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Scary to think of how bad things would have to get before USians are compelled to general strike.

After spending $14 million in taxpayer funds, Trump's renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are peeling off and floating to the surface

“.. A trainee in his sixth week of basic training died after falling ill on Friday and being taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, the Air Force said in a news release.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Claire McCaskill, on site @ Obama Center opening, when asked by Nicolle for her reaction (paraphrased)....... To be honest, I found myself asking how the hell does this country elect these two men.....the same country......how? Claire speaks for 10's of millions of us

Talarico: I was required by law to report any indication there was abuse at home, and I would hope that the top law enforcement official in Texas would be held to the same standard as a middle school teacher. Ken Paxton had the opportunity to protect a child, but instead he protected a predator

Today a commentator said something like “DEI has almost become a bad word.” To whom? Reporters and pundits INSIST on letting right wing talking points be the default.

Kevin Douglas's clever and rousing world premiere at Lookingglass blends horror, comedy, and complicated family dynamics. https://bit.ly/4fVs1GD

That's right.

Stephen Colbert wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony 😂 REUTERS/Octavio Jones

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

A Marist High School student is collecting luggage to help foster kids move with dignity. blockclubchi.co/4vj0B2p

Obama: I am not immune to anger or doubt. But I do know this when we lose faith in each other, when we stop believing that voting matters… we open the door to the most ruthless or the most careless, or the most fearful among us who see some groups and some people as more equal than others

They might not be looking for it, but they keep choosing it. I see the value in appealing to “better angels,” but the issue I have with kumbaya in politics is that it lets too many intentional bad actors off the hook. Too many suffer while we wait on “better angel” conversions.

President Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities, who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look out for their neighbors and, sometimes, look out for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do."

The contrast is STARK.

Give Mayor Mamdani and his team a lot of credit for organizing a world class event to celebrate Knicks NBA Championship and a wonderful moment for New Yorkers and Knicks fans.

Vance is just Trump without any of the charisma. He has zero juice. His lies are lazy and easy to disprove. He’s boring as fuck. He’s going to get destroyed in the primary by a Republican electorate that’s addicted to the drama of Trump.

Having AI answer companies’ calls feels disrespectful. Companies want your business but don’t want to talk to you.

Y’all know the average person doesn’t know what the Treaty of Versailles is, right?

The closer we get to elections, the less people should be posting Trump's attacks on Democrats. He doesn't lie to be believed. He lies to be repeated. Let's try something else this time!

Absolute nonsense

The Knicks belong to New York City. And this championship belongs to the people who waited 53 years for it. That’s why we’re giving away 600 free tickets to Thursday’s Championship Ceremony at City Hall following the ticker-tape parade.

I love this. The Obamas honoring Nancy Pelosi with a garden in her name is so well deserved. Without Nancy Pelosi, there would be no Affordable Care Act.

this whole "interviewing coaches midgame" thing is more American sports bollocks that needs to fuck right off.

Women make up nearly 50% of the NFL fan base and make 60 to 80% of household purchases. It would be so easy for us to tell the NFL we’re boycotting until they get their shit together when it comes to violence against women. But for some reason, we just never do it.

"Nate Bargatze can support Trump. Nate Bargatze can attend Trump’s White House UFC party. Nate Bargatze can pose for photos with political figures. What Nate Bargatze can’t do is all of those things and then pull the ‘I’m not political’ card like we’re all f—king idiots.” parade.com/entertainmen...

The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.

I need to reassess my TL because there’s way too much Tr*mp. Some of you need to take a break from documenting his daily inanities.

Patently absurd that people still expect good things to be produced by this administration.

Wow! Performers I’ve heard of….

“By endorsing “Reconquista,” Musk is amplifying one of the clarion calls of the European far right, and increasingly, the American right as well: Remigration. This is the idea that saving Western civilization (as Musk imagines it) requires the forced expulsion of huge numbers of immigrants…”

THEY are "The Corporation Trying to Tear Down The Community Center"!

Elon Musk's incitement of pogroms in Belfast reveals he'll use his immense wealth and influence to foment untold fascist violence in the future. Only a global movement can break his power. New piece from @polphilpod.bsky.social and me. Threading highlights below. 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2119...

NEW: Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.

Remember when Biden said "Brazil" for this guy instead of Egypt even though everything else about the name, the context, the current situation was right, and the media spent three straight days covering it? Good times. Not expecting the same here.

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Opponents of the minimum wage have been very good at framing the issue. I think a big part of it is that people see minimum wage jobs as entry-level gigs for teenagers, not work that might be used to support a household.

"If I don't have everything, nobody else should get anything" should not be as big a part of our national character as it is.

Police yet again showing that they are not responsible enough to have guns. www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-s...

The Obama Presidential Center just dropped its grand-opening performance lineup, and it may go down as one of the best Chicago concerts of the last 50 years. Obama Presidential Center opening brings out all the stars www.axios.com/local/chicag...

America’s unions are more united than ever, and we’re ready to take on greedy bosses, billionaires, a trillionaire, and anti-worker politicians - so working people can enjoy a future that works for ALL of us. @meidastouch.com

While discussing the U.S.-Iran deal, Abir Al-Sahlani, Member of the European Parliament, didn’t hold back: “I’m tired of watching old men destroy the international rules-based order… It’s always women, children, and people with disabilities who pay the price.” 💔 #SheShed

ProPublica reporter @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social was prescribed a cancer drug that cost nearly $1,000 per pill. Then he learned it had its origins in a disgraced drug widely banned across the U.S. How did it come back from the pharmaceutical graveyard and become so expensive? Listen and subscribe:

Some women at a Turning Point USA summit talked about relinquishing their right to vote to create a “more conservative” country. Here’s why we can’t afford to laugh it off as ridiculous. substack.com/home/post/p-...