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💰 TRUMP AND PUTIN ARE MAKING MILLIONS FROM PROLONGED IRAN WAR
Trump's own disclosures show it: gains as high as $4.4 million on nine oil and gas stocks between the eve of the Iran war and August 31, CNBC found, confirmed by CBS News — while he ran that war as commander in chief. He made more than 1,000 trades in June alone, buying Exxon, Chevron and ConocoPhillips while the fighting continued. Senate Democratic staff put his 2026 gains as high as $15.5 million. Meanwhile the Justice Department and the CFTC are investigating three firms over $2.6 billion in gains timed to his Iran posts — and one of them, Totsa, belongs to TotalEnergies, which still draws $400 million a year from Russian gas it cannot sell without Putin's personal approval. Trump profits off the war he runs. The traders profit off the words he posts about it. One of them answers to the Kremlin.
🖋️ MASSIE FORCES NEW EPSTEIN VOTE AS JOHNSON SHUTS THE HOUSE
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna locked down the 218th signature Thursday morning — enough to force a second Epstein files bill onto the House floor whether Speaker Mike Johnson likes it or not. Massie says DOJ "flagrantly" ignored the first law after publishing 3.5 million pages; this bill lets survivors, lawmakers and states sue DOJ directly for hiding records. Johnson's answer is the one he tried last fall: cut the House week short, running the clock past the midterms. It still needs 60 Senate votes. Delay is the only move he has left.
🛰️ CIA VETERAN SAYS RUSSIA HELPED KILL AMERICANS
Sean Wiswesser, a retired CIA station chief, told Narativ Live on Thursday — first, and on the record — "I have no doubt the GRU assisted the Iranians in killing Americans." CNN had tracked fourteen Russian satellite passes over the base before the strike. That same week, Russia hit a train carrying Boris Johnson and David Petraeus, shadowed Zelensky's plane, and drew charges for hunting a dissident in Washington. Trump has said nothing.
⚖️ BLANCHE CAMPAIGNS FOR THE PARTY HE POLICES
Attorney General Todd Blanche worked a GOP rally in North Carolina this week, stumping for Senate candidate Michael Whatley — a line the New York Times says no sitting AG has crossed since before Watergate. Ground News checked 24 right-leaning outlets; only 4% covered it. Nobody's calling it a crime. It's a signal — about exactly whose Justice Department this is.
🏛️ TRUMP THREATENS TO DEMOLISH KENNEDY CENTER
A federal judge has blocked Trump's name on the Kennedy Center twice. Hours after Trump warned it could get "ripped down," that judge ordered 30 days' notice before any demolition. No marquee, no building.
🎯 THE BIGGER PICTURE
The scheme became very clear today. For Trump and Putin, the war in Iran is nothing more than a money-making exercise built to steal the hard-earned money of ordinary Americans. As we followed the money, we were not surprised to see Putin personally tied to one of Trump’s preferred investment vehicles. Officials who were enemies but when it comes to money-making and profiteering, these two are actually best friends realizing their joint ambitions. That’s how you can reconcile Russian satellite targeting US bases for the Iranians. But Trump doesn’t care what the people say - he cares about how much money he pockets and his outfit is making.
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Before today's trades made headlines, Narativ already had the receipts: thirteen presidential posts on Iran, thirteen matching moves in oil and a prediction market, and the Americans who died while someone cashed out.
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Knew and Made Millions as Trump Threatened to End Iranian Civilization
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