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OBAMA: "Trump is focused on enriching himself & his family/friends. A Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, so he paid a Trump lawyers $50 million — and lo & behold! The pardon falls out of the sky... We’ve never seen a president straight-up grifting on your dime like this."

“I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, Katie, but here's the thing. Mr. Musk has done this before.” Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling tells Katie Phang that Musk previously shut down Starshield because he disagreed with Zelenskyy, then connects that allegation to Trump's latest ceasefire demands.

Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions REMAIN in Ukraine, crippling interceptor drones and military operations. He says Ukraine has evidence the restrictions are DELIBERATE after testing Starlink systems in the EU, where they worked perfectly at speeds that cause connections to fail inside Ukraine.

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‘GODZILLA MINUS ZERO’ surpasses all expectations, delivering mind-blowing spectacle with incredible visual effects that beat almost every modern Hollywood blockbuster. Find out more in our review... bit.ly/ZeroDF

Street art seen in Seattle's Pike Place area. #EpsteinFiles

The Pentagon influencer scandal keeps getting bigger. More partisan online personalities. More government jobs. More taxpayer money. Who hired them, what are they being paid to do, and are military officers violating the UCMJ? This deserves answers.

The Israeli military documentary 'NAZA' has been added to the 2026 New York Film Festival lineup.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

These glasses blind cameras with infrared LEDs before your face ever hits the frame, part of a growing anti surveillance gear market.

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

I'm shocked...(not at all).

Another nail in the coffin for Israeli support. What a dumb move by those settlers. Not surprised however.

Thank you to Seattle, the city and the World Cup venue. One of the best soccer settings over decades of global travels. The fans, the stadium, the backdrop, the waterways, the light rail, the noise, the food, the vibe, the soul. Well done, Cascadia.

The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a "pedophile" and a "thief."

The corruption is endless. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Dogs at the Rescue Center get to pick their own toy 🧸

Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio & years in a leg brace to become the fastest woman runner in the world! #inspiration She was the first American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and field during a single Olympics, Rome 1960. 100 m🥇 200 m🥇 4x100 m relay🥇 She was born #OTD in 1940.

Here's the scene with Donald Trump peeing himself after meeting Yujiro Hanma in 'BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai'

UFC White House event had 17M total viewers Joe Rogan falsely claimed there were over 150M viewers and it was one of the most-watched events in history

Gordon S. Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of American history at Brown University whose books illuminated the radical ideas about the American Revolution and helped define what it means to be an American, died at 92.

Follow along here for every game, reveal, and surprise from today's Xbox Games Showcase: https://bit.ly/3RJzGxT #IGNLive #IGNSummerOfGaming

Today marks 20 YEARS since Animator vs. Animation by Alan Becker was posted to @newgrounds.com.

DuckDuckGo has reported huge traffic growth for its “No AI search” tool following Google Search’s AI-focused updates. The page removes all AI elements and images from search results, with new dedicated extensions for Chrome and Firefox alternativeto.net/news/2026/6...

Wow, I was 19 when this came out and I remember my friends and I feeling like it was a game changer. Metallica was so angry, and to be honest rightfully so. Still, as we felt then it was a game changer and ahead of its time for music sharing.

6 films have opened with over $75M domestically in the past 10 weeks 🍿💰 • 'Backrooms' • 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' • 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' • Michael' • 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' • 'Project Hail Mary'

Biggest global opening weekends for Hollywood films (2026) 💰

Buttiigieg: "Look, when you are this deep into your second year, if your reflex is to still be trying to blame the previous administration, it really shows that you are out of ideas, out of solutions, and unwilling to take ownership of your own choices."

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Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

A reminder that E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G he does is a distraction from the sex crimes he, if there is justice, will be imprisoned for. On November 3rd, 2026: #AccountabilityIsComing

This is super exciting! And sorry flat Earthers...this mission will prove (again) she's still round. The Earth's roundness was proved through centuries of observations, beginning with ancient Greek scholars (c. 4th-3rd century BC) and confirmed by navigation. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

10 US servicemembers were wounded in an #Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to multiple U.S. and Arab officials - WSJ Two of the servicemembers are considered seriously wounded, the officials said.

According to the @wsj.com, citing U.S. and Saudi officials with knowledge on the matter, several U.S. servicemembers were injured in an #Iranian ballistic missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia earlier today. The Pentagon has yet to respond with a comment.

The hackers released personal photos of Patel and his resume.

If this turns out to be reality, no mail in voting, then these voting days need to be national holidays. That would ensure that everyone has a better opportunity to vote. I still don't understand why that's not a thing in the US. ground.news/article/us-s...

I don’t believe they are on Blue Sky, but this is a great source of up to date information regarding the war we were dragged into by Israel. x.com/defence_inde...