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More CBS affiliates to boycott until they reinstate Scott Pelley on 60 Mintes and fire MAGA sympathizer Bari Weiss!

Begins now? It’s been on since the end of Colbert. Canceled Paramount Plus over a year ago. Still watch nightly news, but never CBS.

Another super blinkey afternoon for gramps. Poor guy is just operating on fumes

NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war. 100-130 ships pass the Strait daily. Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.

I dispute that she had a reputation to lose.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE

If opening the Strait of Hormuz is a “simple maneuver” that is “so easy to do” why haven’t we just opened it? He’s flailing. He has no idea how to extricate the US from this war. Anyway, calling NATO a paper tiger and begging for their help in the same tweet is wild.

Hey, Propaganda Barbie: We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up. Ever.

Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."

In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries. There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.

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Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff and puppet master, is complaining about unelected judges making rulings he doesn’t like. Funny, I don’t recall Stephen Miller getting elected to any office. He didn’t even have to be nominated and confirmed for his position. Pot. Kettle. Black.

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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Saint Paul Public Schools has official vehicles that are black SUVs with tinted windows. I learned this today while staring at one and photographing it at a stoplight. They rolled down their windows and said, “It’s okay! We’re with SPPS!” Then I noticed the accompanying decals. We all waved.

These people are terrorists. Full stop.

And they weren’t new to the job. What’s the likelihood that violence like this happens often? Just not where cameras can record it.

Senator Paul is a very effective communicator about this: "Nobody with any objectivity believes" Alex Pretti was assaulting the officers. Note: Noem's DHS (via Tricia McLaughlin) is still publicly asserting the opposite about Pretti (citing federal law on assaulting, using force against agents).

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."

Rep. Morrison: Two Minnesotans are now dead. A poet and a nurse. For what? We cannot lose any more lives. We need a full, transparent, and comprehensive investigation. ICE and Border Patrol need to halt all operations in the state and leave immediately.

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ICE shoots an unarmed observer in Minneapolis after wrestling him to the ground. #ICEoutNOW

Harry Enten: “Wanna know how poorly Trump buying Greenland polls? Worse than the Epstein files. Seriously, Trump's net approval rating on any attempt to buy Greenland (-40 pts) is lower than his net approval on the Epstein files (-38 pts). Greenland is arguably Trump's worst polling issue.”

If refusing to testify about the Epstein files gets you charged with contempt, refusing to release them should, too.

It’s like stealing someone’s diploma.

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Just spitting?

Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race, defeating a Republican endorsed by Senile Satan and ending her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak. The ‘Democratic Affordability Hoax’ will crush the GOP in the midterms.

#DirtyDonald should be trending

Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: TURN THE VOLUME UP."

THIS DEMOCRACY IS YOURS TOO

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

The Twins fired the wrong guy. #mntwins

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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Trump and MAGA seeking to incite violence and war against "the left" for Charlie Kirk's murder are stuck now that the suspect is white, conservative Tyler Robinson. Which means they will quickly forget the story and move on. Much like they did with Vance Boelter and Trump's shooter.