Life in Tehran since the ceasefire: How Iranian society is evolving •

As the stalemate continues in the Strait of Hormuz and peace talks between Washington and Tehran appear to be stalled, life in Iran seems to have returned to normal since the ceasefire. Society is even undergoing a major transformation, a process that began several months ago and has intensified against the backdrop of the war in recent weeks.

 

After Melania joke: Trump wants Jimmy Kimmel fired

On the day before the shooting in Washington, D.C., Jimmy Kimmel mocked the Trump family in a parody segment—calling Melania Trump an “expected widow.” Now, after the attack, the President and First Lady want him off the air. Donald Trump says Kimmel made a “despicable call to violence.”

From The Atlantic

Below is a partial list of his violent comments, from the 2016 presidential campaign until today.

“Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”

November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before

“I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.”

February 6, 2016, at a Republican-primary debate

“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

May 29, 2020, posted on Twitter during the protests and riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd was murdered

Senator Claims Bombing Iran Makes Trump 'President Of Peace'

 

Why do Republicans like Joni Ernst say such stupid things?

The senator joined MAGA Queen Maria Bartiromo Wednesday morning to discuss the next steps in US-Iranian peace talks since Trump has extended the ceasefire.

MARIA: Well the president wrote on Truth Social, Iran is losing $500 million a day as the strait remains closed, calling the regime, quote, starving for cash. The treasury is going to impose new sanctions on 14 companies and individuals who have helped Iran obtain weapons, including entities based in Iran, Turkey and the UAE.

What are your thoughts on next steps here, what the U.S. can do to get Iran to agree to these terms?

ERNST: Maria, we continue to put the pressure on Iran, and they do feel it economically.

We have our military might at the beck and call of the president right now, and we will maintain this ceasefire as long as we possibly can.

Now the Iranians, you know, we know, you can't trust them any further than you can throw them.

But the president is intent on peace. He is the president of peace.

What Trump’s ceasefire extension means for oil prices, security and peace

Donald Trump has announced an extension of the ceasefire with Iran, apparently at the request of Pakistan’s Prime Minister and Field Marshal. But there are few details, such as for how long and under what conditions.

SHOCK MOMENT: OMB Director Russ Vought Claims That Congress Only Sets Limits On Appropriations

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7:

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

Strictly speaking, the Appropriations Clause does not confer a distinct legislative power upon Congress, on the order of those powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8. Instead, the Clause is phrased as a limitation on government action.4 Thus, the Supreme Court’s cases explain that any exercise of a power granted by the Constitution to the Judiciary or to the Executive is limited by a valid reservation of congressional control over funds in the Treasury.

Feds Trying To Unmask Reddit Users Who Criticize ICE

 Social media giant Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury in Washington, D.C.

Social media giant Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., as part of the Trump administration's effort to unmask online critics of the immigration crackdown.

According to a subpoena obtained by The Intercept, Reddit has until April 14 to provide a wide range of personal data on one of its users, whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been trying unsuccessfully to identify for more than a month.

Attorneys for the Reddit user say their client’s posts and their anonymity are squarely protected under the First Amendment and that ICE’s use of a grand jury marks a disturbing escalation for the agency after seeing its previous efforts to investigate political speech quashed in court. The subpoena was issued by federal prosecutors in the capital after ICE’s effort to identify the same user failed in California federal court.

Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report

 Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces

Donald Trump is an acculyte of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban. Once in power both men sought to gain control of the media in their perspective countries. They achieved their goals by allowing wealthy supporters to take control of the independent media in return for their full support of their governments.  A similar situation is has developed in America with David Ellison, first taking control Paramount. followed by the takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. 

David and his father Larry Ellison (founder of Oracle) are supporters of Donald Trump.  Given what's taken place at CBS News under Bari Weiss and its shift towards right wing ideology one should except a similar shift in political focus by CNN.    

Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source.

The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that received heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered.

During a press conference at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump told reporters that his government was aggressively pursuing the “leaker” who revealed information about the missing airman to the media. He claimed that the news report put Iran on notice and put the airman in danger.

Firm backed by Trump sons tries to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran

 The grift never stops when the Trump's are involved. Daddy Trump throws a war and his idiot sons to stupid to keep quiet about their willingness to war profiteer announce a business venture with a company that produces military grade drones.

A drone-maker backed by Donald Trump’s two oldest sons is trying to sell to Gulf countries while they are under attack by Iran and dependent on the US military led by their father.

The sales drive by Florida-based Powerus – which announced a deal last month to bring onboard Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr – positions the company to potentially benefit from a war that their father began.

“These countries are under enormous pressure to buy from the sons of the president so he will do what they want,” said Richard Painter, a former chief White House ethics lawyer under George W Bush. “This is going to be the first family of a president to make a lot of money off war – a war he didn’t get the consent of Congress for.”