this sounds like my kind of place

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I wrote this short piece about my call with Trump, and what it helped me to understand about how his administration works.

Donald Trump “ping-pongs wildly between the two problems that narcissists have, which is this overblown sense of self and this constant insecurity. I can’t win this election without cheating—I’m also the most popular president of all time. It’s like, you’ve got to choose, man.” trib.al/wN5yA2K

Mullen is awful.

Happy 100th birthday to Cpl Melvin Kaminsky aka Mel Brooks - the Mensch of Mensches When speaking of his service with the 78th Infantry Division in WWII, he reportedly said, “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”

We are hostages

Many juries agreed. No juries disagreed.

Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a pandemic. When he left the economic headlines were about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world. All Trump had to do was nothing, and he'd have an economy worth bragging about.

Trump seizing and destroying the American People's National Mall.

Trump is stealing from the American People.

The last good Republican.

so… (1) north carolina declines to pay to put up state booth at trump “state fair”. + (2) random republican congressional staffer does state booth instead = (3) cue the “confederate flag at north carolina booth” headlines… www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

America got a terrifying message from these vile conservatives www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

NEW: In the year since it came under Republican control, North Carolina’s state elections board has repeatedly made headlines for decisions that restrict or suppress the vote. But now Democrats aren’t the only ones who are upset about it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Larry Ellison gave $45M to support Trump's reelection in 2024. In return, Trump has given Ellison free rein to build more AI data centers and helped him gobble up companies like Paramount, WBD, and TikTok for his business empire. This is what oligarchy looks like.

Nearly half of all Haitians with TPS call FL home & they've helped build the Central FL we all know & love. The Supreme Courts ruling to end TPS for Haiti will devastate our entire region. I stood alongside our Haitian siblings to make it clear: you are not alone. I'll keep fighting alongside you.

This DOJ memo would turn back the clock on decades of law. @crampell.bsky.social's latest "Receipts" looks at an authorization that went out last week allowing states to institutionalize more people with disabilities, taking away their autonomy.

This sure sounds like something Trump/Maga would do

These vile racists want all the power and they will stop at nothing to get it. This will get worse before it gets better. We all need to be prepared.

YES

Can't we please get rid of Megyn Kelly??? Can we please deport her somewhere - like Russia? Can there at least be a boycott of her sponsors? Seriously, what business in their right mind would support this blatant racist?????

MS NOW host Michael Steele erupted on Thursday's broadcast of "The Weeknight" while discussing what he described as the Trump administration's "claptrap" about the 2026 midterm elections.

Russia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources say

Trump and Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" has already taken food assistance away from more than 770,000 American kids: www.propublica.org/article/snap...

All part of #Project2025 by heritage foundation. In addition, heritage foundation has provided lists to past repub presidents of potential #Scotus judges! #ScotusRulings www.niskanencenter.org/project-2025...

THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION

They are saying it right out loud - they are trying to stop your right to vote.

More dumbing down in American education. Meanwhile, China is going full steam ahead into the 21st century, leaving America in its wake.

So, this is not going to help the GOP get votes. Trump is an idiot.

The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law. n.pr/4oIHwnK

A surge in pedestrian deaths in the U.S. has baffled researchers for years. A New York Times analysis estimates that about 10% of the increase in pedestrian fatalities in recent years was caused by the growth in vehicle sizes since 2002. Here’s why.

Corruption is the name of the GOP Game

This administration is PURE EVIL.

I think I'll just boycott Florida.

So, more evidence Florida is a corrupt fascist state.

This is so cruel. The cruelty is the point. These people are EVIL.

They’re killing the ducks

EVERYTHING Trump touches, DIES

Michael Bloomberg is convinced that the fossil fuels industry has completely captured the US government and US media. And he's correct. He plans to do something about it. www.ft.com/content/5d02...

American media won't report the Albanian protests against the Trump Kushner crime family trying to infect their country. youtu.be/3cS2FZcoWPM?...

#AnonymousTV @YourAnonTV on 'X' BREAKING: Day 21 of mass protests in Tirana, Albania. Over 350,000 people have taken to the streets, no longer asking, demanding Edi Rama’s resignation for selling Albanian land and Sazan Island to oligarchs and Kushner. The people have crossed the point of no return

Hegseth is intentionally KILLING people for no good reason. Our military is MURDERING people just to please Hegseth. Our congress is complicit with MURDER to please Trump. How is this legal? How is this not unconstitutional? They are ALL MURDERERS

Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.

June 19, 2026

Same office that covered up prosecutor's crimes in the Broadview Six case just covered up a police shooting. Feds said a teen beat up a cop before he's shot. They have clear video evidence showing the kid just squirmed away from him. They hid it from the judge. Judge just set a sanctions hearing.