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A Tucker-Trump Tiff, With Fox News Caught in the Crossfire 🍿🍿🍿 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...

Obama Steps Back Into Public Eye at a Stormy Political Moment www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Lawmakers Press for More Security After Minnesota Attacks www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

The Senate Wants Billions More in Medicaid Cuts, Pinching States and Infuriating Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

Lawmakers Vote to Decriminalize Abortions for Women in England and Wales www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/w...

Despite Close Ties With Iran, Russia Stands Aside as Israel Attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/w...

Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

How Big Tech Captured the Army www.thebulwark.com/p/how-big-te...

This proves that Republicans have no qualms with harming hardworking Americans in order to give tax cuts to the rich. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

In her new book “Bad Company,” journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care to local news—and the ways workers are fighting back. www.wired.com/story/megan-...

"Trump's message is plain. If you commit violence in his cause, he will have your back...America in 2025 is making political murder easier. This is a choice, not fate." My column. www.ft.com/content/e172...

An investigation into the complexity of the global telecom system shows weaknesses in the transmission of secret codes sent via SMS.

Sen. Tina Smith was right to pull Sen. Mike Lee out and call him out for his callous and false posts about the assassinations in MN.

JUST NOW — NEW YORK MAYORAL CANDIDATE BRAD LANDER ARRESTED BY ICE: “You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrant”

I'm more concerned about the partisan and BS chyron by Fox

What happened to "states' rights"? www.publicnotice.co/p/noem-liber...

The hypocrisy is... well, to be expected at this point "Kristi Noem...proclaimed that if 'Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.'" www.publicnotice.co/p/noem-liber...

Yes. Let's listen to a person who believes in "Space Lasers"

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Inasmuch as the Trump admin has any consistent tactical approach to policy, I think they just get up in the morning and say to themselves, what’s the most evil, destructive, and stupid thing I could do today? Then they do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Like the on-again off-again chaos surrounding Trump's tariff policies, his deportation strategies are in chaos Apparently Trump forgot to ask Stephen Miller if it was ok to pause raids in fields, restaurants & hotels So Miller demanded such raids continue www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-flip-flo...

NEW: Data broker sites were allegedly used by the Minnesota shooting suspect, authorities claim, highlighting the danger of an industry that freely sells your personal information. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/minnes...

WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site reut.rs/3FSQAEC

Marjorie Taylor Greene said that any U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict would “fracture” Donald Trump’s support across the country.

The EU has agreed on new rules to speed up how regulators use its flagship data protection law to go after technology giants like Meta, Google, X and others.

A bad parade is a good sign the.ink/p/essay-a-ba...

San Antone’s first openly LGBTQ+ mayor!!! Texas is a changing, and I am here for it. An Air Force veteran under the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Beat her Republican opponent. Blasting Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan at her victory party is the chef’s kiss 🏳️‍🌈 www.texastribune.org/2025/06/07/s...

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Move over, Ray-Ban.

"Best of all, you won't have any need for a friends-and-family plan."

All of Yosemite's campgrounds will be open this summer for the first time since 2019

America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

The Fed has a statutory mandate "to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates." It has neither a mandate for nor the authority for assisting a political party with their terrible budget priorities.

Trump had to rush back from the G7 Summit for something big. Looks like it's the launch of the new Trump cell phone and mobile phone service. time.com/7294675/trum...

ECB's Lagarde: This moment of change is an opportunity for Europe. It is a “global euro” moment. To seize it and enhance the euro’s role in the international monetary system, we must act decisively as a united Europe taking greater control of its own destiny.  on.ft.com/4jX7Kir @financialtimes.com

As police work to piece together the motive behind Vance Boelter’s alleged assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, a CNN review of public records and interviews with people who knew Boelter suggest his life took a strange turn in recent years.

A stairway to heaven it wasn't. Ten years ago today, Trump descended his golden escalator and ever since has dragged us downward with him on a ride that seems destined for Hell. This past week made that clearer than ever. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-us...

The Asshole-in-Chief.

Political violence must always be condemned.

NEW: A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.

Judge Rules N.I.H. Grant Cuts Illegal, Orders Funds Restored www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Many Hoped Senate Republicans Would Save Clean Energy. They Mostly Didn’t. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/c...

NEW: The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several "people search" sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.

The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data. www.wired.com/story/minnes...

Trump Renews Embrace of Putin Amid Ongoing Rift With Allies www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/w...

Trump Leaving G7 Early to Deal With Israel-Iran Conflict, White House Says Or is to play golf? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...