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Pete Hegseth’s proposed testosterone screenings aren’t medically necessary and seem unlikely to contribute to military readiness—they’re “an exercise in projecting a masculine image,” Tom Bartlett writes.

What are in the Epstein files that is worth keeping the government shutdown?

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election @aftynbehn.bsky.social

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown. These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

The US revoked the visas of two former senior health officials in Brazil for their involvement in a program that sent Cuban doctors to remote areas in the South American nation.

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.

Disgusting.

Pam Bondi wants to seize powers that the Constitution grants to Congress and the judiciary, constructing an authoritarian presidency that respects no limits on Trump’s rule. This administration simply does not believe the other branches have a legitimate claim to power. slate.com/news-and-pol...

At a fed building today for an errand, I rode in an elevator with a family headed to immigration court. The mom prayed all the way to the 10th floor. If you can volunteer to accompany people to court, please consider it. The fact that they're harassing volunteers tells us how important this is.

Trump/Bondi knew this was going to happen, which is why they went to this distraction when things got hot. Now they can just blame the judge. Hey, we tried!

Me, everytime SCOTUS issues a new shadow docket opinion:

Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought." h/t @msnbc.com

Cornyn highlights the people who didn't die in the Texas floods: "It's a very sad time, but it's also a time when 850+ campers were accounted for and recovered ... this was a 100 year flood event ... it's just a time of very many conflicting feelings."

Justice Sotomayor said it best: the conservative majority is “rewarding lawlessness.” Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in. This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.

Small methane wells leak massive amounts—but are barely tracked. Like microplastics, pesticides, and biodiversity loss, they’re invisible by design. Profit demands willful ignorance. www.vox.com/climate/4164...

This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator

Goodnight 🌙 Fuck ABC News

BREAKING: ABC News announces they will NOT be renewing Terry Moran’s contract and with that I will NOT be watching ABC News ever again. I stand with Terry Moran 💙

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

NEW: A grand jury has indicted NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver following an ICE protest.

I feel safer already.

Yes.

WATCH: Kanew calls out Bulso for knowing Ogles is wrong about non-citizens not having a right to due process— but not speaking up at that anti-immigrant presser inside a locked Capitol this week, despite preaching about “following the law” and “Liberty”🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DKMsmpZ...

Trump's budget bill will cut food stamps to fund the golden dome. Trump's budget bill will cause millions of Americans to lose health care to help millionaires get richer. Trump's budget bill is a nightmare for working people & a gift for the ultra wealthy.

All 7 articles on top of NYT are written from insanely pro-Trump-bias compared with reality. Russia stories make it seem like Trump is rationally weighing foreign policy rather than serving interest of Putin for 10+ years. Other 4 articles are SaneWashing and minimizing scope & impact of corruption.

"Into this age of American decline comes the first American pope."

the House's budget bill is over 1,000 pages long so it's easy to miss all the bad things slipped in there things like, say, a little provision that would strip courts of funds to enforce contempt findings when the Trump administration violates court orders ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

House GOP just passed Trump's bloated and grotesque budget bill. They're stealing health care and funding from tens of millions of Americans, to give tax breaks to rich people. But it's not over yet. Contact your Senator as many times as you can. This can and must be stopped. Get loud.

Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman

the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation

Pope Leo XIV condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world leaders, royalty and tens of thousands of believers

Ethics experts say Chris Young’s arrangement — working for a Musk company and DOGE at the same time — likely violates federal conflict-of-interest regulations. Musk has publicly called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency Young is helping to gut.

So many layers of corruption.

🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Trump Organization just admitted that the president still controls his business. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

From Monday’s show: Juan Lima tells me ICE detained his parents after they lived in the U.S. for 26 years, paying taxes, and becoming leaders in their church. Now he says his dad is sleeping on the floor of an ICE detention center. youtube.com/shorts/0byRO...

The new swastika.

Donald Trump is actually more stupid than his supporters

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

Trump’s ICE deported 3 American kids. One is 4 years old with stage four cancer.
Another’s mom is pregnant. No meds. No prenatal care. No due process. This ain’t “tough on immigration”—it’s sick.

Obama scares trump because he's a real man while trump is a felon rapist weakest dumbest laziest stupidest unamerican lying idiot sleeping in his stupid blue suit baby 😆😆😆

Uganda has declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed. Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.