John DeVleming

John Oliver is usually insightful and entertaining, but this week he outdid himself with his piece on the GOP's mainstreaming of blatant racism, sexism, antisemitism, and religious bigotry. It is not "a few bad apples." It is the GOP leadership that's normalizing and promoting mindless hate.

Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans politi.co/4jC2wfu

Yikes!

The truth he denies.

The level of authoritarian disregard for the US Constitution and the very basics of due process and rule of law by the Trump Administration are on the level of 'banana republics' and tin-pot dictators.

“Donald Trump is a traitor. And he’s not simply a traitor in the loose sense of someone who commits an act of betrayal…Trump is a traitor in the very particular sense laid out in the U.S. Constitution…’adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.’” www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...

A deeply problematic vaccine trial, funded by the US, is poised to withdraw lifesaving #HBV #vaccines in #Guinea-Bissau. This vaccine is a universal recommendation by @who.int… we know it is safe, effective & essential for eliminating viral hepatitis as a health threat. www.hepb.org/news-and-eve...

Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.

Trump just announced that he is importing 400,000 tons of Russian diesel right away and up to 4,000,000 tons over the coming months. Every US$ going to Putin will be used to buy more missiles and drones to kill Ukrainian civilians. Trump's largess will lead to thousands of deaths. 1/2

The rise in inflation on everyday goods came entirely from Trump’s tariffs, New York Fed research found. New analysis shows the tariffs raised consumer prices by 2.9% by February. Without the tariffs, prices on the goods studied would’ve fallen.

CBO estimates that Iran War cost DoD $38B through August 1. That figure covers incremental DoD costs only; excludes routine costs already budgeted, costs borne by other agencies, and costs CBO was unable to estimate, such as damage to US bases and certain longer-term expenses

ICE has deported the mother of David Garcia, a first‑year midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, after taking her into custody during her scheduled green card interview. www.borderreport.com/border-repor...

Mark Cuban: "James Talarico. Let's go. I'm a big fan. He's honest, trustworthy, he cares. He'll do the right thing as opposed to the politically expedient thing. To Texans, do what's best for Texas. You've been voting for Republicans all these years, what have they done for you?"

Lock her up! Oops, I mean lock him up. He is actually guilty.

Whenever you read a hot take from Politico that casts Dems in an unflattering light, remind yourself that the owner asked the executives to pray for Donald Trump’s reelection. It’s propaganda.

Any guesses on the average IQ of Trump hires?

Gee, I wonder why?

The Treasury’s top tax policy official was forced out of his job after he warned that the White House was at risk of violating a federal law prohibiting senior officials’ involvement in IRS audits www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Chaco Canyon is sacred—and a living landscape! Make your voice heard. Chaco Canyon is not for sale. And, we’re fighting like hell to protect it. Join us! Submit your public comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...

BREAKING: donald trump will lie to the world tonight. Again.

But my child should get all A s!😂

Buttigieg: You can see it in the carnival of corruption that is Washington, D.C., today. The leader of the free world flying around in a secondhand jumbo jet from a foreign country while he makes a billion dollars on crypto deals propped up by foreign leaders.

Is this really there?

Even as Trump decimates US funding for scientific research and subjects all National Science Foundation grants to review (and veto) by know-nothing, anti-science political appointees, China is doubling down on investments in science and technology. Trump has put the US on a path to has-been status.

So much winning.

Good news: The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

As science continues to decline under the Trump Syndicate’s anti-science fervor, beware the snake oil salesmen out to make a buck. With health literacy in the U.S. holding a 12% proficiency, we are staring down the barrel of a massive healthcare crisis. #MedSky 🧪

Duh.

2 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP as of April 2026, as compared to January 2025 when President Trump took office. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/05/28/t...

Amid widespread, flagrant corruption happening throughout the government, Donald Trump is trying to force every government employee to sign an NDA. Every. Single. Person. You can’t divorce the demands for secrecy from the corruption itself. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-nond...

Dallas Fed estimate for how much lower inflation would be without Trump tariffs www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Trump’s Medicaid cuts are about to get very real. Read @citizencohn.bsky.social on the Nebraska Medicaid work requirements that just went into effect, and their sordid history www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...

The sad truth.

Here China, take them all.

A federal judge forcefully struck down HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s attempt to impose far-reaching restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, ruling the policy unlawful and blocking its enforcement in the states that challenged it.

Bang on Stockman

Don't let the chaos and constant lies fool you. America's elections ARE secure. That's a fact. We need people of integrity to keep it that way. Serve as a poll worker and protect the vote: www.country1st.com/poll_workers

My kind of town.

I can understand why the Doge Bags wanted these videos removed. I listened to two of them, and both tech bros came across as breathtakingly stupid. It's scary that they had access to so much sensitive data. Elon lied. They weren't sent to do accounting; they were sent to do hacking.

in retrospect, a poor choice. www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...

The Justice Dept. says it released millions of Epstein files. But NPR reports FBI logs reference interviews tied to allegations against President Donald Trump that were not visible in the public archive. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/fbi-interv...

Gee, an illegal immigrant cheating ? I am shocked.

Good, tolerant man.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

MAHA be damned, this administration is poisoning you www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

Can’t be true, can it?

This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.