During his confirmation hearing, Blanche will have to answer for refusing to rescind the slush fund in writing, the order to release the Epstein files in the lawsuit brought by @katiephang.bsky.social, the Prarieland sentences, the MN 15, the Broadview Six, trump tax immunity, and so much more.

It'd be a scandal for a Cabinet secretary *without* a daughter with Down syndrome to say this, of course, but this really is fucking enraging.

The founders, in the Treaty of Tripoli -- begun under Washington, signed by Adams, ratified by a Senate filled with other crafters of the Constitution -- said "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Tom Emmer is a dumb-as-dirt bigot.

I suppose it’s better that wisdom comes late than not at all. But we all all could see this coming. apnews.com/article/pent...

For criticizing him, Trump opened an investigation into me for “treason.” He doesn’t scare me. I’ve decided to call out his corruption louder than ever. See you at the movies, Mr. President. No need to buy a ticket. We’re making this free for everyone.

The Supreme Court is so divided now. The 3 Dem justices will continue to wear their black robes, while the 6 Republican justices will go back to wearing their white ones.

Compare this to Obama, who demanded detailed briefings and a risk assessment / COA analysis with every decision he made. You simply can’t distill complex foreign policy issues into a one pager and expect good outcomes.

We are never going know what happened to those two pilots that the MAGA regime supposedly rescued, are we? They are as hidden as the Epstein Files.

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

"The Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song 'Hallelujah' is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24. This use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage. Thank you for your attention to this matter." www.rawstory.com/trump-rally-...

Is this so they can brag about crime stats coming down? Or just because they don't care?

Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent. (Published March)

Can a president ignore a federal judge? That's the question the full D.C. Circuit will consider when it takes up whether Judge Boasberg can investigate possible contempt after the administration refused to comply with his order. The analysis is free to read. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

JD Vance has smug confidence of a man who has seen trump’s cholesterol numbers.

Lame duck courage is the damndest thing, ain’t it?

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My goodness! He wants to protect air, water, energy costs, and American citizens over the tech bros' financial profits?! That's a pretty radical idea in today's political climate. Bros are going to spend a lot of money to defeat this guy who doesn't agree that they should rule the world unhindered.

Beer Delivery Driver Points Trembling Shotgun As Crowd Of Scottish Soccer Fans Close In https://theonion.com/beer-delivery-driver-points-trembling-shotgun-as-crowd-of-scottish-soccer-fans-close-in/

Back in 1980, Trump was demolishing the Bonwit Teller building. He promised he would donate two Art Deco friezes on the facade to the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. Instead, he jackhammered them into dust. I just noticed that Donald Trump called the press as John Barron to defend Donald Trump.

"It was necessary to have the Rainbow Flag because up until that we had the pink triangle from the Nazis—it was the symbol that they would use [to denote gay people]. It came from such a horrible place of murder and holocaust and Hitler. We needed something beautiful, something from us."

"The fiasco is shattering Trump’s myth that his approach to problem-solving — cutting corners, controversial no-bid contracts, rushed timelines, etc. — is somehow superior to his predecessors’..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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Republicans were FINALLY going to address an affordability issue. Bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Senate and House. Big signing ceremony today. Mike Johnson holding press conference. Then Trump pisses on him while MAGA Mike is hyping that Republicans Deliver!

DOJ quietly changed a Bureau of Prisons rule to give the Attorney General more power over where federal inmates are housed. Why does Trump’s DOJ keep making things easier for Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice?

Trump is refusing to sign a bipartisan bill that would address the housing crisis unless the SAVE America Act (designed to rig elections) is passed. This isn't governing, it's a hostage situation. Republican, Dem, or Independent this should piss you off.

First on MS NOW: House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia is demanding answers about the failed reflecting pool renovations — including why the Trump admin pursued the project amid rising costs at home and the war in Iran and the decision-making process behind Trump's use of no-bid contracts.

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The Situation Room was built to keep secrets. And yet two reporters have reconstructed verbatim conversations from supposedly classified meetings. The White House has not disputed one word. Someone inside is already writing their own version of history and the details give us clues to who's leaking.

Douglas County restricts use of electric dirt bikes, off-road scooters after rash of crashes

Stephen Miller is likely furious about this.

NEW: Iran won't let UN inspectors into the nuclear sites the US and Israel bombed, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters today. That contradicts JD Vance, who said yesterday that Iran had agreed in the Switzerland talks to let inspectors back into the country. Somebody’s lying.

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This is disgraceful on 15 different levels. And uninformed. And pathetic to boot. But it’s even money ABC caves.

3...2...1... "The sneaky vandal of my perfect Reflection Pool isn't shown on any of the security cameras because, people are telling me, he wore one of those Harry Potter invisibility cloaks. These people are so devious and sneaky, they will stop at nothing—even magic—to make me look incompetent."

FLAG: Trump says he's preparing a lawsuit against ABC for "false reporting" about the reflecting pool. There's no evidence of false reporting.

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Tomorrow is the day! All the hard work has led to this moment! Get out and make your voice heard at the polls! MD-5 Vote for Harry Dunn tomorrow June 23rd! Lets go! Harrydunnformd.com

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published Oct. 2025)

First Trump said the ballroom would cost $200 million & he was paying. Then he said $250 M & donors would pay. Then $300 M. Then $350 M. Then $400 M. Now it’s at $600 M with $300 M from taxpayers. And counting.

WOW!! JD Vance got the Iranians to AGREE to the SAME thing we had under OBAMA in the agreement that TRUMP pulled out of! All it took was months of war, 300 billion to Iran, and one of the biggest US capitulations in history. ART OF THE DEAL, BABY!!

A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Maryland’s statewide, unredacted voter registration list, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump and the department’s sweeping campaign to obtain voter data from the states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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The Justice Department has issued a new legal opinion stating that federal disability law does not require states to provide community-based services simply because a person with a disability could live outside an institution.

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Trump shut down a criminal investigation into clemency granted to a convicted fraudster. David Gentile ran a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of mom-and-pop investors. Trump freed him after less than two weeks in prison and spared his illicit gains. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

A new study by Katherine Pompilio reveals for the first time that almost one in 16 Jan. 6 insurrectionists subject to the president’s clemency order has been arrested for and charged with—and in the vast majority of cases convicted of—other crimes.