This is disturbing. Seems to me anything Thiel is involved in is pretty horrific and deeply troubling.

The U.S. spent $103 billion in the first 120 days of Trump’s war on Iran. That could fund… -Food stamps for an entire year -Medicaid coverage for nearly 30 million children -ACA subsidies for about 2.5 years It’s not a question of what we can afford. It’s a question of priorities.

Fuck ICE

Fuck ICE and their enablers. #GESTAPO #murderers Gifted article. Free to read.

It's my belief that Joel Pett was let go from the Lexington Herald Leader (@kentucky.com ) because he was one of the few who dared remind readers what #MoscowMitch was really up to, daring to tread waters none of their "journalists" dared to enter. To this day they're still whitewashing his legacy.

Manufacturers (who employ real ppl and contribute to the economy) are not data centers and should not be lumped in with politician's efforts to manage the impacts of AI data center power demands.

Reminder: Kentucky's Rand Paul has been spreading anti-vax hysteria long before Kennedy came on board. How many ppl were influenced by what they heard him say? How many lives were lost. THAT'S a question you'll never see the press in KY ask.

And now you know. #Peanuts

Mitch McConnell fought against health-care reform for years. The toll in lives lost as a result may never be known, in part because journalists in Kentucky never saw fit to ask. Today's Word: priorities

Today's reminder to #Felon47 and his bro-cult: The First Amendment provides no protection for speech used as an integral part of carrying out a crime. If the words act as the tool to commit the crime, they are not protected.

Fuck ICE Gifted. Free to read.

When the NYT reported yesterday on SCOTUS' decision to make #CitizensUnited even worse, calling it a gift to Republicans I left a comment reminding them that ppl were sick of this and would vote accordingly. Today, from the same New York Times, comes this. I rest my case. Gift article.

If he can't even tell the truth to himself, how tf would anyone trust him to tell the truth about anything?

Thank Kentucky's Mitch McConnell too. And the press back home who never held him accountable for the lives his actions negatively impacted. He spent years making sure proper healthcare reform never happened and he boasts of being labeled "the grim reaper".

And the press back in Kentucky, who've been carrying his water for decades? Never said a word or made any effort whatsoever to hold him accountable. Today, they're helping to whitewash his legacy.

A win! But. This should have never been brought up for debate to begin with.

The real villains are typically the ones wearing suits, sporting manicured fingernails and hands free of calluses.

Supportive.

This ruling, coming at this point in time is handing more power to a criminally convicted, authoritarian president but does carve out an exception protecting the wealthy. How in the fuck can they even (from a legal standpoint) justify this? Gifted article

Today's reminder that #Felon47 is also a convicted rapist.

Speak Truth...

Intimidation is a key element in ICE’s actions, and First Amendment protections mean zero to its agents and their bosses all the way to the White House. Threatening people engaging in legal commentary during the nation’s 250th birthday is supposed to be patriotic? www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Surprise: The press who were all over Hunter Biden aren't telling this story at all.

Dead Poets Society (1989) Director: Peter Weir

Some time ago the Justice Department quietly deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan 6th insurrection. So Lawfare has restored them: more than 5,700 pages recovered and publicly archived. Tyler McBrien, Michael Feinberg, and Benjamin Wittes explain how.

Maybe because they can't charge us for sunlight...

Don't forget, the state's GOP played a huge role in this as well. They could have stood up for those in need (a pro-life stance if there ever was one) but instead chose to mock and belittle them and accuse them of being deadbeats.

The Art of the Peel.

A reminder to those who would take this administration at their word...

So much winning. 🙄 "Iran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been triggered by the signing of the memorandum of understanding."

Something to remember the next time you hear a Republican tell you they're pro-life...

Antifa is an ideology. Not a group. And THAT is not illegal.

REMINDER: Social Security does not add a penny to the federal debt. It has its own dedicated revenue, cannot spend a penny unless it has sufficient dedicated revenue to cover the cost of all benefits and associated administrative costs, and has no borrowing authority.

“ Meet me in the middle of your story when the soul is worn but wise.” Angela Welland-Crosby. Juan Brufal art

One of my favorite artists has died... David Hockney. This is my homage to his work... such pure, simple lines that bring so much complexity with them.

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in Kentucky in which you don’t tell readers that the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners. Looking at @kentucky.com

In 2016, Leslie Stahl interviewed Trump and questioned him about his constant attacks on the press and why he did it. Trump replied: "I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you" THE. MORE. YOU. KNOW. 💫

re: politicians and their billionaire owners Thank Kentucky's Mitch McConnell and his enablers in the press back home who helped ensure voters remained loyal and who are still sanewashing his legacy. #CitizensUnited

I don't have a magical elixir this time I'm afraid. #deathwatch

Google's AI seems to be undergoing some changes...

Journalism KY style. Burying the lede and putting the most important information at the very bottom. While also managing to completely sanewash a highly volatile topic; the impacts of "data centers" on the environment and QoL.

This is on the KY press too. They've allowed Kentucky politicians like prominent anti-vaxxer Rand Paul to spread lies for years with ZERO coverage, ZERO accountability and ZERO pushback, outside of the rare op/ed.