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Trump has said so many things about the Israel-Iran situation that we cannot believe anything. We desperately need another interlocutor. Maybe the EU, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ?

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This is what the biggest Medicaid cut in American history will look like for rural communities:

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Classic MAGA hypocrisy.

submitted 17 hours ago • 74 comments

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer's GitHub account connected to whistleblower allegations of sensitive data leaving the National Labor Relations Board.

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🫡💥 55th OABr destroys the Russians in the Pokrovsk direction, who tried to storm our positions in small infantry groups and on motorcycles.

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Not Christian. Not supporters of democracy. Anti-constitutionalists. That’s what they are, by definition.

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NEW: The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld federal funding for libraries under an executive order signed by the president to reduce regulatory overreach, a federal watchdog found www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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I’ve just read that Ukrainian monumental and decorative artist Mykhailo Klymchenko was killed while defending Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture, 208 artists have been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion. 📸 Stained glass window and mosaic by Mykhailo Klymchenko

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Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts? Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”

submitted 19 hours ago • 2025 comments

I don’t have to spell it out, right? Surely even Trump’s most ardent supporters will—oh, never mind. What was I thinking?!

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The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.

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"June 14 may have signaled the start of a new chapter of his tenure. That is, a new chapter of pushback amid a sense of growing peril..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

submitted 16 hours ago • 284 comments

Come work with us!

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I’m from LA and so’s my wife and my brother and sister in law and the pastor of one of our neighborhood’s churches and my son and two of his high school friends and a bunch of women from my wife’s hiking group and a bunch of lawyers I know and lots of ladies from our church. We were there.

submitted 16 hours ago • 84 comments

A simple new IQ test: Should you pay money to the private company of the proto-authoritarian president so that you can carry a GPS-connected device that contains all of your personal information and that's operated by that company?

submitted 16 hours ago • 45 comments

I assume Pam Bondi and the U.S. Attorney’s office are just charging him so Trump can pardon him.

submitted 16 hours ago • 107 comments

Because I am a Recognized Safety Person on the Internet, I get questions. Specifically, about personal protective equipment (PPE) to take to a protest assuming a cop riot will happen. I have a meta-answer people do not like. Bringing PPE to a protest will be claimed as a intent to resist arrest.

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I had been wondering about this, that Boelter wanted to and was actively planning to kill a lot more D legislators. visited at least two other homes.

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The MN murderer attended "Christ for the Nations" college in Dallas. That institution was founded by a Cold War era white nationalist and Christian nationalist conspiracy-obsessed preacher named Gordon Lindsay. A thread on Lindsay. bsky.app/profile/seth...

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Having the economic policy of a 4th grader, tanking US revenue, blowing up the long held belief that the US is governed by laws that apply equally to all and appointing lackeys and morons as financial regulators did this. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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A private equity firm will finance a Harvard University research lab, a possible template for the future as schools nationwide absorb federal funding cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/h...

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💥💣 The Israeli Air Force continues its hunt, including for moving targets - Iranian military equipment is being destroyed.

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BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 16 hours ago • 100 comments

Friends from DOJ + friends with DOJ fam/friends - pls make sure you follow/share about @justiceconnection.bsky.social. Justice Connection shares DOJ news and has free resources for DOJ folks who recently left the Department or who remain courageously but may still need assistance. Major resource!

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🇮🇱✈️💥 Israeli aviation is hunting and striking Iranian UAV launch containers and crews.

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Russia strikes kupiansk again, casualties reported. On June 16th, at approximately 3:40 PM, the Russian army carried out an airstrike on a residential area in Kupiansk. The attack hit multi-story apartment buildings, causing fires to break out in apartments.

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 European integration is a strategic choice that not only enhances Ukraine’s defence capabilities but also enables deeper integration of European and Ukrainian defence industries, contributing to EU’s security and strategic autonomy. Read more 👀👇 theukrainianreview.info/partnership-...

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Now @petridishes.bsky.social has left @washingtonpost.com

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To avoid tricky First Amendment questions, lawmakers across the country are focusing on regulating "addictive design” features like infinite scroll. Jane Bambauer explores how this regulation clashes with the policy goal of increasing competition in the digital marketplace.

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A new report by the @kiel.institute shows that in March and April 2025, Europe surpassed the United States in the total value of military aid provided to Ukraine, for the first time since June 2022. 🇺🇦🇪🇺 🧵

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WATCH: Terry Moran tells @timmiller.bsky.social about his interview where Trump insisted Kilmar has “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles (PSA: We saw Kilmar in person this week. Nope.) @thebulwark.com Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DK-JlvK...

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Politico is now reporting that the Senate is going to cut more deeply into the Medicaid provider tax. If you read @prospect.org, you would have known this hours earlier. No credit, ofc. Read @prospect.org, get the news first. prospect.org/politics/202...

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Meet The Black Lawmakers Whose Careers Were Ignited By The Charleston Mother Emanuel Church Mass Shooting ten years ago tomorrow talkingpointsmemo.com/news/generat...

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So Trump family says they're going to stand up a new mobile phone factory and have a new phone in production in three months and basically all the mainstream press is saying, yep, sounds legit. Can't wait to see it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/just-...

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🚨 Reminder — Team Neguse will be hosting Mobile Office Hours in Fort Collins this Wednesday, June 18th to help constituents navigate new or ongoing federal casework. Please don’t hesitate to schedule a 1-1 appointment with us 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HsW7Ca

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NEW: GAO has ruled Trump illegally impounded funds. “IMLS ceased performing agency functions and withheld from obligation and expenditure funds that Congress appropriated for such functions. … GAO concludes that IMLS has violated the ICA by withholding funds from obligation and expenditure.“

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P.S. State and federal charges are not mutually exclusive under the dual sovereignty doctrine (and it looks like MN is seeking charges). Personally I think state has greater interest here and should go first

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🧪 Congress is pushing back against Trump's proposed science budget cuts. House panel rejected USDA research cuts, while Senators expressed concern over NIH and Forest Service budget reductions.

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Putin promised a 3-day war. 3.5 years later, Russia controls less land than in 2022—and the Kremlin is cracking. In this interview, interview, Anna Danylchuk, known as AnnaFromUkraine, explains why Russia is weaker than ever: militarily, economically, and politically. www.kyivpost.com/videos/54596

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The Hennepin County Attorney's Office just confirmed multiple charges have been filed against Vance Boelter — the Minnesota shooter. It will seek first-degree murder charges.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇯🇵 Government support to Ukraine: Kiel Institute For The World Economy.

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And also that’s not the way any of this works.

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It is not. All this does is create opportunities for the Paydari Front, who are far more extreme & hardline. 1/

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