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Opinion | We differ in our politics. We agree on Congress’s power to declare war. We must do better for the men and women of our armed forces who risk their lives.

Jared Golden, one of the four Dems who opposed the War Powers resolution, previously helped write this op-ed www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

As @andrewperez.bsky.social and I report here, including by quoting an email from the trump White House we got more than a year ago, the supposed last straw for Noem was also (lol) based on obvious lies.

Trump signed off. Noem has been telling this story for more than a year, publicly…

Trump's Campaign Firm Is Cashing In on the Admin's Ads Praising Him Trump’s top campaign vendor, Strategic Media Services, placed the ads in which Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem thanks him for closing the border.

Here's a story everyone's missed about DHS's $220 million ad campaign... beyond that the ads all praise Trump.

Every single ad buy for the DHS ads has been placed by the Trump campaign's ad buying firm, Strategic Media Services, records show.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

You must lick the boot but never show your tongue. You must carry out the crimes but evade scrutiny for them.

Or maybe she's just not blonde.

BREAKING: Trump Axes His Puppy Killer Kristi Noem is out at the Department of Homeland Security, partly for a very silly reason. The department will remain under the control of Stephen Miller.

by far the best, ballsiest, and most in-depth story on noem's firing so far. @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social @zeteo.com open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Lol

BREAKING: Trump Axes His Puppy Killer Kristi Noem is out at the Department of Homeland Security, partly for a very silly reason. The department will remain under the control of Stephen Miller.

Trump fired his DHS chief for running a $220 million ad campaign praising him zeteo.com/p/trump-kris...

First Draft: The Vote to Stop the War? Congress has a chance this week to block further US military action in Iran. Gavin Newsom says the A-word about Israel. And a clear victory for Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate primary.

First Draft: The Vote to Stop the War?

Congress has a chance this week to block further US military action in Iran. Gavin Newsom says the A-word about Israel. And a clear victory for Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate primary.

From @andrewperez.bsky.social:
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Stole it from @andrewperez.bsky.social ; shall expand into a reported column soon

My family and friend tell me ICE had a chopper overhead, three blacked-out cars filled with agents in masks, the local sheriff, and a fire department van on hand to detain a bunch of landscapers in South Florida today.

Meet Bari Weiss’s Israel Flag-Waving News Correspondent The CBS News editor's latest hires has other staffers wondering if they work for the 'we love Israel' network. Plus, Sean Hannity’s stolen valor and David Ellison finds a new MAGA friend.

"Meet Bari Weiss’s Israel Flag-Waving News Correspondent"

Zeteo meda columnist @justinbaragona.bsky.social's latest on how the CBS News editor's new hires have other staffers wondering if they work for the 'we love Israel' network.

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🇺🇸 Trump's Very Boring Fascist Rally The president turns the annual State of the Union address in Congress into a bumbling hatefest, while Democratic lawmakers announce a new Epstein files investigation.

🇺🇸 Trump's Very Boring Fascist Rally

The president turns the annual State of the Union address in Congress into a bumbling hatefest.

Read today's 'First Draft' by @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social.
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"The President Must Be Removed From Office"

Zeteo is calling today for Donald Trump to be democratically removed from office, via impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The evidence, as laid out by Zeteo's @andrewperez.bsky.social in today's First Draft, suggests he is unfit.
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Is this even satire?

Meet the Trump Official Who’s Trying to Protect Prediction Markets Mike Selig wants to help Trump shield prediction markets from state regulators. So do his former colleagues and one of his old clients.

NEW: One of Trump's top "regulators" is working to block regulation of prediction markets like Polymarket & Kalshi.

Turns out, his old firm reps Polymarket. And he's using his role to join a legal battle his old colleagues are in to defend the markets.

And his old client helped Kalshi raise $185M.

You should really read today’s edition (below) of @zeteo.com’s FIRST DRAFT newsletter. Not just for this from Mehdi but reporting in here from @andrewperez.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social and me and more from the rest of the Zeteo crew

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Meet the Trump Official Who’s Trying to Protect Prediction Markets Mike Selig wants to help Trump shield prediction markets from state regulators. So do his former colleagues and one of his old clients.

Trump’s CFTC chair Mike Selig wants to shield prediction markets from state regulators.

Selig’s old law firm reps Polymarket. His old client led Kalshi’s funding round last year.

Selig, the law firm, and ex-client have all filed briefs in the same case.

Up at @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/trump-mike...

BREAKING: Former Prince Andrew Arrested Over Epstein Ties in the UK Plus: Republicans are starting to salivate at the idea of sending masked secret police to the polls, and 'Donald the Dove' might plunge us into another major war.

"Yes, They Do Want to Send ICE to the Polls"

New reporting from Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social for our First Draft morning newsletter.

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First Draft: Randy Too Racist for Republicans? GOP leaders have nothing to say about the biggest Islamophobe in Congress, at least one famous Republican can still admit slavery was bad, and Trump just deported a sick baby.

First Draft: Randy Too Racist for Republicans?

GOP leaders have nothing to say about the biggest Islamophobe in Congress, at least one famous Republican can still admit slavery was bad, and Trump just deported a sick baby.

From @andrewperez.bsky.social:
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No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.

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i dont love his social media posts, but would encourage you to read these two articles with an open mind. they answer your question.

The Boomcession: Why Americans Hate What Looks Like an Economic Boom The models used by policymakers to understand wages, economic growth, and consumer spending are misleading. That's why corporate America is having a party, and everyone else is mad.

this recent piece is also compelling imo www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-boomce...

Strikes and Bidenomics The White House is trying to sell 'Bidenomics,' but poll after poll shows that the public is extremely unhappy with the economy. What does the public see that the bureaucrats don't?

here are some things they miss or choose not to capture www.thebignewsletter.com/p/strikes-an...

"The campaign of terror that Trump is waging against Minnesota, and the United States, isn’t ending yet. It's evolving."

Swin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez for Zeteo detail how Trump officials frame Minnesota as a warzone amid plans to reduce operations.

Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-minn...

Update: The federal indictment against Kyle Wagner confirms our reporting, that Wagner was arrested and charged with cyberstalking right-wing agitator Jayden Scott (who allegedly stalked a Minnesota reporter before this) and NOT federal agents. /

Susan Collins decides to support the SAVE America Act months after Maine voted 64-36% to reject a voter ID measure