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🇺🇸U.S. JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S BAN ON HARVARD INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES.

The "Epstein Files will destroy our enemies" stuff is maybe my favorite example of how impenetrable the mindset is. Far more photos of Trump w Epstein than any of his political enemies. And yet! Unshakable belief that The Files will take down Hillary or whoever.

"The scientific research base of the United States of America *is* the research university. We made that decision 80 years ago. We don't have a Plan B." — Condoleezza Rice

The online feud is amusing, yes, but it’s no accident. If you haven’t already heard of Dark MAGA you need to learn. The plan has always been to replace the dunce. The evil psychopaths taking over our country are playing us. Please do not be distracted. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dark...

Divorce is always toughest on the kids.

I 💯 % agree with this. They want Trump out and Vance in. Vance is fully vested in P2025 and under Vought and Thiel sway. There would be no stopping them then.

Oren Cass Russell Vought wet dream

In a close race that came down to the wire, @sternbergh.bsky.social wins the internet today.

In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone

The national security and cybersecurity impacts of this Trump-Musk fallout are out of this world. Musk and the DOGE boys have their tentacles all up in just about every system that supports US government function…

Does the name Ernst Roehm ring a bell?

I always said that when it was my time, I wanted to die of schadenfreude. It was a good run, friends. See you on the other side.

do it. do it now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFeV...

We are, alas, a fallen nation. Humiliating on every level. Our own Year of the Five Emperors

Evolution in reverse courtesy of the impact his majesty the Unitary Executive has had on our culture: Pre-2016: "Sources close to Mr. Musk suggest that he is frustrated with some parts of the Administration's agenda." Today:

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Wait I thought the marijuana the DOGE kids left in the US International Institute of Peace was in Washington DC? archaeology.org/news/2025/06...

He has no clue

Trump threatens to take away Elon’s government contracts

O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.

Since law and the constitution don't matter to this Admin, I predict a 100% wealth tax EO on Musk alone effective tomorrow.

"I think we have a bias as people coming from the tech industry where we worked at companies, you know, such as Google, Facebook, these companies that have plenty of money, are funded by investors and have lots of people kind of sitting around doing nothing." www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

This guy is just historically illiterate.

Wow, what an entirely predictable turn of events.

Foghorn Leghorn speaks

This from @redford.bsky.social a couple days ago is excellent, and almost impossibly grim [🎁]

New, from me: A Brown student built an AI-powered harassment machine of university staff. When the university investigated (and cleared) him, he was presented as a free speech victim. He became a right-wing celebrity, which was his goal all along. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...

Welcome to the gold-plated age of idiocracy by autocracy.

“Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard’s history department faculty count as an ideological limit test?” Takano asked. Replying, McMahon said: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.” CC: ADL, Elise Stefanik

🚨Another HUGE bit of news tonight; in collaboration with the Trump admin, Texas just kicked 20,000 undocumented college students — people who grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there — out of eligibility for in-state tuition. This may force thousands to drop out.

Trump echoed Putin’s threats and invited him to mediate nuclear talks with Iran—the same Iran that supplied Russia with weapons to bomb Ukrainian cities, as Russia actively helps Iran advance its nuclear program.

Stop me if you heard this before: DOJ filed this totally collusive suit against Texas (which settled in six hours) in Wichita Falls—where it had a 100% chance of being assigned to Judge Reed O’Connor. Once again, it’s the Trump administration that’s judge-shopping, not its challengers.

Just 35% of Americans approved of what Musk was doing in the government, according to a poll from April. 57% disapproved, with 46% *strongly* disapproving. If Dems are serious about only supporting ideas that are popular, they would never entertain the idea of allying with a guy who was so hated.