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Israel saw an opening with the stalling of Trump's nuclear talks with Iran, and felt it was time to act. We're looking at a Middle East crisis over which Donald Trump will preside. Today's Morning Shots, from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, Will Selber, and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

I’m cynical enough to think one of the reasons they picked Noem for that job besides her highly appealing sadism is so they could do the conservative cowboy gaslight theater of protecting a woman whenever anyone tries to challenge her

The head of the department of homeland security announced that she planned to use military force to take over a democratically elected government in the state of California and we are arguing about whether a California Senator properly identified himself at the door.

Seems relevant.

A real war just broke out in the Middle East bc of his incompetence and recklessness and Trump is going to have a military parade for his birthday.

When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...

Will never forget where I was when the Padilla arrest happened (looking at our CMS which wouldn't publish the story)

This - this right here - is the reason Trump made him SecDef.

I’d just like to point out how the GOP/MAGA/Fox world would react to a Dem president summoning troops and Marines to respond to protests by the right….

The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Fulbright has been supporting smart US citizens to go share knowledge in other countries, and take smart people from everywhere into US since 1945. The soft power it provides America is unbelievable. It’s an absolutely wild thing for Trump to jeopardise.

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a rescission package that will instantly gut all federal funding for public media. All of it, gone. Here’s more information: protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...

A really chilling implication here is that if Trump keeps doing speeches on military bases, and commanding officers continue to tell soldiers to opt in or out of these events (as they did here), then there will be lists by base and unit of which soldiers support the administration & which don't.

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

NEW PIECE: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...

look who learned what 86 means

Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.

the overall crime rate in Los Angeles last year was 3,115. in South Dakota it was 3,083.

see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

There is no rationale for removing every member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replacing them, except for RFK Jr. to appoint members who spread disinformation. I am *disgusted* by Republicans for letting this happen to the U.S. abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/r...

Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?

TRUMP SEPTEMBER 2020: “We have to go by the laws. We can’t move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there’s no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.” h/t Aaron Blake abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

This slashes at the majority of physics and math research in the United States, a major source of national strength. Oppose this. Call your congressman or senator, 202-224-3121 and say no NSF cuts

President Pelosi didn’t deploy national guard for the violence on Jan 6 since those assaulting the police officers were trump supporters. Pelosi is deploying the national guard to quell the unrest from non-trump supporters in LA now. If Pelosi wanted the national guard on Jan 6, she would have

Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot Do law enforcement. Period

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

A group of self-described "nationalists" and "Christian patriots" descend on the GOP convention in support of their controversial, tough-talking, anti-globalist candidate who loves to attack the press and the "radical leftists" in higher ed & the gov't who are destroying America. The year is 1952.

Q: "Could we really see active duty Marines on the streets of Los Angeles?" Johnson: "I don't think that's heavy handed." Q: "You don't think sending Marines into the streets of an American city is heavy handed?" Johnson: "We have to be prepared to do what is necessary."

It's necessary to keep pointing out: all this is not because ICE wants to deport murderers and rapists. It's because ICE is going to Home Depot parking lots, courthouses, and elementary school graduations to round up peaceful families, many seeking asylum, which means they are here legally.

How can we host the Olympics and World Cup when Trump is now banning so many fans from other countries from attending? And would others even feel safe coming?