Trump fired AG Pam Bondi.*

#USA #USpol #trump #bondi

* c/o BBC, NYT

8 facts that explain what’s wrong with American health care

Vox
Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she’d be replaced as attorney general, sources say

President Donald Trump talked to Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday about the possibility she would be replaced, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. But as of Thursday, she remained in her job and had not been fired, one of the officials said.

CNN

"TRUMP🚨THREATENS FURTHER DESTRUCTION, URGES DEAL

Trump claimed a major Iranian bridge had been destroyed & warned:🚨more strikes are coming.

He urged Iran to make a deal quickly, signaling that further escalation could leave the C severely damaged."
-WB

"Worth remembering markets close tonight due to Easter.

#Trump doesn’t have to wait till Fri night.

He🚨could escalate at mkt close today, giving him until the Sun future open or Mon mkt open as an operating window."
-A Cochran
#IranWar #USPol

A goldfish survived the American and Israeli bombing, but its owner, a 99-year-old Iranian grandmother, was martyred in this airstrike in west of Tehran.

(Iranian sources)

Tehran has been the target of some of the worst bombings since the start of the war. Israel and US no longer using small targetted rockets to kill their targets, but instead using very large explosives that destroys not just the person they wanted to kill (and his family) but also all those sharing the same building and apartment complexes around the target.

Unfortunately, western media will not cover these like they do about civilian casualties of Iranian retaliations.

#WarOnIran
#EpsteinWar
#WarOfAggression
#Israel
#Iran
#US
#USpol

New from Mezabahnur Masum: Industrial facilities now account for 50 to 60% of the city’s total #water consumption. Individual facilities can consume several billion gallons annually—reflecting the scale at which industrial demand now operates within a system that was never sized for prolonged drought at this level of consumption. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-crisis-climate-projections/

#CorpusChristi #GulfCoast #drought #politics #USpol #news #tech #Texas

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early.

When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

The Texas Observer

Today I learned that Pete Hoekstra, US Ambassador to Canada, believes that the #metoo movement was an anti-American campaign launched by Canada.

It's not even that he got #metoo mixed up with #elbowsup, he mentioned both at the same time.

#uspol #elbowsup #fucktrump

With where things are heading in current US health policies, this doesn’t feel hypothetical anymore. #PublicHealth #Vaccines #USPol #HHS #CDC #FDA #NIH

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/post/3miaoa7cb232j

"Sen Maj Ldr Thune said he gave the WH & House Rs a reality check about their push to change Senate rules & warned:🚨a protracted war in Iran could harm Rs’ MT chances. Also indicated:⚡doesn't expect supp #Iran funding to be incl in the coming reco bill.

Thune says in intvw: House GOP calls to nuke filibuster were main reason why #DHS deal got gummed up over the past week. Says: had again give Trump & House Rs a "dosage of reality" *not going anywhere."
#Congress #USPol
https://www.notus.org/congress/thune-says-he-gave-trump-a-dosage-of-reality-on-shutdown-warns-of-iran-fallout

Thune Says He Gave Trump a 'Dosage of Reality' on Shutdown, Warns of Iran Fallout

In an exclusive interview with NOTUS, the Senate Majority Leader gave an inside look at the Senate's spending deliberations with the White House and the political road ahead for Republicans

NOTUS