Deborah

Just a reminder of who he was

My friend Jamie Raskin is one of the most careful and principled people in Congress. So when he says the director of the FBI may be running a taxpayer funded slush fund, I pay attention. Here is what he found. Kash Patel directed more than $1 million in bonus payments to a small circle of agents in his inner circle and on his security detail. Some were getting nearly $8,000 every two weeks on top of salaries that were already maxed out at the federal ceiling. A number of them collected close to $40,000 over consecutive pay periods. The payments came so fast that the FBI’s bonus reserve accounts ran dry and some checks bounced. So who got the money? Agents on Patel’s so-called "director’s advisory team." That is the unit created in 2025 and described internally as a payback squad, built to dig up dirt on the law enforcement officials who investigated Trump and his allies. Raskin has given Patel until June 29 to account for every payment, every recipient, and any internal review of whether this was even legal. Patel should answer for all of it. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

Yes, the blue paint Is peeling off the Reflecting Pool. Our photographer went to the Lincoln Memorial. This is what she saw. washingtonian.com/2026/06/19/pho…

@PacoTyler1 @thedailybeast Hahahahahaha

@thedailybeast So lemme get this straight: Donnie loves interior decorating, The Village People, cocaine and muscle bound UFC fighters? He wears more makeup than my Nana, and writes love letters to dictators? And this is the guy you MAGA malakas think is an Alpha male?

The 80-year-old president's nasty nighttime habits leave staff scrambling to clean up in the morning, a bombshell new book has revealed. thedailybeast.com/trumps-nasty-b…

The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.

@CalltoActivism 100% ! I really miss this guy

President Obama has a unique way of ROASTING Donald Trump without mentioning him by name, and it drives Trump nuts. He just did it again, this time in front of every living president. Watch this. 🔥

It may be that the antonym of "Trump" is "Obama":

.@MichelleObama spoke about the grace & kindness Barack Obama showed in the face of racism and insults hurled at him. He is a vessel for the Lincolnesque spirit of America that moves us forward despite the brutality that lurks underneath. Obama inspires because he embodies the finest America is capable of producing. Today is a reminder that so many have endured worse than we have and that we must draw on their vision and sacrifices to overcome the darkness of the moment.

📸 Great photo of @JoeBiden and @DrBiden with the Obamas, Bushes, and Clintons in Chicago today. This is America. Not what is currently in the White House.

>renames it to the Department of War >names himself the Secretary of War >fights one war >loses

Trump cut kids cancer research by $190 million because it was “wasteful” spending. Now taxpayers are paying $300 million for his giant ballroom so he can throw parties for his big political donors.

Usually not a great sign

Our allies see it. Our enemies see it. The whole world sees it. Weakness is being sold as strength. Trump looks bruised, swollen, exhausted, and barely able to keep his eyes open, yet MAGA still pretends he’s some kind of He-Man figure. And somehow the press looks at the pictures, listens to the rambling, watches the decline in real time, and acts like everything is completely normal because they care more about color and clicks than our Democracy. History won't be kind to the cowards.

@Acyn Gotta love Jane. Still going strong

Fonda: In the face of what’s happening, we need our industry to be unified, activated, and unwilling to engage in anticipatory obedience. We stand together in defense of our right to free expression. If they come for one of us, by God, they come for all of us.

Dems have been looking for their message for years, and @AnnieAndrewsMD just did it (in under two minutes). Take note 📝

New data reveals that New World Screwworm, a severely dangerous flesh-eating maggot, is spreading throughout Texas. This comes months after Ken Paxton supported cutting Screwworm monitoring programs.

Buried in a DOJ court filing on Friday is the part of this story that hasn't gotten enough attention. The Department of Homeland Security is now exploring coordinating with the USPS to monitor mail-in ballot flows, identify anomalies, and generate "authorized investigative leads." The postal service - created by Congress as an independent entity - is being evaluated as a surveillance and investigation tool for federal law enforcement, applied specifically to Americans who vote by mail. That is a separate track from the voter eligibility list story. Both are running simultaneously. The March 31 executive order requires states to submit lists of voters who have requested absentee ballots for federal eligibility approval before those ballots can be sent. On May 29, USPS began drafting compliance plans. Election officials in California and Wisconsin have already documented slower ballot delivery times since the policy changes began. The NAACP sued Thursday, arguing the new rule violates a 2021 court-enforced settlement in which USPS agreed to protect mail-in voting and prioritize timely ballot delivery through 2028 - a binding legal commitment the agency is now moving to undermine. A federal judge in a separate case has expressed being "very concerned" about the harm the order could impose on voters. The American Postal Workers Union's statement named what this actually is: "The Postal Service serves all Americans - regardless of party, religion, or race. It is not a tool for politicians to pick which Americans get which benefits." That sentence is a legal argument and a civic one. The postal workers who sort and deliver ballots in Elkhart and Fort Wayne and rural Hamilton County are being asked to participate in a process their own union has called unconstitutional. That matters.

@hilde_angel @sharonkingmtl Exactly. What a disgrace

Nem uma única bola rolou no gramado até agora e este é o quadro da COPA 2026: • As equipes do Senegal e do Uzbequistão foram tratadas na chegada como criminosos, com buscas completas em seus orifícios. • O melhor árbitro da África foi enviado de volta à Somália, apesar de seu passaporte diplomático. • O Fotógrafo da equipe do Iraque foi impedido de entrar mesmo com visto válido. • Foi negada a entrada nos EUA de 90% dos fãs marroquinos com ingressos já adquiridos. • Foram recusados vistos a 14 membros da equipe de apoio do Irã. • Foi negada a entrada no país do principal atacante da Suíça, o camaronês Breel Embolo. A equipe viajou sem ele. Após a forte repercussão, o visto foi enfim concedido. • A equipe iraniana, cujos jogos serão todos nos EUA, foi proibida de pernoitar no país. Imediatamente a após cada partida, os atletas voarão de volta ao México, onde se hospedam. - Qual é o sentido de sediar a Copa do Mundo se não pretendem que o MUNDO faça parte dela???

@atrupar First of all, this is not even relevant. Secondly, coming from fatso Ted Cruz, this comment is laughable.

Ted Cruz on Talarico: "If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by it would blow him over like a feather."