🚨 The Trump Plan – August 05 2025

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Lead: The Dye Is Cast for the “Trump Plan”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will fully occupy Gaza because “the die is cast.”

What does that mean — that there’s no turning back now? That since the world has condemned Israel, they’ve decided to finish the job before the cows come home? The language is chilling. It suggests inevitability — and intent.

Israel’s IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has reportedly opposed a full occupation. Netanyahu’s response?

“There will be operations even in areas where hostages are being held. If the IDF chief of staff doesn’t agree, he should resign.”

A full ground invasion, even where Israeli hostages are held — and open calls for military leadership to step aside if they don’t comply. That’s not just escalation. That’s a purge of restraint.

Netanyahu also released this video arguing that the current global backlash against Israel is part of a historic pattern of “vilification” that precedes Jewish massacres. This is a calculated rhetorical pivot — reframing condemnation of his government’s actions as antisemitism, and casting the aggressor as the eternal victim.

And what role is the U.S. playing in all of this?

Israeli media report that President Trump has given Netanyahu the “green light” for full occupation. Why? I thought “we” were going to “own” Gaza. By “we,” did he mean Israel?

Maybe he did — because, according to Antiwar.com, Netanyahu and his government have been clear about their ultimate goal:

The removal of the Palestinian population from Gaza.

They now call this the “Trump Plan.” It is, in no uncertain terms, a plan of ethnic cleansing.

No Boycott, No Relief: FEMA Funds Tied to Support for Israel

On Monday, it was reported that the Trump administration would deny FEMA funds to any city or state that boycotts Israel. Later that day, the Department of Homeland Security issued a denial — but the denial was an outright lie.

The policy is spelled out clearly in this official DHS document, page 6, Section C, XVII, 1d:

“Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws material to the government’s payment decisions… Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business.”

That is the federal government openly declaring that FEMA relief can be denied if a U.S. city or state exercises its right to boycott Israel.

You can boycott the United States, the U.K., Saudi Arabia, France, or God himself — but if you boycott Israel, your community may lose access to disaster aid that your own tax dollars funded.

Maybe they walked it back because there was such outrage but pretending it was never there is insulting.

To have put it there in the first place was clearly illegal. It wasn’t legal when the Biden administration denied FEMA assistance to North Carolina homeowners with Trump signs on their lawns. It wasn’t legal when Trump threatened to withhold FEMA aid from California over a political feud with Governor Newsom. And it’s not legal now.

Federal aid is not a political loyalty test. The First Amendment and the Stafford Act both forbid withholding emergency funds based on viewpoint, political association, or ideological expression.

This policy would never hold up in court — if anyone would take it to court.

But what politician in either party is willing to challenge it?

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Jim Acosta Interviews a Dead Kid. Turns Off Comments.

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Jim Acosta, ousted CNN anchor, interviewed an AI version of a victim of the Parkland shooting about gun violence on his independent show.

Media theorist Herbert Gans must be rolling in his grave.

Gans taught a generation of journalists (myself included) that cultural values shape not only the stories we cover, but how we cover them. He warned that the sources we choose shape public understanding — that they are not neutral.

But how could any of us have predicted a journalist would one day fabricate a source entirely?

The deceased that is interviewed here is Joaquin Oliver. His AI avatar was created by his parents who allowed Acosta to do this “interview.” I can understand why grieving parents would do this. I can’t understand why a principled journalist would. It feels perverse and manipulative, exactly the kind of journalism good students are warned NOT to do.

You’ll notice Acosta turned off comments on the post — likely because most people find this as distasteful as it is dishonest.

News By The Numbers

8. That is how many people have died from a “flesh-eating bacteria” called Vibrio vulnificus across Florida and Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Most cases are reported from “wound/seawater exposure.”

$1 billion. That is the revenue reported in Q2 for Palantir, the AI tracking software.

4,500 acres. That is the size of one of the largest forest fires in Washington State. Authorities say that there are currently seven active fires in the state with the largest just 3% contained.

U.S. Plans Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

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Why does the U.S. want a nuclear reactor on the Moon — and why is the Department of Transportation running the show instead of NASA?

This week, Politico obtained internal documents revealing that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy — now also acting NASA chief — has been quietly tasked with fast-tracking a nuclear fission reactor on the lunar surface by 2030. Not for energy innovation. Not for scientific advancement. For “space superiority.”

What does that mean? It means we beat other countries to own the moon. Occupation.

The reactor is reportedly for energy production – to provide reliable, round‑the‑clock power during the two-week lunar night and support permanent human habitats, rovers, scientific labs and power-intensive operations like ice mining.

But what if someone does try to mess with it? Are we going to put armed guards in space? Can they fire weapons in space?

Also, is anyone worried about nuclear fall out on our planet’s only moon? Is it our right to even try this given that the moon is not ours?

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