## The grand scale of Trump’s foolishness has been laid bare

Authored by inews.co.uk

He has every right to be angry with the man who sold him the war: Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The New York Times last month reconstructed the crucial meeting at which Trump accepted Netanyahu’s case for bombing.

It took place at the long table in the White House Situation Room, both men flanked by their top advisers.

Iran would be unable to land serious blows against US interests and allies in neighbouring countries.

Netanyahu also said – and this may have been the clincher – that bombing would free Iran’s opposition groups to overthrow the regime.

Gates said he had pushed back during that “no-punches-pulled discussion” of Iran, telling Netanyahu he was underestimating the resilience of the Iranian regime.

Netanyahu has – almost comically – been warning that Iran is weeks or months away from getting a nuclear bomb for decades:. »

### Trump Epstein files critic Thomas Massie loses GOP primary as president’s revenge crusade rolls on

Authored by the-independent.com

Rep. Thomas Massie lost his primary election to a Republican challenger after more than a year of clashing with President Donald Trump on everything from spending to the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

open image in gallery Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, lost his primary to a Trump-backed primary challenger ( AP ).

And already, Trump is using Massie’s primary as fuel for the next step of his primary. »

### US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns

Authored by theguardian.com

The justice department quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and loosely controlled $1.776bn fund to compensate allies of the president.

The addendum, signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, says the government is “forever barred” and “precluded” from examining the tax returns of Trump, his family, company and “related companies”.

It was posted on the justice department website on Tuesday morning, a day after the department announced creation of the fund. »

### Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets

Authored by npr.org

Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets.

The prohibition extends to services supporting prediction markets, like virtual private networks, that could allow consumers to disguise their location and get around the ban.

"This Minnesota law turns lawful operators and participants in prediction markets into felons overnight," said CFTC Chairman Michael Selig. »

### Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands' art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: 'Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit'

Authored by pcgamer.com

CEO of publisher Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, said in a recent interview with podcaster David Senra that the game's final look took a big overhaul that cost $50 million dollars and an extra year of development time.

"We had not turned around the company yet, we had very limited capital, and we were developing a game that was about to be released two months later, which is to say it's done.

I mean, we had spent a lot of money," he said in the interview. »

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