In case you missed it: youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

The Trump Administration Is Terrified of No Kings Protests www.splinter.com/the-trump-ad...

The administration has claimed foreign countries would one the ones paying for the president’s sweeping tariffs.

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law. They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

The New Republic chimes in on climate danger to insurance markets, mortgage availability, and property values.

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

In light of Judge Immergut's ruling, there's a lot of noise today coming from the President's advisers and supporters about courts not having the power to provide prospective relief against domestic uses of the military. Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

in a new post, trump claims he has a 65% approval rating. he is trying to manufacture consent. don't let him: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

Racism In America

Party of populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babis wins parliamentary elections

The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.

"'Dude is crawling out of his skin,' another source said." www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-aid...

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE: They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet. DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record. As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

Musk, Bannon and Thiel were all named in new files turned over to congressional investigators from the Epstein estate.

Under privatizer-in-chief Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano, the Social Security Administration has weaponized agency data, injected chaos into the phone system, and misled the public on agency performance.

1) Take food money from hungry families 2) Start trade war that drives up food costs 3) Stop tracking the # of hungry families 4) Declare hunger solved without actually feeding people

As Trump and his goons strip Americans of our constitutional rights, the silence of the nation’s leadership class is deafening. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/america-without-a-leadership-class

For no reason, I'm lifting up my column on how a government shutdown works. Every shutdown looks different because of different funding streams, contingency funds, different bodies administering them, etc. I did my best to explain here to be thorough without being too dense.

Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.) Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths. Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

How Trump is seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing for a campaign of vengeance

Just four companies control 80% of the beef market in the United States. What does that mean? Farmers get shortchanged and we pay higher prices. Meanwhile, the CEO of Tyson’s took home $22.7 million last year. Corporate consolidation is screwing over the American people.

Republicans say they want to address rising health care costs, just not right now. So WHEN? Premiums are already spiking, and hospitals are already closing. Well, Democrats are FORCING the conversation. Let's fund the government AND fix the Republican health care crisis.

America First? Nope. Donald Trump is selling out our national security through shady foreign crypto deals that enrich his family’s crypto firm. Any crypto bill must ban Trump, his family & senior officials from profiting. Otherwise, Congress is turbocharging corruption.

(John Oliver voice) And now, THIS

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

This is why they’re deleting studies

If we learned one thing from tonight’s #ACloserLook, it’s that Trump loves a nickname www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HmK...

DOGE staffer Akash Bobba knew that he hadn’t turned up evidence of 12 million “vampires” collecting Social Security benefits, and he tried to communicate this fact to Elon Musk, but to no avail, SSA officials say.

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

Hiding the truth.

“.. one in four people looking for work has been unemployed for at least six months. A year ago it was closer to one in five.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

My appearance on #CNBC today about the #CDC’s #ACIP meeting on vaccines, which could bring action by HHS to remove the MMRV vaccine, eliminate the recommendation for Hep B in newborns, and narrow use of Covid vaccines.

Netanyahu & his cabinet of war criminals are planning for "voluntary" migration of Palestinians from Gaza. Having starved them and bombed their homes, schools and hospitals, how can it be voluntary? This is ethnic cleansing. It's a war crime. NO MORE US MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

The Show Me State is showing up for our democracy.

Poland has completely closed its border with Belarus. Russia is currently conducting the West-2025 offensive military exercise in Belarus for a future invasion of Poland and the Baltics.

MISSOURI: Missouri Republicans have passed a new congressional map, locking in a 7–1 GOP advantage. It’s blatant gerrymandering that weakens the voices of urban and minority voters, silencing opposition to cement power. GOP leaders defend it as “reflecting the state.”

Companies Called ‘Carbon Majors’ Are Responsible for Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves www.splinter.com/companies-ca...

The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.