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Lan Tornes retweeted
The FAA has grounded all flights at airports across the US due to “air traffic communications” problems.
And just so we're clear, this is the same administration that has told us time and time again that they have made our country "safer" and more "secure."
But at the same time, we've seen report after report of national security vulnerabilities, government mishaps, threats of espionage and unknown origin, cyber security intrusions all over the country, and indications that our enemies are planning attacks against Americans both at home and abroad.
Not to mention that our president is starting trade wars with our neighbors, threatening our allies, weakening our alliances and global standing, diminishing our strategic soft power around the world, depleting our munitions stockpile, hardening terrorist regimes and their alliances with our global adversaries, getting us embroiled in foreign wars that are doing more to further radicalize our enemies against us than rein them in, and all while he cozies up with dictators who have long desired to see the United States fall.
And this doesn't scratch the surface because I'd me remiss if I didn't bring up the Trump administration's national terror campaign via ICE and all the for-profit internment camps that the government is building around the country.
This is the most incompetent and cruel administration in history.
Our country is not "safer," our nation is not "secure," and it will take years, if not longer for sanity to be restored and for the US to recover from the damage that's been done by the Trump regime.
Lan Tornes retweeted
Trains are actually running.
It's Amtrak's booking site and app that crashed, because every stranded flyer in America tried to buy a ticket at the same time.
Still, all flights grounded plus a "telecom outage" nobody can explain, and we're supposed to just relax? We deserve real answers 🇺🇸
Lan Tornes retweeted
"UNBELIEVABLE. 🤬 Remember that luxury Boeing 737 #KristiNoem's #HomelandSecurity Department bought with taxpayer money, supposedly for deportation operations?
Well, here's where it gets outrageous.
The aircraft, reportedly purchased for $108 MILLION, is now under White House control, with #Melania Trump among the select people given access to it.
Yes, Melania. The First Lady.
And wait until you hear what's inside this so-called deportation plane.
We're talking bedrooms, marble showers, a full kitchen, massive flat-screen televisions, and even a BAR. There's reportedly a table covered in manta ray skin, too.
Because apparently, that's what the government needs to transport immigration detainees.
When Senator Sheldon Whitehouse questioned Noem about the luxurious interior, she insisted the aircraft was being refurbished and suggested the bedroom would be removed.
But the questions didn't end there.
The administration had originally justified the jet as useful for deportations and official government travel. Then the White House took control of its use, making it available to senior officials and Melania Trump's office.
And taxpayers are supposed to consider that perfectly normal?
Here's another detail that deserves attention. Democratic senators have questioned why DHS paid $108 million for an aircraft that had reportedly been advertised for less than $90 million. They're also demanding answers about the contracts and whether taxpayers received anything close to a fair deal.
Think about the priorities here. Americans are struggling with healthcare bills, grocery prices, rent, and everyday expenses. Yet an agency funded to carry out immigration enforcement ended up purchasing a luxury aircraft with accommodations most taxpayers could never dream of enjoying.
The administration says these aircraft provide secure transportation for government officials. Fine. Then show Americans exactly how the money was spent, who authorized the purchase, and why a plane with private bedrooms and a bar was considered necessary for immigration operations.
This isn't about whether the First Lady can travel on a government aircraft. It's about why taxpayers were asked to fund an extraordinarily expensive luxury jet under a deportation justification, only for its use to expand to political VIPs.
We're not stupid.
And we're certainly not asking too much by demanding receipts.
Now imagine the Republican outrage if Michelle #Obama had been given access to a $108 million luxury aircraft bought with immigration enforcement funds.
The congressional hearings would never end.
But when it's the #Trump administration?
Suddenly, everyone is supposed to look the other way.
The double standards never stop."
Lan Tornes retweeted
1/ ركّزوا معي. ترامب اعترف مبارح بشي ما حدا انتبهلو.
بمقابلة بالبيت الأبيض صوت وصورة
مع Stephen A. Smith، قال بالحرف:
"I could end it immediately"
بقدر انهي الحرب مع إيران فوراً.
بس ليش ما عم ينهيها؟ هون الصدمة.
2/ ترامب قال: "at the request of the nations that I'm looking to protect, we are doing it a little bit longer way"
يعني: عم طولها لأنو الدول يللي عم احميهن طلبوا مني هيك.
مين هني؟ سمّاهن بالاسم:
"Saudi Arabia has asked me to please just let it be the way it is now for a while"
"Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, all of them would much prefer the waiting period."
3/ ترجمها: السعودية وقطر والكويت والإمارات والبحرين طلبوا من ترامب: لا تضرب ضربات كبيرة هلأ. خليك على الحصار والانتظار، لأنو إيران عم تتفكك لحالها.
وترامب شو قال عن طلبن؟ قال:
"I'm not sure I agree with it."
يعني: أنا مش مقتنع، بس عم اسمعن.
4/ ولما سألوه: كنت رح تضرب أكتر لو ما طلبوا منك؟ قال: "Yes, I would."
يعني هو كان بدو يضرب أكتر.
5/ طيب شو كان بدو يعمل لو ضرب؟ هون قال الجملة الأخطر:
"In one day their energy is gone. In one day their bridges are gone. And in one day their manufacturing capability is gone. It would only take me three days."
بيوم طاقتن بتروح. بيوم جسورن بتروح. بيوم مصانعن بتروح. 3 أيام وبخلص عليهن.
6/ وهون لازم نفهم الصورة الكاملة، لأنو في طرف تاني عم يضغط بالعكس تماماً.
حسب تقارير Axios و Financial Times، نتنياهو عم يتصل بترامب شبه يومياً ليضغط عليه يرجع يضرب إيران ويستأنف الحرب.
يعني ترامب بالنص:
الخليج عم يقولو: روّق، لا تضرب.
نتنياهو عم يقولو: اضرب، اضرب.
وهو عم يقول: مش مقتنع بحدا، بس بعدني عم اسمع للخليج.
7/ الخلاصة المضمونة:
ترامب مش عم يقرر الحرب لحالو. الحرب صارت مزاد.
الخليج بدو إيران تتفكك على البطيء بالحصار، بلا ضربات كبيرة تعمل فوضى عندن.
نتنياهو بدو ضربات كبيرة لينقذ حالو سياسياً.
وإيران بالنص، عم تتخنق بالحصار وعم تهدد: إذا خنقتوني، رح خنق العالم معي.
انتبهو : هيدا مش تحليلي. هيدا كلام ترامب بصوتو،
وهيدي تقارير Axios عن نتنياهو.
صب يا كبير صب 🔥
واحد بياخدك شمال
واحد بياخدك يمين ☺️
Lan Tornes retweeted
NEWS: The Trump administration is officially planning to sell off public lands.
The Interior Department publicly laid out a strategy to reduce the amount of federal lands by selling property to states, tribes, and local governments.
washingtonsun.com/energy-env…
Lan Tornes retweeted
Doug Burgum is the most dangerous member of Trump's cabinet after Pete Hegseth.
Doug Burgum has no respect for America's natural lands. He has silently, methodically, been pillaging and destroying our public lands for two years, and everything that lives on them.
He will not stop.
He is a Big Oil, Corporate interest corrupt investor who is abusing his post and destroying America for GREED.
NEWS: The Trump administration is officially planning to sell off public lands.
The Interior Department publicly laid out a strategy to reduce the amount of federal lands by selling property to states, tribes, and local governments.
washingtonsun.com/energy-env…
Lan Tornes retweeted
This is a really,really bad idea, and is going to turn all the western conservatives, the hunters, anglers, off roaders, hard against them.
The administration needs to abandon this.
Lan Tornes retweeted
He's only worried about the hit his investment banking firm will take if they fire him. -Wall Street Journal
Lan Tornes retweeted
How the U.S. Congress allows two of the president's buddies, elected by absolutely nobody, to fly around the world on private jets, engaging in shady negotiations, trying to sell off U.S. allies for backroom business deals, and destroying the last scraps of America's reputation is just beyond me. It's such a shame.
Lan Tornes retweeted
One thing that's hard for me to do is listen to any Democrat who's offering olive branches to the Republicans.
As a Democrat, I'm not willing to listen to talk about how we need hold hands and work together to get this country back on it's feet.
After this historic blowout, mandate in the Midterm like this, it's not time to go soft and relinquish or share the power we just gained.
I don't want to hear any Democrat talking about how we're not looking for revenge. I say F*ck That!!!
Do you think the Republicans would be offering olive branches right now? Hell No. For the last two years they've been running roughshod over the Democrats.
The time is right now to whack these moles right into the dirt. Let's not pretend that the Republicans are gonna be anything but Republicans.
It's now the time to get rid of the corruption. We can do two things at the same time.
Destroy and Rebuild.
That's just how I feel.
Lan Tornes retweeted
Andrew Sullivan: “It’s a perfect symbol of what Trump has done to our democracy. He asked no one’s permission, stacked every commission with cronies and hacks, demolished the East Wing with almost no notice, and financed the boondoggle with bribes...
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Lan Tornes retweeted
"Trump is a walking, breathing, all-encompassing security breach. Why?
Because he cannot understand the idea of 'national security.' His narcissism is so complete, so pathological, that 'national security' only exists as Trump’s security."
thebulwark.com/p/spies-like-…
Lan Tornes retweeted
Stephen Miller Ran “White Boy November” Campaign
Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer and Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend, released screenshots Tuesday of what she says are Signal messages from Stephen Miller. The messages urged conservative women on X to call ten white...
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Lan Tornes retweeted
21 Democrats just voted "Yes" to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653).
21 Democrats are willing to
- Weaken environmental review requirements
- Make permitting of public lands for drilling and the development of data centers and energy grids permanent UNDER THE CORRUPT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - and almost legally impossible to reverse.
- Allow for no judicial pauses, meaning bulldozers keep going while cases are being fought in court.
- Weakens the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and fast tracks fossil fuel projects.
This is how Corporate Dems repay the voters for handing them the majority.
Lan Tornes retweeted
Why did trump do nothing when told Jensen Huang was having an affair with a Chinese spy that wanted AI chips? Because trump cares more about his damn @WhiteHouse ballroom than he does about American national security.
Nvidia made at least a $25 million donation to the ballroom.
If the NYT/WSJ timelines are correct …
When Jensen Huang joined the president on Air Force One to go to China in 2025 and attended the White House state dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in September, Trump had already been told that Huang was sleeping with a suspected Chinese spy, and his administration was already investigating an illegal relationship between the spy’s company and the Chinese Communist Party
Stay strong Ukraine:
Russia is demanding that Finland withdraw from NATO and that Moldova be transformed into a federal republic—coupled with "independence for Transnistria and Gagauzia." These are just a few of the conditions mentioned by Russian representatives during unofficial negotiations regarding an end to the war in Ukraine, reports *Bild*.
Other demands from Moscow include:
➡️ NATO must agree not to establish military bases in Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania;
➡️ Russia must retain control over all occupied Ukrainian territories;
➡️ The entire Donbas—including parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions currently controlled by Ukraine—must be handed over to Russia;
➡️ Ukraine must adopt a non-aligned status and renounce any intention to join NATO (though EU accession is not ruled out);
➡️ The ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa must be "demilitarized";
➡️ Agreements must be reached regarding freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea;
➡️ Should Moldova join the EU, Transnistria and Gagauzia must be granted the right to hold referendums on their independence.
In return, Moscow is reportedly prepared to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus, refrain from stationing intermediate-range missiles there, and pull Russian troops out of Transnistria.
How should Europe respond to these outrageous demands?
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Lan Tornes retweeted
2/ main residence. Rep. James Clyburn posted the photo with the caption: “the contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.” -AlterNet
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Adhara Pérez Sánchez, a young prodigy from Mexico, has captivated the world with her remarkable intellect and extraordinary achievements. With an IQ of 162, higher than those estimated for Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, Adhara was diagnosed with autism at age three. She faced significant challenges in traditional schooling, including bullying, until her mother enrolled her in the Center for Attention to Talent, where her exceptional abilities were finally recognized and supported.
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