MSN: Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over $11 billion in six days, source says.
AP/Reuters: Pentagon says first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion.
As a rule of thumb, when I hear the government (fed, state, local) giving us a cost estimate; I immediately double the amount. A bit later I triple it.
"PRINT THAT FIAT!"
"Don't forget the usury!"
Someone/Some groups made a lot of money on those wars. A wild guess tells me it wasn't the majority of taxpayers.
RT: US will ‘make a ton of money’ from Iran war – senator.
Lindsey Graham has described the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as “a good investment”
To quote Sporanos' character Paulie Walnuts regarding Graham, "[he's] a wormy co᧑ksucker."
Of course if you're rah-rah bomb Iran pom-pom girls, when not long ago Graham was on your sh/t list because of his commitment for "everything for Ukraine/Zelensky", it's amusing to see you pivot so damned fast. TF is wrong with you?
The Independent: Republican branded ‘racist slob’ over ‘disgustingly bigoted’ Muslim comments.
Florida Politics: CAIR demands resignation of Randy Fine.Florida representative Randy Fine is facing widespread condemnation online, after apparently taking to X/Twitter on Sunday to claim that “if they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one”.
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“Between his call for the destruction of all ‘mainstream Muslims,’ his claim that Palestinian identity itself is evil, and his call for the killing of everyone in Gaza, Randy Fine is a modern Klansman and Nazi all wrapped into one, only his targets are Muslims and Palestinians,” [sais the CAIR council] in an update on its website.
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“Leaders of Congress across the political spectrum should demand his resignation, which is long overdue.”
Fellow congressman Brendan Boyle called Fine an “ugly bigot” who “should not be in Congress.”
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And California governor Gavin Newsom simply responded by saying: “Resign now, you racist slob.”
Fine has been spewing his HATE SPEECH a long time. What took so long for others to Notice? They did. They didn't say anything about it until now, when he becomes a liability to them and is disadvantageous for their movement and causes reasons ...
More tweets from Randy Flab and a couple "funnies" after the PageBreak:
Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.[.]The Capitol emptied out on Thursday, a full day before the midnight Friday deadline for funding the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers who were deadlocked over new restrictions on immigration officers jetted off to Munich for a security conference or headed home for a weeklong recess, seemingly unconcerned with the looming closure. It was a jarring change from the past, when lawmakers were reluctant to seem like they were giving up for even a moment before time ran out for a deal.
"We can't do our job, we can't agree to anything (except when it's giving away U.S. money to Ukraine and Israel), so we're taking a week long recess."
Put your profession in their place: "I can't to my job so I'm going to take a week's long recess and still get paid." How long would your employer tolerate this?
Congress is worthless.
President Trump on Monday announced he is dispatching his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minnesota -- bypassing the normal chain of command -- where Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino have been overseeing ICE operations.
Factually: Did Tom Homan really take a $50,000 bribe?
Bottom line: multiple reputable outlets report an undercover FBI sting in which Homan was recorded taking $50,000 and allegedly promising to help win government contracts; Homan denies wrongdoing, no charges were filed, and the investigation was closed [by the DOJ] amid disputed explanations about evidentiary doubts and possible political intervention.
Newsweek: Donald Trump Receives His Worst Ever Approval Rating.
[...] new polling from the American Research Group (ARG) [...] finds Trump at 35 percent approval and 63 percent disapproval, yielding a net approval of –28 points—his worst recorded by ARG since the Republican's return to office.
Recently it's been ICE in Minnesota as Top Headline. Give this the usual MSM attention span and focus until another event occurs staged distraction, keeping attention off Israel’s daily ceasefire violations.
Donald Trump granted clemency to Rep. Steve Womack's son on Thursday, Jan. 15.The president commuted James Phillip Womack's eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine.President Donald Trump has granted clemency to a Republican congressman's son, who was behind bars for distributing methamphetamine.Trump, 79, officially commuted the federal sentence of James Phillip Womack, the son of Rep. Steve Womack, on Thursday, Jan. 15, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney. An official Executive Grant of Clemency issued by the U.S. Department of Justice formally announced the commutation of the Arkansas congressman’s son.[.]The congressman’s son was sentenced in federal court in May 2024 to a $1,900 fine and eight years in prison for distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, according to Office of the Pardon Attorney records.[.]Federal prosecutors indicted James in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. [ ANOTHER FELON WITH A GUN? How did he obtain it? We "need more common sense gun lasw!" 🤣 - DD ]James has a history of arrests dating back to 2007, KTHV reported, citing court documents.[.]He was arrested in 2018 on more than 10 charges, including multiple related to drugs and firearms, and later entered a plea agreement in the case, according to KTHV and KNWA. He was sentenced in state court to nine years behind bars for multiple felony charges and released early in 2020, but was later arrested again, according to KNWA.
KNEWZ: Trump pardons congressman's meth-dealing son.
"I thought Trump was against drug use, you know, since that was his excuse for Venezuela," someone else wrote on the newspaper's post.
Another commenter noted that the senior Womack may no longer be a free man himself, saying, "Well, Womack's an owned man now."
Womack has been a staunch ally of Trump, actively advancing the "America First" legislative agenda through his leadership on the House Appropriations Committee.
Trump pardons former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump arrests Maduro for drug trafficking.
Trump bombs alleged Venezuelan "drug boats."
Trump says ICE arresting known drug dealers.
Trump pardons Meth-dealing, repeat-offender, felon gun-possessing son of RINO Congressman.
Ooooooh...Womack...AIPAC beneficiary.
All hail 'Da Orange Kang!
I can't believe I agree with liberal NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. NYT: To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It.
Pam Bondi about a year ago: "Epstein Files on my desk, ready to release. "
Also Pam Bondi (December 2025): "We have to redact the names of the victims ped0-Saturians before releasing the Epstein files."
Maduro and the ICE shooting sure knocked the focus off Australia's Bondi Beach shooting.
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
The Mirror: Donald Trump's Justice Department quietly deletes only photo of him from Epstein files dump.
The photo was included in the disclosure which went live on Friday evening, but had been removed from both the website links and downloadable zip file at some point on Saturday.
AP: Calls to impeach AG Bondi grow after Epstein file omissions spark bipartisan outrage.
DO IT! IMPEACH HER!
We can only guess who and why OrangeJewlius is protecting. It could be anybody. 🤣 Anybody!
But it's not. We know. A long list of Saturians.
Breitbart: RINO Romney Calls for Tax Hikes, Raising Retirement Age.
Yes, we are living longer. Life expectancy has increased six years since 1980, but that doesn’t mean that those six additional years add up to prime working years. It’s not like your physical clock rewinds and now a 65-year-old is as spry as a 59-year-old. For many, those additional six years are linger years, six more years of being really old, frail, and sickly. For many, 70 is not the new 60. Rather, 70 is still 70, but instead of dying at 79, you die at 85.
So is it really fair to increase the retirement age? We live 12 years longer today than we did in 1950 when the average retirement age was 66. Should the retirement age reflect that? Should we be required to work until we’re 78 years old?
I don’t think so.
Mittens...just another AIPAC tool.
Romney, since at least 2010: "Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK...Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK..Iran has nuclear weapons...SQUAAAAAWK..."
By eliminating the numbers 6 and 7.
HuffPoo: JD Vance Rails About Viral Trend After Son Goes ‘Absolutely Nuts’ In Church.
The vice president riffed on making a "narrow exception to the First Amendment."
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It’s likely Vance was being tongue-in-cheek with his posts.
But his parenting style and commentary on free speech have drawn scrutiny before.
Had this been stated by former VP Harris, the Right and Conservatives would be screaming from the rooftops about "Free Speech." Even if Harris said it as a joke. Not hearing much from the Right on what J.D. said.
One-hundred and SIX, SEVEN thousand three-twenty four? Oh! Teh Irony! 🤣
Will the new way of counting numbers be: five, five-plus one, five-plus two, eight? Nothing would surprise me.
6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven. 6,7. 6,7. Six. Seven. Six. Seven.
Meanwhile, Sec of State Little Marco is busy banning font styles. He has nothing more important to do?
47 ain't no 45 and this Admin sucks and cucks for its Puppet Masters.
RT: Why many Americans aren’t buying the official story of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Tyler Robinson is in custody, but the case has roiled the blogosphere and social media.
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Why was the crime scene not cordoned off?
Many commentators and social media users are wondering why the scene of the shooting wasn’t immediately cordoned off and the perimeter secured.
Not just was the site not cordoned off, but a man was filmed taking down the camera that had been mounted right behind Kirk, even moving the chair that Kirk had been sitting on in order to reach the camera above. He is subsequently seen placing the camera on a table, looking around furtively, and then removing the SD card.
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Yours look the same as mine?
Epstein? Never heard of him.
Investigate Soros? Bondi, Patel & Bongino ON IT!
Ukraine? They can win another forever war that, "will end on Day One."
How do you feel about this, Americans? Who runs the U.S government? Who's in control? Certainly not OrangeJewlius or Congress. All owned by Israel/AIPAC.
So many, "Muh 2A! 2A! 'Shall not be infringed," bloggers out there with every other post about their precious 2A. Some of these USED TO be on my Blogroll. (NONE on my current BR. They dropped me, I dropped them.) They're dead silent on this issue, mostly because they appear to be the older of the old Boomers and they still actually believe, "Israel muh best ally! Muh Judeo-Christian values and all dat!" The "Judeo-Christian" phrase isn't found in any KJV, NIV, NLT or other traditional Bible. The phrase didn't exist until 1909 when it first appeared in Christian Zionist C.I. Scofield's version of the Bible.
These Bloggers are silent on 1A being eroded by the Israeli lobby through their vassals in the House, Senate and White House. Or they're too busy writing about or postings Memes to deport Ilhan Omar. Heh. Wake up.
Why do think AIPAC has never spent a dime against any opponent running against her? Someone like Omar is just who they want in Congress. I don't agree with her politics at all and have never defended her on any issue. She's not going to be deported or removed from office. She's the perfect villain for AIPAC and American Jewry. They love her and the more time people waste posting about her is less time Noticing how 1A and 2A are being successfully undermined.
And when 2A is dismantled, and it will be, it'll be too late. So tell me staunch 2A'ers, why the unfettered fealty to Israel?
The Independent: Trump’s Gaza plan involves ‘voluntary’ relocation of Palestinians – and giving them $5,000 each.
The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust, otherwise known as the Great Trust, proposes that the 2 million people currently living in Gaza could be paid to be relocated to other countries or secure zones as part of a deal that would also see them receive subsidies to cover four years of rent and a year’s worth of food, The Washington Post reports.
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The Great Trust blueprint was reportedly drawn up in April by the Boston Consulting Group, run by Israeli-American businessman Michael Eisenberg and Liran Tancman, a former Israeli military intelligence officer, who claim to have taken inspiration from Georges-Eugene Haussmann’s redesign of Paris in the 19th century.
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“It’s been an unlucky place for a long time,” Trump said in February. “Being in its presence just has not been good, and it should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by the same people that have really stood there and fought for it and lived there and died there and lived a miserable existence there.
“Everybody I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent – in a really magnificent area.”
This idea is stupid, dumber than Alligator Alcatraz, a complete waste of time, energy, resources, manpower and money.
Remember MAGA Bros, U.S. Taxpayers will pay for this $5,000 "relocation" incentive AND the full cost of rebuilding Gaza. Israel won't be paying or contributing anything. They only know how to destroy what's not theirs.
"...[Gaza] an unlucky place for a long time." Has it, Donald? And why is that?
“Everybody I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land[.]" Translation: Trump does whatever Satanyahu tells him to do.
But wait! There's MOAR! Uh huh. After Dan Bongino's hype and failure to deliver.
No different than promises made to "The Base", promises diverted, forgotten and gaslighted. Epstein, JFK, RFK, 9/11, USS Liberty, Benghazi, Seth Rich, etc. Some of them files that are files that never existed. Abracadabra!
Enter Tulsi! She's gonna give us Perp Walks of Obama, Hillary, Brennan and more! Woo-Hoo! Sure. This will habben! I've got seaside coastal property for sale in Nebraska, too. Low prices! Financing available! Leave a comment if interdasted.
Prepare for the following SOP:
We'll get two usual RINO performers, probably Jim Jordan and Tom Cotton and their well-rehearsed act again. Express feigned outrage. Call for investigations. Put on their, "this is my scowling face of disgust." Grandstand for screen time during Congressional hearing. Make harshly worded pronouncements that are meaningless. Tell everyone they've sent harshly worded letters to people and agencies.
Then hit the political circuit of media friendlies (Hannity, R-Tard and Buck, FOX News etc etc) making BOLD claims of justice is coming...you wait and see! Just "Two More Weeks! Turst Teh Plan!" Send another harshly worded letter to someone else. Feign scowl again for media cameras.
Then, Jordan and Cotton, along with their fellow Uni-Party AIPAC nub-rubbers will quiet down. They'll disappear for a short while. Then move on to The Next Outrage and repeat their same soap opera performances. "Oh. Teh Drama." All the while their base cheering them on, taking the bait. Annnnnnnnnnnnnd, nothing habbens. We've seen this movie before. It sucked then, it sucks worse now.
You know damn well if we were six months into a Dem-majority House, Senate and White House there would've have been at least charges filed, jailed (and perhaps bailed) of at least one Republican or R-related operative or associate. But six months into this Congressional Circus and Orange Jewlius and still nothing?
This is the next 3.5 years.
Bongino finally, I guess, is earning enough now to afford that hair transplant he's been pining over for so many years, so I guess maybe that's something?
