Yashar Ali 🐘
Elephant Lover
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- “Boomer who thinks they’re not allowed to say anything.” LMAO
- 1. As many people learned this morning, the National Park Service prohibits swimming and wading in the water in Rock Creek due to oil, heavy metals, pesticides, pet waste, and raw sewage in the water.
- BREAKING The United States is reducing tariffs on goods from China to 30% (down from 145%). China is reducing tariffs on U.S. goods to 10% (down from 125%). Both countries are enacting these reductions for a period of 90 days.
- President Trump on the Qatari 747 gift.
- I always thought Biden should have negotiated with Hamas through an intermediary just for the American hostages and bypassed Israel. But he’s a norms guy — which people appreciate. This was one norm he should have disregarded.
- 1. NEWS via Jacob Magid: US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff negotiated with top Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya through an intermediary to secure the release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander
- Laura Loomer comes out against the Qatar 747 gift.
- I’ve watched this 10 times.
- BREAKING via Barak Ravid: “Hamas is expected to announce today that it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, a source familiar with the issue told me“
- Oh boy