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Donald Trump Is Bad at Picking Friends
A downtown shooting in Montgomery leaves two dead and twelve injured, as Trump escalates authoritarian tactics with National Guard deployments, the government remains shut down, and Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks strain his alliance with Netanyahu.
Alabama Shooting
-via PBS and US News Report
Troops Around the Country
-via Axios and AP News
Trump MIA Again
-via The Daily Beast and AP News
Government Shutdown
-via CBS News and CNN
Israel-Hamas
-via The Guardian, CNN, Axios, and BBC
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