The goal of the Democrats and Democratic-Party “adjacent” is THE SAME; though to finesse the MESSAGE for local consumption they MUST fine-tune the goal (“destroy it”) to “destroy Trump and his MAGA supporters”—this, in order to “SAVE THE COUNTRY” or “SAVE DEMOCRACY” (of course, of course…).

Well, it’s usually a foolish thing to say but IMO … it’s different this time.

This deal emerged from a process that sounded like it was supposed to be an official agreement from both sides, not just a rough draft that Trump might immediately reject.

I assumed that it was the “deal” or whatever the Memorandum of Understanding was and it would be signed forthwith. Instead Trump’s decision is still hanging fire. I guess we won’t hear more until after the weekend.

If Trump rejects this “deal,” I’m arguing that it will be hard to go back to the drawing board for another preliminary agreement, that it forebodes poorly for a final result, and it will strongly favor resuming military operations, especially since Iran continues to break the ceasefire.

That’s my vote.”

huxley,

That was my thought about 4 weeks ago; now I have no idea what he is doing. It’s just the same ol’ BS every week. Meanwhile it reminds me of driving here in FL on I95: waaay back in the rearview mirror you see that guy who thinks driving is a video game…everyone in FL usually is at 80mph and you know this guy is doing 100+ and weaving through all the lanes. You know as he catches up he’s going come up on your tail at 2 ft, swerve over and then cut you off……that’s the midterms coming up on us. If Iran manages to string this out until even August, Trump is toast.

Tennessee’s GOP State Government is Subsidizing the Relocation of Cultural Adversary Starbucks; How Did TN Leaders Promise $30M that Hadn’t Yet Been Approved in a Public Forum?
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As I was typing this piece, I just noticed something significant that I had previously missed. Something stinks:

• Starbucks announced its new Tennessee operation in mid-April, and the employee ultimatums regarding relocation also occurred in April.

• It was several weeks later, on May 11, that the Tennessee State Funding Board issued a public notice of the upcoming May 20 meeting to vote on the $30 million handout. Public comment was limited to the day of the meeting, May 20. This was now a full month after Starbucks announced its Tennessee plans.

• If the state had not already committed the $30 million, the Funding Board could have simply voted “No” and it wouldn’t have made any difference, since Starbucks had already committed to the new Tennessee operation.

• If this was just a vote to formalize a previously agreed upon commitment of the $30 million, then how does this comport with the Tennessee Open Meeting Act. How did Governor Lee know he could promise a $30 million incentive to Starbucks if it hadn’t yet been debated in a forum open to the public?

I am not accusing the five members of the Tennessee State Funding Board of doing anything illegal. To the contrary, I am sure they have very good counsel who ensured that what they did is technically in accordance with state law. But that doesn’t make it right.

The Tennessee State Funding Board has five members entrusted with the authority and wisdom to redistribute money from taxpayers to corporate welfare recipients. Those members are:

1) Governor Bill Lee
2) Treasurer David Lillard
3) Comptroller Jason Mumpower
4) Finance & Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson
5) Secretary of State Tre Hargett

Perhaps if there is enough public revulsion from Tennessee taxpayers, these vulgar and unnecessary handouts to woke corporations will stop.

I’m surprised Buck didn’t ask the obvious question: How much of that $30M is going back into the PACs (or freezers) of the Board members or their cronies?

The Freezer Man, for those who don’t remember.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson_corruption_case

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/419922.php

Seattle’s Communist Woke Wallflower Mayor Says She Refuses to Investigate Medicaid Fraud In Her City Because That Would Hurt Our Precioius [sic] Nomadic Pirates
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Minnesota employee reveals suspected fraud scheme of ‘fake injuries’ at Somali businesses
With the benefit of hindsight, Janeen Balsimo thought, “wow, so the fraud went as far as the employee was a fake employee, probably with fake injuries, because there is no people at these places.”

ByDr. JC Chaix and Liz Collin

It’s perhaps yet another kind of Somali fraud that we haven’t heard much about, and one that may involve fake businesses, fake injuries, and fake workers’ comp claims.

Janeen Balsimo retired in the fall after working as a Minnesota state employee for nearly 30 years. She joined Liz Collin on her podcast.

Balsimo spent her last years at the Department of Human Services (DHS) in the Tort Recovery Unit as a tort specialist.

She said that she wanted to blow the whistle on workers’ comp cases after what she noticed the last couple of years at her job–as hindsight and the exposure of fraud throughout Minnesota provided even more perspective.

Balsimo explained how she “recovered taxpayer dollars where another party should have been paying for the bills. For instance, like auto accidents or work comp. So we would get cases from attorneys representing the client.”

“And then when the case would settle, we would get paid, the attorney would get paid his fees. DHS would get paid our portion. And then the client would be awarded whatever type of injury that they had back, usually got more awards than neck or arm. So they would get anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000 for their award for their injuries,” Balsimo explained.

However, she noticed a strange trend emerging in her normally routine work. “About a year ago, I can remember my caseloads of Somalian cases were going way up. They were going up so much I even confided in another coworker. She had noticed it as well,” Balsimo said.

She said “that’s when I noticed my Somali cases, they all worked at a daycare center, an adult care center, a hospice or an autism center. And I found that really strange and they ended in the LLC because I had to keep typing it over and over and it was just really strange to me.”

“Then I retired a few weeks before the Nick Shirley exposure … and one day I was watching a video and I noticed the names of the businesses he was investigating. And they looked really familiar. Like I almost remember the name of the businesses just by typing them all the time and just dealing with them. And I could not believe it … it all came together, Balsimo said.

“I went, oh my gosh, this was like a wow moment. These cases were probably fraudulent,” she added.

Meanwhile Iran is still breaking the ceasefire and Hezbollah is still firing missiles at Israel and Iran is telling its own, different version of the deal.

I can’t tell what’s going on. However, if it’s so confused and iffy just to agree to a basic framework — open Hormuz without Iranian tolls plus an Iranian commitment to no nuclear weapons — then to talk more during a 60-day ceasefire, I’m doubting whether this is going to get off the ground at all.

Maybe Trump is showing that he will go the extra mile for peace, then when Iran plays its usual games, he will return to “kinetic action” with a clear conscience and a big surprise for Iran.

That’s my vote.