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Dedicated the original Current events thread to the insane Atlantic story about the top Administration officials copying a reporter into their secret discussions of war plans against Houthis in Yemen.

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Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is​

Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.​


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Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is

Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.
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“… And yet, due to quirks in how Trump has pursued some of his most malicious and destructive initiatives, it turns out that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is playing an unexpectedly critical role in a surprising number of them. And this is unfolding often in violation of Rubio’s own once-cherished principles. Here’s a rundown.

Abducted Ukrainian children. As we’ve reported, the State Department recently terminated a contract funding a program devoted to locating and identifying Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. Rubio, to my knowledge, has not commented on this decision. But he owns it from top to bottom.

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But the evidence and data underlying those conclusions must still be transferred to Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement arm, to facilitate the continued tracking—and potential return—of these kids. Termination of the contract disrupted that transfer.

Rubio is hiding in the shadows here. Under pressure from reporters, a State Department spokesperson has vaguely justified this by insisting the program doesn’t serve “America’s interests.” The department has also admittedthat this data and evidence is now held by an unnamed subcontractor connected with the contract. When the issue came up on Face the Nation on Sunday, Trump’s national security adviser refused to explain the decision.

Given that this data still exists, why won’t the State Department allow the contract to continue so its transfer to our European allies can proceed? Rubio—who has the authority to make this happen—won’t say. Ukraine wants the return of kidnapped children to be part of any peace talks over the Russia-Ukraine war, and that’s now harder to accomplish. …”
 
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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.​

On Tuesday, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.

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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.

On Tuesday, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.
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“… Do they stick with their long-running conclusion about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, that his goal is to crush the Ukrainian government and “undermine the United States and the West?”

Or do they cast Mr. Putin in the terms Mr. Trump and his top negotiator with Russia are describing him with these days: as a trustworthy future business partner who simply wants to end a nasty war, get control of parts of Ukraine that are rightly his and resume a regular relationship with the United States?

The vexing choice has become all the more stark in recent days since Steve Witkoff, one of Mr. Trump’s oldest friends from the real estate world and his chosen envoy to the Mideast and Russia, has begun picking up many of Mr. Putin’s favorite talking points.

… Just over three years after Russian troops poured into Kyiv and tried to take out the government, Mr. Witkoff argued that Mr. Putin doesn’t really want to take over all of Ukraine.

“Why would they want to absorb Ukraine?” he asked Mr. Carlson. “For what purpose, exactly? They don’t need to absorb Ukraine.” All Russia seeks, he argues, is “stability there.”

… But for the American intelligence agencies, whose views are supposed to be rooted in a rigorous analysis of covertly collected and open-source analysis, there is no indication so far that any of their views about Mr. Putin and his ambitions have changed. So it will be up to the new director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the new C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe, to walk the fine line of describing Russia as a current adversary and future partner. …
 
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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.​

On Tuesday, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.

www.nytimes.com

Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.

On Tuesday, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“… Do they stick with their long-running conclusion about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, that his goal is to crush the Ukrainian government and “undermine the United States and the West?”

Or do they cast Mr. Putin in the terms Mr. Trump and his top negotiator with Russia are describing him with these days: as a trustworthy future business partner who simply wants to end a nasty war, get control of parts of Ukraine that are rightly his and resume a regular relationship with the United States?

The vexing choice has become all the more stark in recent days since Steve Witkoff, one of Mr. Trump’s oldest friends from the real estate world and his chosen envoy to the Mideast and Russia, has begun picking up many of Mr. Putin’s favorite talking points.

… Just over three years after Russian troops poured into Kyiv and tried to take out the government, Mr. Witkoff argued that Mr. Putin doesn’t really want to take over all of Ukraine.

“Why would they want to absorb Ukraine?” he asked Mr. Carlson. “For what purpose, exactly? They don’t need to absorb Ukraine.” All Russia seeks, he argues, is “stability there.”

… But for the American intelligence agencies, whose views are supposed to be rooted in a rigorous analysis of covertly collected and open-source analysis, there is no indication so far that any of their views about Mr. Putin and his ambitions have changed. So it will be up to the new director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the new C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe, to walk the fine line of describing Russia as a current adversary and future partner. …
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Bondi targeting Rep. Jasmine Crockett







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They continue to flood the zone with provocation, in search of the path to the Reichstag. They must figure an outspoken and rhetorically pugilistic black woman is as good an avenue as any, since the Columbia student didn't gin up the outrage sought.
 
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A Crack in Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire

CEO Jeremy Boreing helped build the conservative media empire—and now, with no fanfare, he’s out.
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Turmoil in the House of Shapiro​

CONSERVATIVE MEGA-COMMENTATOR Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire media empire announced a big shakeup on Tuesday: co-CEO Jeremy Boreing was abruptly stepping down.

A contentious and outspoken executive, Boreing had become almost as much a face of the company as Shapiro himself. He positioned the Daily Wire into the success story of right-wing digital media, an ambitious attempt to swing the culture rightward. Rumors have been swirling of a massive acquisition in the offing.

While Shapiro lives in Florida, Boreing has been building the Daily Wire’s main Nashville wing into a right-leaning content juggernaut. Along with the expected podcasts and YouTube operation, the Daily Wire has a streaming operation, offering documentaries and conservative educational miniseries. For conservative preschoolers, their Bentkey streaming app hosts a combination of original programming—a puppet show, for example, and a chinchilla-themed cartoon kind of like Bluey—and “handpicked episodes from well-loved shows” that have been checked and rechecked to make sure they are “respectful of your family’s values.”

In profiles and media-biz interviews, the 46-year-old Boreing was positioned as a twenty-first century Rupert Murdoch, claiming the Daily Wire raked in $200 million in revenue last year. Boreing superfans could even buy his eponymous, anti-woke razor and chocolate brands.

But as of Tuesday, all that is on ice. In its press release, the Daily Wire said that Boreing was trading his co-CEO position for an “advisory role” handling the company’s creative projects, and that he’ll appear on a monthly podcast.
 
Wait all the brown people they are kicking out, do stuff???!!! I know let's make the kids do those jobs


The state’s legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.

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The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics.
 


“During his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche suggested that he had no direct knowledge of the decision to abandon a criminal corruption case against the mayor of New York City.

But in a draft letter unsealed on Tuesday, the interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan wrote that a top department official, Emil Bove III, had suggested otherwise before ordering her to seek the case’s dismissal.

The U.S. attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, wrote that when she suggested that department officials await Mr. Blanche’s Senate confirmation so he could play a role in the decision, Mr. Bove informed her that Mr. Blanche was “on the same page,” and that “there was no need to wait.” The draft was written by Ms. Sassoon earlier this year, as she fought for the case’s survival.

The draft letter was among a cache of communications, including emails and texts, submitted under seal to a judge, Dale E. Ho, by Mr. Bove and Mr. Blanche, after his confirmation, to support their argument for dismissal of the corruption indictment against the mayor, Eric Adams. Judge Ho has yet to rule. …”
 


“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she planned to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a televised cabinet meeting on Monday.

While giving a status report on border security, Noem added, “and we’re going to eliminate FEMA.” She did not elaborate. …”
 
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Wait all the brown people they are kicking out, do stuff???!!! I know let's make the kids do those jobs


The state’s legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.

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The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics.
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While horrible, this isn't a surprise. The great Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas has already signed into law a bill that loosened child labor laws in Arky so that younger children could be put to work for pay, just like in Dear Leader's beloved Gilded Age! It was likely inevitable that as Trumpers eliminated immigrant labor they would look for "alternative" sources of cheap labor, in this case kids under sixteen. And as we all know, child labor worked out so well in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, which is why there was a massive nationwide movement to ban it in the early twentieth century.
 
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