A die-hard Marvel fan has turned his body into a tribute, setting a world record with 63 different comic book characters inked across nearly every inch of his skin. Hope he’s leaving space for future sequels.
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Lead:Â Strategic Backtrack
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Tuesday morning, in a CNBC interview, Trump said if the Iranians didn’t sign a deal, he would resume bombing.
By later that day, when a deal didn’t materialize, the White House shifted the tone.
Trump is backing off and putting the source of the problem on the Iranians, who did not show up to the negotiations. He’s saying Iran is in shambles, so he is mercifully giving them time.
The president is extending the ceasefire, but says the U.S. Navy’s blockade of Iran’s ports will stay in place, which Iran says violates the agreement. He later explained that Washington would not lift the blockade because “if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!”
Not exactly how ceasefires are supposed to work.
Trump’s messaging is all rhetoric anyway, so he can spin his way out of the bombing yet again.
This seems to have been the only card he could play, though, since Iran was never planning on showing up. Iranian officials had already said there are no plans for a second round of negotiations with the U.S., and accused Trump of trying to turn talks “into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering.”
Vice President Vance was set to head to Islamabad on Tuesday, but that trip is now on hold with no talks to attend.
Sounds like bad planning all around — and once again, Trump’s bluff has been called.
Meanwhile, with no clear plan and constant mixed messaging from the U.S., the conflict shows no clear end in sight and is driving what IEA chief Fatih Birol called “the biggest” energy crisis in history.
Reputation Reset
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Fox and the WSJ are letting Allan Dershowitz make his big announcement about leaving the Democratic Party, and praising him in the process.
Do they suddenly have selective memory loss? He was Epstein’s lawyer!
Dershowitz helped negotiate a sweetheart deal for Epstein in 2008 with no federal sex trafficking charges, and just over a year in jail with work release.
This light sentence set him free to build his sex trafficking empire.
When asked whether he feels regret for the 2008 Epstein plea deal, Dershowitz said, “That’s what I do, and I would do it again.”
He’s just doing his job, right?
Ok, then what about the fact that one of Epstein’s most prominent victims, Virginia Giuffre, said she had been trafficked to Dershowitz?
Giuffre later withdrew her allegations, saying she may have been mistaken. Was she mistaken, or trying to protect herself? In 2024, she was found dead, said to have taken her own life, but there were doubts cast on that claim.
Then there’s this.
Dershowitz once argued, in a controversial op-ed, that the age of consent could be lowered to 15 under certain constitutional interpretations. He justified this by saying:
“I stand by the constitutional (not moral) argument I offered in my controversial oped: if a 16 year old has the constitutional right to have an abortion without state or parental interference, how could she not have the constitutional right to engage in consensual sex?”
That’s the problem. He reduces everything to a legal argument, and the moral line never quite shows up.
Along with this, it was suggested in court documents that Dershowitz was around Epstein frequently and was comfortable with the abuse he was seeing.
So, this is the guy that Republicans are glad to welcome!? The same party that wanted the Epstein files released is now happy to have an Epstein perp in their ranks!?
This Might Be Why You’re Not Sleeping Well
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GhostBed gives you 101 nights to try it at home, risk-free. And right now, they’re offering some of their lowest prices of the season, plus an extra 10% off.
Did you miss our last live show? No problem, you can catch the replay here! And don’t miss this segment we did recently with Jim Ferguson, where we discuss the energy crisis and how Europe is set to begin lockdowns.
News by The Numbers
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76. That is how old Alan Osmond, the oldest member of the Osmond Brothers was when he passed away this month.
50. That is the number of states that Dr. Oz has announced will be required to take part in medicare audits after months of scandals tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud and waste within the program.
23. That is the day the new animated spin-off of Stranger Things: Tales from ’85will premiere this month. Although, some are saying that the series could end up being a franchise-killer.
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