#DailyZiggy hospital Pupdate #5: HE’S HOME!!!

TFP: “Tennessee experienced a sharp decline in measures of child well-being in recent years…” Welcome to @GovBillLee & the TN GOP’s Tennessee. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...

DATA SCIENTIST: “When a computer is told to redraw TN’s map while diluting the Black vote, it produces something similar to the plane Republican lawmakers approved… race targeting explains it much greater than partisan targeting.” www.pressreader.com/usa/knoxvill...

UK: Development Minister Jenny Chapman visits Lebanon with counterparts from France and Qatar as the UK announces new humanitarian support and calls for stability and protection of civilians.

I think it’s beautiful how, when America failed Ukraine yet again, they rose to the occasion & became cutting edge leaders in modern warfare. Ukrainians are amazing.

Ukrainian drone strikes on the Moscow refinery didn't happen by accident. That billowing black smoke is the result of years of planning, plus European money. I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drone project last September: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What's trump going to do after he wastes every red cent of America's money? Use his own money?

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.

Add stupidity to your list of national security threats: wapo.st/4aSyFKf

Scottish world cup fans are literally drinking all the beer in Boston. A large percentage of the bars in and around Boston are running out of beer. That made me smile this morning.😆 Boston underestimated the Scots.

My 6-year-old, watching the World Cup: "Why are all the Canadian players black?" Me: *launches into a practiced lecture on colonialism and immigration* 15 minutes later, I realize he was talking about the colour of the uniforms, not skin.

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

But hey, at least we got a costly war and tariffs nobody wanted and he demolished half the White House and trashed the reflection pool!

My great grandchild: grand papa, how did you celebrate the semiquincentennial? Me (92 years old): well, mostly by learning the chemical processes involving pool painting and the phosphate cycles of algae blooms

Does anyone else find it hilarious that Trump went after Jerome Powell for MONTHS to try and get him to resign so he could install a lackey who would lower interest rates for him, only to have his lackey get there and then suggest they may RAISE interest rates? youtu.be/KC6u4sisZ3w?...

Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.

"Hydrogen peroxide acts as a strong oxidizer and mild bleach. On paint, it can fade or alter pigment colors, scuff or cloud the finish, and even cause the paint layer to bubble or lift from the surface."

Stephen Colbert wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony 😂 REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Masking up At the World Cup!

Leah & Ezra very clearly stating the @indivisible.org strategy for responding to regime legal attacks on pro-democracy activists - like the prosecution of Minnesota anti ICE activists and FBI investigation of Ohio voting rights activists: TREAT AN ATTACK ON ONE AS AN ATTACK ON ALL.

The visual would be DJT being mesmerized how beautiful Ayatollah is...

🐈The 1020th's cat asked me to pass along an important message: The unit’s operator is not being released until the remaining amount of $2,300 for the second training trailer is secured . We tried negotiating. The cat was unwilling to compromise. ⬇️⬇️ Help us free the operator ⬇️⬇️

“The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) estimates that as a result of the war, Americans have paid nearly $54 billion extra for gas and fuel, amounting to more than $400 per household, than if the war had never started.” www.commondreams.org/news/war-rai...

Our idiot-in-chief needs to retire.

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“He threw 300 BILLION dollars at them to get them to agree to go back to the way things were before his stupid war.” “Only—get this—they now can make money off of the Strait of Hormuz. And know all they have to do is block traffic and Donald will throw more money at them.” “Art of the f-ing Deal!”

“The need for an ambulance is common at the Stewart Detention Center. Records obtained by Scripps News show there have been 206 calls for emergency medical services since the start of last year.” www.scrippsnews.com/investigatio...

“On one day in October, three detainees needed an ambulance at the same time, according to audio of a 911 call,” including one detained individual who was vomiting blood. "The dispatcher tells her there aren’t enough ambulances available.”

“You can breathe in outer space if you ignore the need for oxygen.”

In public, prosecutors likened the Broadview 6 defendants to Aamon Bundy's armed standoff with Feds. In private, AUSA Matthew Skiba likened them to the Trump Train that almost menaced a Joe Biden campaign bus. That's not legal precedent. It is far right grievance. emptywheel.net/2026/06/18/m...

[email protected]l: "It is our very reverence for the country that makes us recoil from the tawdry circus Trump hosted." If you're having trouble trying to decide whether to celebrate or ignore America's anniversary, Mona can relate.

Has Trump tweeted something mean and nasty about Obama’s presidential center opening yet? The coverage and musical acts must be driving him nuts

Q: "Is what's going on behind the scenes as chaotic as your public messaging?" Vance: "I don't think our public messaging has been chaotic."

Q: "How is this not essentially giving a lifeline to Iran economically? What's going to prevent Iran from using all of those millions of dollars to prop up its proxies in the region?" Vance: "We have confidence we'll be able to see if they try to fund terrorist organizations."

Q: "Is Cuba next?" Vance: "You guys have to ask Marco about Cuba."

An extremist publishing house walks into a Christian Nationalist conference.

I am not a physician. But I would be willing to wager a significant sum that this man has had a left-hemisphere CVA.

Trump arrives in Tehran after signing the Iran deal. 🏳️

Yes, Mexico is so out of control it just introduced something the United Stated badly needs, but doesn’t have—universal healthcare.

Holy shit this is bad. Strait of Hormuz = free transit for 60 days, after that it’s up to Iran and Oman Nothing on missiles. All Iranian sanctions removed. $300 billion to Iran on top of releasing all frozen funds. We didn’t win a single point. Holy shit.

“I bow before your dignity,” Pope Leo XIV tells migrant communities. The pontiff commemorated African migrants who've tragically drowned while seeking new lives in Europe and urged elected leaders everywhere to act and pass “legal and safe pathways”: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/i-bow-befo...

The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan that would significantly reduce the CDC’s role in international health programs. On paper, this may look like bureaucratic reshuffling.

Who else agrees that The Knicks should reject any invitation to the White House, and visit the Obama Presidential Center INSTEAD? 🤚

This is a total disaster!

Prediction: After a Republican wipeout in November, Trump will refer to Congress as the “Fake Congress” for the rest of his failed miserable presidency.

FOX: “We learned why the Iranians are eager to sign on to this deal — Iran will be able to start selling oil again on the global marketplace… and nobody is disputing they’ll have access to a $300 BILLION fund.”

Trump’s erratic behavior and ever-shifting comments about the MOU, driven by his obsession with how people are reacting to it, show exactly why none of his promised “deals” ever get across the finish line.

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Who’s gonna tell @GovBillLee there’s nothing “pro-life” about going after critically ill immigrant children? www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...