The reason Obama used water from the river for the reflecting pool and not city water is because city water is treated with orthophosphates, which is food for algae, causing massive blooms that produce cyanotoxins that kill wildlife.

Just 10 days after the SpaceX IPO, the stock has plunged and the average investor has seen most of their initial gains disappear. And don't forget: rules protecting investors from volatile new stocks were gutted — at SpaceX's behest. The universe's largest Ponzi scheme?

MAURY COUNTY: “The Tennessee Young Republicans issued a statement Monday night distancing themselves from remarks and mailers issued by one of its chapter presidents that included openly white supremacist messages...” www.rawstory.com/tennessee-re...

NEW: Dialog—the invite-only group cofounded by Peter Thiel—claims a criminal hacker exposed its rich and powerful members. But a WIRED analysis finds the files were publicly accessible due to a misconfiguration one expert calls “negligence.” @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social report:

Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults? Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal. Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.

Dialog, the Thiel-linked club, blamed a “well-known criminal” for a hack and had lawyers demand WIRED turn over the data. But our reporting found no break-in to speak of. Its website was handing sensitive records directly to visitors' browsers WIRED has not given Dialog or its attorneys any data

When a governor has to stand up and say “there’s no money to feed hungry kids” — while the same administration funds a UFC arena and a $600M ballroom — something has gone deeply wrong. These aren’t budget abstractions. These are kids going hungry. #RepublicansStarveChildren

Per a source familiar, House Oversight will be conducting the following transcribed, closed door interviews in its continuing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: June 26: Leon Black June 30: Doug Band July 15: Kathy Ruemmler July 20: Alan Dershowitz July 23: Jes Staley

NEW: Thiel's Dialog society privately told members their data was stolen in a cyberattack. But WIRED found it was just readable to anyone on a misconfigured web page. Its lawyers sent us a legal demand to hand over the data. We passed.

Sodium-ion #batteries just became one of the most significant clean energy breakthroughs. Chinese battery giant #CATL confirmed it began manufacturing them at industrial scale in 2025. It replaces lithium with sodium — so abundant it is literally extracted from ordinary seawater and table salt.

Trump’s attempt to destroy the CFPB consumer watchdog has been blocked cold. Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson held the line, calling out regime lawyers for lying in her courtroom. Full legal breakdown here: 👇 🔗 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/regime-hit...

Black man. Not a Christian. Need I say more? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Good question. #Pinks #USDemocracy

770,000 children. Stripped of food assistance. By name. By policy. By choice. Republicans own every hungry child this summer. ProPublica ran the numbers. Now we run them out of office. #RepublicansStarveChildren #Pinks

Recall that in April, all members of NSB were removed. These are trained experts that guide the NSF in promoting research, education in science & engineering. Some highly scoring proposals, w/ real potential will not be funded now. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Religous freedoms only for Christians.

“.. Trump personally pushed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to issue the subpoenas. The president delivered the message — with the word ‘Treason’ written in Sharpie — on a stack of printed articles he handed to Blanche.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/m...

Trump has lost his edge, he isn't sharpest tool in the set, hell, he's not even cleaver! Let The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) fix it, like you should have in the first place... That's their specialty, MORON!!!

134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.

Is it not extremely obvious to everyone that the reflecting pool nonsense is where Trump is comfortable and he's pushing all of his attention onto that to avoid attention being paid to where he is uncomfortable...having gotten us into a war that he immediately lost?

The immigrant from Sudan “has been detained for almost two years as his case has wound through immigration court, and DHS’s recent appeal has further prolonged that detention,” the lawsuit states. “As such, [his] detention is unlawful.”

This.. #Pinks #USDemocracy

A new study found that elderly nursing home residents who received at least one dose of the shingles vaccine known as Shingrix, were 24 percent less likely to develop dementia over a 4-year period compared to those who were not vaccinated. Journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Two pages. The same story. SNAP cuts: American children are losing food assistance and going hungry. USAID gutted: Children overseas are dying after humanitarian aid was cut. History won’t remember the excuses. It’ll remember who let children suffer. #RepublicansStarveChildren

Jared Kushner proselytized Netanyahu’s claim that Iran was weeks away from building a nuclear weapon—a view dismissed by nuclear experts—and appeared naive as to how the Iranians negotiate. Once he got his way, it resulted in America’s greatest humiliation on the global stage since the Iraq War.

Yes indeed. RFK Jr & the anti-science crowd are making people sick again. The situation is being investigated by the Louisiana Dept of Health. Really? Unless they are staffed by qualified professionals who respect science, we can expect the investigation to go nowhere. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

"Top-ranking Senate Democrats are calling for hearings into a secret $500 million investment into the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture from a group led by a senior Emirati royal" by Sam Kessler for @wsj.com

When a governor has to stand up and say “there’s no money to feed hungry kids” — while the same administration funds a UFC arena and a $600M ballroom — something has gone deeply wrong. These aren’t budget abstractions. These are kids going hungry. #RepublicansStarveChildren

Smoke from the Boyle Heights fire is really heavy in Downtown LA today. Be safe out there. Wear a mask.

Here's what one Alaska cruise out of Seattle did. These monster floating hotels are a disaster: alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/22/d...

Elon Musk is targeting Ro, calling him an “evil liar” because he dared to challenge him.🤔 Now, Ro Khanna is urging Elon Musk to debate him regarding his cuts to USAID and answer for his actions.

Release the Epstein Files. #JusticeForTrumpsVictims #EpsteinFiles #EPSTEINS4EVER #Pedophile47 #TrumpIsADictator #TrumpIsCorrupt #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinDidntCommitSuicide #EpsteinTrumpPedoFiles 🖕🖕🖕🖕

Trump lies about everything. America is diminished on the world stage every day because of this. Trust is gone.

Trump's FBI conducted a massive raid targeting voter registration efforts in Cleveland.   We need answers - because I will not let NE Ohio voters be subject to an intimidation campaign. www.clevescene.com/news/rep-sho...

I’m proud to have joined Minnesotans in exercising our fundamental American freedoms - of speech, assembly, to disagree with our government. These rights are enshrined in our Constitution. And, they are what makes America great.

He doesn't want to 'blame' contractors because that would: - require INVESTIGATION - then an AUDIT -then the true cost of this NO-BID CONTRACT - then that would reveal a KICKBACK to him

☢️ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says expanding the country's nuclear arsenal is the "most correct" way to respond to growing global instability, accusing the U.S. and South Korea of escalating tensions while reaffirming that Pyongyang has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons,

Israel is continuing to attack Gaza despite the so-called ceasefire. Today, an Israeli drone killed a high school student who was on her way to take a test in Gaza City. On Saturday, Israeli strikes killed at least six people, including two children and Ahmed Wishah, a cameraman with Al Jazeera.

"Who owns the patent on this vaccine? 'Well, the people,' I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" -- Jonas Salk, who died #OTD 1995

Citizens are being detained by ICE! Some have even been deported & like everything else in this administration, they are lying about it. But it's important for people to know about it! Talk to friends & family about #ICELawlessness and share videos like this widely.

34x Con Disasters Don's W.H. Admin continue to Destroy U.S. govt & make life More Dangerous for All Americans! Mass Govt Firings mean Lost: Information, Experience & Knowledge to Keep U.S. safe in a complicated & changing international dynamic. Americans Must Ask: Why are So Many being fired👀🧐?!

BREAKING: The U.S. eases restrictions on Iran's World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel two days before its next match, DHS spokesperson says.

He lying again-unless he knows because he paid vandals. He's trying to cover up his Awful, Expensive Painting Mistake He Insisted on w/Unqualified Contractor, Against Expert Advice! He hopes people will forget-or 34xCon Disaster Don will make them w/next new outrageous attack or bogus scandal.👀🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🧐

Divest! Everyday is a good day for a Rolling fun Divestment & Boycott Jubilee!

200,000+ Black New Yorkers have been forced out of NYC over the last 20 years because of costs. After rent, child care is the largest cost families face. So we’re making universal child care a reality. Families have until this Friday, June 26, to apply for a 2-K seat this fall at myschools.nyc.

👏Trump lawsuit challenging L.A.’s sanctuary city law is dismissed www.latimes.com/california/s...

The President of the United States is a liar.

Europe is currently experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. The US government is paying companies to stop plans for wind farms. Tech companies are building mountains of energy-sucking data centers. This is unsustainable, literally www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...