The Trump Admin talking about bulldozing the Statue of Liberty … sick, sick stuff

You cannot afford to donate to Trump’s ballroom, so he does nothing to improve the quality of your life. But for those who can, there are billions in government contracts. This is the cost of corruption.

"We are cabinet secretaries and we will record as many infomercials as it takes for Sable's stock price to recover."

Hey Siri: what would Vladimir Putin do?

COMING SOON!

Trump used the Defense Production Act to illegally revive a dirty offshore drilling platform and now brags to have increased oil production. The problem…Since then: 📈CA gas prices INCREASED +10% 📈US gas prices INCREASED +16%

"[Bari] Weiss’s ascent provides a lesson in how liberal institutions can sometimes place such value on proving that they’re open-minded that other liberal values, like standing for actual liberal things in the world, get tossed aside." @mjtoma.bsky.social nails this: newrepublic.com/post/211430/...

Facilities like Delaney Hall are profitable in part because they can compel detained people to work for otherwise illegal rates. By withholding their labor, detained people “are in a real way hitting GEO where it hurts.”

Bad news: Screwworm is back in the US. Good news: We know how to fight it. With millions of sterilized male screwworm flies. Bad news: We don't have enough capacity to produce all the flies we need. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/us-pla...

Todd Blanche complains that the American people believe there is a massive Epstein files coverup

Lawyers for the Kennedy Center have ordered staff to remove all references to Trump from the institution’s signs, documents, and more, according to a memo obtained by @janaykingsberry.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AcKxTgnN 📸: Jason Andrew / The Washington Post / Getty

As Trump heads to Wisconsin to make his pitch on farming, it’s a good time to emphasize an underappreciated point: This guy has screwed over American farmers to an amazing degree. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Senate Republicans advanced a bill last night that would send even more money to out-of-control ICE. It also wouldn’t stop the administration from distributing $2 billion to the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. apnews.com/article/trum...

Then get him out. apnews.com/article/trum...

"There is a bedrock principle of Anglo-American jurisprudence so fundamental that it predates the Constitution—and that the framers, who knew it well, built directly into its architecture: no man may be a judge in his own cause."

It's time to tax AI data centers.

Putin's economic policy for reducing poverty is to reduce the number of poor people: if they don't exist, they can't be poor. This appears to be Trump's economic policy as well.

At least 97 insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have already been charged with other crimes, including fraud, assassination plots, and even child molestation. And because Senate Republicans failed to kill Trump's slush fund, many could still get taxpayer-funded payouts.

1/ You might assume that investigative journalists are cynics. In reality, we’re optimists. We immerse ourselves in the details of harm and abuses of power because we believe that once people know the truth, they will demand better. And they do.

Reporter: "The cheapest price for the Game 3 you're going to is $8,000. Everyday Americans can't afford these sporting events." Trump: "They can watch it on television. It's sort of semi-free to watch it on television. But it's the way life goes."

Why do Republicans hate that California counts every vote?

Cruelty is the point. Thanks to this brave whistleblower’s disclosure, we have more evidence that the Trump Admin used DOGE not just to recklessly slash government programs—they were looking for ways to purposefully hurt people, especially immigrants.

Q: "Tillis said he won't support Todd Blanche's confirmation unless Todd Blanche condemns Jan. 6. Do you have a reaction to that?" Trump: "Senator Tillis is a loser, stone cold. He's an angry man. He was forced to leave the Senate because I wouldn't support him and he quit."

Make Black Lung Great Again

NEW: The Trump administration said it had moved so far, so fast on the White House ballroom that it was to late for the courts to intervene. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Trump says his “$200 million” ballroom which has ballooned to $1 billion is “under budget.” Did he have a stroke???

Wow, Trump is burning more coal to run data centers. Welcome to the Golden Age!

The disinformation machine keeps churning.

Trump admin argues courts can’t stop White House ballroom construction — even if it’s illegal

Environmentalists oppose the plan, which they say would affect pristine beaches and thousands of flamingos.

proving he is better at everything than a black man is what it’s always been about for him because he is, at his core, a virulent racist and eugenics enthusiast

Since I took office as governor in 2019, California has seen a 59% increase in the number of homes constructed and a 56% reduction in permitting times. We've got to keep doing more to drive forward that progress — in California and across this country.

You played by the rules, and then Republicans changed them.

Bessent: "I think high discretionary spending is likely what Director Hassett meant." Boyle: "Do you consider spending on groceries discretionary? Or gas discretionary?" Bessent: "I didn't say gas. Did he say gas?" Boyle: "Yes."

On January 6, Donald Trump bought up to $1 million in NVIDIA stock. A week later, his Administration approved chip sales to China. Now, NVIDIA stock is through the roof. You don’t need to be a Wall Street guy to know the President shouldn’t be doing this.

EXCLUSIVE: Meet William F. Mohrman, the newest addition to the DOJ's voting section roster. Not only did the Minneapolis lawyer play a role in seeking to overturn Biden's 2020 election victory — he also represented Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted for murdering George Floyd.

WOW. The New Jersey AG has charged an Essex County Prosecutor’s Office sergeant for allegedly stealing a photojournalist’s camera equipment while the journo was at a hospital being treated for injuries she suffered outside Delaney Hall. The bag had an air tag and was tracked to the cop's house.

At least 10 Trump officials hold as much as $43.8M in stock in Elon Musk's SpaceX or in xAI. That means the SpaceX IPO — which will make Musk a trillionaire — would also directly enrich Trump's lackeys. SpaceX has been boosted by over $10B in government contracts since 2025. See the problem here?

Police told relatives of the victims they would not be allowed to visit a cemetery in Beijing on the anniversary of the crackdown, a person with knowledge of the matter said. https://to.pbs.org/4x8BKzz

NEW: While Meta publicly said it was still deciding whether and how to deploy facial recognition in its smart glasses, the company was quietly distributing it to millions of users. WIRED found an unreleased facial-recognition system embedded in the Meta's AI companion app. w/ @dell.bsky.social

Alabama is doing whatever it takes to help the Republican Party.

Pssst: We bumped the video upload limit from 100MB to 300MB to make posting bigger videos easier.

Trump has no ceasefire in Lebanon despite his claims, no deal with Iran, no plan for the oil crisis, and his ballroom guy is in Russia showing Putin White House renovations. Your midday recap is here:

Meta was quietly shipping face-recognition code as part of the mobile app needed for its smart glasses even as it publicly said it's still “thinking through” whether to add the feature. WILD scoop from @dell.bsky.social and (newly back at WIRED!!) @dmehro.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-s...

Leen Hajiz's speech was cut short after she spoke about how families are "being torn apart" by ICE.

We all know Trump is a senile old man. The media lying to us isn't helping, Trump's flunkies lying to us isn't helping. The whole nation is in decline because of the senile old man, and that's the truth.

Orbanism. Hiding behind procedure and superficial compliance while dismantling both.

Americans can't "sit back and relax" when gas prices are through the roof. This war has made prices at the pump and the grocery store unbearable for millions of Americans. Trump's cavalier attitude is breathtaking.

This regime cannot be trusted. Congress must pass an amendment to immediately freeze and permanently block the $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump's political allies. It should also block Trump's "settlement" granting him immunity from IRS audits. Call your reps: (202) 224-3121