David Bud Laumer

The past always looks simpler than the present, but what do you know about the 1914 US invasion of #Mexico in #WWI or the threat to take Mexican #Oil US President Woodrow Wilson considered a 2nd military invasion in 1917–1918 to take Mexico's Tampico oil fields en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...

Every single person who bought Tesla stock five years ago and has been holding it is a loser. No dividends. No stock buybacks. Zero asset appreciation in five years. Meanwhile the S&P 500 index fund is up 65% over the same period.

A stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, whose government cultivated close ties with Donald Trump and his family, has conceded defeat to a student-led opposition movement in a historic parliamentary election.

The same guy who bought #CBS, #TikTok. #CNN and is building #Oracle data centers on borrowed money is at the center of this.... #Theranos youtu.be/PgWNQH4FWNI

WITKOFF TO PUTIN (yes, that Putin): “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian — you are a humanitarian also, sir. I salute that. I commend you.” 🤯 we are so cooked. Russia was never a hoax.

For more than 40 years, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has advised Congress and the president on what to study in the far north. Trump appointed a venture capitalist and MAGA influencer with no formal science background — and ties to Russia — as its chair.

"I never imagined spending my late 40s fighting for rights women won before I was born," Megan Peterson writes.

A must watch and a phone number to call. Make the #call to #YourRep in #Congress youtu.be/WzTUMTENr74

And now there are even fewer options for news. Oh and the filmmakers telling us about musk just got banned from TikTok

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)

Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was “neither justified nor lawful.”

and now #trump and #musk are abandoning Ukraine youtu.be/8NK6gwsM4lU

Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”

FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout apnews.com/article/para... US media owned by gulf states means our understanding of our world will be colored by #MBS and big oil

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ABC NEWS: “ICE set to deploy a fleet of robot dogs to track and apprehend undocumented migrants…” Deranged. Dystopian. Nightmare fuel.

I think I just saw Batman

2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash apnews.com/article/mill...

Fact check: TRUE. ✅ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

We are home and good so far, but wow. Our #bus and #train trips to and from San Sebastian were across hot dry windy places and there was lots of #smoke. #Climate is what our PM credits as the problem. @kevinhall.bsky.social youtu.be/1NXOJ1-ganU?...

Any rational American could have written this.

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Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Experts agree that men hoping to have children in the near future shouldn’t take ‘it.’ “It can stop the signal from your brain to your testicles to make testosterone, and so you stop making sperm,” apnews.com/article/test...

We live in THE most insane timeline.

NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.

#Blanch is the perfect lawyer for a convicted #Felon so trump has his man

SCHIFF: The president was convicted in a case you represented him in of falsifying business records for tax purposes. Does this settlement not absolve him of any liability for tax crimes associated with what he's been convicted of? BLANCHE: He can't be audited for that SCHIFF: Of course he can be

A critic for the Arizona Republic gave “The Odyssey” five stars and called Elon Musk’s criticisms of the cast “racist and ugly.”

The WSJ is reporting that China is already talking to and working with the Kremlin insiders that they expect to take over Russia once Putin is dead. China does not expect Putin to hold on to power much longer.

Felon Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top #prosecutor in Seattle #ruleoflaw #blanch questions qualifications apnews.com/article/seat...

Why #Cities filled with #Cars are boring and make you feel #lonely and #Isolated #StandUP for #humans youtube.com/shorts/DavkM...

ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero on Birthright Citizenship ruling: It was incredibly gratifying sitting in the court and watching the president fidget because he was literally six feet right in front of me. I would have loved to have been six feet behind him when the decision came down.

A Mexican village warned of a cartel offensive during the World Cup. Then the drone attacks began apnews.com/article/mexi...

He stood by his oath, despite the consequences! A true patriot!

A new national poll reveals a striking paradox in public sentiment ahead of America's 250th anniversary: a disconnect between Americans' strong patriotic pride and their lack of civic knowledge.

Celebrate the 4th of July: An #AirForce major was arrested in uniform on the steps of the Capitol after he called for the #impeachment of President Donald Trump. #Impeach #Convict #Remove www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Nailed it

July 4th #Musk, #Trump, #Zuckerberg and the #TechBros are replacing #FederalPortals like #passport.com The #NextStep in replacing #Democracy with a #Fascist #Oligarchy all before the #Midterms #login.gov will let an outside organization verify your identity #NoDisclosure youtu.be/J1yRurGLbH8?...