Walmart could become the target of a MAGA-led boycott after an heiress to the retail fortune funded a full-page ad in the New York Times promoting a nationwide protest movement against President Trump.
The ad, run by the “No Kings” movement, calls on Americans to “mobilize” on Saturday — Flag Day and Trump’s birthday — in order to “reject authoritarianism.”
Trump is planning to hold a massive military parade in Washington, DC on that day.
The heiress, Christy Walton, is the widow of John T. Walton, son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Though she holds no active role in Walmart’s operations, she retains a roughly 1.9% stake in the company and has an estimated net worth of $19.3 billion, according to Forbes.
The “No Kings” movement is planning roughly 1,500 protests nationwide to counter Saturday’s military parade — but notably absent from the list of protest sites is DC.
The ad, which appeared in Sunday’s edition of the Times, does not name Trump directly but criticizes efforts that undermine civil rights and democratic values.
It reads, in part, “The honor, dignity, and integrity of our country are not for sale,” and includes a QR code linking to a map of more than 1,800 planned protests set to take place nationwide.
“Great, a left-wing billionaire feels like burning some of her inheritance for a PR stunt,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told The Post on Wednesday.
“It’s not going to change the fact that over 77 million Americans voted for mass deportations, border security, and America First trade policies – a mandate that the Trump administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to deliver on.”
Trump’s MAGA allies directly or indirectly called for a boycott of the nation’s largest retailer.
An ex-CIA analyst was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for leaking top-secret documents about Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran last year.
Asif William Rahman, 34, had pleaded guilty in January to two counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information after he was arrested for absconding with records from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency last October that indicated Israel was planning to launch airstrikes in response to a massive Iranian missile attack.
Rahman, who had been a CIA employee since 2016 and had access to top secret documents, leaked the stolen information on social media platforms — forcing Israel to delay its attack.
He was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison by US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, which is less than the government had demanded.
“Asif Rahman violated his position of trust by illegally accessing, removing, and transmitting Top Secret documents vital to the national security of the United States and its allies,” US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert said in a statement.
“The urgency with which Mr. Rahman was identified, arrested, charged, and prosecuted is a testament to the commitment and professionalism of the investigators and prosecutors who brought him to justice.
“This case should serve as a stern warning to those who choose to place their own goals over their allegiance to our nation.”
Rahman was working in the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 17, 2024, when he sneaked the documents out in his backpack, brought them to his home, photographed them and then transmitted them to other individuals, before destroying evidence of his actions, according to the Justice Department.
The top-secret documents appeared on the “Middle East Spectator” Telegram channel the following day and “appeared publicly on multiple social media platforms, complete with the classification ranking,” prosecutors said.
The documents laid out intelligence gathered from satellite images of an Israeli base taken on Oct. 15 and 16.
The breach forced Israeli officials to postpone their attack until Oct. 26.
Rahman “repeatedly accessed and printed classified National Defense Information” up until his arrest in November of 2024, according to the DOJ.
In the spring of 2024, when he was working in Virginia as a CIA analyst, he disclosed a batch of five secret and top-secret documents, making copies and giving them to people who weren’t allowed to see them. And in the fall of 2024, he leaked another 10 classified documents.
“I fully accept responsibility for my conduct last year,” Rahman said in court Wednesday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. “There was no excuse for my actions.”
Rahman’s attorneys blamed his actions on “family-related grief” and traumatic assignment in Iraq, compounded by Israel’s war against Hamas.
🚨BREAKING:
— The Uri (@uricohenisrael) June 11, 2025
Egypt has announced it won’t allow the “March to Gaza” to reach the Rafah border.
Imagine being so stupid that you’re marching hundreds of miles to protest the Israeli blockade over Gaza, just to find out that Egypt controls the border🤡 pic.twitter.com/9yKgGjp9Ma
DIN: El Al was the only airline flying to Israel for many months during the period and after October 7. Without El Al, it would have been impossible to fly between the US and Israel. If anything, El Al is owed appreciation and gratitude, not the law suit.
EL AL Israel Airlines is facing a potentially devastating class action lawsuit accusing the national carrier of exploiting wartime conditions to impose inflated ticket prices on Israeli and international passengers during the Iron Swords war. The lawsuit seeks a staggering 600 million shekels — roughly $169 million — in damages, alleging the airline abused its near-monopoly position after foreign carriers suspended flights to and from Israel following the Hamas massacre of October 7.
Israel Hayom reports that, filed in an Israeli court by attorney Ilan Vardnikov of the Pearl Cohen law firm, along with Dr. Tal Rotman and Adi Tzitron, the suit is supported by economic testimony from Prof. David Gilo, the former director of Israel’s Competition Authority. According to the petition, EL AL’s net profit surged to $554 million in 2024 — or $771 million when accounting for adjustments — compared to just $113 million in 2023. It was the airline’s most profitable year in over 15 years.
“EL AL was not satisfied with the enormous profits it generated legally during the state of emergency and war,” the suit argues. “It deliberately and knowingly chose to abuse its monopolistic power and harm consumers by inflating prices to unprecedented levels.”
U.S. officials say they have been informed that Israel is now “fully ready” to launch a military operation against Iran, prompting precautionary measures across the region, including the evacuation of American diplomatic personnel.
According to CBS News, the assessment was a key factor in the State Department’s decision to order the departure of non-essential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. Consulate in Erbil. Dependents of American military personnel are also being withdrawn from parts of the Middle East amid heightened concerns over possible Iranian retaliation.
Officials warned that if Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities, Tehran may respond by targeting U.S. military bases and assets across the region.
Here’s what just went down — and it’s very interesting:
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 11, 2025
1. UK Maritime Trade issued a rare warning about rising tensions in the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman, citing potential military escalation that could directly affect shipping.
2. The US Embassy in Iraq is…
A New York State 10th grade Regents exam study guide demonizes Zionism—the belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland—as “extreme nationalism.”
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) June 10, 2025
Yet it does not label as extreme the anti-Zionist ideology that inspired the October 7th… pic.twitter.com/r2r2OTZyQW
This is how the Israelis welcome their closest ally in the world 👇
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 10, 2025
Welcome President @JMilei 🇦🇷❤️🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/wa3sOdwNZT
It was supposed to be a grand act of defiance—another headline-grabbing spectacle in the ongoing campaign to vilify the Jewish state. Instead, it became a floating punchline.
The so-called “freedom flotilla” set sail earlier this month from Sicily, bound for Gaza, carrying meager amounts of food and other forms of aid. Aboard the lone boat, the British-flagged schooner Madleen, was a small cast of sanctimonious “humanitarians.”
Chief among them was Swedish climate crusader Greta Thunberg. Joining her was French Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan and another 10 or so activists trying to make themselves relevant.
What they billed as a noble mission was actually a farce. Wasting no time in exposing the charade, the Israeli Foreign Ministry mockingly christened the vessel the “selfie yacht.”
And with good reason.
How did Hamas do it on October 7?
This time, I don't mean to ask how they had so little humanity as to butcher over 1,200 innocents in Israel in a single day of horrors, the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Nor do I refer to the level of brainwashing or innate evil necessary to kill 370 young people at a dance party, to rape and genitally mutilate screaming women and girls, or to drag 250 hostages - including 12 Americans - back to Gaza.
No, at present, I am speaking of practical and, ultimately, financial capability: how was Hamas able to afford the trucks, the motorcycles, the assault weapons and grenades, the paragliders and massive tunnel networks that enabled their terroristic invasion on that black day?
To a large extent, the answer can be found at a single address: Qatar, the absolute monarchy on the Arabian peninsula that is the beating heart of modern terrorism financing.
