With unemployment ticking higher and job growth slowing down, the need for food assistance is rising under the Trump Administration. Their response? Cut SNAP funding. @crampell.bsky.social looks at the impact SNAP cuts have had on the American people. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aTE1VB

New episode of the PN Pod with @paulwaldman.bsky.social is live. We discuss the humiliating Iran MOU, how “chief negotiator” JD Vance is being set up to take the blame, Israel’s increasingly precarious position, our level of concern about Trump refusing to leave power, and much more. Check it out:

South Korea team is very good at handling the ball ⚽️

Missing him substack.com/@rawstory/no...

Trump says the US dropped $200,000,000 of bombs on Iran in the last two days of the war

Yeah—if he was a younger man It would be much, much too much

President Donald Trump is so confident in his supposed ceasefire deal with Iran that he’s — once again — threatening to bomb them to smithereens if they “don’t behave” or try to make any further changes to the agreement. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Hat trick!

Schatz: "If this deal is so good, why can't the public see it? ... there is a reason they are not publishing this deal, and it's because makes plain that this is one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in many generations"

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Geeez Let’s spell out the corruption @npr.org

Trumps been giving it away to both Israel and Russia. I hope the day comes soon that they’re all charged with treason

The Ohio GOP state legislature is poised to pass a bill to allow tech companies to seize family farms without consent for data centers using Eminent Domain. This is what voting for trump, Husted GOP gets you. cc @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social

June 12, 2026

Here is what you need to know about DOJ's approval of the Paramount deal: David Ellison gets what he wants-- control over a vast entertainment empire. Donald Trump gets what he wants -- a neutered CBS and CNN. Fight back by supporting pro-democracy, independent media bit.ly/4qmEiFz

It’s not over ICE is in Bemidji

Trump has now rolled back fishing protections in every U.S. Marine National Monument, opening millions of acres of previously protected ocean waters to commercial fishing. The move threatens critical habitat for whales, sea turtles, sharks, coral reefs, and other marine life.

Here is a livestream of crews removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. I’m pretending this is part of the 250 celebrations. www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social talks about why she loathes Thomas Jefferson and how she defines patriotism in America today.

Minnesotans deserve the truth about the Laken Riley Act.

🖕🖕🖕Mike lee 🖕🖕🖕https://open.substack.com/pub/wessiler/p/the-roadless-rule-recommended-wilderness?r=47b5s&utm_medium=ios

🤦🏼stop this sh*t

Ted Lieu: “Dear Sec. Rollins, you keep getting fact checked for your lies. It’s your Administration that cut the Screwworm programs Also, the life cycle of a Screwworm is 14 to 54 days — the Trump Administration has been in office over 500 days. If you can’t stop lying, you need to resign”

What a coincidence that the tacky shenanigans at the White House about to be conducted by a senile carny barker of a president is sponsored by Monster energy drinks. Because for most of the rest of the world that is what Donald Trump has turned the United States into: a monster.

Hey susan what happened?

NEW: The Social Security trust fund is on track to run out of money in late 2032, its trustees said in a new report. It's three months sooner than projected last year.

The New World screwworm could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.

This Aussie is spot on, it will take years or decades to get rid of capitalism from the government. It’s not just Trump, it’s everything behind him, oligarchs, money, corruption, corporations etc. How can we fix this?

A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. https://to.pbs.org/3RSAIHO

🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Meanwhile, the National Park Service continues to face an estimated $24 billion maintenance backlog, with aging infrastructure, deteriorating facilities, and long-delayed repair projects across the country.

Trump found a new way to steal. The Trump administration is redirecting at least $90 million in National Park Service fee revenue to Washington, D.C. projects tied to this year’s July 4 and America 250 celebrations. According to published reports, that includes a $1.6 million fireworks

Federal agents killed two American citizens in Minneapolis. Tear-gassed and brutalized families. Detained thousands of children and pregnant women. How do Republicans respond? At nearly 5AM they passed $70 billion more for ICE, no questions. No reforms. No accountability.

My wife’s Grandpa was responsible for putting these statues on the bridge. His name was (is?) on a plaque there. We must undo everything this monster has done. Everything. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...

Ding ding ding

Graham Platner: ‘I Didn’t Know Extramarital Sexting Was A Symbol For Cheating’

💕https://open.substack.com/pub/wildernesswatch/p/fernberg-corridor-project-decision?r=47b5s&utm_medium=ios

"A handful of African nations are rejecting American health aid, outraged by the Trump administration’s demands for access to private health records and even minerals in exchange for lifesaving medicine..." www.wsj.com/world/africa...

Trump’s ceasefire handed Israel 53% of Gaza, but it has since expanded to 64% and Netanyahu now orders the army to seize 70%. Andrea Popescu & Rami Ayyub, @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."

BARTIROMO: What are you going to do about your perception? The Wall Street Journal describes you as 'scandal plagued' PAXTON: The reality is they could say the same thing about Donald Trump