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Also, we will note: FIFA “peace prize” recipient is bombing Iran on the two days before the start of the World Cup.
NY Times:
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.
David Axelrod alerts us to this “ominous preview of just one way in which POTUS may try to interfere with an election his party is on track to lose: Impeding the delivery of mail-in ballots by the USPS. Remember 2020 and January 6th before you say he’d never do this.” That’s in response to this CNN report: “Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive.”
And if you have missed this Elon Musk-aided violence, here from Axios this morning:
Anti-immigration riots erupted in Belfast on Tuesday night after graphic footage of a brutal street stabbing, allegedly by a Sudanese migrant, ricocheted across X.
Masked mobs set fire to vehicles, a city bus, and several homes. Marauding through neighborhoods, they chanted “foreigners out” and forced minority families to flee under police protection.
Musk, who posts near-daily about migrant violence, shared British far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s list of locations to protest “another invader attack on our people.”
“Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change!!” Musk declared to his 240 million followers, drawing allegations of incitement from British leaders.
Paul Krugman on the Social Security “crisis”:
On Tuesday the Social Security Trustees released their latest report on the system’s finances. The numbers didn’t change much: Unless something is done, the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program, Social Security’s official name, will be unable to pay full benefits starting in either 2032 or 2034, depending on some technical issues. That’s not far away: If the Trustees are right, the prospect of a Social Security crisis will loom over the next presidential administration.
It’s important to understand, however, the nature of the looming crisis. It won’t be an economic crisis. It won’t even be a serious fiscal crisis. Whatever you may have heard, Social Security isn’t in danger of going bankrupt.
What we’re facing, instead, is potential political crisis. Congress and the White House could easily take action to sustain America’s retirement system. But given the current state of our politics, there’s no guarantee that they will.
Music Picks
The (Dixie) Chicks on Kimmel this week, still “Not Ready to Make Nice.”
Catch this while you can, might disappear from YouTube any time: Film I saw a few years back showing all of Dylan’s appearances at Newport from first folk days to going electric, and high quality, “The Other Side of the Mirror.”
From Tunes to Toons
Ohman:
Bagley:
Molina:
Bramhall:
Anderson:
Bennett:
Photo Finish
From my camera to you: At Descanso Gardens, near L.A.
There is nothing Dump won’t do, there are no depths to which he won’t sink. And by allowing him to do so, the bought_and_paid_for politicians are putting all citizens at risk. I was going to say “putting their constituents at risk”, but then I realized their real constituents are the Oligarchs, Robber Barons, and GSOBS (greedy sons of bitches).
Stunning photo! And the last 2 cartoons about the world cup perfectly describe the present situation. Im so embarrassed by my country right now.