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A good summary of the Vueling situation. Quoting Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️

As hunger mounts, IDF shows apparent Hamas terrorists flaunting food in Gaza tunnel https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-hunger-mounts-idf-shows-apparent-hamas-terrorists-flaunting-food-in-gaza-tunnel/

Congratulations to a fine naval officer who will be a terrific chief of naval operations! I’ve worked with him many times over the years… news.usni.org/2025/06/18/f...

🚨🚨 Trump’s VA just allowed doctors to deny care to Democrats, unmarried Veterans, among other groups. This isn’t healthcare. It’s political purity tests for people who risked their lives for this country. It’s unethical, authoritarian, and every one of us should be outraged.

The fact is, 215 Republicans, some of whom are in very tough swing districts and are up for reelection next year, just voted to take Medicaid away from millions of Americans. That includes these Republicans who said they wouldn't:

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Our task: To stop Trump from making the United States of America his ultimate bankruptcy, his ultimate failure.

Trump has time to host a dinner for the rich crypto guys who bought his memecoin, but not to shake hands with West Point graduates. Priorities.

Trump, Who Dodged the Draft, Chooses Memorial Day to Lash Out at Political Foes Rather Than Honor the Fallen www.kyivpost.com/post/53398?u...

"This bill cuts Medicaid very deeply; more deeply than I've ever seen it cut." Jack Lew, former OMB director, explains how new requirements in the Republican budget bill would force people out of having healthcare.

Putin rejects a U.S.-Europe ceasefire proposal and Trump responds not by sanctioning Russia but by punishing our European allies with a 50% tariff. Whose side is he on?

CBO just released its own preliminary estimates for how rich vs poor are affected by the House budget bill. Roughly same conclusion: poorest get poorer, richest get richer. www.cbo.gov/system/files...

ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...

turns out the GOP budget bill adds so much to deficits that it will automatically trigger cuts to Medicare (not just Medicaid). Older voters unlikely to be happy about this when word gets out democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...

The Wall Street Journal: On a call Monday, Trump told European leaders that Vladimir Putin isn’t ready to end the war because he believes he’s winning. It’s time for the Senate to pass the bipartisan Graham-Blumenthal sanctions bill, already backed by 81 co-sponsors.

Trump official ordered rewrite of intelligence report explicitly to protect Trump's political interests: "We need to do some rewriting" and more analytic work "so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000). If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...

Do you know who Brad Smith is? Republicans who are dismantling healthcare right now are counting on you not to. Rep. Auchincloss breaks down who Smith is and how he stands to profit as the GOP guts healthcare.

“Unfortunately, the policy since the beginning of the Trump administration has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia…After nearly three decades serving our country, I resigned as our ambassador to Ukraine.” www.freep.com/story/opinio...

“But the focus on the delays can be a bit of a distraction. Because right now the real question is not why the Republicans are moving so slowly but why they are moving so quickly—and what they don’t want you to see.” www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-tak...

Buried in the House's 1,000-page tax-and-budget bill: a provision banning federal judges from enforcing contempt of court rulings over a wide range of court orders open.substack.com/pub/walterol...

News: Former Congressman and Assistant Secretary of State @tommalinowski.bsky.social, reports that the Qatari plane may well have been not a gift but a shakedown. And that in return for the emirates’ crypto cash, Trump waived AI restrictions on the emirates, and thus China. youtu.be/aIks_UA7D2w?...

At 1:34 a.m., Trump went on a rant calling for investigations into Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Bono. Hard to believe 77 million Americans looked at this broken, deranged man and thought he should lead the free world.

🚨Trump is willing to cut suicide prevention research for Veterans—because it's based at Harvard. He despises those who’ve served with such a passion, he’s willing to bury the science that could save lives. All while spending $45 million on a birthday parade. Deplorable.

WSJ exclusive: This Air-Traffic Controller Just Averted a Midair Collision. Now He’s Speaking Out. Manager at Newark says his agency is understaffed, stressed out, experienced equipment failures that forced him to record flight info with pen and paper www.wsj.com/business/air...

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Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, says she resigned because she could not carry out Trump policy of pressuring Ukraine, the victim, rather than Russia, the aggressor: "Peace at any price is not peace at all ― it is appeasement." www.freep.com/story/opinio...

Former Republican congressman from Michigan 👇

Attorney General Pam Bondi sold over $1 million in shares on April 2. That same day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent stocks tumbling Nothing to see here, right? www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

Howard Lutnick on UK Deal: “They opened their market for the first time in 30 years for 5 billion in exports, while paying us 6 billion a year in tariffs” Fact check: The UK won’t pay a penny. American companies importing goods from the UK will pay the tariffs, and pass the cost on to consumers.

How’s this legal?

“Do you swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?” “I don’t know.”

This is a real post on X today.

Donald Trump, a godless man and convicted criminal who cheated on his wife with a p*rn star, posting a photo of himself as the Pope is a direct insult to Catholics around the world.

Cutting cancer research while wasting money on this? Shameful. Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians.

The golden age of corruption: The Trump Organization just announced a new deal to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar, showing no plans to slow foreign business during Trump’s second term. The project includes a Trump golf course and villas, part of the $5.5 billion Simaisma development

Trump’s VA quietly ended a key program that helped Veterans avoid foreclosure. Now thousands are at risk of losing their homes—with no replacement in place. Just more proof that Trump has zero respect for those who’ve served. MORE: www.npr.org/2025/05/01/n...

Lindsey Graham, then and now. Exhibit A in what Trump did to the Republican Party.

In the first 100 days, Musk &’Trump have knocked down the barriers intended to prevent creation of dossiers on every U.S. resident. They’re building a database of ruin: comprehensive files on everyone so they can punish those who protest. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

Despite Trump's promised cuts, U.S. spent about $220 billion more in first 100 days than last year www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...

Trump denies disaster aid, tells states to do more. FEMA has denied federal assistance for tornadoes in Arkansas, flooding in WV, and a windstorm in Washington state. It also has refused NC’s request for extended relief funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. stateline.org/2025/04/25/t...

New in PN: Lisa Murkowski reveals the ugly nature of Trump's rule "Trump is not a normal president who governs through persuasion and political savvy. He constantly resorts to coercive threats. A system where that becomes normal isn’t a democracy. It’s a reign of terror."

Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."

Trump and Musk slashed the federal workforce—now Virginia’s Veterans are paying the price. Lost jobs. Delayed care. Vanishing support. This isn’t about “efficiency.” It’s deliberate—and Veterans are the collateral damage. MORE: virginiaindependentnews.com/politics/tru...

🚨Pete Hegseth took classified strike plans from a secure military system—and sent them to his wife, brother, and lawyer over Signal. It’s not just dangerous. It’s a threat to our Troops, our operations, and our national security. He has to be fired. Now. MORE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

“We’re leaving wokeness behind,” said Hegseth, while cutting the ribbon on his personal Pentagon makeup studio. Because nothing screams meritocracy like bronzer before a briefing.

Details about U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen were pulled from secure U.S. Central Command communications, according to reports.

Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

Jessica: Abrego Garcia's legal status was approved by the Trump administration in 2019, and every year since then, he has checked in with the departed of homeland security, and no one has said anything about him being a gang banger.

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