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Every accusation is a confession.

A reminder that Lankford was one of the key negotiators of the bipartisan immigration measure that looked like it would go a long way toward solving the border issues. Trump pressed Republicans to blow up that bill because he wanted to run on the issue of immigration. And now here we are.

I've written that everyone after high school should do a "summer of service" with options tilted heavily toward 6 weeks of military training. When it's done, you can stay in, or go home with a certificate saying you've done your part to prepare for an emergency. It would mature a lot of kids.

If I say "vote" and "donate" and "phone bank" and "register people" and stuff like that, it'll just make you mad

I'm sorry, but is the idea of raising awareness dead now? Do people really think that peaceful protest is meaningless unless it disrupts the lives of people just trying to go to work?

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Exactly! I worked in a state house for more than two years, and my boss (a Democrat, you will be amazed to know) was always dispirited at how much power people just leave on the table because they just don't care about state-level government.

Critical shift www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

Morning from Kyiv, where the night was calm. The media says it was not in moscow. A drone attack led to the temporary closure of moscow airports. I had my warcoffee. It is hot again outside. But windy.

Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

Particularly pathetic as a fake emergency but that is on brand for this admin

Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original

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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Post of the day.

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

It appears the peace treaty hasn’t been negotiated yet.

Probably his best post ever. Concise, good visuals.

Have you heard the good news? Ukrainian Defence Forces struck a russian locomotive that was hauling a large convoy of military equipment. The strike destroyed 13 tanks, 1 locomotive, 103 other vehicles

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

"So here's the plan -- we impose massive tariffs on the nations that sell us food." "Hmm." "But it's OK, because we just rely more on states like California that grow a lot of the same things." "Oh, I guess that ..." "And then we go to war with California."

Trump can try all he want to pretend he is some kind of victim of Musk’s insanity, which is clearly the strategy. But he enabled and bearhugged and took all that dough. Dems cannot allow Trump to decouple him from Musk, now or ever.

I visited Kyiv Pechersk Lavra today. There is an exhibition I wanted to see - needed some specific photos for my tomorrow’s letter. Meanwhile, a quick reminder that I am a human 🙈 Maybe you remember the last time I made a ‘selfie’ there.

He’s married to the Mob

Morning from Kyiv! At night, russians attacked civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv with drones, missiles and guided bombs. 3 people were killed and at least 21 were injured 💔 I had a warcoffee. It is cloudy, but hot. Summer.

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Republican National Committee petition to hear case to overturn voting rights victory in Pennsylvania. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

Busy SCOTUS day for democracy: ⚖️Alabama appealed congressional redistricting (again). ⚖️Mississippi asked SCOTUS to decide on late mail ballots. ⚖️The Court denied RNC cert petition in PA undated ballots. Subscribe to get these updates in your inbox. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

America reduced to a toxic rom-com

One minute in Kyiv, which stands and lives after the night attack. I am showing you the National Opera of Ukraine. It is so sunny and hot today.

Sincerely—not saying this to stir the pot—this is weak and both Trump and Don Jr. will know it. If Vance wanted to prove his loyalty, he would have knifed Musk; not just put out a generic "I am loyal to the king" tweet.

It looks like I fell asleep around 4 am. I woke up, checked the news. Then called my aunt in Ternopil, they were under heavy attack as well. Alive. Our flats undamaged. russia launched 407 drones and 44 missiles. Three firefighters were killed in Kyiv 💔

Next up, a faux make-up. But the die is cast as the loathsome tech right and the heinous MAGA right eat themselves alive. In ways you will not see for a bit, it’s over for an aging Trump and his tiresome reality show which inevitable led to this orgy of idiocy. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

1:08 am in Kyiv. It is very loud. Air defence is at work. Drones. I have a feeling that even the air is shaking. Everything is fine.

Musk vs. Trump: Same old WWF bullshit.

Always

I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out

What a sad state of American affairs, these are our visionaries and *leaders*

The most interesting clash between Donald Trump and Elon Musk "is the one between two guys who thought they had bought each other off," @dgraham.bsky.social writes:

“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”

forcing JD Vance into the middle of this against his will is such an incredible bonus

Was I wrong?

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

I'm sorry, as much as I am enjoying this spat, how can you take seriously someone who spent 100s of millions of dollars electing Trump, then went to work for Trump, left government just days ago praising Trump, and is now calling for Trump's impeachment. Just unserious people.

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