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DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”

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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Mr. Abrego Garcia, speaking through an interpreter, has entered "not guilty" pleas to the two charges @tennesseelookout.com

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Despite video we all saw, @NBCNews is treating indisputable facts — that @AlexPadilla4CA did NOT burst into the room and DID ID himself — as debatable. So journalism is now where you’re not even allowed to say what you see with your own eyes?

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said Floridians have a right to hit protesters with their car if they need to "flee for your safety." "if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that's their fault for impinging on you." DeSantis' comments come ahead of the "No Kings" protests on June 14

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By beginning with vulnerable groups who have less legal standing and social capital to resist repression, the Trump administration is making a strategic choice, hoping to provoke less public outcry and then use these precedents of repression later against a broader population.

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What to Watch for in Abrego Garcia’s Hearing on Potential Pretrial Detention on Friday The government will want to focus on Abrego Garcia’s alleged links to MS-13, he will respond that no detention hearing is warranted, and the magistrate judge may end up relying on his immigration detention.

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YES, unity of revolutionaries who love natural rights and respect one another enough to detail their monarch's crimes and tell him to stuff it

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The head of Iran’s atomic energy organization said a third site is ready to operate as the UN watchdog finds Iran is not complying with obligations for first time in 20 years www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Just before the Kennedy Center's opening night performance of the musical "Les Miserables," Donald and Melania Trump stood to be recognized. They were met with a loud chorus of boos. Some Trump supporters in the audience shouted "USA" chants in an attempt to drown out the booing.

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David Hogg, the young vice-chair of the DNC whose vow to unseat “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats roiled his party, said he would step away from the high-ranking role to end months of internal infighting. “It’s okay to have disagreements. What isn’t okay is allowing this to remain our focus.”

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Walk Street Journal: Trump Has No China Trade Strategy www.wsj.com/opinion/chin...

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The move to Windows 11 isn’t just about security updates. It increases dependence on Microsoft through aggressive cloud integration, forcing users to adopt Microsoft accounts and services. It also leads to higher costs and reduces control over how your data is managed.

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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

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We are NOT a military state. Not now. Not ever. #NoKings

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Here is what some existing medical research has to say about how to stay safe, one body part at a time. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

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Mass protests planned for June 14 -- everyone hit the streets. Every city, every capital. Resist and defend. #3E #HandsOff #Indivisible #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #NoKingsProtest Find a confirmed location here (more protests exist but are not listed): nokings.org#map

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Waiting for all our Second Amendment heroes to rise up against tyranny

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One thing Newsom has shown is key to effectively deal with Trump & the MAGA propaganda machine: You must respond immediately & call out the lies. You can’t wait until hours/days later, then answer in a press conference, statement, scripted speech. All Dems should learn from it.

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Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that the US is ❌ no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state, marking what analysts describe as the most explicit abandonment yet of a cornerstone of US Middle Eastdiplomacy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Trump administration is preparing to begin the transfer of potentially thousands of foreigners who are in the United States illegally to the U.S. military base in #Guantánamo #Bay, Cuba, starting as early as this week, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

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It's Tuesday -- do you know where your Saturday NO KINGS rally is? Find you local rally at: nokings.org/ Go speak up for all of us! Ask some friends along -- they may already be making plans to attend! #nokings #resist #uspol

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June 10: 1898: Spain Declares War Against the United States. The war lasted for 10 weeks. After the war Spain and the USA signed the Treaty of Paris under which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, & Guam to the US for $20 million & Cuba became a protectorate of the USA.

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Actress Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas. She is the 1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Gone With The Wind -"Mammy").

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June 10, 1910: Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player ("Smokestack Lightnin'"; "Killing Floor"), is born in White Station, Mississippi.

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Record a video: Why are you taking to the streets on Saturday? Tell us why you’re showing up and why you believe in people power over authoritarian control. Post your video and tag us. Let’s show the world what nonviolent resistance looks like and encourage more folks to join us on #NoKings Day.

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Jack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator endorsed by Donald Trump won the Republican nomination quickly Tuesday evening. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot and federal prosecutor, won on the Democratic side, beating out five competitors.

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CNN’s Jason Carroll was zip-tied and escorted away—for reporting the news. But they claimed he wasn’t under arrest? Why are they shooting rubber bullets at and silencing journalists? We still have a First Amendment.

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NYPD/ICE arrests a Chilean tourist in NYC, ignoring the fact that her daughter is left behind on the streets. Time to cancel/boycott those upcoming US Olympics -- Mark Kraft mastodon.social/@KraftTea/11...

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Reclaim the U.S. flag 🇺🇸at the #NoKings protests around the nation on ⭐️ Saturday, June 14th when the fascists spend millions of our hard earned tax dollars for a North Korean style military parade for his birthday! bsky.app/profile/pomu...

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Reclaim the U.S. flag at the #NoKings protests around the nation on Saturday, June 14th when the fascist spends millions of our hard earned tax dollars for a North Korean style military parade for his birthday!

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At various times Trump has invoked, and lost, both presidential immunity and Westfall immunity. The Westfall Act says that the US is responsible for any govt employee’s tort within the scope of his/her employment. skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

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The fact that most people—even the punditocracy—seem to willfully not remember who was president in 2020 explains a lot of current political discourse on numerous subjects skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

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UPDATE: The California National Guard case has been assigned to Judge Charles Breyer, a Clinton appointee who is the brother of retired Justice Stephen Breyer.

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NPR, PBS and their audiences, will need some Republicans to break ranks to prevent the cuts that Trump is demanding as part of a larger package of budget reductions that the House will consider as soon as Tuesday.

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The House Defense Appropriations subcommittee hearing was the first time lawmakers have been able to challenge Trump’s defense chief since he was confirmed. And it is the first of three congressional hearings he will face this week. apnews.com/article/pent...

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The modern standard model of cosmology is a triumph of the scientific process. On the other hand, it’s also kind of a kludge. The modern standard model seems to glue together a bunch of disparate parts without any overarching theoretical structure.

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Putting a crypto insider in charge of the CFTA is like putting a drug lord in charge of the DEA. Industry insiders shouldn’t be regulators, but this is even worse. Crypto isn’t even a legitimate industry, just one good at playing the catch-me-if-you-can game with the regulators it’s about to own.

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Senator Chris Murphy tweeted: “Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide. His movement doesn’t believe in democracy or protest – and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it. None of this is on the level.”

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted a bizarre video about nuclear bombs on X this morning. She says we are “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before…” (Breaking the video into a 2 part 🧵 bc of video post limits, but watch to the end..it gets weird.) Part 1:

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China has suspended almost all exports since April 4 of seven kinds of #rare #earth metals, as well as very powerful magnets made from three of them. The halt has caused increasingly severe shortages that threaten to close many factories in the United States and Europe.

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The Federal Aviation Administration plans to replace its aging air traffic control systems -- which still rely on floppy disks and Windows 95 computers! The agency has issued a Request For Information to gather proposals from companies willing to tackle the massive infrastructure overhaul

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Trump is asking SCOTUS to permit outsourcing torture In Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., the Trump administration effectively asks the justices to neutralize the Convention Against Torture

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@cnn.com reporter showing LAPD's spent munitions and claims protesters are shooting them at police

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Anybody want to remind nat guard troops that Trump wants to give ICE a $40k bonus

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