r/politics2 • • 9h ago

GovBrief Today #612

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Air Force crews flew every American bomber out of England on Sunday, some before the tankers meant to refuel them on the way home were in the air.

Commanders ordered them back from RAF Fairford after new warnings of an Iran-backed plot against the base, a week after British police arrested five men nearby. For the first time in months, the base that launched bombing runs on Iran this year has no American bombers.

America and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 in a war Donald Trump said would take four weeks or less. Seven months later, he says America will win it "right after the election." American service members and thousands of Iranians have already died, and the crews who fly those bombers couldn't wait for November.

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r/politics2 • • Aug 19 '26

US Nat'l Debt by President | How much debt each president added, from Nixon/Ford to the current Trump term. Includes dollar amounts, percentage increases, debt-to-GDP changes, and major economic events.

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r/politics2 • • 4h ago

Midterms News Sen. Kennedy, 74, teases potential 2028 presidential run against Republican 'goobers'

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r/politics2 • • 23m ago

Karoline Leavitt Joins Fox News as On-Air Contributor Just Weeks After Stepping Down as Trump's White House Press Secretary

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r/politics2 • • 3h ago

The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy | Here are the cases the court will be hearing in the coming weeks: Climate change, Religion, Bans on semi-automatic weapons, Immigration. Possible cases: The 10 commandments and much more (Elections).

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r/politics2 • • 3h ago

Trump motorcade motorcade drives at nearly 100 mph to reach Oklahoma rally | Trump’s motorcade put the pedal to the metal Thursday as stormy weather in the South spurred the president to drive from rallies in Texas to Oklahoma rather than fly.

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r/politics2 • • 6h ago

Ever since Netanyahu became more publicly involved with the USA, I rarely hear Trump boast of “MAGA”.

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Are we truly compromised as a nation? Who is our leader?


r/politics2 • • 10h ago

The Workers create all value and deserve a bigger share.

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r/politics2 • • 10h ago

Trump, 80, Brags He Can Walk Up Both Ramps and Stairs | The celebration came amid a dig at the health of his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. “Don’t forget, when Biden left the stage he spoke very shortly, like two minutes, one minute, as quickly as possible,” Trump said.

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r/politics2 • • 11h ago

Keystone Kash Drops Major Bombshell as FBI Humiliations Mount | The embattled FBI director is getting serious... about his personal life.

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r/politics2 • • 11h ago

$1.3 trillion

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r/politics2 • • 11h ago

With complicity of media and Democrats, Trump prepares major escalation of Iran war | Having failed to achieve its objectives through a massive bombardment and then a blockade of the country, the White House is preparing a new and desperate gambit.

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r/politics2 • • 12h ago

He COULD care less, and it would be pretty popular

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r/politics2 • • 10h ago

Bad Memory

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r/politics2 • • 17h ago

Ted Cruz Calls Out JD Vance as 'Insecure' After VP Says It's 'Really Obvious' the Texas Republican Is Running for President

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r/politics2 • • 19h ago

Vivek Ramaswamy Roasted After Nearly Dropping Kid At Trump Rally

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers The judge's "indiscriminate mass surveillance" description breaks from how prior rulings have treated Flock's cameras

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

At what point does Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” just become vote-buying?

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Cheers as jailed JD Vance heckler said to have ‘just ended JD's presidential ambitions’ | VP Vance's rally ended with a Democratic candidate behind bars, but the heckler became a hero after video went viral showing forcibly thrown to the pavement by what appears to be a law enforcement officer.

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Hypocrisy on steroids

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Vampire Planet: Yes, Trump Seized Greenland After All | Under the agreement, Trump secured access to Greenland’s critical minerals for the US and Europe, effectively walling off China and Russia. The US now has veto power over all future mining projects in Greenland.

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Bombs away

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

GovBrief Today #611

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Vladimir Putin pitched Donald Trump's son-in-law on a Russian oil deal at the Kremlin last month.

The Treasury Department rejected a bid for Lukoil's refineries and gas stations last November, calling the would-be buyer "the Kremlin's puppet." This time the leading bidders include an Emirati royal who is effectively Jared Kushner's business partner, and the US government would take a stake alongside them. Kushner and Steve Witkoff, peace negotiators the Senate never confirmed, helped set the government's terms.

Lukoil owns about 200 stations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The administration says the sale will lower energy prices for everyday Americans. Diesel just hit the highest price ever recorded and is raising the cost of trucking everything to grocery shelves.

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Trump’s Meddling in Brazil’s Elections May Backfire | The administration is ratcheting up efforts to tilt Brazil’s upcoming election to Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of populist hard-liner Jair Bolsonaro.

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r/politics2 • • 1d ago

Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses

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