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Russia just bought large quantities of diesel from South Korea because it has run out of the fuel. Could Putin be defrauding a gullible Donald J Trump? Perish the thought!

The people who don’t want you to watch miss rachel want you to watch a public execution

More Trump administration corruption At the request of lobbyists Continental Strategy, Susie Wiles-Trump’s Chief of Staff-met a Putin aligned member of Bosnia’s presidential delegation at the White House Why is this significant Because her daughter-Katie Wiles-is a partner at Continental Strategy

In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -Millions of dollars in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting lawyer No wonder he's been such a Trump sycophant.

NEW: Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a one-minute notice from Border Patrol. A convoy of contractors — guarded by masked agents — was en route to conduct testing for a coming border wall. The tribe was warned: Do not interfere.

“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE

Shot in the back. No criminal record.

Chuck the Coward is constantly looking for people to blame while never criticizing the person who caused the problem.

The DOJ sent letters threatening criminal prosecution to election officials who wouldn't hand over private voter files—including Republicans. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson's response: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-had-...

Since Trump claims that it was “the military” that requested to use the arch to store sniper ammo & drones, these are the times when a Democratic majority could bring Gen. Dan Caine before Congress to find out from him if that is true & why. As usual, Republicans will do nothing.

In case anyone is unclear why Trump really backs A.I. 👇🏽

Today is National Voter Registration Day! 🇺🇸 If you’re not registered, register. If you are, take a minute to check your registration and make sure everything is up to date. Your voice matters. Your vote matters. Make sure you’re ready for Election Day. 💙 #GetReadyToVote

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

Abdul El-Sayed: "The barbarian is in the White House, and we're seeing the consequences of that"

Abdul El-Sayed: "They want to make this about a streamer in California. I want to make this about affordability in Michigan, and they can't talk about it because it's their policies that are driving [prices] up"

Your taxpayer dollars at work, folks...

Seems like this should be a bigger deal. 🤷🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)

The contractor on the project has predicted more than $300 million of the project will come from public funds.

50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them

It’s a searing indictment of the media that the family business run by the US president had *hundreds* Of bank accounts closed by Capital One based on suspicions that they were involved in money laundering And-especially since Trump is a convicted felon-it barely registered as a story

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) had to answer for comments made by Attorney General Todd Blanche a week after the GOP senator confirmed him.

KY @govandybeshear.bsky.social : “I have heard nothing back from Mitch McConnell.” Without proof of life the scam being run on Kentucky taxpayers warrants criminal charges— at the very least his staff is stealing paychecks. Reminder: McConnell blocks paid leave, universal health care, etc

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Omar Navarro, who pleaded guilty to embezzling $250k from his congressional campaign, says he was told he could get a Trump pardon if he paid $2m-$3m to a law firm. He won't say who told him this, because the person "is pretty powerful in the government … so I’m very scared to even say anything.”

President Donald Turmp wanted a "bombshell moment" with his primetime speech about election interference, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Friday — but if an explosion happened, it was one more of the Looney Tunes variety.

If you have *real* evidence of election fraud, you file a lawsuit. But if you are a pathetic sore loser who wants desperately to believe any fiction that excuses your actual loss, you go on TV where, unlike in court, you won’t be held accountable for your brazen and ridiculous lies.

Ossoff brilliant at this

Ossoff points out that Trump's conspiracy theories "put Georgia Rs in a terrible bind, because now not only do they have to defend this president's economic record, not only do they have to defend doubling health insurance premiums, they also have to defend all these bizarre conspiracy theories"

2. Denial will not reverse one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in recent history. More in today's Popular Information:

1. On at least two dozen occasions since the outset of the war Trump has declared that the Strait of Hormuz was “open” or controlled by the United States. The Strait of Hormuz is not open. The U.S. does not control the Strait of Hormuz.

BREAKING: E Jean Carroll has her money. www.ms.now/news/e-jean-...

DOGE officially ended over the weekend. One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak. "Efficiency."

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan has GRANTED Katie Phang's preliminary injunction concluding she has standing, has been harmed, and will likely succeed on the merits of her case demanding the full release of the Epstein files. Blanche has until 7/2 to respond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Kansas Republicans are reportedly trying to cancel this year’s Senate election because they know Roger Marshall is going to lose to Adam Hamilton.

Please keep hammering this. It's an obvious and effective message that plays widely, especially with low-info voters.

Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!

President Donald Trump's claim that wealthy donors will fund the White House ballroom continues to unravel, as reports unearth the real cost to taxpayers.

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

No lies detected.

Another one of Trump's personal lawyers was just confirmed as a federal appeals court judge. Justin Smith was Trump's lead attorney at the Supreme Court in the effort to upend the millions of dollars in damages that E. Jean Carroll won against Trump for sexual abuse and defamation.

Trump wants reporters to know he’s very mad at Netanyahu

CNN’s Harry Enten: “The big problem with these UFC fights for Trump is that they reinforce the idea that he's out of touch with Americans. Just 16% say these fights are appropriate. Even just 31% of the GOP do. This comes as 60% of voters and 80% of independents say the White House is out of touch.”

A pro-Trump influencer is getting mercilessly mocked after pushing a voter-fraud claim about former reality star Spencer Pratt that collapsed over a single fatal detail: the location doesn't exist.

This ⬇️ is a real American hero! Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is a Kennedy Center trustee who sued after the unlawful renaming of the center. Late Friday her suit prevailed and the center’s rightful name was restored. Thank you @repbeatty.bsky.social, we love you! ❤️