Trump calls for sending federal troops into cities: "I'd love to do Chicago because Chicago is potentially great city. But you're gonna lose it. It's gotta be done. I'd love to do it in Los Angeles. I'd love to do it in NYC. We remove the bad people from those cities so they never come back"

“.. 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

How long before they add the drapes?

😂 OMG. Dead.

WSJ: They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation Free link www.wsj.com/business/med...

This is a James Bond supervillain quote in the first five minutes that lets you know just how bonkers the next hour and a half is going to be

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

I mean this is magic shit.

Trump: "The congressional medal of honor -- I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn't do it." (note the audible discomfort of his audience)

President Trump's name is no longer on the Kennedy Center, but a massive tarp is blocking views of the restored sign on the building's facade.

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

FOOTAGE OF THE LETTERS BEING REMOVED The irony of the Trump admin claiming to be the most transparent in history is never lost on me. Kennedy Center Workers used a tarp so cameras couldn’t see the removal. Give @repbeatty.bsky.social her flowers.This wouldn’t have been possible without her work.

You should read this.

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

This Ishtarrible.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday said Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Rep. James Talarico will “go to hell” for his interpretations of the Bible, as Talarico has made his Christian faith a cornerstone of his campaign.

jeebus www.wsj.com/business/uni...

Elon Musk’s mega-company holds more Bitcoin than cryptocurrency broker Coinbase.

Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Of the 48 people arrested in relation to the race related disorder last year, of 23 had been reported for domestic abuse. Nearly half. Even worse than the proportion in the Southport riots which as quite bad enough. Domestic abuse looking like a 🚩 marker for wider race related violence & disorder

Trump on Platner: "Can you imagine if the Republicans had him? What if we had him? If it meant losing the Senate, you would not let that happen. There's never been a guy like that that's run for office."

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Amid the energy crisis caused by war in the Middle East, Fitch Ratings upgraded the oil and gas sector to “improving” from "neutral" on oil prices. Moody’s, meanwhile, maintained its positive outlook and expects company earnings to be even higher.

"The court classified Google as a direct infringer because the "AI overview" is its own content, not just a list of search results. Google's AI overviews had falsely tied two publishing companies to scams... [A]t Google's scale, it means millions of wrong answers every hour"

Solar overtook coal in US power generation in May, the first time the renewable source bested the fossil fuel in a calendar month

In the last 18 months, Congress has given DHS $240 billion — a quarter of a trillion.

Anti-Woke

Imagine being the most decorated gymnast in history, almost dying, and media referring to you as “NFL Wife” as your greatest achievement.😑 Misogyny is a helluva drug. Smh. Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.

In case you forgot what it looks like when a real president gets the love at a game. You know, when the crowd actually wants the president there.

scanning for wokeness

Colbert’s “In the gut” bit from the 2006 WH Correspondents Dinner is worth a revisit here….

Incredible headline: No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game

I am begging people to realize that police do not use this technology is not a "jumping off point" or an "investigative lead"--the computer spits out a name and police arrest that person without follow up. How many people have to spend months in jail "by accident" before we consider the danger?

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

WATCH: “Where’s the evidence? You’ve never presented any evidence.” Unhinged, lying Trump has a MELTDOWN and WALKS OFF when Welker refuses to let him get away with lying about rigged elections. Finally some pushback.

“The Founders would never have wanted… hang on, I’m being handed a note.”

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Solar is irrelevant in the winter" (this, dear reader, is false)

Shortly after these portraits were taken, the US limited migration from Southern and Eastern Europe, as those people were deemed "less desirable" than those from Northern or Western Europe.

Not gonna lie, this is a badass museum donation. 🇺🇸 Shonda Rhimes donated the Oval Office set from Scandal, the same one fictional President Fitzgerald Grant called home for seven seasons. Now it’s part of the Obama Presidential Center Museum

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

U.S. JOB CUTS TOTAL 97,006 IN MAY, HIGHEST FOR MONTH OF MAY SINCE 2020

Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56.

Tech CFOs trying to control spending on AI tokens after creating leaderboards for tokenmaxxing.

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

The Coolidge coin is actually quite a rare collectible precisely because the public didn't like it and the Treasury eventually melted most of them down. As a result, the rule against living persons on coins was instituted soon thereafter.

"There's a particular type of despair that arises when you realize that you have to justify 20 years' worth of work in one paragraph that will impress an AI bot." https://bit.ly/4nYXhq0