CNN’s Harry Enten: “The big problem with these UFC fights for Trump is that they reinforce the idea that he's out of touch with Americans. Just 16% say these fights are appropriate. Even just 31% of the GOP do. This comes as 60% of voters and 80% of independents say the White House is out of touch.”

Thousands gather at a peaceful anti-racism rally in Belfast as the crowd chants, "Refugees are welcome here”🙏

Large crowds gather for anti-racism rallies in Belfast and Derry: ‘We are the majority’ A Guyanese woman said that the anti-racism rallies “let people know that there is hope” and it's great to see that most people are repulsed by recent events. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Aaaaaaand there it is…

When you fire the regular pool guy

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MR. SHITLER! TEAR DOWN THIS TARP!

Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"

In other words: the U.S. gives Iran everything it wants immediately, including billions in cash, for a pinky promise to negotiate a future deal on the things the U.S. wants

Your tax dollars at work. Trump’s White House UFC fight this weekend has required more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and at least $60 million, according to a legal filing. All for Trump's birthday entertainment.

Redistribution of the wealth, Trump style. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average American worker. On Friday, the public-markets debut of SpaceX made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: autocrats do not fear democracy because it is polite, but because it is powerful. Free speech, the rule of law and separation of powers are not “boring” rituals. They are the language that makes dictators tremble.

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Buried deep in the details of the UFC deal with the White House are provisions streaming funds from the UFC straight into the private pockets of the Trump family. And they usually involve crypto, whose very purpose is to disguise or hide illegal payments. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

My father was in the army and I'm glad he can't see this.

The world's first trillionaire did this

Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID.

Watch as Boston Mayor, Michelle Wu, says that now she’s seen the Tartan Army, she understands “it took a Scot to send the British packing” in the city 251 years ago 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 In partnership with Spar Scotland

📰Tomorrow's front page Thousands attend anti-racism demonstration that drowns out far-right hate

How much lower can WaPo go? "So long as the president’s agenda complies with the law and the Constitution, it’s up to civil servants to faithfully execute it. If they refuse, it should be easy to reprimand or remove them. That’s not a loyalty test. It’s accountability."

Whispers: Foxboro is not Boston

Someone with an audience should start calling the white drapery a "white flag of surrender" and just repeat it until it reaches the White House and adds to their existential suffering.

"Trump is, on one hand, placing a curtain over the inner workings of the administration. At the same time, he’s making one of the few sources of that info - civil servants - more & more vulnerable to punishment. What that means is we’ll see less & less about abuses of power being publicly reported"

And I'm STILL marching and protesting! ##FDT

There’s the quivering blotchy hand of a psychopath on our tiller of state.

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

People are cheering as they’re removing the mark of the beast from the Kennedy Center.

Sue Sue Sue

Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US

In March, a male zebra took refuge in lodge staff quarters in the Mara, seemingly in need of help. When our SWT/KWS Mara Mobile Vet Unit arrived, they found him with a deep and painful spear wound – an injury that needed urgent treatment. Sedated, treated and revived, he has a much better chance.

The administration’s plan for civil servants to sign NDAs threatens to muzzle federal workers from speaking out about what the government is up to. Here's how you can comment on the proposed changes before 6/26 ⬇️ ** You don't have to be a policy expert to submit a comment **

"If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve,” said Trump about the $1.776B fund. But in Todd Blanche's DOJ, it is up to him. Looking forward to discussing on @deadlinewh.bsky.social w/ @macfarlanenews.bsky.social & @sfitz787.bsky.social at 5:00 PM ET.

With all the cat lovers on BlueSky I can hardly believe I haven't see this before. Fascinating article.

I wonder if the doctors privately gave him a date and he wants to see it before he goes?

This must be stopped before it’s started. They’re trying to speed run this horrific fascist monument to Trump’s ego.

I can’t get past Trump’s latest unhinged rant. It’s more dangerous than I think anyone, especially those in the media, even realize.

GOP racism and white nationalism is completely out in the open

On Platner, and Me. Truly eye, heart, and mind opening. Among other things, it helped me to understand why I've continued to trust and support Platner despite recent revelations. open.substack.com/pub/dbarkhuf...

The USPS’s proposed rule on how states handle their mail-in ballots would be an implementation nightmare for voters and already overburdened election officials. Read our latest on what we can all do about it: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-post-office-has-no-business-deciding

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.

USPS is actively drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting amid Trump’s sweeping attack on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms. If you've sent a ballot by mail in the last 15-20 years, reply with a 📬

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us....