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Today in Corruption (A Partial Accounting): The corruption is nothing if not consistent. WaPo (Gift Article): Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy. And, In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners. “A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.”
+ Fuels Rush In: Trump says Putin will release diesel fuel onto global market amid unprecedented price surge. (Nice to see close allies working together.)
+ Only the Best: “Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.” ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests. (There was a five year-old kid in the backseat. Feel safer?)
+ Partner in Crime? “Although the State Department had been preparing the sanctions for months, Mr. Rubio’s announcement came just hours after a committee in Norway said it was awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a South African lawyer who served for nine years as a judge on the International Criminal Court and worked as the top human rights official at the United Nations.” Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions.
+ Cable Guise: Oil isn’t the only thing looking for an alternate route around the Red Sea. Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet.
+ The Wrath of Jon: “If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club.” Jon Ossoff has taken off the gloves and is telling it like it is. Does that make him the Dem frontrunner for 2028?
+ Isaias: “Isaias has strengthened into a Category 3 ‘major hurricane.’ It is now expected to make landfall tonight as a Category 3 on the Gulf Coast around Pensacola, Florida.” Here’s the latest from CNN.
+ Beaking Bad: “Alberto Hernandez Castillo disembarked from his flight on Sunday in a pair of gold-sheened sneakers, according to a criminal complaint. He appeared nervous and authorities observed an ‘unexplained bulge’ around his pelvis.” OK, at this point, to me, this sounds like a pretty familiar trip through the airport. But then things took a twist. 21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt.
