Crime and Punishment — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

“.. Since the end of the Great Recession in 2009, only the top 0.1% of U.S. households have seen their wealth increase--from about $5.8 trillion to $25.1 trillion in the first quarter of 2026.” - Schwab

Iran stands to generate upwards of $230 million to $270 million per day from oil exports under the newly issued United States sanctions waivers.

No conflict here. Wake up @democrats.org he’s not even a governmental employee. Start raising hell. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

BREAKING: Over 100 former judges, @DDFund_ & @LDADemocracy have lodged a massive complaint w/ NY bar to investigate acting AG Todd Blanche for *Trump slush fund *DOJ political retribution *Epstein Files fiasco We have never seen anything like this www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.22.26...

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Reflecting pool arrests: 5 Epstein client arrests: 0

Michael Bloomberg is convinced that the fossil fuels industry has completely captured the US government and US media. And he's correct. He plans to do something about it. www.ft.com/content/5d02...

If DOD needs $80b to replenish stocks and pay for Trump’s unauthorized, unwise, and unsuccessful war, every cent should come out of the bloated appropriation for ICE and border patrol for Trump’s awful mass deportation project.

You know who's obsessed with the Reflecting Pool? Donald J. Trump.

Touch the reflecting pool: criminal. Attack police for Trump: hero patriot and pardoned.

This should be on the front page of every newspaper in America.       Trump’s DOJ just shut down a federal investigation into a coal company owned by Sen. Jim Justice, one of his closest allies, after it racked up tens of thousands of alleged violations for dumping dangerous chemicals…

🔥 🇮🇹 Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni to Trump after his lie about her begging for a pic: “My popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours.”

(summoning the spirit of Lee Atwater) "Thanks to Ken Paxton, an admitted pedophile might be your neighbor right now and you wouldn't know it."

DOWD: “.. A historian once told me that the presidency would distill Donald Trump to his essence. “.. That essence, it turns out, is trillions of microscopic organisms that suck up all the oxygen and endanger life around them.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

“.. The first rule is to have muddled objectives. .. The second rule is, do not know thine enemy. .. Finally, be sure to alienate your friends.” @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/0ba6...

FYI: JUST the act of lifting sanctions nets Iran about $5B PER MONTH. That's in addition to the $24B in unfrozen assets, and the $300B that will probably be managed by Kushner's hedge fund for a fee.

Trump's grand solution to food affordability? Cut funding to the programs that makes food affordable. @crampell.bsky.social breaks down the full impacts of these SNAP cuts and what it means for Americans already struggling to afford their meals.

Conservatives wanted Barack Obama impeached over the money he agreed to pay Iran (which was Iran’s money, frozen in U.S. banks), which was $1.7 billion. Trump is going to hand Iran 176 times that amount. trib.al/YEFHCNb

Spain’s electricity bills have decreased due to its commitment to renewable energy, reducing the influence of fossil fuels on electricity prices.

This is BIG. After spending over $1 BILLION on the purchase of multiple commercial warehouses that ICE planned to convert into the largest jails/prisons in the nation, ICE is now largely abandoning the idea and will aim to sell off multiple warehouses at a loss.

Art of the Kneel

Add this to the other millions of things that they have done that is illegal.

ICYMI — Hillary Clinton said Israel was “relentless” about trying to get the Obama administration to join them in going to war with Iran.

Hegseth proudly ended the flu vaccine requirement for the military. Following this idiocy, only 40% of new trainees got vaccinated. There’s now a flu outbreak at an AF facility. A new recruit has died, though it is not clear if it was from flu. Now, the flu vaccine is again required there.

You can call this fraud, theft, or both. Because that's what it is.

When you are paying $765 million to companies to get them to cancel clean, renewable energy projects, you are screaming to the world that you are a corrupt fossil fuel lobbyist bitch who does not give a damn about what's best for America. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c...

The algae always comes back... meidasplus.com

On top of stalling the release of the Epstein files, letting Trump's corruption run wild, and slashing healthcare and SNAP benefits to give billionaires more tax cuts, Republicans are now menacing Social Security.

NEW: Records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.

Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

Warsh wants to cut short-term rates while selling off the Fed's bonds, pressing the accelerator and the brake at the same time. The likely result: cheaper money for Wall Street, costlier mortgages for everyone else. My piece in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...

Trump reviews slowed screwworm response, former officials say

People laughed when Trump said the war would only end with unconditional surrender but he's a man of his word and he has now surrendered unconditionally

This guy cannot be fired soon enough

Is releasing billions of dollars to Iran unconditional surrender? Sounds like the surrender was from the United States.

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They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.

Can you Spot the Game Trump attended... 🕵️‍♀️

Remembering a multi-day conservative freakout because Lizzo briefly played a founding father’s flute

Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record cleantechnica.com/2026/06/12/m...

lol the Knicks lost one game in the last 8 weeks of the playoffs and it was the Trump game

"'The ocean drives our entire economy and life systems,' said Stanley R. Riggs, a retired coastal geologist....'We’re pulling the plug on some of the most important science being done.'" ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social on another administration attack on science:

NEW: officials inform the court that Trump’s name has been removed from the Kennedy Center.

Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:

Update: Reuters now reporting that the Emiratis _have already delivered $3 billion_ to Iran as a first installment under the deal, which requires the payment of reparations to Iran. www.reuters.com/world/middle...