Donald Trump can never run for office again, but he's still fundraising, this time with photos of America's unburied war dead.
A Trump-linked PAC named Never Surrender Inc. sent donors a fundraising email this week built around a photograph of a dignified transfer, the military ceremony where the fallen come home for the last time. The pitch offers a “National Security Briefing Membership” to anyone willing to “CLAIM YOUR SPOT.”
Thirteen Americans have died in a war Congress never authorized. Multiple U.S. embassies have come under attack, and this week the State Department told Americans to get out of Iraq immediately, by land.
Soldiers who’ve carried the caskets of fallen American service members say the weight tells them everything. The caskets are all the same. What’s different is what’s inside, and their arms know it the moment they lift. That weight is what came home. “CLAIM YOUR SPOT” is what the president’s operation thinks it’s worth. He’s inflicting his second term on this country, and in November, it’s time to start putting checks and balances back in place. If you’re not registered to vote, do it today at vote.org.
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FOREIGN RELATIONS
1. U.S. raises flag at Venezuela embassy for the first time in seven years, with the former president jailed in Brooklyn and his successor under threat of indictment. - The Hill
WAR
2. State Department tells Americans to leave Iraq immediately by land after second missile strike on U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad this week. - NPR
3. Trump calls on allies he levied tariffs on to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran widens war to target UAE cities for the first time. - The Associated Press
ENVIRONMENT
4. DC Water completes emergency repair of Potomac Interceptor 55 days after collapse sent more than 234 million gallons of raw sewage into the river. - WRC Washington
5. Energy Secretary Wright invokes Defense Production Act to restart a California offshore oil pipeline shut down after a 2015 spill that sent more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil onto the coast. - KXTV Sacramento
CENSORSHIP
6. FCC Chair Carr threatens broadcast license revocations over Iran war coverage Trump calls “fake news,” including reports Trump himself confirmed are accurate. - UPI
GRIFT
7. Trump PAC uses photo of fallen soldiers’ dignified transfer in fundraising email offering donors “private national security briefings” from the president. - Military Times
FIGHTING BACK
8. Judge orders Kennedy Center renovation plans turned over to Democratic board member before Monday closure vote after calling administration secrecy “preposterous.” - CNN
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