This is the first of a new series of daily breaking news items
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, says the Iran War has crushed Donald Trump's persistence and he now wants to give up governing to concentrate on his true priorities, “rage and revenge.” Here's the scenario...
The latest evidence of this is that Trump has tapped Bill Pulte as the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a role that is vital to the country’s national security apparatus. As Krugman writes, “The word ‘acting’ is crucial. The statute creating the position of DNI explicitly requires that the appointee ‘shall have extensive national security expertise.’” Pulte has none.On the other hand, maybe it doesn't make any difference since Ray Richmond's commentary from RawStory thinks there are vibes being sent from the Trump camp that "he's ready to quit his job." Of course, it's just an opinion but Richmond says...
For Trump, it’s all about Trump, as we know. Full stop. He no longer seems inclined to pretend he gives a single crap about…well, anything. He just claimed he didn’t give a good goddamn if the peace talks with Iran were over or not. He was no longer trying to save the Kennedy Center and didn’t care about what it was called after a judge’s ruling. He gave up without putting up even a tiny fuss about his $1.8 billion slush fund.
There's more...
"He also famously noted that he didn’t care about the financial struggles of the American consumer due to exploding gasoline and grocery prices. And far from trying to rescue his Great American Country Fair on the National Mall in D.C. on June 24, he labeled all the artists who pulled out 'losers' and said screw it, I’ll just entertain everyone myself."
"ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good is now a millionaire through online fundraisers." This is a headline from vt. about the murderous group of ICE agents in the city of Minneapolis who took at least two innocent lives, Good and bystander Alex Pretti. A GoFundMe campaign has been established for Good's widow and their sons and did raise nearly $1.5 million, but an unverified GoFundMe page is said to have collected more than $795,000 for the ICE murderer, Jonathan "Jon" Ross.
Another $250,000 is said to have been collected for Ross. The support goes both ways, some identifying Renee Good as a terrorist for moving her car to get away from Ross who had a gun trained on her. The FBI says it...
"has launched an investigation into Good's death, although sources familiar with the case have suggested Ross is unlikely to face criminal charges."
Yeah, like any justice will come of this with Kash Patel in charge of the agency.
