Today's Headlines: Todd Blanche was confirmed as attorney general 50-49 at 4am on Saturday — with spineless Bill Cassidy, who already lost his Senate seat thanks to Trump, casting the deciding vote anyway — cementing the man responsible for Ghislaine Maxwell's emotional support puppy as the top law enforcement officer in the United States. On an equally depressing note, Ohio congressman Max Miller, facing allegations of holding his daughter's stuffed bunny hostage among significantly more violent accusations, missed the deadline to drop out of his reelection race. Speaking of people with no shame, Meta was caught paying neo-Nazis through its invitation-only monetization program, including a white supremacist site banned from X for hate speech. Pivoting to international grifts, a Trump-linked oil company literally called Greenland Energy — incorporated last year by a Trump associate, with Dr. Phil retained to document the whole thing — is preparing to drill in Greenland without permission from Greenland, because why ask. On the war beat, the Pentagon is running dangerously low on weapons and gave defense companies three weeks to scale production, while Trump described ongoing Iran negotiations as "lowkeying it" and "like a chess game," and Iran announced it won't reopen the Strait until the US withdraws, ends the war, unfreezes assets, lifts sanctions, and pays damages — so just a few small asks. Netanyahu rejected Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, Hamas won't disarm until Israel leaves, Israel won't leave until Hamas disarms, and Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed a mutual defense pact declaring an attack on one is an attack on all, which is either stabilizing or the beginning of something much worse.
Resources/Articles mentioned:
CNN: How each senator voted on Todd Blanche’s attorney general confirmation
Axios: Max Miller stays in as GOP replacement window closes
Futurism: Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook
The Guardian: Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Reuters: Trump administration to invest $3 billion in minerals projects to boost US defense supply chains
WaPo: Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks
NBC News: Iran sets out steep demands for reopening Hormuz despite hopes Oman deal could break impasse
Axios: Trump to Axios: "We are low-keying it" with Iran
NBC News: Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu says
NBC News: Pakistan says new defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey is ‘purely defensive’ and open to others
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