The UAE suddenly withdrew deposits in Pakistan's Central Bank which Saudi quickly replaced. This report indicates UAE did so to punish Pakistan for its mediator role in US-Iran talks. The story clarifies the 2 Gulf powers' views on the war & is a warning for states like Egypt 🧵

"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together a montage:

You know what’ll turn these numbers around? A taxpayer-funded ballroom.

love the approving clap by the doctor in the stands

This is a 56-alarm fire for Republicans. They are in deep, deep shit.

If it’s possible, the Trump Justice Department’s new indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is even more absurd than the previous indictment. That one failed to state a crime. This one fabricates a crime. | Andy McCarthy nationalreview.com/corner/trump-d…

Todd Blanche is one of the Top 10 most corrupt, unethical people to ever serve in a Trump admin and that is against extremely fierce competition.

It is incredibly wrong for Jimmy Kimmel to joke about my husband dying. It’s not like he’s Paul Pelosi or Rob and Michele Reiner. by Melania Trump

9-11 months of hard work by the FBI to determine if the seashells were a threat against the president. What an elite, efficient agency it is under Kash.

Former DOJ official tells me: "This might be the worst case DOJ has filed in my lifetime."

Never ask a woman her age. Never ask a man his salary. Never ask Vladimir Putin why there won’t be a May 9th Victory Day Parade this year.

Hegseth is getting pummeled as a Trump proxy, as expected from HASC Dems, but his inexperience facing tough questions as a national security leader in a budget hearing is clearly hurting him. These are pretty stock committee questions previous SecDefs easily parry away.

You lost Roe V Wade. You lost Affirmative Action. You just lost a chunk of section 2 of the VRA. Hey America, are we great yet? Fuck outta here!!!

Every Member of Congress should watch Rep. Jason Crow here. Asking tough, pointed, clear questions at hearings is always more effective than simply delivering repetitive monologues.

Trump, after having a 90 min phone call with Putin, puts out a truth social that he is considering withdrawing all troops from Germany. Something sinister is going on between them. It’s time for “concerned” Republicans to speak out

With an American pope, it’ll be increasingly impossible for the U.S. political class to ignore the rising anti-Catholicism within Israel. Make no mistake — this cannot stand.

Awkward.

Killed in action 2 May 1918 at Méricourt, 16 victory German ace Leutnant Hans Weiss.