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Today in “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Cancel Culture”: “I was informed that, because I maintain a friendship with a former F.B.I. executive who is a critic and perceived enemy of the current administration, I would not be receiving any of the promotions for which I was currently being considered […]

A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from arresting, detaining or relocating a green card holder who was born in Sputh Korea and has been part of a campus protest movement at Columbia University […]

Keep ‘em coming Bloomberg: Harvard University won a temporary reprieve from #Trump’s ban on its international students entering the US, a legal setback for the administration in its high-profile fight with the school.

Well when you put it THAT way Bloomberg: Elon #Musk's fight with Donald #Trump cost him $34 billion today

Here is a no drama happy dog. The best kind of no ego reality show. 😊 #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

#uspol deport Ketamine Karen and impeach Florida Man

Google search is just useless anymore

These are the data showing a steep decline in kids dying from traffic accidents in the U.S. The decline in passenger deaths is largely seatbelts, carseats and safer vehicles. The decline in pedestrian and bicyclist deaths is likely largely due to changes in societal expectations of parents.

THIS. Via Anat Shenker-Osorio: Never believe the regime's lies that we cannot take them on and bring them down. Their power relies upon us forgetting that power requires our silence and capitulation. ‪Mueller, She Wrote‬: ‪ BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people […]

Yummy 🧵 from Wired. 1/... It only took a few hours to wipe $152 billion of value from #Tesla’s market cap and $250 million in value from TrumpCoin Thursday as #Trump & #Musk publicly and viciously feuded over the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Tesla’s stock is now down 14 percent at the time of writing […]

This entire sordid Trump Musk news is entertaining, brutally mockworthy, but my god, this is the US now. Serious stuff, folks.

Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/introducing-bounce-a-tool-to-move-your-follwing-between-bluesky-and-mastodon/

If you’re struggling today, take a moment to remember that the worst people you know, the racists, the transphobes and incels, are currently losing their minds on twitter as their overlords fight. Let that comfort you 🙏🏽

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Is Elon seriously just gonna burn it all down today

Keep 'em coming Via Democracy Docket: NEW: A coalition of immigrant rights groups sue the #Trump administration to block it from paying El Salvador to imprison hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who were removed from the U.S. without due process, claiming the agreement violates federal law.

Since this is relevant again

AFP— Chad suspends visas for US citizens after US travel ban: presidency

Want some good news? "‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released Ming Li Hui’s detention by the immigration authorities brought the reality of Trump’s immigration crackdown to rural Missouri, where supporters rallied for her freedom." ...with this caveat: “By no […]

When a conservative says "the poor will always be with us," it is a statement not of fact, but of intent.

Via Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: ‪ Heartbreaking! Reporting suggests that the facility is currently operating nearly 300 PERCENT above capacity, w 1,700 people crammed into facility w an official maximum capacity of 600. The conditions have devolved dramatically in […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

"Own your own home," they said. "Build equity, don't pay rent," they said. I mean, who *doesn't* love multiple random five figure repair costs so far this year?

Anybody else just use a wooden spoon as a back scratcher or is that just me?

Racism doesn't stop terrorism or make us safer, it's just racism. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/democrats-respond-trump-travel-ban

Airline traffic in Canada is up — just not to the United States #CanadaSky #Canada #USpol financialpost.com/transportati...

Pete Hegseth orders that a ship named for Harvey Milk be renamed, and intentionally does this at the beginning of Pride Month. What a bigot. https://archive.ph/2025.06.03-171503/https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html

Keep ’em coming! Via Taniel: RESULT: Democrats easily defend a state House seat in #SouthCarolina in a special election tonight. Keishan Scott, the 24-year old Dem nominee, won 71% to 29%, so by 42. (Harris had carried the district by 5% last fall; Biden won it by 15% in 2020.)

BS! “The ban will be targeted at specific countries, but will allow for exceptions. #Trump's proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan […]

Keep ‘em coming “A #Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.” […]

Meanwhile, from the newsroom 👀 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention