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British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... really small children with massive injuries.. bits of their bodies blown off... every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"

NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

Gift link to a must-read from my colleagues. "I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."

You don’t have stories like this in countries with national healthcare systems

MY LATEST: Why Missouri Republicans Are Clinging to ā€˜Roe’ for Dear Life rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/06/04/w...

Dozens of companies who sponsored Pride marches last year have pulled out this year, including: Dyson Nivea Tiffany & Co. Capital One UPS Disney DoorDash Live Nation Nissan Citi Corporate Pride was always a hoax. https://popular.info/p/pride-and-prejudice-in-corporate

This guy is like a real-life Dr Who villain. I can't unsee it.

Free comms advice for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov (who control PAC ad money): This is a sign that ā€œPEOPLE WILL DIEā€ is working. The WH is saying this because it hurts them. Joni Ernst gave you a gift. Now is the time to fight HARDER and run ads saying ā€œPEOPLE WILL DIE.ā€

Here’s the problem. We got here in part because extremists don’t trust government institutions. Now lefties won’t trust government institutions because extremists run them and do stuff like this. I really worry about how we come back from this.

NASA is our best US brand name. Proposed cuts to NASA will destroy our position of leadership in space science and exploration ! Tell Congress: Save NASA Science congressweb.com/PlanetarySocie… #

What I can’t get over is how low level they where - rounding errors really- and it had a life changing effect on millions. All this misery is on purpose

Huge defeat in court for Trump Admin. Trump's tariffs ruled illegal www.cbsnews.com/news/court-s...

One thing you probably missed in the giant Republicans tax bill? $164 BILLION for corporations who abuse offshore tax havens to avoid paying their fair share in America. It literally rewards corporations for investing overseas instead of here. So much for "America first."

Substack paid Matt Yglesias 250,000 tp start a newsletter so he can spread his smart takes like ā€œDEI is bad.ā€ Am I saying that fool is a Nazi? No. But I’m saying it is different than other platforms that simply allow Nazis. They pay the people they want to launch newsletters. A LOT OF MONEY.

SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:

Fuckers.

Military wife tried to visit her husband in Hawaii but instead was laughed at, swabbed, stripped, cavity-searched, walked through the airport in handcuffs, put in prison, then deported. She was not allowed to call husband who waited hours at airport with no answers. www.fox10tv.com/2025/05/24/m...

Yes, we got a tip when the $TRUMP whales (biggest buyers of his crypto) were going to show up Friday at the White House for their VIP tour and The NYT was there. We had a list with their names. So we knew who they were. But they did not want to chat. I still tried...

Protesting the tyrant and supporting the West Point graduates

This is revolting. www.facebook.com/auschwitzmem...

If you want elected Democrats to "fight" you best understand that it will be *Black* Democrats on those front lines. And so you best have their backs when they're unconstitutionally asked to suffer the consequences. Defend Rep @replamonica.bsky.social My latest in @thenation.com

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents ā€œNo one is truly investigating when a patient suffers harm. Absolutely no one,ā€ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jon is right. We are going to need our own Nuremberg trials and De-Trumpification program at the end of this miserable regime. We are going to need everyone to bear witness to the crimes that have been done in our names and with our tax dollars. And you can’t pardon crimes against humanity.

Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year. Call Congress: 202-224-3121