The dumbass cattlemen were mad at Biden for keeping Mexican(read possibly infected) cattle from being imported to their ranches(hurts profit margins you know). They literally got what they voted for here.

JUST IN: As the "Broadview Six" scandal grows, the defense is seeking evidence the White House put pressure on the U.S. Attorney's Office to indict. They're asking for communications about the case, including from Aakash Singh, a top deputy under acting AG Todd Blanche.

No special treatment for Space X in the S&P 500! Just announced. Wow. That profitability requirement means it might never get in.

Disgraced ex-Prince Andrew seen with giant, mysterious bruise on face

UK leader Keir Starmer accuses US tech tycoon Elon Musk of "trying to whip up division" in Britain following anger over the police handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man. u.afp.com/SDu6

TIL…Deep fried maple leaves are a thing in Japan.

NEW from me. A short blog post walking through how the CBO's (already scary) budget baseline likely under-estimates the 30-year debt projection by 68% of GDP. That means the federal debt outlook is $62 trillion(!) worse than is commonly-reported. 🧵 www.jessicariedl.blog/p/federal-de...

Ukraine: Russian fascists struck an ambulance in liberated Kherson with an FPV drone. This is not an "accident," just like the Russian drone strike on the apartment building that injured 2 civilians in Romania was not an "accident." Russians commit war crimes daily.

Almost like there is a “hierarchy of needs” or something.🤔

IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARAGCHI: IRAN, OMAN TO MANAGE STRAIT OF HORMUZ PER INTL LAW - FARS

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced four different congressional panels this week on Washington's role in various global conflicts, but the war in Ukraine barely came up. u.afp.com/SDuX

Gift link that'll warm (most of) your hearts, @bsky.app. Mine's feeling pretty damn good right now. wapo.st/3PUxH9j

incredible

Based on the below picture, maybe someone should start a dead pool to see who kicks off first, Putin or Trump.

‘The first sustained default cycle in credit in many years has already started and the market will see higher losses than it’s grown used to, Pacific Investment Management Co.’s chief investment officer warned.‘ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Depends on what’s on the screen and what your brain does with it. I spent 30 years of screen time creating/debugging code and troubleshooting poorly performing computer systems, and I’m only ~10 years younger than Donny Demento.

401(k) hardship withdrawals are rare, but they spike when Americans’ saving and income don’t cover their expenses. Since 2020, Vanguard data shows they have more than tripled. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.

I don’t normally do book recommendations, but I’m going to make an exception on this one. 1/2

Caitlin Flanagan's beat at The Atlantic was "Bari Weiss is great" and now she works for Bari Weiss' Free Press and she's mocking the people Bari Weiss fires at CBS.

Trump's "ballroom commissioner" Rodney Cook seated next to Steven Seagal at Putin's propaganda event in St Petersburg.

<maga-mode-on> Well, we had to pay for those tax cuts for the rich somehow! And unfortunately screwworm prevention ain’t sexy(sic).Those rich folks and corporations will automagically trickle down “good, high paying jobs” that will find a solution to those pesky screwworms. </maga-mode-off>

Christ, you're the governor of the entire state. Shut the building down. It's not sovereign territory like a foreign embassy. Pull the certificate of occupancy. Cut the power. Back it up with state police. Stop coddling fascists and groveling every time they order you around. Act like an American.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun: “This ceasefire agreement with Israel could be the final opportunity. “If it fails, every side will have to face the consequences of its decisions.”

* LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH CHIEF SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL ARE 'SHAMELESS' * LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH CHIEF SAYS AS LONG AS ISRAEL IS IN LEBANON, THE RESISTANCE WILL CONTINUE @reuters.com

NEW: @elisethomas.bsky.social reveals multiple links between Viory, a video news agency supplying national press agencies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Ruptly news agency - a branch of sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...

🇱🇧 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Israel carried out new strikes in Lebanon on Thursday and again threatened Beirut, despite the two countries agreeing to a conditional ceasefire that Lebanon's president called the "last chance" for a durable end to the fighting ➡️ u.afp.com/SD6f

A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK

One year ago, a 🧵 on how the Trump Admin’s MAGA policies were going to create a cattle disaster in the US. 👇

TRUMP: US IN THE MIDDLE OF FINAL NEGOTIATIONS TO END IRAN WAR

AI hits a wall that could stop it dead in its tracks - it’s cost.

Aliens have enough trouble with Evangelical Fundamentalists in the Pentagon blaming them for every balloon, drone and Chinese lantern their FLIR optics bug out over. They certainly don’t need exorcists throwing holy water at the high voltage plasma surrounding their craft.

Texans didn’t like the Feds sticking their noses in and telling people what to do to keep the screwworm from infecting their cattle. OTOH Texas cattlemen will be the first to beg the Feds for some hand out Socialism when their cattle are gone. Being god-fearing Republicans, they should 1/4

In 1933 Adolf Hitler shook down German industrialists for millions of Reichsmark to establish what he called the Adolf-Hitler-Spende der deutschen Wirtschaft—a slush fund he used to pay off Nazis whose violence got them into legal trouble. In 2026, Donald Trump is quietly doing the same thing.

“… a new Civil Service law of the following year (January 26, 1937), which called for the dismissal of all officials, including judges, for ‘political unreliability.’” - Shirer, William. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. p. 344

Terror and retribution are a core part of how the Trump administration has governed. DOGE whistleblower had threatening note taped to his door and his brakes cut after Elon Musk accused him of lying. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

Screwworm is mainly a concern for folks in #Texas, but they voted for less Federal government programs, right?

I've worked in Democratic digital comms for a long time and pay attention to campaign metrics across platforms. Increasingly I'm seeing Dems who crosspost on X, Bluesky, and Threads get better engagement on Bluesky even with far fewer followers. Here's @jamestalarico.bsky.social's clip last night:

”I’m not racist! Why I’m <insert ethno-identity here>.” As if being non-white automagically immunizes one from being racist. BTW, Mullin’s paternal grandfather is a full blooded Cherokee. Whether that make Mullin himself a Cherokee, you can decide for yourself.

Andrey Bezrukov, a former spy whose story inspired TV's "The Americans," says Russia will be at war for the next "couple of decades," shaping two generations. He made the remarks at SPIEF, urging Russia to build its economy around long-term warfighting. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

SCOTUS really should have age limits on it. I’d make it so no Chief Justice could be older than 70 and no Justice could be older than 75.

FWIW, I think it's a mistake to say that FDR's court-packing plan "failed." FDR didn't care about the size of the Court per se; he cared about how it was deciding cases, and that did change, radically, in 1937.

"Gabbard’s departure at the end of this month as DNI might provide a moment when the two intelligence agencies could mend the damage- HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! I’m sorry, I couldn’t keep that in-" Drezner open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.

I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...

"To say that you as Treasury Secretary do not know what the DOJ is giving away to people? C'mon man. That's just not on the up and up" -- Lujan is underrated as a Democrat who does a great job grilling the Bessents of the world

The “Shining City On A Hill” has decided it wants to outshine Tamerlane, Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun in barbarism and cruelty.

Hey remember when Trump said he didn’t know what Project 2025 was and the super serious mainstream media swallowed it? 😕🤷🏼

L - GOP Rep and MI senate candidate Mike Rogers actual photo from the campaign trail. R - Photo put out by staffer.

Chinese researchers have turned lunar soil into ultra-thin, hair-like fibers that could one day help build Moon bases. Samples are now being tested on China’s space station to see if they can survive the harsh conditions of space...🧵