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FUCK YES.

Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not? Palmer: I strike those words

House votes to kill all U.S. funding for NPR, PBS and public media for next two years A major moment for conservative activists; a daunting prospect for public media and those who rely on it. Story from @deirdrekwalsh.bsky.social and me www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g...

JFC. A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. apnews.com/article/sex-...

HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge is set to hold a hearing on Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a temporary restraining order that would bar the Trump administration’s use of the state national guard amid protests against immigration raids in LA. Hearing starting now before Judge Breyer 🧵⬇️

Kimberly Terrell, "a Tulane University researcher and environmental advocate who studied racial disparities in health impacts from Louisiana’s petrochemical industry resigned on Wednesday, citing censorship from university leaders." www.nola.com/news/environ...

Oh good lord. This is so transparently corrupt and dumb.

To make permanent Elon Musk's damage to the federal government, House Republicans just passed Trump’s Make America Unsafe Again package to revoke Congressionally authorized funding for the State Dept & USAID. 🧵Here are the programs that protect Americans they voted to cut:

AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.

Sen. Alex Padilla getting pushed out by law enforcement on a live feed after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser on a live feed in Los Angeles “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”

Border Patrol has joined other federal security forces in covering agents' faces while they operate. I work on security in Latin America and have seen the face-covering trend spread for years. But I never thought I'd see it in the US, where violent crime rates are a fraction.

It would do wonders for my sanity if the media would stop acting like RFK Jr is just someone with good motives but misguided, and instead transparently present him as someone actively trying to ensure the destruction of American public health and endangering millions.

Gov. Pritzker: “It's wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement, just to inflame a situation and create a crisis.”

Goldman: "These are people doing in the right way, who are nonviolent, noncriminal, and they're getting arrested. So what message does that send? Obviously it sends the message, 'Go further underground. Don't appear in court. Don't pay your taxes' ... that's just going to make the public less safe."

ICE has now rescinded the requirement to document warantless arrests. Which means people can now be disappeared without a trace.

BREAKING: House approves President Trump's request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved foreign aid and funding for NPR and PBS.

I’m sure this is fine apnews.com/article/jd-v...

BONKERS!

BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing? BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir BESSENT: Job growth is solid BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir

MI House R’s accidentally mandated gender-neutral bathrooms. Their new budget bill bans gatherings of “a single gender or ethnic group” in any common area in community colleges, language so broad it technically prohibits men’s or women’s restrooms altogether. Bigotry makes for sloppy law making! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

South Carolina republican representative & Co-founder of SC Statehouse's conservative Freedom Caucus Robert “RJ” May has been arrested for distributing images of children being sexually abused. www.wspa.com/news/state-n...

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U.S. Secretary of State issued the message to coincide with Russia Day.

The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.

I just watched a video of RFK Jr saying on Joe Rogan’s show that the Spanish flu was caused by vaccines, which is of course impossible because the Spanish flu happened in 1918 and vaccines were developed in the 1930s. How is this uninformed bundle of toxic ego in charge of the US health system?

"It was probably not the reception the president was hoping for with his debut at the cultural center he took over and now chairs — half full, half booing, and with a strong contingent of drag queens." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax

Enjoy your canned vegetables for Thanksgiving, people. This is only going to get worse.

when you didn’t do the reading OR when you did the reading but can’t mask your affinity for the authoritarian

Reporter to Leavitt: "I'm struck that the president has not at any point said 'the most important thing is to protect the 1st Amendment rights of peaceful protesters' ... why is he not out saying, 'all peaceful protesters will be protected?'"

What they aren’t showing on Fox News

As powerful now as it was then.

“Democracy is under assault right before our eyes,” Newsom warned. “The moment we’ve feared has arrived. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jesus Christ... the Washington Post is so fallen from its former glory that it tacks on the name of Robert W. Malone—one of the most infamous, shameless, and dangerous misinformation merchants in the United States—as one of the Kennedy Jr. appointees without making any comment about his past at all.

Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.

Seeing RFK Jr.’s selections to replace the qualified scientists that he fired from ACIP, I very much doubt that the U.S. will have ready access to COVID19 and flu vaccines for 2025. And it could be even worse than that. Bill Cassidy is to blame for voting to confirm RFK Jr. He’s a disgrace.

Well we still have famine to look forward to. How great for us.

Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran has joined Substack. He says he can’t wait to “get at the important work that we all have to do at a time of such trouble in our country.” bit.ly/3HAX77o

"We believe these actions not only contradict the statute but are antithetical to the Fulbright mission and the values," the board said.

No words!

Corporate media has truly failed us. Obsessed with access and focused on nothing more than their monetary perks and book deals, they'll happily slow walk us into the dismantling of the Republic if it means they still get Oval Office exclusives. Support independent media.

Update on this powerful story: Listen to Julie Ear share what it’s like to say goodbye to her mom—who just self-deported to Mexico. Her mom worked harder than most American citizens. We should be honored to know families like theirs.

Wahls: During the nomination fight with Hegseth, she expressed some reservations that turned out to be very well-founded—but Joni didn’t do the right thing. She said back in 2014 that she’d go to Washington and “make ’em squeal.” I’d say Joni Ernst is all squeal, no bacon.

The life-saving COVID vaccine was developed because of federal research investments at a Mass-based company. Disbanding HHS’s COVID advisory panel and targeting Moderna is yet another baseless attack on Massachusetts and example of RFK Jr’s incompetence. Vaccines work. RFK Jr should resign.