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POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane. /1

Russian propagandist Armen Gasparyan openly called for the mass killing of Ukrainians, saying there’s “nothing wrong if some Halya dies in Chernihiv.” He described strikes on the Dnipro left bank as a “cleansing” and claimed civilians “deserve” it.

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is under fire from both parties. Senators McConnell, Wicker, and Shaheen call it a Putin-friendly surrender. Rep. Fitzpatrick moves to vote on Russia sanctions. Pro-Ukraine rallies are planned across the US this weekend.

Wow — This UVA team is the best in my 40 year fan recollection! #Wahoowa

The United States no longer makes any cents…👇👇

What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.

the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀

Really starting to make sense why Mike Johnson and Republicans skipped work for 40+ days

Jesus Christ. This email was less than a month before Helsinki

As of today (by my count) Sen. Blumenthal has sent letters to all 43 donors to Trump's ballroom project who were previously anonymous but now public—plus 3 firms contracted by the White House—seeking info on the terms of contributions and why they were not previously disclosed

CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

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"As long as people like Bannon are talking seriously about a 'plan' and as long as Trump continues to troll, talk of a third-term effort must be taken very seriously by everyone else," writes Zachary B. Wolf | Analysis https://cnn.it/3J9zRP4

Goodness gracious - part 2

The Washington Post thinks the White House Ballroom is a splendid idea and anyone who thinks otherwise is a NIMBY. In other news Post owner Jeff Bezos is helping to pay for the Ballroom

OTD in 1981 “whisky on the rocks”. Soviet submarine S-363 ran aground after “navigational error” in Sweden. My navy converts ships to submarines and submarines to ships. My trolls are not snowflakes about this.

“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.” read this horrific report from Kherson: open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

Washpost Opinion (not News) has done a stealth edit of its pro-ballroom editorial. The original (left) failed to mention that Amazon (whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns the Post) is a donor to Trump's project. The new version (right) has it. No clarification or correction appended to the piece.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

And former chief counsel for nominations to Grassley on Judiciary. This was someone who came to where he is at now right through the middle of the “traditional” GOP elites’ path.

In Trump’s world, telling the truth is a crime and deserves punishment. Reagan was a committed free trader and the Canadian summary of the speech was spot on.

If you read Lindsey Halligan’s indictment” and thought she was a lightweight, this exchange proves it beyond all doubt.

The White House's new McDonald's™ Epstein™ Ballroom™ appears to have been designed on free software.

Angus: This is a guy who showed an AI video of himself dumping diarrhea on his own citizens. So the fact that he’s freaking out because we showed a video that just had Ronald Reagan speaking shows he’s not trustworthy.

Thank you, Chicago.

Hunger in America makes Page One in Knoxville, Tenn, .. .. Indianapolis, Boston, Milwaukee .. #SNAP #Shutdown

Trump finally reposted. He’s calling for the prosecution of his political enemies, which means that it’s another day ending in Y.

Trump flunkie Todd Blanche says it's a crime for states to hold violent ICE thugs responsible for their crimes. He is wrong.

Zhao’s company Binance secured $2 billion in backing using the crypto coin issued by Trump’s World Liberty Financial. Corruption on a scale never before seen.

Watch this. Open your eyes to this brutality. ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man. Now share this. Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back. You have power. Even sharing this video exerts that power.

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

this is great because the context makes it clear that she’s not talking about generally, just in terms of renovation, but we have no obligation whatsoever to care and they’re going to sound like idiots explaining

BREAKING: Over a sharp dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan & Jackson, the Supreme Court will not stop Alabama from killing Anthony Boyd tonight. Sotomayor tells the reader to count to four minutes on their phone. "Now imagine for that entire time, you are suffocating."

The Kremlin is leaning into its cognitive warfare effort to portray Russian forces as relentlessly advancing and a Russian victory as inevitable. This effort aims to obscure the reality that Russian forces are only making minimal gains at disproportionately high manpower costs... 🧵1/5

A reminder all: GO TO JURY DUTY WHEN YOU ARE SUMMONED Yes it is disruptive of schedules but these days, juries need you

This needs investigation 👇👇@cnn @cnni @cbsnews @abcnews @nbcnews @msnbc

Compare Trump’s (unusual) level of empathy for Argentina — vs. Ukraine. @atrupar.com

Russian propagandists praise the complete compliance of "their guy" Trump: Did he impose sanctions? Of course not. Were any new weapons delivered? No. via @juliadavisnews.bsky.social youtu.be/WiXq-Trl1pU

“The demonstrations were very small.”

Great sign!

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

CHRIS CHRISTIE (a Republican): “This is no longer the Department of Justice. What it is now is a Capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so.”