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Bizarrely, it appears that Trump’s nominee to lead the FAA has been lying about holding a commercial pilot license www.politico.com/news/2025/06... #aviation

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💔A teacher, finally free after 2 years in russian captivity. Welcome home hero. You will be better. We will care of you.

Suprematist Design for a Façade, by Vera Ermolaeva, 1920, 📸 by @kelcgrant

📌Happy birthday, Army. For 250 years you’ve bravely shed blood to fight kings and fascists. Don’t dishonor the sacrifice of our fallen now. Even this Navy guy knows yer too good for that …

It is clear that there is something about the configuration of modern society - how we communicate, how we gain attention, the way ideas gain popularity - that leads to the continual advancement of extremist beliefs, especially on the right. Our job is to figure out what that is, and shut it down.

“Size is persuasion. It creates bandwagon effects…If 100,000 people show up in Washington to celebrate Trump’s military parade, but 5,000,000 people turn out across the country for No Kings rallies, who looks strong and who looks weak?” www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-n...

So important. This is America. Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.

Amid a vaccine-preventable measles outbreak, RFK Jr. dismisses the entire vaccine advisory panel - and appoints fellow anti-vaccine (anti-science) figures. Nothing like an ✨Anti-Vaccine Vaccine Advisory Club✨ www.nature.com/articles/d41... #StandUpForScience

“They the key for you to enter.” This is priceless.😂

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Rand Paul: "I've never liked the idea of the parade. I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades. The parades I remember from our history were different...we never glorified weapons so much...then there is the cost"

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

You’re seeing a lot on TV rn about force and misconduct in Los Angeles sheriff department's role. Well, here’s what happened when someone tried to get serious about bringing accountability to the department: she faced huge pushback… and now she faces criminal charges. boltsmag.org/the-curious-...

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Minnesota has exceptional local news. @mprnews.org and @startribune.com know their communities and will steer you right.

"As of midnight on Sunday, June 15, we have data from about 40% of No Kings Day events held yesterday, accounting for over 2.6m attendees. According to our back-of-the-envelope math, that puts total attendance somewhere in the 4-6 million people range." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...

Contrarians celebrate No Kings Day ... anytime you need oa shot of democracy adreneline come watch our daily updated coverage of the democracy movement : open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Just to make the obvious explicit: Whether a country is willing to act as an extraterritorial gulag has exactly nothing to do with whether people from that country pose a security risk. They’re not even pretending the “security” pretext for the travel ban is serious.

The #NoKings march in Dallas, Texas is HUGE!

This op-ed explains who is being swept up in Trump's immigration dragnet, and what we can all do to push back and keep one another safe.

I wrote about agitators in Los Angeles who seem to grow more violent as the day progresses, attacking people who are just trying to do their job prospect.org/politics/202...

NEW VIDEO: The Supreme Court is running on nothing but Republican grievances, fringe theories and bad vibes. Leah Litman joins me to explain. Watch and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVga...

"Donald Trump has wrecked America’s brand. He’s made crossing over from Canada a betrayal, bordering on treason, while turning the U.S. into a laughingstock around the globe." @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.

Good morning y'all and Happy Father's Day!!!

Your Right-Wing Neighbors Think the Minnesota Shootings Were Liberal-on-Liberal Violence (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2025/06/your...

MSNBC reporter in gas mask in Los Angeles: I think it was Sheriffs deploying CS gas, tear gas, pepper spray, and flash bang grenades in large numbers. Mounted units pushing against protesters.., every single gathering I saw today was 100% peaceful

🎉 As we celebrate the success of the #NoKings protests, a reminder that Dems have overperformed by an avg. of *17 pts* across 29 Special Elections so far this year! 📣 Next Up: 6/24/25: AL SD-05: Ryan Cagle 6/24: NH HD-STAF24: Billie Butler Donate TODAY! #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...

Proud to have been in this crowd estimated at 70000. This is Cal Anderson Park in Seattle. During my hours there I never saw a police presence. Right on!

I thought I was losing my mind when this happened because it was an attempted assassination of a national political leader and it was treated like it was nothing.

What a devastating day. What a decisive moment for our country. We cannot let violence against elected officials become normalized. All my thoughts are with the victims and their families. This is the moment for our nation to do the hard work of choosing peace in our politics.

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was a friend who worked with Gabby to stop gun violence. We’re thinking of her children, who've now lost both their parents, and we’re praying for Sen. Hoffman and his wife, who are still fighting for their lives. Stay strong.

A college classmate in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this photo she took at the “No Kings” protest there. I’m sure a lot of people can relate to it.

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings