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Steve Bannon is pushing for President Trump to use the Defense Production Act to seize control of SpaceX.

KHANNA: “Who gets custody of J.D. Vance in the divorce?”

If you know, you know.

Preach!! You gotta read this. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Elon-Trump, Welcome to the Thunderdome talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...

😁😁😁😁😁

“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” ~ Thomas Paine

This was also inevitable.

This was inevitable. 😁

Worth reading the whole thread.

This is sad. Kent State University to close LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/kent-...

So, more dead women... www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/t...

He calls it DEI. I call it racism, misogyny, and homophobia.

Rescissions are here: "The White House sent a formal request to Congress to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved. "The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, aiming to make permanent some of DOGE's spending cuts."

Fucking Hegseth. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

BREAKING: Faith-led Moral Monday protesters — including Rev. William Barber — have once again been arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, this time including several wheelchair users. The group is decrying cuts to healthcare programs in the GOP budget bill.

I just saw this. From Judge J. Michael Luttig. "Until Donald Trump exits public life altogether, it cannot be said either that America is a thriving democracy or that it has a government “of laws, not of men.”"

When Trump voters say, "But I didn't vote for this!" -- this being the deportation of their friends and neighbors -- here's the answer.

Preach.

There’s your empty shelf. US goods imports drop 19.8% in April — largest on record

This is ominous.

SOUTHSIDE!

Goodbye Redwood Forest -- The blue areas are what EO 14225 has marked for deforestation. These are old growth forests, protected by law.

This seems extremely useful.

Worth reading. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Don't count on it.

We, the people of this nation, must push back against this with all our strength. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...

US Court of International Trade has issued unanimous ruling in case against Trump “liberation day” tariffs ruling also covers case filed by 12 states led by Oregon All tariffs invalidated as beyond scope of executive power; implementation blocked by permanent injunction, per @ilyasomin.bsky.social

"We congratulate the American people upon your re-election by a large majority. If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery." www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

An astonishing story.

Aside from cutting health care for the elderly & poor, the Republican budget steers $160 BILLION to enrich private prisons + quadruple the size of Trump’s American Gestapo ICE — while making them immune from prosecution. TLDR: You are not alarmed enough. www.wola.org/analysis/160...

The common myth that Jake Tapper repeats about 2020 -- that Democratic voters didn't want Joe Biden but he was forced on them by a back-room party conspiracy -- is transparently wrong and fundamentally misunderstands the problem: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/05/joe-...

“... we must look for ways to be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges and encourages dialogue, a Church ever open to welcoming… with open arms, all those who are in need of our charity, our presence, our readiness to dialogue and our love”. Pope Leo XIV www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

What?!?! The EPA has drafted a plan to eliminate all pollution controls from coal and gas-fired power plants. The agency claims these plants “do not contribute significantly” to dangerous pollution or climate change, arguing their emissions are a small and declining share of global totals.

Jesus.

Were you planning to buy a new smartphone? Mine is 3 years old, and there's a new model. Might be time. Or he might decide to not do it. The phone companies just need to pay him.

“A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.” www.al.com/news/mobile/...

Josh Marshall's thoughts. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...

As a reminder, she didn’t even run a red light, something DHS harped on as her disobeying US laws. The cops eventually admitted they pulled over the wrong car.

Looks like the Supreme Court has fucked us over -- again. Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency. Trump Is King talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...