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  The New Zealand actor was 78 .

 President Trump's a ttempt to meet with Senate GOP over getting the SAVE Act passed ? It didn't go so well . Experts don't believe that the algae problem in the Lincoln reflecting pool was due to vandalism .  According to documents obtained under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Israel has been conducting the " largest geofencing and targeted Christian digital campaign ever ." " A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections , part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote."

Via CNN : A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The account, which has not been previously reported, was shared by the F-15 pilot with intelligence officials during a debriefing after the incident. It immediately set off a firestorm of debate within the US intelligence community that has yet to be resolved. If the airman really saw what he described — a formation moving in unison — it would be an alarming advance in Iranian drone capabilities. “Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN. “Real alien sh*t.” Another source told CNN the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” in the a...

  According to CNN , President Trump has said something to this effect at least 38 times. 

  If this is true, I say:

 According to CNN and Axios , it looks very likely.

 

 

  Via CNN : The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic agenda. The decision is arguably the most important loss the second Trump administration has sustained at the conservative Supreme Court, which last year repeatedly sided with the president in a series of emergency rulings on immigration, the firing of the leaders of independent agencies and deep cuts to government spending. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority and the court agreed 6-3 that the tariffs exceeded the law. The court, however, did not say what should happen to the more than $130 billion in tariffs that has already been collected. “The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope,” Roberts wrote for the court. “In light of...

  The Civil Rights leader and advocate for racial justice (who picked up the mantle after the passing of the likes of Martin Luther King Jr & Malcolm X) was 84. 

 Black Agenda Report: To say that Denmark's objection of America's desire to take Greenland is interesting would be an understatement .  Prism Reports: ICE's presence is destroying local businesses .  Mint Press News: Kidnapping foreign leaders is something the United States does . CNBC: Nvidia Director retires at 70 with $26 million "to pursue a new professional opportunity" but "not because of a disagreement with company or any matter related to its operations or policies." CNN & USA Today : The latest shooting in Minneapolis has put the spotlight on 2nd Amendment advocacy.  

How many people who believe their lives are in danger shout "F&cking B!tch" after shooting their supposed attacker? Sounds more like anger than fear. Via Status Coup: ICE agents aren't exactly helping Noem's arguments either:

 

Barely a week after last Tuesday's off-year elections gave the party some new life, they pay back their voters and base by caving to their notoriously untrustworthy "opposition" (I say "opposition" because they are not at odds as much as they want us to think):

 Via the Associated Press : News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon. Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine news gathering protected by the First Amendment. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Reuters on Monday also publicly joined the group that says it will not be signing. AP confirmed Monday afternoon that it would not sign. “Reuters is bound by its commitment to accurate, impartial and independent news,” the agency said in a statement. “We also steadfastly believe in the press protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution, the unrestricted flow of information and journalism that serves the public interest without fear or favor. The Pentagon’s new restrictions erode these fundamental values.” Defense S...

 Was the fire that destroyed a South Carolinian judge's home (and injured her family) connected to criticism over her ruling against the Department of Justice ? Is the judge involved in the "Alligator Alcatraz" case compromised? It only took the newest French government 14 hours to fall apart . Is the "WMD Playbook" being used by the United States to blame "drug cartels" for attacking Venezuela?   Improving the human immune system can win you a Nobel Peace Prize. 

 When e veryone's a "Hamas ally" (or the United States case, a drug dealer) anything can be justified . NOTE: The Hamas members who where there were invited under the premise of negotiating a deal with Israel. So to infer that the reason that this location was attacked because "evil Hamas" was around is very disingenuous.  

Ukraine is at war against Russia. The hot conflict started when Russia invaded Ukraine; Russia stated that it's actions are justified because (1) the 2014 Minsk Agreement was violated, (2) Ukraine has attacked and killed their own people of Russian descent, and (3) there is a Nazi element that may have had something to do with the first two points (Ukraine, naturally, objects to these accusations).  Israel is at war with the people of Palestine; I say, "the people of Palestine" because Palestine is not universally recognized as a nation. Israel claims that they are justified because the Palestinian political party/militia group Hamas attacked Israeli citizens unprovoked (Palestinians, naturally, point to the systematic oppression done to them by Israel as the source of civil unrest.) People will argue about the origins of both conflicts, who's right and who's wrong, but here's something that can't be argued at this point in time: Russia has the advantage i...