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Trump Officials Are Suddenly Buying Doomsday Bunkers
New Republic • 2 days ago

Trump Officials Are Suddenly Buying Doomsday Bunkers

At least two members of the president’s Cabinet have recently purchased bomb-proof bunkers.Ron Hubbard, the creator of Atlas Survival Shelters, told The Telegraph over the weekend that orders have gone up “tenfold” since the United States and Israel attacked Iran earlier this month.“I’ve been inundated with calls,” said Hubbard. But among his anxious clientele are two chief members of Donald Trump’s team, according to the shelter maker.“One of them texted me yesterday, asking me: ‘When will my bunker be ready?’” he told The Telegraph.Hubbard constructs hundreds of galvanized steel shelters each year at Atlas’s factory in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Its catalog offers underground shelter options from tornado bunkers to hidden gun rooms, with prices ranging from $200,000 to $5 million. On the higher end of the spectrum, Atlas’s bunkers can come with practically every amenity imaginable, including mud rooms, swimming pools, cinemas, armories, and gun ranges.And right now, business is booming. The company has so far averaged $2 million a month in sales for 2026, but Hubbard predicts that could jump to as much as $50 million next month. “Bunker building is like being a farmer. When it’s time for harvest, you have to reap all you can,” he told The Telegraph.But politicos are not the only people tapping into the doomsday-prepper lifestyle. Hubbard described the vast majority of his customers as being “Christian, conservative CEOs.” Last year, Hubbard met that crowd at a familiar watering hole—Mar-a-Lago—to advertise the drastic solution.Hubbard refused to name his wealthiest customers but nonetheless boasted to The Telegraph that he has built shelters for several of the richest men on the planet, and that more tech moguls have recently come knocking for similar products.The president, meanwhile, has done nothing to abate concerns. When asked by Time last week if Americans should be worried about Iran attacking them on U.S. soil, Trump responded: “I guess.”“Like I said, some people will die,” Trump told the magazine. “When you go to war, some people will die.”So far, seven U.S. soldiers have been killed in the conflict, as have more than 20 Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Eighteen American soldiers have also been seriously injured. More than 1,200 Iranian civilians have been killed, including dozens of children at a girls’ school in the country’s south. A U.S. assessment report found that strike was “likely” the fault of American forces.

Whistleblowers Speak Out About Religious Extremism in Military Amid War on Iran
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Democracy Now Video • 2 days ago

Whistleblowers Speak Out About Religious Extremism in Military Amid War on Iran

13-Year-Old Trump Accuser Has Key Details of Her Story Verified
New Republic • 2 days ago

13-Year-Old Trump Accuser Has Key Details of Her Story Verified

A woman who says Donald Trump abused her when she was 13 years old in 1984 shared information about her life that turned out to be true.While her story about Trump is still unproven, The Post and Courier, a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, was able to corroborate details of her life provided in recent releases from the federal government’s Jeffrey Epstein archives. The woman was interviewed four times by the FBI in 2019, detailing abuse she faced at the hands of Trump and Epstein.She gave details about her life and legal history that the newspaper was able to verify using news reports, court records, police reports, and government records from multiple states. None of the confirmed details are directly related to her allegations against Trump.In her interviews with the FBI, she describes Epstein’s activities in the mid-1980s on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, where the financier sexually assaulted minors. She said that Epstein constantly pressured her to find more girls to “come party,” describing his friends as “disgusting.” These so-called parties usually involved alcohol and drugs, and would turn violent with beatings and hair pulling. She said that Trump forced her to commit a sexual act on him around 1984 after she traveled to New York or New Jersey with Epstein.She detailed that one incident took place while Trump was developing a casino in Atlantic City. She was led to Trump in a “very tall building with huge rooms.” Trump allegedly told others to leave the room, and told her, “Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,” before unzipping his pants and forcing her to perform a sex act. She told the FBI that she “bit the (expletive) out of it,” which angered Trump, who slapped her and cursed.A friend of the woman also reported her allegations about Trump to the FBI, asking that her friend be protected, according to an email circulated around the bureau that the Justice Department made public. The woman herself named business associates of Epstein in North Carolina who also abused her, and the newspaper was able to identify some of them.In a statement to the newspaper, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the woman’s allegations were “baseless accusations from decades ago’’ that “are backed by zero evidence or facts. Leavitt described the accuser as “a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history.” But Trump has sought to diminish and bury every Epstein revelation that paints him in a negative light, and his critics will point to this woman’s account as one of the reasons why.

"Racist Regime": Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians
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Democracy Now Video • 2 days ago

"Racist Regime": Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians

The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon
ZNet • 2 days ago

The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon

There’s only one time in American history to look to if we’re seeking a rapid and lasting revitalization of unions, and that’s the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the mid-1930s. There were many things that made that particular moment successful, but one of the key ones was that they took aim at [...]

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