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Alternet: Sen. John Hickenlooper demanded Trump personally reimburse taxpayers for the $16 million spent on the Reflecting Pool failed presidential vanity project. Hickenlooper argued the no-bid contracts & rushed timeline caused the fiasco & urged Congress to investigate. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Defend Scientific Research, Defend Our Universities, and Defend Our Communities! AAUP NC Call to Action on Proposed OMB Rules and on UNC Institutional Neutrality Policy drive.google.com/file/d/1VtEm... Text follows 1/

“Trump previously sued BBC for $10B over a documentary, based on editing, gave the impression he directly called for violence J6. The defendant gets discovery. If Trump says it falsely portrayed his role, J6 is part of the suit. BBC is now trying to get broad discovery into all records around J6.”

A Sneak Peek At Taylor Swift’s Wedding https://theonion.com/a-sneak-peek-at-taylor-swifts-wedding/

Republicans were FINALLY going to address an affordability issue. Bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Senate and House. Big signing ceremony today. Mike Johnson holding press conference. Then Trump pisses on him while MAGA Mike is hyping that Republicans Deliver!

A entire region of National Parks just unionized. About 650 workers in eight states and over 10 parks have won their union. The parks represented include: - Glacier National Park - Grand Canyon National Park - Grand Teton National Park - Rocky Mountain National Park And more.

You notice that the criminal-in-charge who sues everyone for everything is drop dead quiet about this. Says a lot.

Kelley Robinson: « Nearly 30 percent of Gen-Z identify as LGBTQ+ [...] LGBTQ+ voters will make up at least 10 percent of the electorate this fall, and according to the HRC Foundation, 92 percent of LGBTQ+ voters say they are “definitely” going to vote this November. » #USDemocracy #MomSky #Pride

Trump cancels signing ceremony for bipartisan housing bill saying it is “ of minor importance”. He refuses to sign the bill, which lowers housing costs and limit big corporations from purchasing housing until Congress passes the SAVE Act. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AO19owX2lSt2...

I have news for the felon. Congress doesn't have power over elections either. Only the individual states do. Morons #USDemocracy www.reuters.com/world/us/sen...

Western culture (I don't know much about others) adopted the assumption that men were designed by God to be aggressive & lustful, and it was up to women to adopt whatever behaviors might protect them. Successful modern cultures teach us all to respect each other. Love should be mutual. #ProudBlue

www.mediaite.com/media/news/j... #USD #PB Donald Trump sends a giant “Fuck You” to Congress. Not signing a bi-partisan bill to help the housing crisis and make housing more affordable puts Republicans in a bind this fall Trump is doing his best to defeat Republicans this fall. Keep it up Donald

Love this! Something joyful. ♥️

Survivors, once again, being re traumatized in public like NBD. This is the appropriate amount of anger. Every one of us should be morally outraged. 1) Jimmy Fallon- 🖕 2) NBC- 🖕 3) to every person giving this POS a platform- 🖕 Please, do us all a favor and show yourselves out. The trust is gone

Touch kids...get no consequences.

The logistics are there somewhere! 🤦🏻‍♀️ #Pinks #USDemocracy

Russia now getting close to losing 1300 men every day. The scale of the horror Putin has unleashed is staggering.

It’s already happening. My daughter-in-law went to pick her birth control pills up and they told her that she had already picked them up. After her standing her ground making them show her the video or a receipt. They said oh we’re sorry here you go. That’s in Texas. They’re women’s periods period.

"The Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song 'Hallelujah' is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24. This use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage. Thank you for your attention to this matter." www.rawstory.com/trump-rally-...

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#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials

Went looking for the 300 foot “slit” or “slits” in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about. Didn’t find any of that. But did find plenty of signs the paint on the bottom of the pool has simply disintegrated. My latest pool report.

Rep. Ted Lieu: “In those files, there’s highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children.” #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials

“Power, Revenge, Vanity, Corruption… it’s those prevailing themes that leap off every page of a new book about Trump’s 2nd term. Regime Change; Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, written by 2 NYT reporters who have contributed enormously to what we know about Trump & his inner circle”

Reflecting pool built over 100 years ago, literally in a different climate. A remarkable, high profile lesson in climate change impacts. Algae thrives in warm water (68 to 86 degrees F). Excess algae reflects a “new normal” we see everywhere in nature, that Trump Regime denies. #ShowYourStripes

Surprise! Look at who's an insufferable @sshole in "Regime Change"... "Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Trump not to host Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a “little fucker”, a “special-needs child” & “Mr Bean on crack” 🧾 t2m.co/mUMof4TE

“Regime Change,” Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s vivid, rigorous, and unavoidably depressing chronicle of the first year of Trump’s second term in the White House, is “exceptional,” David Remnick writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/H_cVc9

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan about their new book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," including the moment Trump handed them a document ranking himself above some of history's most powerful leaders.

Here's my take on "Regime Change" for MS NOW: The book shows how Trump brings out the worst in his aides, and they bring out the worst in him. www.ms.now/opinion/regi...

“Regime Change”, new book by M. Haberman & J. Swan, documents the 1st year of Trump’s 2nd term. They say he ran in 2024 for one reason- to stay out of prison. Details massive financial corruption, heedless destruction of agencies like USAID & the sordid Trump culture. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Outtakes from 'Regime Change' that highlight Trump's growing anger towards Netanyahu draw headlines in the London press on Wednesday morning.

A very revealing passage from Regime Change.

PSA: If you dip your hand in the Reflecting Pool, you will be arrested and prosecuted. If you do this, Trump will pay you. 👇

This bill will automatically become law in ten days (the senate can create a pro forma session by not totally adjourning June 29 when they go on break.) And the bill has a veto-proof majority. Donald is only hurting his own party by skipping the signature photo op.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

Also 6.9 magnitude earthquake off Japan.

Good Wednesday Morning 🩷 When we had wives with class & intelligence standing beside their husbands in the White House 🇺🇸 #SheShed #FLOTUS

Police said she sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest, and the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide. A Collin County grand jury declined to indict Kris because they didn’t feel there was enough evidence for a criminal conviction. www.theroot.com/wild-new-dev...