This Week's Quote

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The only thing prohibiting transit in the strait right now is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Source:  ABC News

Phantom Support

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Twice yesterday Donald Trump claimed he talked to one of his predecessors about the Iran war, and the former president told him, "I wish I did what you did."

However, aides to George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama said no conversations took place, and Joe Biden has also been ruled out, reports NBC News, exhausting the pool of living former presidents.

So either Trump—gasp—lied, or he meant he talked to himself, since he's also a former president, and received hearty approval.

I suppose there's a third possibility, that he's in nightly contact with Rutherford B. Hayes, but let's not make things worse than they already are.

Timeline

 

The Basics

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After church today, I decided I needed to stop for some groceries. And by "groceries," I mean Girl Scout cookies.

If you think mama's going to get through the next months of Trump and war and Trump without Thin Mints, you're desperately mistaken.

The News We Need

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has established the first Mayor's Office for LGBTQIA+ Affairs. He put Taylor Brown in charge of it, making her the first openly transgender person to lead a NYC office.

"She's gonna make sure that everybody gonna be somebody," said Rosetta Ferguson, Brown's grandmother.

Can't type anymore. Got something in my eye.

Better Than the Florsheims Trump's Been Doling Out?

 

This Week's Quote

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If you want policy to change, if you want this White House to take care of you, actually it’s surprisingly easy. Any one of you ought to try this: Take a million dollars, donate it to the ballroom that they’re building in the East Wing. Take another million dollars; I assume we all have a couple more lying around, right? Put it in the fund for that crypto company. Take another million dollars. Last time I checked, that is the entrance fee, not the membership, but just the initiation fee for a membership at Mar-a-Lago. And that’s all you’ve got to do to start getting your calls returned by this White House.

Pete Buttigieg

Source:  LGBTQ Nation