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AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.

it’s extremely disorienting to see the NYC mayoral debate with Cuomo talking about protecting israel, and nobody is aware of the fact that Israel just started a war with Iran

Today, Senator Shaheen and I held a spotlight forum looking at the damage that cuts to foreign aid are having on our farmers, our food safety, and our standing on the world stage.

Finally some good news

Fucking gross. This administration would rather work to improve ties with Russia regardless of their imperialistic war.

it’s all a fucking joke to these dipshits. our allies supported us, many gave their lives, and it’s all a fucking joke to this clown. fucking pathetic. we are well on the way to becoming a global pariah state and we fucking deserve it at this point

My statement on FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s proposal to move the FBI National Academy from Quantico, Virginia to Huntsville, Alabama:

Double.

The president is an illegal and has pardoned a bunch of illegals.

“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. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Using the military for domestic law enforcement is illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act. Unclear if Trump is invoking the Insurrection Act but, either way, big “what if you saw it in other countries” energy.

Contrary to claims made by its proponents, the mass deportations' components of the Big Beautiful Bill will not improve its CBO score. Indeed, it will make it much worse. Accounting for lost net revenue from immigrants adds nearly $1 trillion in additional cost.

This is going to explode this summer. And I suspect sooner than later. ICE's masked goons are out of control, a bunch of faux tough guys who are just itching to hurt people.

By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.

CBO score is out: The aggregate healthcare policies in the Trump budget + expiration of Biden policies will kick 16 million people off their insurance www.cbo.gov/system/files...

Your bill is the single largest health care rollback in American history. If you’re going to do it, at least have the guts to own it. Federal Medicaid $ does not cover undocumented people, period. Surely you know this.

Walter White spitting facts:

this updated chart from Krugman really sums it all up. don’t Florida my NYC.

Tyrese Haliburton had to clap back at Ben Stiller after the Pacers eliminated the Knicks 🍿

What a bunch of fucking cowards.

Based Bill Burr giving the most based take

NEW: Trump's recent actions and statements suggest he sees the world carved up among three powers — the US, Russia and China. It's a throwback to the 19th century, when empires established their "spheres of influence." Gift link to @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...

Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

Since the 1998 playoffs, NBA teams are 4-1661 when trailing by 7 or more in the last minute of the fourth or overtime. Indiana has 3 of those 4 wins.

Congressional Republicans killed Donald Trump's bill because it wasn't cruel enough — and now it's apparently just right. Hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans could lose access to their health care. What's big and beautiful about that?

South African President Ramaphosa: “I am sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.” Trump: “I wish you did. I’d take it.” What an absolute sh*tshow.

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

it’s remarkable how Trump is like actually senile but the media doesn’t care

Clearly cutting Medicaid is unpopular, but they're still trying to do it. The reason? Because screwing over hard working people is okay with them if it means catering to their rich friends.

Things will still be more expensive.

This is really, really scary. There’s coded language here that’s terrifying. Beyond that, it’s incredibly stupid. Diseases that stay eradicated should stay eradicated. Controversial opinion, I know!

Trump says Republicans should "probably not" increase taxes on the rich in their forthcoming tax bill. Meanwhile, his tariffs will hit poor and working-class Americans the hardest. "Party of the working class."

LOUUUUUDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Celtics three-point shooting in Game 1 loss vs Knicks per NBA tracking data: 🏀0-for-0 vs very tight defense 🏀1-for-4 vs tight defense 🏀7-for-32 on open shots 🏀7-for-24 on wide-open shots 14-for-56 or 25% on open to wide-open shots. In the regular season Boston shot 38% on those shots.

You don't say...

Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

A magazine editor once asked if I had any advice for fellow writers, especially those beginning their careers. This is the answer I gave him then. I’d offer the same advice today.

Maybe their theory is that, as Trump thought about COVID at this time in 2020, if we don't think about cancer it will go away