QE3jzjKEPQ&s=03)
ABC News (@ABC) posted at 6:58 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
President Trump has instructed his lawyers to scour through America’s museums and rid them of exhibits that he calls “woke,” specifically citing exhibits of slavery. @jonkarl reports. https://t.co/5enpy0JIfD https://t.co/B79oYTedcR
(https://x.com/ABC/status/1958136495258427490?t=uPS9K418pcF4WvPvhOCr4Q&s=03)
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) posted at 7:30 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal security requirements are straining the Army as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C. https://t.co/UkdMTiApJE
(https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1958144515786576299?t=64Zw4CGpZzdhLAfttusqBw&s=03)
Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) posted at 11:26 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
It’s time for the Texas Senate to break quorum! It’s time to show these republicans that respect is earned & disrespect & bullying won’t be tolerated!
If the senate leaves… the bill fails & Abbott has to call another session. It has to pass through both chambers in the same
(https://x.com/JasmineForUS/status/1958203934285173001?t=e2lkaZKQGZy8kkhkjF8mbw&s=03)
Covie (@covie_93) posted at 10:31 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
Target publicly told Black people they don’t want their business anymore and their sales plummeted so bad they had to fire their CEO…
(https://x.com/covie_93/status/1958190093044240734?t=xA_AS2mBRHNxXd8sTmPf-g&s=03)
lips so pursed
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 3:22 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
Sen. Eric Schmitt suggests that despite the immunity ruling, Obama could be prosecuted for actions he took after he left office “to further the conspiracy” https://t.co/eDiWCF7DJD
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1957900928729715091?t=ORABkqdpXk3H2XzK6RC8cQ&s=03)
You really are some stupid muthaphuckas.😒😒
That line has been in Walgreens for at least 2 DECADES.😡😡😡
The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) posted at 7:01 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
🚨BREAKING: Walgreens under MAJOR backlash after shoppers notice that they have started selling cards exclusively for Black people.
Walgreens will have to learn the hard way
https://t.co/ZeJ8At5AQq
(https://x.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/1957956114256941074?t=ukTbcxBwIVN91G4mRq_CCw&s=03)
U.S. Marshals Service
@USMarshalsHQ
In the effort to #MakeDCSafeAgain the U.S. Marshals announce a $500 reward for tips that lead to an arrest in Washington, D.C. Scan the QR code above or visit http://usmarshals.gov/tips to submit a tip!
https://x.com/USMarshalsHQ/status/1957860273894691220
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
The Trump administration is asserting authority to withhold billions of dollars from low-income housing services, education assistance, medical research grants and other programs approved by Congress, according to public documents. https://wapo.st/4mHN3bY
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1957880358675923439
The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) posted at 7:38 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
The Trump administration plans to scrutinize social media for “anti-American ideologies” when deciding to grant visa or green-card applications https://t.co/1J7G38nYsX
(https://x.com/WSJ/status/1958146718362378266?t=Rlgn7yYrH3yy_DED0oRUnQ&s=03)
White House Xray (@xray_media) posted at 7:46 AM on Wed, Aug 20, 2025:
The “Land of the Free” now demands ideological fealty – citizenship as performance art where dissenting tweets outweigh decades of tax payments. 🎭
Since January, 6,000 student visas revoked under vague “anti-American” standards from a 1965 law. USCIS now weaponizes social media posts as “strongly negative factors” while NAFSA warns of $7B economic losses from fleeing international students. Trump’s Aug 20 memo transforms immigration officers into thought police scouring 5 years of Facebook likes for unpatriotic emojis.
Freedom dies by a thousand loyalty oaths. 🗽
(https://x.com/xray_media/status/1958148640004038932?t=uPGiIs5bKxSJvBP4hnTa0w&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 8:09 PM on Tue, Aug 19, 2025:
BREAKING: Newly unredacted Smartmatic filings show Jeanine Pirro; while a Fox host, texted the RNC chair in Sept 2020 that she was “determined to aid Trump and the Republican Party,” despite Fox rules barring political involvement. The propaganda wasn’t accidental. It was
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1957973134302409098?t=zRFvWkqI3qD9eEpWHgGRpQ&s=03)
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
I’m still waiting for a Republican business owner or farmer to get arrested for illegally employing migrant workers. When are we going to get perp walk videos of them being hauled off to vans in cuffs by masked agents?
7:54 PM · Aug 19, 2025
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Martin Heinrich
@SenatorHeinrich
Democrats said defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would impact the emergency alert and warning system. Republicans called that “lying and fearmongering”.
Turns out, it was just the facts.
https://x.com/SenatorHeinrich/status/1957567716078018700
illie Boudreaux
@lilliebnews
NEW: A large crowd chases law enforcement out of Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Dozens boo and chant
“ICE go home” until they return to their vehicles and leave the area. The crowd cheers and celebrate once law enforcement leaves.
@NBCNews
https://x.com/lilliebnews/status/1957957251861475771
Continuing purge, Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 former officials
August 20, 2025 at 8:22 a.m. EDT10 minutes ago
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard began a fresh strike Tuesday against national security officials whom President Donald Trump deems political enemies, announcing she had revoked the clearances of 37 people, including several currently serving U.S. intelligence officials.
Gabbard’s unusual action targeted current and former officials involved in a 2017 assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election that the intelligence czar has sought to undermine, individuals involved in Trump’s impeachments during his first term, and an array of others who worked for former Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/19/gabbard-russia-revoke-security-clearance/
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in the nation’s capital, regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1957978249545355445
Roy Woods Jr went to Scotland and found Black Scottish Sterling K.Brown🤣🤣🤣
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BrNKgJ/
Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊