A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln in an apparent suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy.
The 19-year-old sailor went overboard on Aug. 3 after
sending his wife desperate messages about the toll of the extended
deployment on the aircraft carrier, which had spent months at sea amid
President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.
Now, the sailor is facing non-judicial punishment for
violating articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ),
according to an MS NOW report, which cites his wife and charging documents.
The documents accuse the sailor of “malingering,” which is
defined as a service member “intentionally faking an illness or hurting
themselves to avoid work, duty or service,” according to MS NOW.
Here's the video from yesterday morning of Stephanie Ruhle's new MS NOW program MONEY, POWER AND POLITICS.
So
that's how Chump and Secretary of Fancy Nancy Pete Hegseth roll?
There's no effort to get he sailor help, just to prosecute.
If we're going to prosecute, when do we
prosecute Chump and Hegseth for their dereliction of duty that allowed
the USS LINCOLN to be on a mission that long? Or their dereliction of
duty when it came to not having basic supplies on board -- including
food?
Navy documents accuse the sailor
of ‘intentionally faking an illness or hurting themselves to avoid work,
duty or service,’ while a separate charge claims he failed to report to
his required place of duty during the mental-health crisis. 'I think
they’re insane for doing this to people who need mental help,' the
sailor's wife told MS NOW. 'Instead of giving them help, this is just
another huge stressor.' His wife said he repeatedly requested paternity
leave to meet his newborn daughter for the first time but was denied
each time.
Mike Gibbons sat out the presidential election two years
ago, frustrated that Democrat Kamala Harris did not take a stronger
stand against Israel's war in Gaza and unable to bring himself to cast a
vote for Republican Donald Trump.
That is not his plan this year.
The 33-year-old restaurant server in this eastern
Pennsylvania town that once housed one of the world's largest
steelmakers is eager to vote for any Democrat he can in November. As the
war with Iran that Trump initially said would last weeks surpasses six
months on Friday, Gibbons is feeling the fallout every time he fills his
tank at nearly $1 per gallon more than last year.
“The price of gas affects the
price of everything and the price of everything's up and my pay hasn't
gone up,” he said. “I'm doing blue no matter who this time.”
President Trump's investment accounts have continued to
purchase and sell stock holdings in oil and natural gas companies while
he oversees the U.S. war with Iran, according to his financial
disclosure filings through the second quarter of 2026.
As the Iran war continued, paused for a ceasefire and then
restarted, Mr. Trump has purchased and sold oil and gas stocks worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the most recently
available data from the Office of Government Ethics.
Donald Trump has been milking every dollar and cent he
can find out of his second presidency. Personal jets, real estate deals,
crypto rug pulls and shady foreign investment deals are just the tip of
the international corruption iceberg, and while far less grand, he's
also partaking in more mundane forms of graft. Namely lots, LOTS, of
stock trades.
New stock trading data published this week by the Office of
Government Ethics revealed that Trump made over 1,000 stock trades in
the month of June. The president, whose financial portfolio is
theoretically supposed to be held by an independent third-party trust,
moved millions in stocks and ETFs for major companies including SpaceX,
Palantir, Vanguard, Berkshire Hathaway, Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft.
According to an analysis by Yahoo Finance, the total volume
of trades made in June clocked in between $78.1 million and $263.1
million. The administration denies that the president had any direct
hand in the trades.
"Neither President Trump nor any member of his family has
any ability to direct, influence, or provide input regarding how the
portfolio is invested or when investments are bought or sold," the White
House told The Wall Street Journal. "All holdings are maintained in
discretionary accounts and invested through computer-based model
portfolios that automatically replicate recognized indexes, such as the
Schwab 1000."
Yet, given how openly the president and his family are
building a multi-billion dollar fortune by exploiting the power of the
presidency, the notion that their trade portfolio is their last bastion
of ethical behavior has been received with a heavy serving of
skepticism. For example in April, Trump posted on Truth Social that it
was a "GREAT TIME TO BUY" just hours before announcing his first round
of global "liberation day" tariffs, triggering wild swings in investment
markets.
In July Trump bragged to CNBC that his sons - who manage
the majority of his family's business empire - had access to "insider
information" when conducting transactions and crafting deals.
Trump's June 2026 financial disclosure indicates he bought
between $250,001 and $500,000 of Boeing stock on June 18, 2026. That
same day, the Department of Defense announced an $880 million contract
with Boeing.
Thus, we have rated this claim as true.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday called President Donald Trump the “most corrupt” president in American history.
Warren criticized Trump’s second-term
business activities, including the disclosures that he earned more than
$1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025.
The windfall included over $520
million from the sale of tokens issued by World Liberty Financial and
more than $635 million in royalties collected from the Official Trump
(CRYPTO: TRUMP) memecoin.
Warren also mentioned the
service by Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ: DJT) that
charges between $60,000 and $100,000 a month for early access to posts
from 10 prominent Truth Social accounts, including Trump’s.
With midterms only 67 days away, the GOP appears to be in very bad shape and that's a result of Chump's actions. Garrett Downs (CNBC) reports:
Voters are worried about the cost of living. Comments from the GOP this week are not likely to console them.
President Donald Trump, in an interview Wednesday, said the
word "affordability" was "devised" by Democrats to disparage him. The
Republican National Committee sent out a fundraising text attributed to
Vice President JD Vance that said groceries "cost what they cost." And
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who won the nomination for a full Senate
term on Tuesday, disparaged federally run universal healthcare before
recalling with nostalgia her parents heading to work even if they were
sick.
Nostalgia of her parents heading to work even if they were
sick? Her mother died of cancer. Her father of a heart attack. What
happy moments those were for Darline. She says she's faced everything
but she can't publicly face the fact that her brother was gay. She's in
denial about so much.
The set of comments over the past 24 hours exemplifies the
challenges ahead for Republicans as they race to save their majorities
in Congress in the midterm election, which looms less than 10 weeks
away. Democrats are hammering Republicans on the campaign trail over the
cost of living, which remains stubbornly high amid the war with Iran.
The White House and Republicans also have few levers to pull to remedy
affordability concerns immediately.
Voters are also loud and clear that affordability is their top concern in this election. Respondents to CNBC's most recent All-America Economic Survey
said the cost of food and groceries was voters' top concern, and
Democrats held a 7 percentage point lead on handling that issue.
President Donald Trump has been given a major midterm warning as a poll shows the GOP is cratering among female voters.
A survey
by Christine Matthews, a pollster at Bellwether Research and
Consulting, found that Democrats hold a whopping 18-point lead over
Republicans (52 percent to 34 percent) in a generic congressional ballot
among 1,291 female registered voters.
For comparison, in the 2018 midterm elections—where
Democrats rode a Blue Wave by winning 40 congressional seats and
regaining control of the House—women favored Democratic candidates by 18 points (58 percent to 40 percent).
Among the key Republican voting bloc of white women,
the numbers are particularly dire. The poll shows Democrats winning 47
percent to 39 percent. During the 2024 elections, white women favored
Republican House candidates over Democrats by 55 percent to 44 percent,
and by 53 percent to 45 percent in 2022.
Battleground Republicans are breaking from President Donald Trump on data centers. So far, they’re getting away with it.
In recent weeks, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Michigan GOP
Senate nominee Mike Rogers and Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee
Stacy Garrity have called for temporary pauses on data center projects.
Rep. Tom Tiffany, Republicans’ gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin, launched an attack ad
painting his Democratic rival as too pro-data centers. Michigan GOP
Rep. Tom Barrett also rolled out an ad last week saying “I stood up to
my own party” on data centers and introduced legislation to shore up local control over them.
It’s a stark shift in a party that had previously embraced
the burgeoning industry, which Trump has positioned as a critical piece
of winning the artificial intelligence race with China. In some cases,
the candidates are issuing their new, restrictive data center policies
without consulting the White House, according to Garrity and advisers to
Barrett, Abbott and Tiffany.
[. . .]
Trump recently called Abbott’s move to pump the brakes on projects in his state a “mistake” in a Punchbowl News interview. But the Texas governor still defends his crackdown, telling ABC on Sunday that he’s putting guardrails on an unruly industry that risks straining the state’s resources.
Pete Hegseth can't win a war and he can't
make sure that the USS LINCONLN has enough food on board or isn't out to
sea for too long but he can try to intimidate the Scouts of America.
James Dale (USA TODAY) writes:
On Feb. 27, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted a video announcing that he had forced Scouting America
(formerly the Boy Scouts of America) to bend the knee regarding its
inclusive policies. Hegseth said the organization would purge what he
called "an insidious, radical, woke ideology" and membership would be
based on birth certificates. Hegseth gave the organization's leaders six
months to prove themselves, and he closed with a threat: "We're
watching, and we're watching closely."
I know that rhetoric. I heard it in 1990
at 19 years old, when the Boy Scouts of America expelled me for being
openly gay. I was an Eagle Scout and an assistant scoutmaster in
Matawan, New Jersey, and a one-page form letter told me I no longer met
the standards for leadership.
I spent the next decade fighting that decision all the way
to the Supreme Court, and in 2000 I lost 5-4. The conservative court
held that the scouts had a First Amendment right to decide their own
membership, free from government interference, overturning a unanimous
decision of New Jersey's highest court.
[. . .]
Now for a healthy dose of irony. The Supreme Court case I lost, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, established that the government cannot dictate the membership of a private expressive organization.
The precedent built on my expulsion is now the strongest legal shield
Scouting America has against the Pentagon's coercion. The weapon that
scouts leaders used on me is sitting there, waiting for them to pick it
up.
Turning to Chump's decades long roll dog --
going all the way back to the eighties -- Jeffrey Epstein. A number of
documents were released by the Justice Dept as a result of Congress
passing a law to require the release of all documents; however, Attorney
General Todd Blanche protected Chump as Deputy Assistant Attorney
General and continues trying to avoid releasing documents related to
Chump now that he's Attorney General. Congress released a transcript on
Wednesday of their interview last month with JPMorgan Chase's Jes
Staley. Misty Severi (JUST THE NEWS) reports:
The former executive admitted in the transcript that he had
a consensual sexual encounter with someone who he described as "an
assistant to Epstein" around 2009 or 2010, but that he did not know if
the woman was paid by Epstein.
The interview, which took place July 24, was part of the
panel's investigation into the federal government's handling of the
Epstein case and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Staley consented to a
voluntary transcribed interview with the committee.
Following Epstein's arrest and death, Staley came under
scrutiny in a lawsuit filed by the disgraced financier's victims, who
argued in court filings that JPMorgan Chase and Staley ignored red flags
that helped enable Epstein to traffic women and girls. JPMorgan Chase
settled the case in 2023 for $290 million.
The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex
with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an
infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein.
The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of their investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges.
In the email exchange
on 9 and 10 July 2010 Staley and Epstein referred to Disney princesses.
In those messages, the details of which have been circulating in the
media since 2021, Staley tells Epstein: “That was fun. Say hi to Snow
White.”
Epstein then asks: “What character would you like next?” to
which Staley replied: “Beauty and the Beast.” Epstein responded: “Well
one side is availble [sic].”
[. . .]
In the transcript, Staley is then asked: “Would you agree
that’s a pretty incredible coincidence, that you email him on July 9th,
saying, ‘That was fun, say hi to Snow White,’ and then [the unnamed
individual] emails him the next day, reporting back on something that
just didn’t have anything to do with you?”
“Sure. Why not?” Staley said.
“That’s pretty hard to believe,” the representative said.
Melanie Stansbury, a Democratic congresswoman from New Mexico, highlighted inconsistencies in what Staley was able to recall.
“You’re claiming that you can remember this interaction you
had with Mr Epstein when you went and made a friendly visit while he
was doing his sentence, but you have no recollection of these emails and
exchanges you had over a woman that was referenced as ‘Snow White’
years later?” she asked him. “That’s ridiculous,” she said.
Staley said many of the exchanges scrutinised by the
committee happened a long time ago and he was not able to recall many of
the details.
Julianne McShane and Lisa Rubin (MS NOW) note of the woman Staley did admit to having sex with:
In the transcript, Staley also
recounts what he characterized as a consensual sexual encounter with
someone who he described as “an assistant to Epstein” around 2009 or
2010, which he previously testified about. He says the woman was in her
20s or 30s, that the encounter occurred at her New York City apartment
and that he “assumed” Epstein did not instruct the woman to have sex
with him. According to the transcript, the woman later sued Epstein for
sexual abuse and settled with his estate, but reserved the right to
pursue legal action against Staley — a fact he said he was unaware of.
Barclays has been seeking to rebuild its standing after
Staley’s departure, but it was dragged into the scandal once again in
July when Elizabeth Warren, a senior Democratic senator, and two
colleagues wrote to Nigel Higgins, the chairman of Barclays, to ask
whether the lender performed sufficient due diligence on Staley before
appointing him chief executive.
Warren said the FTSE 100 lender should provide details on
its internal processes as its “apparent failure” to vet Staley posed
“significant governance questions regarding the bank’s ability to hold
senior executives accountable for wrongdoing”.
The bank has said that new information has emerged in the
years since his appointment that showed Staley “misled Barclays and many
others as to the nature of the relationship with Epstein”.
In one email, Staley suggested getting Epstein out of prison “for the weekend” to discuss business.
One questioner, whose name was redacted in the committee
transcript, asked at last month’s hearing if it struck Staley as
“problematic to be asking a convicted sex offender” to do that.
“Epstein had very interesting insights into the financial markets,” Staley told the questioner.
Beleaguered billionaire Bill Gates has been grilled over
claims that he was targeted for “blackmail” by child sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein.
Gates, 70, was mired in controversy after appearing in the
Epstein case files. Among the documents released by the Department of
Justice were photos of Gates posing with the late financier, as well as
email correspondence between the two men.
The Microsoft co-founder was probed by the House
Oversight Committee in June over his links to Epstein, whom he met with
around 30 times between 2011 and 2014. In 2008, Epstein pleaded in
Florida to state charges of soliciting a prostitute and procuring a
minor for prostitution. He died in jail in 2019.
Gates appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 on Wednesday to share
his concerns about the AI industry not opeing up about the possible
risks of the technology.
However, Cooper ended the interview by asking Gates about
his connections to Epstein, noting it was his first television
appearance since his behind-closed-doors grilling by the House Oversight
Committee.
The CNN host asked Gates about the series of “graphic,
unverified” allegations Epstein reportedly made in draft emails from
2013 that were never sent.
The billionaire previously admitted to having extramarital
affairs with two Russian women, but Epstein’s draft emails alleged he
had contracted an STD from the women, and wanted antibiotics to give to
his then-wife Melinda. Gates previously said the sordid allegations in
the unsent emails were “false.”
“It sounded like he was trying to blackmail you,” Cooper
asked of the contents of the draft emails, adding, “Were you aware he
was trying to do that?”
“No,” Gates said firmly, pointing out how “complicated” the “several hundred pages” of testimony was.
“I didn’t know that he was considering blackmailing me. Uh,
he never did blackmail me, but, you know, it just shows how foolish I
was uh, to spend time with him,” Gates said.
Journalist Katie Phang went on UNION SQUARE
to explaing her lawsuit against the Justice Dept to force Attorney
General Todd Blanche to follow the law passed by Congress and release
all of the Epstein files.
And below, Katie reports on Epstein pal and business buddy Leon Black.
He was removed in January after federal agents fatally shot
U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti during the Minneapolis
operation, the last of the deployments that also took him to Los Angeles
and Chicago, CNN reported.
A federal judge in Chicago found last year that Bovino lied about why he threw a tear gas canister into a crowd, CBS News noted.
Yet, David Edwards reports that Bovino is
insisting that the administration doesn't want him to have security
because "they want me dead at this point" and he fingers Customs and
Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott and border czar Tom Homan --
and I seriously doubt either person even thinks about Bovino, let alone
wants him dead. It's just the crazy that Bovino has always functioned
under and why he was such a threat to the American people.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
arrested a record high of more than 800 people without criminal records a
day in July on average, new federal data shows. The surge in arrests
comes as the White House pushes the agency to hit a target of 2,000 per
day.
July is the first month in President Trump's second term
when people with only civil immigration violations — rather than pending
criminal charges or convictions — made up more than half of those
arrested. An average of more than 1,580 people were arrested each day in
July, also a new high for the current administration.
Enforcement ramped up this summer after a drop
following public backlash to the Department of Homeland Security's
operation in Minneapolis, a funding standoff and a shake-up in DHS
leadership. But, as has been the case with ICE's previous big city crackdowns, rising arrest totals come with spikes in community arrests of people without criminal records.
Administration officials have repeatedly claimed that
their enforcement efforts are focused on "the worst of the worst" and
often tout arrests of immigrants with violent criminal convictions.
Those with convictions for violent crimes as defined by the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics make up about 6% of all those
booked into ICE detention under the current administration, and about 4%
of those taken into custody in July, the data show.
Murray: “I will make sure Spokane’s recovery is a priority at every opportunity. Whatever it takes—for as long as it takes.”
ICYMI: Senator Murray Vows to Get Spokane and WA Federal Resources for Wildfire Response and Recovery
***PHOTOS AND B-ROLL HERE***
Spokane, WA –
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, visited families, first responders, and
community leaders in Spokane to hear about the ongoing wildfire debris
clean up and recovery efforts, and witness firsthand the current state
of local communities that have been hit hard by the devastating Spokane
Complex Fires.
Melinda and Brent Howard
invited Senator Murray to visit their neighborhood to see the
destruction from the Old Trails wildfire. The Howard family lost their
home in the wildfire and their neighborhood was one of the hardest hit
in the community.
“Washington
state is no stranger to wildfires—but this has been one of the most
destructive wildfires our state has seen. I want every family in
Spokane, and those across the state who are still battling wildfires, to
know I am with you, today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes to
rebuild,” said Senator Murray. These fires may have
destroyed homes and so many families lost a lifetime of memories, but
Spokane’s spirit was never broken. The Spokane community rallied
together and took care of each other—and I had the opportunity to see
that firsthand. Firefighters, law enforcement, health care workers, and
volunteers mobilized, stepping up to help one another. The VA staff were
also critical and got Mann-Grandstaff evacuated, continued to ensure
veterans had the care they needed, and stepped up to get it reopen as
soon as possible—even as many were affected by the fires themselves. So,
with my deepest gratitude, thank you, to everyone who has helped battle
these fires and keep the community safe, and thank you as we all
continue working together to rebuild and recover.”
Senator Murray continued,
“The fires may be contained but the fight does not stop. The people of
Spokane need action and deserve to know their government has their back.
I have been hard at work in DC ensuring Washington state received an
expedited Emergency Declaration so communities could get resources
faster. Rebuilding homes, rebuilding businesses, it will take a long
time, and it will not be easy. But as Vice Chair of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, I want the people of Eastern Washington to
know they have a voice in the United States Senate who will speak up for
Spokane, and I will make sure Spokane’s recovery is a priority at every
opportunity. Whatever it takes—for as long as it takes.”
“We lost everything
in the fire, as did many in our community. We are so grateful for the
amazing response from firefighters, first responders, and the greater
Spokane community, including the rapid formation of the Disaster
Assistance Center. The outpouring of support has been nothing short of
incredible. We have a long road ahead of us with many unknowns.
Continued support from local, state, and federal agencies will be
critical in the months and years to come,” said the Howard Family.
While in Spokane, Senator
Murray held a briefing with first responders and local leaders to hear
about the response and recovery efforts for the Spokane Complex Fires.
Senator Murray is committed to supporting the wildfire recovery efforts
and will ensure resources for Spokane are a top priority in federal
funding bills.
“Federal assistance
is critical to our ability to respond to the aftermath of these
devastating fires. Senator Murray will be a key partner in that effort,
and I am grateful for her leadership and commitment to Spokane as we
navigate the road to recovery,” said Lisa Brown, Mayor of Spokane.
“I am grateful to
Senator Murray for coming to meet with the Spokane Fire Department and
see firsthand the areas impacted by these devasting fires. She has
helped bring federal partners to the table, which will ensure local
families, businesses, and neighborhoods have the resources they need to
rebuild and come back stronger,” said Tom Williams, Spokane Fire Chief.
Senator Murray also toured
CHAS Health, including their new Learning Institute and their mobile
medical unit, and met with health care providers who helped families
evacuated due to the wildfires. Senator Murray secured $3 million in
Congressional Direct Spending (CDS) for the CHAS Learning Institute in
FY22 to help create a health care training facility to expand community
access to health care apprenticeship programs and on-the-job training
for students in medical, dental, and pharmacy programs.
“When these historic
fires hit the Spokane community, CHAS Health was well positioned to
provide support. From the Red Cross Shelter to the Disaster Assistance
Center, our employees quickly stepped up in assisting with medical care,
prescription refills, providing essential needs, and other resources
throughout the early recovery effort. We thank Senator Murray for her
continued advocacy and support for the individuals, families, and
communities impacted by the fires,” said Aaron Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of CHAS Health.
As Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in the Interior and Environment appropriations bill
for Fiscal Year 2026, which Senator Murray negotiated and helped pass
into law, Murray worked to include essential investments in wildfire
preparedness and suppression. In FY26, she secured $6.13 billion for the
U.S. Forest Service, with separate additional funding for the Wildfire
Suppression Operations Reserve. The bill rejected
the steep $1.4 billion cut to the Forest Service’s non-fire budget
proposed by President Trump and provides funding for the Forest Service
to improve forest restoration and fire risk reduction efforts on federal
lands. The FY26 bill also fully funds essential wildfire preparedness
and suppression efforts by providing $4.25 billion for wildfire
suppression, of which $2.85 billion is for the Wildfire Suppression
Operations Reserve Fund and continues to support the increased pay for
federal firefighters enacted into law last year. Senator Murray
continues to push back against Trump’s FY27 budget request, to protect our public lands.
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