Convicted of disabling federally required emissions-control equipment on hundreds of diesel vehicles.

For the first time ever, the Times Square Ball will drop on July 4th. It’ll drop eight times to accommodate each time zone.

Hijacking America250. Donors were given wrong bank routing info. Approved grants redirected, permits declined. wapo.st/4fe4Whs

The Shadow Docket

A federal judge blocked the US Postal Service from carrying out its plan for President Donald Trump’s mail ballot executive order, finding that the proposal violated a settlement in a 2020 lawsuit against the agency. https://cnn.it/4asxnpl

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.

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Flock Cameras - It's not just your license plate. www.engadget.com/2203000/floc...

Geofence: Where has your phone been? US Supreme Court: Law enforcement must get a search warrant to access your phone's location history. techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/i...

Makes sense if you’re LDS: Guessing whether this is EQ or RS week is dangerous. After playing piano for Primary, I joined my wife with the adults. My wife whispered that this was Relief Society week and that I was getting strange looks. That’s why I support the LDS schedule change in September.

I don’t do well with poems. When a teacher tried to teach a poem about days of the month, I simply decided that anything that touches May or October has 30 days. Don’t need a poem for that.

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

FREEEDOM TRUMP’s Team never could spell.

Utahns are not Chinese spies. Didn’t O’Leary’s cow start the Chicago fire? #Stratos #BoxElderDataCenter

MYTH: Healthcare fraud only happens in blue states like California.    FACT: Trump’s OWN DOJ just released a report finding the TOP 2 STATES for fraud in recent enforcement actions are led by Republican Governors!

The Gordie Howe bridge spans the most important border crossing between the U.S. and Canada. President Donald Trump has said he doesn't want it open yet. n.pr/4f8RJGM

Illinois took action to prevent and ban insider trading with online prediction markets in our state. The most corrupt President in our nation’s history wants to make sure states like ours can’t regulate prediction markets so his family and administration can keep profiting.

NEWS: Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC backfires and exposes him to discovery around January 6, 2021. Large protests in DC against Trump’s 250 celebrations. The state fair flops—extremely low attendance. Trump’s continued obsession with Obama. And more. Subscribe to support my work:

Trump sued the BBC. BBC isn’t rolling over. It’s going to make Trump very uncomfortable. www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/06/t...

Mel Brooks turns 100 on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

I can’t argue the point. But still not giving up A/C

142 indictments under Nixon, Reagan, and Trump. 2 under Carter, Clinton, and Obama. JD Vance isn’t defending Nixon, he’s defending the business model.

Secretary Of War Pete Hegseth Ain't Too Proud To Beg #SecretaryofWar #PeteHegseth #Iran #Congress #DefenseSpending

"Trump's 13-Year-Old Accuser"

House Republican Leaders are trying to prevent the affordable housing legislation from becoming law. They are refusing to present the bill to the president. It is still not on his desk. Therefore, the 10-day clock doesn't start.

Flu shot for soldiers? The Pentagon changed its mind. apnews.com/article/pent...

Senator Mike Lee was one of the five who opposed the bill.

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)

Congress passed a bipartisan measure to increase home construction. It passed overwhelmingly. - Senate: 85–5 - House: 358–32 in the House Trump refuses to sign it. #21stCenturyROADtoHousingAct

I don't care how much you paid for your sunglasses, please don't jump into a campsite toilet vault to retrieve them. What's wrong with Californians? ktla.com/news/man-fal...

The People's pond. This is interesting. wapo.st/3QhcbMf

George Washington accepts the British surrender at Yorktown. England realizes it lost the 13 colonies. Letter to be displayed in London. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Around 50 million Americans live in counties with no or only one local news source. It’s affecting their access to reliable election information. bit.ly/3SeG8gp

“We the People” The forgotten founding father who gave us “We the People.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.

Several National Park Service employees told @dfriedman.bsky.social that they were even threatened with professional reprimands if they refused to don the lapel pins at events celebrating the Declaration of Independence.

When you don’t want anyone to notice.

Senate Armed Services chair slams Iran peace deal

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the primary peace document signed at the end of World War I. Negotiated by the Allied Powers in Paris and signed on June 28, 1919, it required Germany to accept full responsibility for the war, pay massive financial reparations …

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Attending the the grand opening for the Obama Presidential Center: - Obama (of course) - George W Bush - Bill Clinton - Joe Biden

Agreement will allow Iran to sell oil freely, sanctions get lifted, Iran gets over 300 billion to rebuild, & status quo is restored. Iran gets the better deal. Iran gets a better deal than what they had with the Iran 2015 agreement. Iran seems to have won this war. apnews.com/article/iran...

Iran's deal - they would get $300 billion. That doesn't include frozen assets which might amount to another $100 billion. Details are still vague and unverified. www.reuters.com/business/fin...

How about putting data centers in the ocean? www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...