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I block conspiracy theorists and the factually-challenged.
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"When HuffPost pointed out he didn’t actually answer the question, Young interrupted, “I answered the question I wanted to answer!’ " www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-se...

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Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality with millions of followers, has left the US after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa.

NEW: "This rush job risks people’s private data, creates security gaps, and could result in catastrophic cuts to all benefits," Senator Elizabeth Warren says of DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” SSA IT systems.

something's happening

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Drill Baby Drill" looking less likely: U.S. energy firms cut number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a sixth week in a row. They're now at the lowest since November 2021 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Federal law grants students experiencing homelessness a right to extra support and protections. Advocates say President Trump's proposed budget would strip that law of its power.

Chris Coons shows what Whiskey Pete submitted as his budget request.

Gee, I wonder what the truth is. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

So Trump just announced a trade deal with China in which tariffs, which we pay as consumers, will increase from 30% to 55%. Genius. Tired of all the winning yet? 🧐

* AMEX CFO SAYS AIRLINE SPENDING SOFT, IN LINE WITH Q1 * AMEX CFO SAYS CANADIANS AND EUROPEANS ARE TRAVELING LESS TO THE US @reuters.com $AXP

Free speech platform charges handsomely for forced speech.

Oklahoma receives about $3 billion more in federal spending than it pays in federal taxes. That's nearly $8,000 per Oklahoman--only 9 states have a higher per capita balance of payments. Subsidies from MA, NJ, WA, CA, and a few others are how OK remains a "low tax state."

At an ICE protest on June 10, 2025 in Philadelphia, a police officer kneels on a protester’s neck. He knew he was being filmed but had no problem doing this.

Here’s our National Guard sleeping on the floor because Trump and Hegseth have no idea how to lead. Their incompetence is off the charts. It apparently didn't dawn on anyone at the top that basics like food, water, restrooms and places to sleep might be necessary during an open-ended deployment.

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

The big crypto markup is still going on in the House Financial Services Committee. Rs are blocking any effort to block Trump from profiting off of crypto while in office.

Shocking.

🚨 Trump is pushing Texas Republicans to pass a new gerrymander of their already-gerrymandered congressional map to try to insulate their narrow House majority in 2026

NYT: “If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived.” 😳🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Blackstone is planning to invest as much as $500 billion in Europe over the next 10 years, CEO Steve Schwarzman said.

The British government said Tuesday that it would spend as much as 14.2 billion pounds, or about $19 billion, on constructing a nuclear power station, a project that is expected to create 10,000 jobs and help light up six million homes.

I guess this is what accounts for good news in the Trump years? The Justice Department will get back to charging *some* foreign bribery cases -- but with a radically diminished team of prosecutors. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

When the story of troops sleeping on the floor in California after Trump sent them with no plan went viral… Musk’s Grok quickly sprang into action and told people the SF Chronicle pics were actually from Afghanistan in 2021. BBC Verify: Grok lied.

ICE agents concealing their faces: Can they really do that?

A busy morning of investment announcements — in Europe. $NFLX $BX

this fucker is a menace

As they process President Trump's chaotic tariffs and other economic policies, some of the country's most powerful CEOs are moving from denial and bargaining to public anger and depression. https://n.pr/3HAOQ3e

Surging output from solar farms has led to a rare decline in fossil fuel power production in India, and is setting the stage for a potential drop in annual coal-fired power output in the world's second-largest coal consumer. Reuters’ ROI column by @gavinjmaguire.bsky.social‬: reut.rs/4l2OPnh

At a historical moment of global unease, new heights of military spending stand to be the latest and most extravagant source of Silicon Valley’s power, driving risks to open societies and individual freedom, write Brian J. Chen, Tina M. Park, and Alex Pasternack.

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So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

"What is the bar for sending Marines?" "The bar is what I think it is."

This sounds unlawful as hell. apnews.com/article/mari...

Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office. How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?

DOECHII: “Ruthless attacks are creating fear and chaos in the name of law and order… Trump is using military forces to stop a protest… we all deserve to live in hope and not fear. I hope we stand together against hate.”

CATCH OF THE YEAR - Denzel Clarke goes wayyyyy over the fence to rob a HR from the Angels' Nolan Shanuel

Holy shit. "Has been killed in the line of duty." Just horrendously unethical and dishonest.

Trump is fencing off parts of DC ahead of his military parade

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Like you I am focused on Los Angeles. But we better learn to multitask. Because we need to also stay focused on this: Trump turned over the staffing, funding & inner workings of our federal agencies to a man who attacked his Treasury Secy & who he tells us is a drug addict.

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

This makes my stomach hurt

X: owned by a fascist oligarch Truth Social: owned by a MAGA oligarch Facebook/Threads/Instagram: Owned by a MAGA-friendly oligarch All of which suppress info and accounts they don’t like. But it’s Bluesky that’s the bubble? McArdle is such a lazy thinker

We’re now seeing the price of the decision by many journalists, election analysts, pollsters, and others who chose to normalize Donald Trump and MAGA to avoid looking biased.