đŸ”” Israel Begins Gaza Invasion

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Citizen Frank
August 20, 2025

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 20.

The IDF has begun the first steps of its invasion of Gaza City, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin confirmed on Wednesday, according to Jerusalem Post.

“Our forces already control the outskirts of the city,” Deffrin said.

Additionally, he confirmed that some 60,000 conscription letters will be sent out this week, with an additional 20,000 to be sent later this month.

 
 

President Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign on the basis of allegations made by one of his political allies about mortgages she holds in Michigan and Georgia, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the central bank.

Trump has also told aides he is considering attempting to fire her, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a senior White House official and another person familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte alleged in a post on X earlier on Wednesday that Cook had designated a condo in Atlanta as her primary residence after taking a loan on her home in Michigan, which she also declared as a primary residence.

There are emerging signs that Elon Musk and President Trump have reached a dĂ©tente – well, at least for now.

The public bickering has stopped, tensions over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ have faded, and both men have found common ground in backing the deployment of federal troops to curb violent crime across Washington, D.C., after DOGE’s ‘Big Balls’ was injured in an attack.

Now, a new report from the Wall Street Journal, citing sources, says Musk has dialed back plans to launch a political party to challenge Trump ahead of next year’s midterms.

Newly unredacted filings in the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by voting technology company Smartmatic against Fox News have revealed private messages sent by Fox personalities and executives in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election.

The communications, disclosed through court filings, shed light on how some of the network’s most prominent figures discussed the fraud claims they later covered on air.

Fox News has consistently denied Smartmatic’s allegations. In court filings and public statements, the network has argued that it was reporting on “newsworthy” statements made by the president and his lawyers, not endorsing them.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who abused his positions on the House Intelligence Committee and the January 6 Committee to pursue political foes, has formed a legal defense fund to deal with his own mounting legal woes.

The New York Times reported Tuesday:

As a member of the U.S. House, Mr. Schiff led congressional inquiries into Mr. Trump during his first term in the White House. He served as the lead impeachment manager in Mr. Trump’s first impeachment and then on the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Five California Republicans are poised to potentially lose their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in upcoming elections as the California Legislature moves forward with an effort to redraw the state’s maps.

This week, the California Legislature came back to Sacramento for a special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom to respond to ongoing efforts by Texas to increase Republicans’ hold of the Texas House delegation by five seats.

The California proposal does the same for Democrats, targeting five Republican seats by pouring new Democratic voters into the districts.

Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down next year after over a decade at the helm as the embattled retailer undertakes a high-stakes turnaround effort aimed at reigniting growth and reversing sliding sales.

The Minneapolis-based company’s board of directors unanimously elected Michael Fiddelke, the company’s current chief operating officer, to succeed Cornell and become a member of its Board of Directors on Feb. 1, the company announced Wednesday.

The news comes as Cornell, 66, wraps up the three-year commitment he made in 2022 to remain CEO.

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