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In his post announcing the deal Trump said "Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter."
Now his energy secretary says they don't have diesel to export?
WRIGHT: The president is putting pressure on that's a step forward for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war
BASH: So now the US stance is to pressure Ukraine, not Russia?
WRIGHT: Oh, this is pressuring Russia. Russia does not have diesel to export. The only way they can get diesel to export is to turn down the conflict with Ukraine. This is quite innovative, actually.
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This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists.
/photos not my own.
He's just letting all of his subconscious thoughts come to the surface now. Disinhibition --- and it's not like he ever had many inhibitions to begin with.
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I recommend people read Time's interview with Trump to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings. time.com/article/2026/10/01/…
It's going to be fun watching all these JCPOA hating hawks twist themselves into pretzels excusing this one.
digby @digby56.bsky.social retweeted
Wasn't JD Vance famously homeschooled by a day drinker
"Unless you were homeschooled by a day drinker, no one's confident that Iran is going to do anything."
Sen. John Kennedy gives his blunt assessment about how he thinks Iran will behave after the Trump administration's new agreement with the regime.
The Louisiana senator says it's impossible to know what the Islamic Republic's next move will be as the U.S. tries to curb its nuclear ambitions.
digby @digby56.bsky.social retweeted
New - Florida poll (Palm beach county)
Senate
🔵 Vindman 46%
🔴 Moody 42%
Governor
🔵 Jolly 49%
🔴 Donalds 40%
St pete #B - LV - 3/31
Is he drinking? It really seems like it.
Folks, it is quite possible that Lindsey Graham is not all right.
And no, we are not talking about his obsessive fluffery or his penchant for cable ranting. I regret to say that he has taken his not-wellness to the global stage. Consider this report, from the Danish newspaper, Berlingske [Translated to English].
open.substack.com/pub/charli…
This is insane. Trump is naming himself chair for life and obviously is planning to meddle in world affairs long after he's gone as some sort of eminence grise. Why are they insulting this bullshit?
Countries sending representatives for tomorrow's Board of Peace mtg include:
Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
EU
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Poland
Qatar
ROK
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Speakers will include Trump, Rubio, Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, Amb. Mike Waltz, Steve Witkoff, Nickolay Mladenov.
per @Olivia_Gazis @CBSNews
digby @digby56.bsky.social retweeted
This story is being wildly misrepresented — these were not undercover agents embedded in the crowd. They were part of the multi-agency law enforcement response *after* the Capitol was attacked, as the documents themselves make clear.
Breaking: FBI Bombshell: 274 agents sent to Capitol for J6, many later complained they were political ‘pawns’ justthenews.com/accountabili…
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What a moment for Clayton Kershaw as he steps off the Dodger Stadium mound. 👏
(Via: @Dodgers)
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Reuters reports Pulte’s father and stepmother have done the same thing he attacked Cook for below.
(They have also claimed two primary residences, another thing Pulte has attacked Cook for.)
NEW: VIDEO PROOF
We have just received video proof that Lisa Cook’s declared “PRIMARY RESIDENCE” is being RENTED out to tenants.
Cook RECENTLY CLAIMED to the U.S. Government that it was her PERSONAL RESIDENCE, but she’s renting it out?
Good journalism, @Charlieleduff
digby @digby56.bsky.social retweeted
Why would you need F35 stealth fighter jets for a counternarcotics mission? The F35s being sent to Puerto Rico are usually used for large bombing missions like the targeting of Iran’s nuclear facilities- a 5th generation supersonic fighter jet known for its lethality. It looks to me like the US military is going to war. 8 US Navy destroyers in the Caribbean near Venezuela is a first.
The Pentagon is deploying 10 F-35 stealth fighter jets to Puerto Rico for counter-narcotics tasking in the Caribbean, a source familiar confirms to Fox News per @LucasFoxNews
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Interesting fact: David Geier, the researcher Kennedy has hired at HHS (and now at CDC) to reinvestigate the autism/vaccine link? He experimented on autistic children by ... giving them puberty blockers. respectfulinsolence.com/2006…
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The Trump administration has canceled the Biden era rule where airlines would have to compensate passengers for flight disruptions.
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Hi everyone, this is a special message. A week ago today after hearing a string of sirens go down our street I got I text from a friend asking if we knew what was going on at our children’s school. The rest of what happened at Annunciation you likely all know by now. We were lucky -- we got to hold our kids' hands, walk them to the car, and go home.
If you’d like to help this community through what is next, my wife and I ask that you give to the Annunciation Hope and Healing Fund: ccf-mn.org/support-annunciat…
And if you’re going to pray, please pray with your feet. Vote for measures that reduce gun violence in all of our communities. Once the bullets are flying there's no good outcome. I would not wish last Wednesday on anyone.
Thank you.