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These 4 cowards are living in luxury — and throwing the nation to Trump

What should the American people, especially the hundreds of millions of their voters, expect Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden to do against the vicious, serial law-violating, violent, corrupt, agency-dismantling Donald Trump and the crony Trumpsters who are wrecking our government and our economy?

These former presidents should mobilize the citizenry from the grassroots to the Capitol and take on the unpopular Tyrant Trump. Having sworn to uphold the Constitution and "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,” they should strongly uphold their patriotic duty to resist tyranny and save our Republic and our besieged democratic institutions, and stop the assault on our civil liberties and civil rights.

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Naive Trump has blown this war — no matter what he does next

Friends,

Sorry to intrude on you again, but as we reach the fourth week of Trump’s war with no end in sight, I want to make sure you are aware of what he said this week, and its implications.

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Trump guaranteed never-ending ridicule with this stupid gambit to immortalize himself

When the news popped up on our phones during an early dinner with friends on Thursday night that Donald Trump’s signature will go on U.S. paper currency, it drew guffaws, grrrs, and plenty of expletives around the table.

As someone who worked in PR for 30 years, I usually view Trump’s stunts through the lens of perception. So when I read the breaking news that his pubic-hair-like John Hancock will start appearing later this year on dollar bills, that’s when I laughed.

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Look who's cashing in on Trump's war

Far be it from me to suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin owns Donald Trump.

So let’s call this just a happy coincidence.

According to new reporting from the Telegraph in London, analysts estimate Putin is raking in roughly $760 million a day as the war in Iran drives global oil prices higher. That figure — drawn from analysis by the Kyiv School of Economics and maritime tracker Vortexa — points to something larger than another oil price spike.

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Trump’s great talent: Breaking many things at once

Maybe you’re reading this article while listening to a podcast. Or you’re participating in a dull Zoom meeting. Or you’re talking on the phone with a relative.

Maybe you’ve just read the first three lines of this article three times without really registering them because your attention is absorbed elsewhere.

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This massive error handed MAGA a blue state — and California is set to do the same

Will California’s gubernatorial candidates realize that they could split the vote enough in the primary to create a Republican victory?

The 2016 Washington State Treasurer’s race offers a cautionary tale. All candidates competed together in the primary under similar rules to California. Three strong Democratic candidates split their vote nearly evenly, totaling 51.6%. But because there were only two Republicans to divide their smaller 48.4% share, the November ballot was Republican vs Republican. Washington got a Republican state Treasurer despite Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by 16 points in the state.

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These blue states are a massive target — and Trump may let Iran pull the trigger

I’ll tell you what’s unsettling, ladies and gentlemen: waking up every morning in a country where we know the monster running things is lying to us about everything.

Trump says there have been “very good and productive conversations” with Iran about ending the war. Iran says no such talks have taken place and are a mere figment of his imagination. It should fill us with dread that it’s far easier to believe the enemy than our own president, because Trump lies as easily as he breathes.

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These states are doing what the Supreme Court won't

Friends,

Last week, I testified at a congressional hearing organized by Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich about what Big Oil has gotten from its mammoth contribution to Trump’s 2024 campaign — and how much Americans are paying for this bribe in higher fuel costs and destructive climate change.

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Steve Bannon let slip the secrets of Trump's sinister plan

Steve Bannon, an enthusiastic advocate of authoritarianism, dropped the mask this week. On his War Room podcast, while interviewing far-right lawyer Mike Davis, Bannon said plainly what the Trump administration has been dancing and weaving around for months:

“We can use this as a test run, as a test case, to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterm elections.”

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Trump finally has a war exit plan

Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

Trump's atrocious war has a direct link to his hideous ballroom

I am a very peaceful person by nature, so it’s something of a dichotomy that I’ve been fascinated by war most of my life. I’m one of those geeks who devour war books and watch documentaries whenever a new one appears.

Some wars and leaders have slipped through the cracks, but I still consider myself a novice expert on war leadership, the great, the tragic, and the catastrophically incompetent.

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The 5 ways Trump took a terrible thing — and made it so much worse

Flying already suck. Donald Trump just made it worse.

Let me count the ways.

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This mysterious 15 minutes smacks of insane corruption in Trump's orbit

Friends,

Margaret Ryan, the top enforcement official at the Securities and Exchange Commission — the agency tasked with investigating insider trading and other illegal activities in financial markets — abruptly resigned last week, after just six months on the job.

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