The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

This is Freddy and Ozzy. They are transferring data. Please do not disrupt them until the process is complete. 13/10 for both (TT: whatfreddyretrieves)

BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement? BLANCHE: The Constitution IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery

The "Board of Peace" is residing in the "Institute of Peace," an organization Trump gutted and renamed, wait for it, The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.

"The tweet calling Miller ugly now has more than 40 million views — which means a lot of people tuned into the political message that Miller is a gross weird transphobic bully who lies about Dems like Talarico." Read @nberlat.bsky.social at @atrupar.com's place: www.publicnotice.co/p/paxton-tal...

Q: Why should people be surprised that in two of the most populous states in the country, a healthcare-related job would be a common job when it's one of the fastest growing industries? DR OZ: *word salad that doesn't answer the question*

remarkable that Minnesota Republican endorsed this guy, who can barely manage a coherent thought let alone express it, for US Senate -- though I guess he maybe is a half step up from Royce White

Q: Speaker Johnson told us it's his understanding that the weaponization fund is off the table. Is that your understanding as well after speaking with the acting AG? THUNE: That is correct

They're looking for a pretext to attack the ACA. Again.

they hate it

Trump (right before the market opened): Iran really wants to make a deal Iran: actually we’re suspending all communications

One of the lesser bizarrities of this admin is how no senior official seems to have a lane. They all talk abt everything. Bessent on Iran strategy, or Oz on ethics. Isn’t the correct answer “my job is ruining healthcare. Ethics is for the 3 teenaged paralegals seconded from Heritage to run OLC”?

It probably shouldn’t be lost here that the press is asking Dr. Oz—whose major medical contribution to the country was selling diet pills and fake cures on TV—his Very Serious and learned take on Trump appointing a hatchet man with zero intelligence experience to become the country’s DNI.

Ha! Jimmy Kimmel wins a Peabody!

Happy Pride! 🌈 This June, we celebrate the LGBTQI+ community, honor those who fought for equality, & recommit ourselves to the work that remains. As a Vice Chair of the @equality.house.gov, I’ll always stand with the LGBTQI+ community & continue to work towards a more inclusive future for everyone.

#Poetry #Painting #Summer It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

The word on the street in Texas is there couldn't be two more unalike candidates. One who claims to be a Christian & his wife divorced him on Biblical grounds, his own party indicted him for impeachment - or the 1 who walks the walk & talks the talk, the real deal & Texans are following!

The Great Horned Owls, of the Americas They are a monogamous pair. The male brings food for 30-37 days while the female incubates the eggs and until the young are 6 weeks old, when they climb out. They will fly after 7 weeks short distances. The parents provide food for them for 3-5 months.

Props to CNN for this chyron

"César" shared this picture of his crew harvesting celery in Oxnard. "We work 7 hours/day cutting, cleaning and packing, on average 7-10 boxes/hour. We are in minimum wage." #WeFeedYou

The lesson Israel has learned, time and again, is that it can commit genocide and other atrocities with near-total impunity. Now it's exporting the Gaza playbook to Lebanon. Israel's war in Lebanon is killing thousands and displacing millions. NO MORE U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.

ROSEN: Can the money in the Board of Peace account be used to compensate the president or his family? RUBIO: No one is talking about doing that (Not a no!)

Colorado River experts dropped a new hydrology forecasts yesterday. Among the possible outcomes of another dry winter: Hoover and Glen Canyon come close to run-of-the-river operations. Story here for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0206202...

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

So, Director of National Intelligence is apparently a part-time job with no previous experience required. Got it.

Shaheen to Rubio: "Mr Secretary, you would not have stood for this kind of stonewalling by the administration when you were a senator, and you certainly shouldn't stand for it as secretary of state and national security adviser."

by Richard Nadler

Beginning to see a lot of posts stating “I have the right to complain even though I don’t vote” from the same people I suspect say they don’t like to be involved in politics. This is America 2026 under the 47. If you don’t do politics, politics will certainly do you. Your life depends on it.

Duckworth to Rubio: "That's an astonishing figure. In just 14 weeks, President Trump will have blown through as much if not more money in Iran than he thinks Congress should spend on US diplomacy for the entirety of the next fiscal year."

🔥 🎯 @ta-ylorwatson.bsky.social : “A country that can fund endless wars at the drop of a hat but debates every dime someone wants to allocate towards health care or education doesn't have a budget problem. It has a morality problem. Hope that helps.”

📉 The Russian Finance Ministry and the Central Bank have told Putin that further financing of the war on the current scale threatens to lead to a dangerous increase in the budget deficit, - Bloomberg Without spending cuts, it will be impossible to stabilize state finances. 1/3

Republicans have nothing but hate. #transnews Shielded by love, transgender athlete AB Hernandez defeated vitriol stoked by Trump www.latimes.com/sports/highs...

"All this effort on the part of DHS to keep people from seeing into the facilities, and to keep those trapped inside from describing what is happening there, suggests that ICE feels that they have something to hide," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.

Beyond parody.

here's is what Rubio looked like on the night he claims he was working hard with the president and definitely not shirking his secretary of state duties (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Getty)

Um…sounds like you are not even close to telling the truth.

Smart people do smart things.

🏀 ♥️ ZOHRAN: “Executive order is signed. Bedtime is repealed. You can all watch the Knicks in the finals.”

Van Hollen to Rubio: "Let's face it, Mr Secretary, the Trump foreign policy has become a dumpster fire"

Judge Emmet Sullivan sets June 30 hearing in Katie Phang lawsuit against the Justice Dept, in which Phang is seeking a court order to require the release of more of the Epstein files

This is Maple. She closes her eyes while enjoying ice cream in order to really savor the moment. Also believes it prevents brain freeze. Just can't prove it yet. 12/10 (TT: maplethechocolatesausage)

same

by Jeff Stanford, 2023

. Fox News is dangerous . . . ... in every respect ! 💠 🧐 💠

Kaine grills Rubio on the "targeting criteria" for blowing up boats around the Caribbean, which Kaine says don't include the actual presence of narcotics on boats

Ontario’s flower, the White Trillium. #Canada Good morning, it’s a beautiful one.

Judge Randolph Moss ruled the protest slogan "86-47" is constitutionally protected free speech, leaving Trump's administration to explain why four numbers on a flag terrifies the most powerful government on earth.