Saudi Arabia flew its investment summit to Miami Beach so Donald Trump could keynote it on his way to yet another extended weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
Thirteen American troops are dead. Over 300 have been wounded. Gas is up a dollar a gallon and the reasons for starting the war keep changing as fast as the deadlines for ending it. And the country that benefits most from all of it brought its sovereign wealth fund to South Florida, right after Ramadan, with Jared Kushner on stage and Trump bragging that the Saudi crown prince “didn’t think he would be kissing my ass.” The man who ordered a journalist’s dismemberment doesn’t let himself be publicly humiliated unless it’s worth it. The Saudis knew exactly what they were doing.
Billionaires find common ground in places none of us will ever see. Elon Musk, who told the world last year that Donald Trump’s name was in the Epstein files, sat in on a phone call this week between Trump and India’s prime minister about the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz. Only the richest of the rich buy access, and they’re doing it openly. They don’t care if you know or what you think about it. Saturday, in over 3,100 events across all 50 states, tell them there are no kings. Find a way to participate at nokings.org.
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Images show U.S. land mines scattered near residential areas in southern Iran, the first American use of the weapons in over two decades.
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Source: Deadline
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Source: The Independent
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Source: Radio Free Europe
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Source: The Hill
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: The Kansas Reflector
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Source: Space
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Source: NPR
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Source: Ars Technica
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Source: WPTV West Palm Beach
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Source: Federal News Network
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Source: The Independent
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Source: The Hill
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: The Florida Phoenix
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Source: Axios
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Source: Roll Call
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Source: WTTG Washington
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Source: WRC Washington
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Source: The Minnesota Star-Tribune
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