Good lord They're perverting everything

Thune today on getting Jay Clayton confirmed this wk: “..unclear. The hearing is tomorrow, and I know Chairman Cotton would like to report him out quickly, but that takes consent, and we'll see if the members of his committee can find a way to do that, but I'm getting sort of mixed signals on that”

MSNOW on Trump's "timing problem" “It’s like they sit around in the White House and think to themselves when is the worst possible time to do this — and then they do it,” one Republican lawmaker said. www.ms.now/news/trump-t...

WOW: "Alaska’s top elections official said Monday that Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible to appear on the August primary ballot for the [AK] Senate race His candidacy was “not filed in good faith” but instead “with the purpose of confusing or misleading the electorate.” www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Thune on when a Blanche confirmation vote will happen: "We'll see. I think a lot of it, you know, will depend on how he performs at the Judiciary Committee, and if he can get a strong vote coming out of the Judiciary Committee, then my expectation is we would be able to process him on the floor.”

Thune to Hill press just now: He has asked the Trump admin for the text of the Iran MOU as well as a briefing "Nothing yet .. hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later."

Todd Blanche met with Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley yesterday about his AG confirmation Thune: It's "TBD" if Senate will be able to confirm Blanche before the August recess "because they've got weird rules on Judiciary" (not actually why) Grassley: SJC hearing will be in July Statement:

"GOP congressional leaders are desperate for Trump to not only wind down the Iran conflict but also begin focusing on the affordability issues that are driving a backlash to Republicans nationwide." punchbowl.news/article/fore...

Heads up: Schumer will ask for UC today on the Senate floor for legislation formally killing the DOJ slush fund and nullifying Trump's IRS (no more audits -ever) 'settlement' This can be blocked by any single GOP senator But it will force Senate GOP to go to the floor and publicly object

The Treaty Clause of the Constitution establishes the procedure for ratifying international agreements. It empowers the President as the primary negotiator and holds that the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate renders a treaty binding with the force of federal law

Follower on another platform: "So one strike would take out all the drones? Someone's selling the old man some fantasyland nonsense. Is anyone making them bid for these drone contracts or is Jr's [drone] company getting them all?"

Senate Intel RM Mark Warner: A confirmation for DNI pick Jay Clayton could come this week “if magic happens” & all Senators agree to fast track it Tomorrow is Clayton's Senate Intel hearing A cmte vote could happen Thursday And with a UC agreement he could be fully confirmed same day We shall see..

Thune on Trump's Iran deal: There is “probably some expectation” the Senate will vote on it “I just don't know enough about it yet, and I don't think even the people who follow this stuff closely up here know that much about it." He "expects" Vance or other WH ofcls to brief Senate at "some point"

Senate GOP on Trump's so-called Iran deal: Lankford: “If you want a deal to last, it can’t be an executive agreement. We’ve got to have a vote of Congress to be able to solidify [it] long term.” Tillis: "If it's a secret deal, then how can I take it seriously?” www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Kevin McCarthy's fmr deputy COS John Leganski has written a book on McCarthy's "rise and ultimate fall from Congress." And .. oh boy is it upsetting current House GOP leadership punchbowl.news/article/hous...

Hell No

The Bulwark today: "While [Trump's] plainly slowing with age, he has certainly not lost his ability to deliver near-daily shocks with his attacks on good government, ethics, and taste. .. Not yet two years into Trump 2.0, the admin’s momentum has ground to a halt." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-s...

Juliette Kayyem with some really solid advice on Patel exclaiming he foiled a drone attack plot on Trump's white trash birthday bash 👇 As usual it all seems kinda hinky ..

Juliette Kayyem: "This story raises a lot of questions. More information will be forthcoming in court documents. Suspects “in custody” but not arrested. Patel describes a loose grouping. Secret Service seems to demure. Patel not known for truthfulness and known for live tweeting. 1/

Primary day today: Washington DC GOP Senate runoffs: Georgia Alabama Oklahoma to fill Markwayne Mullin's Senate seat And a Special in California-14 to fill Swalwell's House seat Get out there and #Vote today Help others get to the polls More: www.cbsnews.com/news/primari...

Trump in March: “[The White House ballroom] is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents,”

"Trump said some security spending would go toward defenses including “the greatest drone empire … to protect Washington” on the [White House ballroom's] roof." Suddenly seems to be a drone obsession with this admin ..

HUGE from WaPo today: Per documents obtained by WaPo: Trump's White House ballroom no longer has a $400M price tag It is now $600M And half of it will be paid by taxpayers Trump in March: “This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents,” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

NEW: Patel says FBI disrupted a plot targeting UFC event at WH with "explosive drones" Five people in custody and investigators identified 23 people as part of a potential network of plotters abcnews.com/US/fbi-disru...

ICYMI: Eric Trump DM to UFC 'commentator' Daniel Cormier: “are any of the fights tomorrow rigged?”

Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/few...

Tom Nichols in The Atlantic (gift link) “The United States has been defeated, and this evening found Trump out on his lawn waiting for the rain to clear so he could begin his party.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Isn't that their whole point?? Burning the Constitution??

New this morning from MSNOW Public Relations: "MSNOW News will present a new primetime special, “Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center," this Friday, June 19." 9 pm (et)

Happy Monday I'm just going to leave this here

ICYMI: Mitch McConnell is in the hospital www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

On 'pop-up' Super PACs: "More than $48M has already been spent on House & Senate primaries by super PACs that did not have to reveal their donors before elections took place..more than double the total at this time in the 2024 cycle, & 10 times higher than in 2018." www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

[email protected]: "Netanyahu maintains his posture as Israel's mute mistress– not a word about the war, the deal, about Israeli security or failed strategy– but a "sr Israeli official" is briefing that 'this is a horrible deal for Israel. Everyone from PM to the IDF Chief of Staff agree.'"

WSJ's Gerard Baker: Times change. Last week Marco Rubio compared Trump hosting the UFC event to Kennedy committing the country to the moon landing. Imagine if instead of “One small step for man”, Neil Armstrong’s first words from the Sea of Tranquillity had been,“Mamie Eisenhower is a Lesbian!”

Note how easily he connects racism and misogyny to his right-wing distortion of Christianity. It's all the same picture. christian nationalism is a heretical racist, misogynist, authoritarian movement.

Full quote: "Shout out to Trump for having the balls to put some shit like this on ... There's only one person more incredible than the Incredible Hulk, and that's my lord and savior Jesus Christ ... Michelle Obama is a man, am I right America?"

Obama Dep NSA & JCPOA negotiator @rhodesben.bsky.social: "I've always wanted a journalist to ask Trump this question: "what were the terms of the JCPOA"? Huge indictment of journalism in the U.S. that no one has done that and his criticisms of the Iran Deal were treated as genuine positions."

Oh my gosh.. Sitting here working and I looked up at the TV on my office wall and saw our girl @stephruhle.bsky.social Got confused for second .. So nice to see her and her great guests in the morning! It really helps! Congrats Steph!

Last night's WH pool report after 'wrestler' Josh Hokit called Michelle Obama "a man" on the White House lawn: "Your pooler couldn't determine President Trump's facial expression due to distance. It also was hard to quantify the crowd reaction, as it seemed people were surprised to hear this."

Spare me Now that the 'official' US Capitol July 4th celebration is moved to July 3 And his 'concert' was cancelled because he couldn't get talent He's fully co-opting the 4th A "TRIBUTE TO AMERICA" Trump rally Be fun to see if he can get more than his core 20% rally regulars to show for this one

A note: FISA is currently lapsed Even if Thune can get Clayton confirmed this week/get Senate Dems onboard with passing a FISA reauth Johnson -per Hill sources- has no plan to call House members back from their 'Juneteenth recess' to vote on it Esp now that Trump is screwing things up again 👇

House out til 6/23 Senate is in Thune racing to confirm DNI pick Jay Clayton to get Pulte out & FISA reauth passed: Senate Intel initial hearing on Clayton this Wed Dem SIC RM Warner: “we could get him confirmed this week” Trump Sunday: he won't clear FISA unless SAVE is attached (no chance)

Semafor today: "Rand Paul and President Donald Trump are looking far more aligned lately — almost like friends." Interesting www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

"In the case of the Insurrection Act, Vice President JD Vance pushed to invoke it just days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minnesota critical care nurse who was protesting the administration’s immigration policies. .."

NYT (gift link) More from 'Regime Change' today: Stephen Miller: "'What if Trump simply claimed the power to suspend habeas corpus?' .. Mr. Vance got to the point. They needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota” READ. THIS. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...

Like the SMU band at TCU, someone should show up with rye seed this fall

Looks like the offending 86-47 scrawled in the grass by the Washington Monument was painted over in green

"So watch closely on Sunday. You’ve been told the cage fight is an example of American excess. I think it’s a gaudy symbol of something much worse: the potential end." This is a very well written piece An important read:

Miles Taylor: “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...

The MSM commits malpractice every time they talk about voter fraud. They could just “google” voter fraud and find the studies that PROVE voter fraud is not a problem. Even the Heritage Foundation study found it was not happening to impact elections. STOP the lies. www.brookings.edu/articles/how...