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This is just flat-out criminal. {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

Guy at 250th celebration is arguing that the Salem Witch Trials would have been okay if they were better organized.

SCOTUS refused to hear E. Jean Carroll. So it’s official: he is a predator.

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

trump is stealing a golf course used by ordinary washingtonians and giving it to his rich friends

The Trump admin doesn’t want us sharing this image so…here you go!

There’s a reason nobody is at the 50 state fair in DC, and a reason it’s worth pointing out. Trump took over America 250, a bipartisan org that’s been around a few years planning these events, and turned this into a celebration of himself. I mean, in an opening speech they said “libtards”

I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office.

Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

“I run the protection program” Mike Johnson is giving Democrats more reasons to vote:

I was encouraged when @deptofinterior.bsky.social amended various policies, including on vehicular pursuits, to protect lives. But last year, Trump and Burgum rolled those protections back. 10 months later, innocent bystander Nolberto Meza is dead after a chase that should never have happened.

"He actually gets incredible gratification from destroying things and hurting people and feeling powerful through that.” open.substack.com/pub/beinglib...

Trump attacks reporters over the Reflecting Pool failure NEW ====> youtu.be/l2YRIi7QxbI?...

Can Trump Clean Out the Algaean Stables?

watch out for these norsebound express trains

And here is the CENTCOM report that lists 1,700 targets truck in first 72 hours, which also corroborates. If Grok was used for 2,000 in the first 96 hours, then it had to be the technology that was responsible for the strike on the school. Let's stop talking about algae, this is a scandal.

"If you thought manual labor was hard, get ready for emotional labor. All that logistical stuff is about to hit you like a stack of bricks. Or were you not aware of how much mental jiu jitsu is involved in scheduling travel soccer around cello lessons and ballet class?"

You paid for a plane with "a level of luxury that nobody has never seen before". And he's apparently taking it with him once he leaves the White House. The plane. The ballroom. The corruption. This guy thinks taxpayers are dopes. Your money is just his to live a life of luxury.

So if you take a piece of the peeling paint from the reflecting pool it's "years in jail" but when a trump supporter broke into the Capitol and took then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern he gets a pardon and possibly a huge payout???

A coupla people passing by ripped off little pieces to keep for posterity 😂

Clips are going viral of the new $14M paint on the Reflecting Pool peeling off just 12 days after the pool reopened.

"Days after the completion of a $14 million renovation, the water in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool had more algae in it than at any recorded point in the month of June for at least five years, according to a specialized analysis of satellite data" www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

History. Hope. Grace. The Obamas reminded us that leadership can be intelligent, compassionate, and inspiring. Their legacy continues…

Scott MacFarlane reports from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: despite millions in cost overruns, hydrogen peroxide treatments, and endless manpower, the pool remains very, very green.

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel may have a 'personal slush fund' of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, according to Rep. Jamie Raskin. Raskin is demanding documents from Patel — citing claims that $8,000 payments are made to agents who carry out "unlawful partisan and personal orders."

Trump is backing away from getting Iran's enriched material: "You could make the case, why even bother? It's not very valuable stuff."

$500,000 a year. The Atlantic's conservative estimate of what it costs to hold one person at Alligator Alcatraz, over 16x what Florida spends per prisoner. Detention as political theater. See the data here: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

We spent over $70B bombing them. We will spend $300B to rebuild them. We lost this war, and now we will be funding Iran. https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/hormuz-management-300-billion-compensation-fund-sanctions-relief-what-s-expected-in-the-us-iran-peace-deal/ar-AA25E8CC?ocid=socialshare

“When the lights of ‘The Claw’ rise over the White House grounds on Sunday, and the fighters emerge, I hope you’ll understand what you’re really watching. A President has deluded his people into clapping for their own decline – and for his own delight.” inews.co.uk/news/world/t...

And, there we go: “Defendants … have … Removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump or any other individual besides President Kennedy.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The public comment period is open through Monday, June 15. For more information visit: parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...

The National Park Service is accepting public comments on President Trump’s proposed “Triumphal Arch.” Curious what people thought, I started reading through the responses. Here’s what they say:

The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers. For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name. No Trump KC, no money. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The past 24 hours have seen a flurry of examples of judicial pushback against the Trump administration that offers a good snapshot of the emerging moment.

CANADA COMES TO THE RESCUE OF SOMALIAN REFEREE OMAR ARTAN! 🇨🇦🇸🇴 David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, has announced that his province would welcome Omar Artan. He stated that Artan should be allowed to referee World Cup matches within his jurisdiction, specifically in the host city of Vancouver.

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have developed an mRNA cancer vaccine that programs immune cells inside the body to recognize and attack cancer without needing laboratory cell engineering. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...?

In consultation with my attorneys, this is my official response to Trump putting me on his enemies list:

Russian bots have turned him into a deepfake. He avoids travelling to the US over fears he could be on a watchlist. In an interview with Follow the Money, @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social explains why, after years of high-stakes investigations, “the paranoia gets to you”.

According to this Harvard study, Elon Musk's cuts to USAID through DOGE are responsible for an estimated 400,000 preventable deaths of children in Africa. hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

Just completed a congressional oversight visit with members of the New Jersey delegation. Delaney Hall should be shut down. This is not America.

The economy is in freefall and the war is a quagmire but the president is laser-focused on making Americans' lives better: - White House ballroom - UFC cage match on the lawn - big triumphal arch - painting the reflecting pool - painting statues gold - his face on a $250 bill - lining his pockets

So Trump has now had four cognitive exams: January 12, 2018 Sept. 13, 2023 April 11, 2025 May 26, 2026 That’s an interval of 2,010 days, followed by 576 days and then 410 days.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries.

BREAKING: U.S. judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Granting Kilmar's request to dismiss the case, calling it a vindictive prosecution.

We have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low.

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