Jonathan Landay Reuters @JonathanLanday

On immigration, Supreme Court accedes to Trump's restrictive agenda - reuters.com/legal/governme…

⚡️⚡️⚡️BREAKING: Fuel crisis in occupied Crimea deepens after Ukrainian strikes. Thousands of cars are queued on the Crimean Bridge in both directions, with many reportedly fleeing the peninsula to mainland Russia in search of gasoline. Gas stations have halted civilian sales, with prior rationing at just 20-30 liters per purchase. Long lines, empty pumps, and black-market fuel define daily life. Ukraine's targeted strikes on refineries, depots, fuel trucks, and logistics routes (like the Novorossiya highway and Kerch crossings) have crippled supplies. Russia can't reliably resupply because key routes are destroyed or under constant threat — ferries and the bridge are restricted for fuel tankers for security reasons. Crimea is almost entirely dependent on Russia for fuel and essentials. As an occupied territory with no domestic refining capacity and severed independent logistics, it relies on mainland deliveries via vulnerable corridors. When Russia’s supply lines are hit, civilians suffer immediate shortages of gasoline, power, and goods. And of course, tourist season seem to be ruined and daily life grinding to a halt. The "Russian world" in Crimea looks more like a stranded outpost than a thriving region.

President Trump's administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel reut.rs/3R3HuKD

It's actually mind-boggling that @JDVance would say Watergate would be a "10 hour story" today. Just to review, Nixon's aides authorized a break-in of the DNC HQ to install bugging equipment--in a caper foiled by a night watchman, who called police. They then enlisted the CIA to mislead the FBI that the break-in was related to a probe of malign foreign actors. The entire operation was paid for by a slush fund controlled by the WH. The WH also enlisted the IRS to probe hundreds of Nixon's political enemies. The AG, the WH COS and several other top aides all were convicted and served time for their involvement in the crimes and coverup. Nixon was caught on his own secret tape system conspiring with them but was pardoned a month after he resigned by his successor, Gerald Ford. That Vance thinks this would be a "10 hour story" today speaks volumes about the moral and ethical degradation of the Trump era.

@

57 years ago

0 0 0 0 0

The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted a massive wave of lawsuits claiming the chemical giant Monsanto had a duty to warn consumers of alleged cancer risks from the world’s most popular weed killer, Roundup. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused climate change, which has made this week's soaring night-time temperatures 100 times more likely than they would have been just two decades ago, scientists said reut.rs/4vAD25g

Putin keeps saying that he will negotiate only on the basis of a supposed "agreement" made in Anchorage in which Trump supposedly accepted that Ukraine would cede all of the Donbas to Russia, but Marco Rubio, who was there, said there was no agreement. trib.al/Bv67ynw

A federal judge ordered Elon Musk to testify under oath in two proposed class actions accusing him of defrauding voters in swing states before the 2024 election by promising a $1 million-a-day giveaway. reuters.com/legal/governme…

The Russian Defense Ministry says it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight over 12 Russian regions, as well as the illegally annexed Crimea, the Azov and the Black Sea. apnews.com/article/russia…

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Mullin v. Doe, regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS): "Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.    "Today’s decision is a legal decision.  As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake. "As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them. "The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse.  The violent gangs run most of the country.  The government barely functions.  And, the economy is in shambles. "Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs.  "But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

One of the many fuel queues now appearing across Russia: a 1.2 km line at a Rosneft gas station in Irkutsk, where purchases are limited to 30 liters per vehicle.

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love

a day ago

Fuel supply problems continue to spread across Russia. 53 Russian regions have now introduced at least some form of fuel sales restrictions. Complete suspension: •Crimea — civilian fuel sales suspended entirely; fuel only for government services. Fuel rationing (liters per

20 108 592 63K 22

Naftali Bennett: Area C will be annexed to Israel (60% of the West Bank’s area), while Areas A and B will remain under Palestinian self-rule, with no Palestinian state. This proves, for those who still have not understood, that change in Israel will not come from within, because the Zionist opposition shares Netanyahu’s government’s role in entrenching the occupation and racial discrimination. No change will occur without imposing sanctions on the system of occupation and colonial settlement expansion.

Admiral (ret.) William H. McRaven: "In recent months, President Trump, upon advice from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has relieved or forced the retirement of some of the finest officers that have ever served this nation." Read the whole piece: theatlantic.com/national-secur…

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

As the situation on Crimea spirals, Russians are desperately fleeing the penninsula, with 1,800 cars currently waiting to cross the Kerch bridge, roughly 30x normal.

keyboard_arrow_left Previous keyboard_arrow_right Next

A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by @KatiePhang. Read the details here: joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-ju…

Israeli terrorist settlers set fire today to Palestinian land on the outskirts of the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah.

Trump: We caught some people vandalizing the reflecting pool. They threw a little fertilizer in the water, which is not good. Fertilizer doesn't go well with water. They caught em! They cut the bottom with a knife and pulled it.

This is correct. I attended the Supreme Court arguments. Trump DOJ argued alongside Bayer/Monsanto that because the EPA had already blessed glyphosate, no state government could require labels disclosing cancer risk. The EPA & DOJ in this instance was only there to protect Bayer.

MW4Liberty @MW4Liberty

16 hours ago

Today’s ruling in favor of Monsanto proves what I have said for a long time: government agencies don’t protect citizens from large corporations, rather they protect large corporations from citizens. Our government is illegitimate and no, your “side” is not going to fix it.

80 821 4K 344K 109

Lisa Murkowski dings Trump over Save America Act "If he chooses to hold up his own agenda because he wants action on the Save Act, that's, I guess, his call. It is not helpful to him. It's not helpful to the country …. If you don't have the votes, sir, you don't have the votes”