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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

No one could have predicted that starting a trade war would lead to the loss of jobs.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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"The latest employment report just came out... and this is my worried face."

This must be what he means by a politically correct war

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

Leaking these out bit by bit over time sure seems like a swell strategy

Also, buy popcorn.

Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

The Humiliation of J. D. Vance Trump’s war with Iran shows that, within the administration, the vice president’s opinions matter less and less.

Also good signs:
"The VP was not in MAL w/Trump as he oversaw the attack. The admin released a photo of him running a secondary meeting at the WH, flanked by a can of Diet Mountain Dew and a sullen-looking Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence."

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This delivery driver throws treats to all the dogs on his route to see if they can catch. Spoiler alert: some of them definitely cannot. Still 13/10 for all (TT: jezzyvi)

are you fucking kidding me oh my god

Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem Thank you @POTUS Trump for appointing me as the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. @SecRubio and @SecWar are incredible leaders and I look forward to working with them closely to dismantle cartels that have poured drugs into our nation and killed our children and grandchildren. The Western Hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security. We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security to make America safe again: we delivered the MOST secure border in American history, 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S., we have located 145,000 children, FEMA delivered disaster relief at a 100% faster rate, we ushered in the golden age of travel, saved the American taxpayer $13 billion and revitalized the U.S. Coast Guard.

oh my goodness she seems to think Special Envoy for the Shield is a real job

He's incredibly stupid.

So I'm hearing some chatter about the Oscars cancelling the red carpet because of the war, but that strikes me as very stupid. This isn't 9/11 or the wildfires. If you act like this moment should be respected, you're granting it legitimacy. We shouldn't let the actions of the corrupt steal our joy

So no written test I'm thinking

I’m frankly a bit surprised Trump fired Noem. It shows weakness and reminds people that accountability is possible.

if i was Kristi Noem i simply would not quote Orwell

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL. kristi noem is doing a live speech right now and doesn't know she was fired. 🚨

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There are so many Republican crooks and creeps still in run-offs after Tues, I'm hoping the nation gets a better look at what Dems are dealing with here.

There are so many jaw-dropping passages in this piece it's hard to pick one to quote, but ...

Because housing assistance is drastically underfunded, only 1 in 4 eligible low-income households receive it.

Providing it to all who qualify would cost $118 billion a year—a tiny fraction of the proposed $1.5 *trillion* defense budget for 2027.

Poverty would fall 13% overall and 23% for children.

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Chotiner: How long did you stay with Calypso?
Odysseus: Seven years
Chotiner: As her prisoner?
Odysseus: Yes. I was bewitched.
Chotiner: And another year with Circe?
Odysseus: It's complicated.

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

GOP senator joins police in ejecting anti-war protester from Capitol Hill hearing A Senate Republican assisted several police officers in ejecting a man who interrupted a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday to object to the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.

this is literally right wing propaganda. cbs news cannot be trusted.

I don't think "affair" is the really right term when he was texting a congressional aide explicit messages and she wrote back "this is going too far, boss"