Excellent read. Though it uses on Sri Lanka’s long civil war as a backdrop, this applies to all of us. theconversation.com/growing-up-d...

Good the trades get respect! Yet the ironic twist is the work ultimately will likely be problematic for all of us. This was an ad in my Semafor newsletter.

Think about it: this is reported by now-trump-aligned CBS News. How dare the the “department of war” www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded...

Ezra Klein 🙄 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Hard to pick a favorite

What a world www.dropsitenews.com/p/university...

Her explanation on Maggie Haberman perfectly articulates what we “scrapper” journalists from blue collar families were up against — and why some of us quit the thrown game.

From my Semafor newsletter: The number of direct conflicts between states reached its highest level since World War II… • 65 active conflicts • 8 interstate conflicts • Global peacefulness deteriorated for the 12th consecutive year 🔥📦 🌍✌️

1. The contents here are disgusting. 2. The fact there was no roll-call on the committee vote is disgraceful. 3. The fact that I had to get the real story of what happened without a paywall from a foreign news media site — helps me understand points 1 and 2. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

Excellent read. Patience and AI and how I can keep my critical thinking going. theconversation.com/eroding-a-vi...

Sazan Island (‘Trump Island) in Albania is in American media because Albanians are protesting the luxury development by Jared and Ivanka Kushner. Here is what the island looks like from the lovely nearby city of Vlorë, where I spent a month in late 2025. www.earthvagabonds.com/trump-island...

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

Wowza. Took me a day to see this. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-us-mi...

NEW: The United States and Iran continue to hold fundamentally different positions on most major issues within the US-Iran “agreement.” (1/9) Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate05...

Trump called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" — according to his chief of staff — he accused soldiers with PTSD of not being "strong," demeaned POWs, and insulted Gold Star parents & a widow. When he pretends to honor service members, don't believe it.

How can we be sure these primaries weren’t rigged? I mean, really. Massie and Cassidy should check it out at least.

A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.

I’m listening and wishing from the Philippines #Sabres - get it done now please I can’t take much more

Congress works 140 days a year and earns $174K annually, plus full benefits. How can anyone survive on that without a few stock trades and a little insider trading? They get 225 days off a year and think it’s okay to hold the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour for 17 years.

A pop-up has opened in New York City displaying every page and timeline from the Epstein files. Anyone can now walk in and read them for themselves.

Volume up. #ministry 🖤💙 youtu.be/8imYWda6MOs?...

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

do any religious texts mention golden idols anywhere

still thinking about that Goldman Sachs “analysis” that predicted we would be at 120% of normal traffic in the strait of Hormuz by now

I know gas is five dollars a gallon and all but are immigrants still eating peoples’ dogs and cats in Ohio because I remember that was a big issue during the campaign

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!

The Most Corrupt Supreme Court in American History….

I just can’t even. “There were small bite marks near his eye. He didn’t even realize what had happened until I asked him. He said he felt something on his face while sleeping,” The RAT BITE became infected. www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-rats-...

I will deny saying this during the AFC playoffs, but man, I love everything about Buffalo.

Damn this is excellent and fearless reporting. We have all been too damn distracted by theatrics for the last decade. www.dropsitenews.com/p/susan-coll...

Trump says ‘I’m not a rapist, I didn’t rape anybody’ and Norah O’Donnell doesn’t mention the E Jean Carroll case or the jury finding him liable for sexual abuse or the judge saying it could be said Trump did ‘rape’ her in the ‘commonly’ understood sense: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

the irony is that there are many journalists who are threatened and killed for their work globally, except they don’t overlap at all with the people willing to attend the MAGA White House correspondent’s dinner

Violence has no place in our nation. Grateful to hear reports that everyone at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is safe and the suspect is in custody. While we await more details, I’m thankful for the quick response by law enforcement.

And Journalism is DEAD.

This is a media failure at every fucking level. Journalism is DEAD in America.

Ala Stanford, Philly congressional candidate: “As a surgeon, I cannot look at images of wounded children and think this is acceptable. Humanity has to come first … No parent — Israeli or Palestinian — should have to bury a child because leaders failed.” Yet: www.dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-udp-...

Israel strikes again open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime. Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings. Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks. With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

A crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer just about oil. It is quietly threatening the global food supply.

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My profile pic is from Budapest. I spent one month there in 2025. I knew you could do it, Hungary! Thank you for showing us the way with strength, dignity, and class. 🙏🌍✌️

The start of many around the world I’m afraid www.bbc.com/news/article...

What else is happening in our military I wonder Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officers www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Americans have absolutely no idea how bad things are getting in Asia. We’ve seen these firsthand in Sri Lanka and Thailand, and reports from friends in the Philippines. www.cntraveller.com/article/how-...

Axing the women www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Then why cut it? Hhhmmmm ‘OFR is funded by fees levied on large financial institutions, meaning cuts to the office do not contribute to deficit reduction. The agency told employees that Treasury’s decision to shrink its budget… necessitated the layoffs.’ www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Network States: still the end game for tech oligarchs.

Thread leads to this group’s coming sense proposals on doing something about wealth inequality. 👍