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Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries currentaffairs.org/news/how-elon-…

BREAKING: In a shocking maneuver, Senate Republicans just BLOCKED a Democratic effort to BAN federal troops from entering polling stations or seizing ballots or voting machines. Makes you wonder what they’re planning this November…

A disgrace.

NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is waging a three front war on voting: restricting voter registration through proof-of-citizenship laws, controlling mail-in voting via the Postal Service and laying the groundwork for another "stop the count" campaign. youtu.be/b28A7nduT8c?si…

Sec. Hegseth’s actions continue to be despicable – and they certainly aren’t representative of the Army I served in. We’ve repeatedly seen how this White House has disparaged and mistreated both active-duty service members and the veterans who raised their hand to serve this country. I’m glad that people are continuing to stand up and speak out. theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Hegseth removed Chappie James's portrait from the Air Force Art Gallery and left the wall empty. James flew 179 combat missions across two wars. First Black four-star general in US military history. Curry passed that portrait every day for a decade. When it came down, he retired. The wall is still empty.

This is revolting: The Trump administration is preparing to deport brave women fleeing Iranian repression to Central African Republic, an impoverished country in the middle of a civil war. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/wor…

🚨EXCLUSIVE >> @FBI agents raided Cleveland office of Ohio voter registration group, in what many consider part of broader Trump administration effort to intimidate and sow doubt about voting integrity in key swing states. Agents fanned out across Ohio, following and questioning canvassers and volunteers. "Straight up intimidation" said group's board member. ms.now/news/ohio-pro-…

"This Sunday night’s UFC spectacle on the South Lawn...captures something about this moment in our history. It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents kidnapped a U.S. citizen, while he was grabbing coffee, in Maryland. Samuel Guzmán repeatedly told agents he was born in the United States. He even offered to show his ID… and they didn’t believe him. Instead, they took his phone, wallet, and keys, shoved him in their car, illegally transported him to another location, questioned him about where he was “really” from, for 2 hours, and refused to let him call anyone. Then, once they realized he was a U.S. citizen… they let him go without explaining why he was detained. The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures…. ICE agents don’t get to kidnap someone, from a coffee shop parking lot, without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The Fifth Amendment guarantees due process…. Holding someone against their will while refusing to tell them why, or denying them access to contact anyone, is a constitutional violation. And the Equal Protection principles mean the government can’t target people simply because of their race, ethnicity, or the language they speak. If you’re okay with constitutional rights disappearing the moment someone has the wrong last name, or skin color… You were never defending law and order.

Dan Rather's right. Every story run by CBS and Bari Weiss next fall should have an asterisk superimposed: "This story was approved by Donald Trump." When a fascist authoritarian regime's in charge of what the American people should know, the country has gone full banana republic.

This is an ominous preview of just one way in which @POTUS may try to interfere with an election his party is on track to lose: Impeding the delivery of mail-in ballots by the USPS. Remember 2020 and January 6th before you say he'd never do THAT!

Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order. DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut. Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office. Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back." The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch. Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded. The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed. Until it didn't.

Good morning and Happy Wednesday to everyone who agrees that the audio of Speaker Johnson ADMITTING that he's planning on cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security SHOULD BE A HUGE STORY. Don't let him slide on this.

The inflation rate in Biden's last month in office was 2.9%. Trump (supported by a Republican Congress) has driven it up to 4.2%. Thank you, voters, for your attention to this matter. wapo.st/3S2PCeA

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump's former economic advisor just admitted on Fox News that inflation is being driven nearly exclusively by bad decisions that Donald Trump has made. Wow.

CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD status.news/p/daniel-dale-…

NEW EPISODE: Trump and his administration are quietly building a national list of approved voters — and if your name isn't on it, you may not be able to vote by mail or at all in 2026. youtube.com/watch?v=8QfU1J…

Behind the scenes, the Epstein crisis was paralyzing the Trump team far more than the public knew. In public statements, Trump aides were full of bravado. In reality, it was consuming them. Excerpt from blockbuster new book by @maggieNYT @jonathanvswan nytimes.com/2026/06/10/mag…

We had press releases about this, we showed it all to you with their laid-out plan in Project 2025... people scoffed at us. Well, here is Mike Johnson saying Republicans will cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security next year. Good luck.