Jean McCleery

beneath the bravado of evil there’s *always* a shrill, panicked undertone. the louder evil boasts about its dominance, the more weak and frightened it sounds. because evil knows it has already lost and is doomed to vanish.

all that shrieking at the podium today? the cry of the Eternally Defeated.

Reporter: I have lived in the DC area for almost 50 years now. The most violent moment in my life was January 6th, 2021, when Trump's supporters charged into the Capitol and beat cops. Trump's response to that was to pardon everyone who was involved

Trump-Nvidia Chip Deal Is ‘Far Beyond Uncharted Waters.’ Expect Legal Scrutiny. The U.S. government plans to take 15% of revenue from certain Nvidia and AMD chip sales in China. That may be illegal, experts say.

I always thought export taxes were unconstitutional. With Trump, the constitution is irrelevant.

Trump-Nvidia Chip Deal Is ‘Far Beyond Uncharted Waters.’ Expect Legal Scrutiny. www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...

If the nation’s capital can be occupied by the military for entirely make-believe reasons, understand that this can happen anywhere: at schools & universities, polling places, religious spaces, etc. Nowhere that we work, live, & love will be safe if this is allowed to continue.

Martial Law Cosplay Donald Trump has once again found a way to turn a city with falling crime rates into a stage set for his “Only I Can Save You” reality show.

open.substack.com/pub/nickande...

Exactly!

The “criminals” aren’t the ones who are being snatched by ICE or whoever those masked men are.

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, while speaking at an event in Connecticut.

Obama cautioned that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”

Education Department misses key deadline for delivering statistics report Congress mandates annual ‘Condition of Education’ digest by June 1

For nearly 160 years, federal govt has been producing a statistical report on condition & progress of education. In 2002, Congress gave Ed Dept annual deadline for that report: June 1.
For first time ever, Ed Dept just failed to meet this statutory obligation.
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

The NYPD and ICE mistakenly arrested a Chilean woman who is a permanent resident in New York City and left her poor frightened 12 year old daughter on the street alone.

She was released approximately six hours later.

This is the fearful state of America.

Trump is proposing a $1 trillion military budget.

Roughly half of US defense spending goes to private military contractors, with investigations finding that these companies routinely price-gouge.

Oh, and the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.

"Fiscal responsibility."

Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.

His argument fails even on its own terms.

Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters The “Faces of Gun Violence” memorial was installed at ATF in 2024 to remind the workforce of the human toll.

In the coverage of the Administration’s decision to remove the gun violence memorial at ATF, I don’t want us to ever lose sight of the victims, the surviving families, and their stories that inspire us at Brady to fight for better laws and better enforcement of the laws 🧵

The Milwaukee schools where they found lead- some kids with detectable levels- are shut down and they’re getting no government help because all the experts in that department were fired by Trump - DOGE regime.

Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

JPMORGAN: “.. Today's US trade and inventory data have prompted us to revise our 1Q US GDP estimate to -1.8%q/q saar––significantly worse than our previous estimate of 0%.” 🇺🇸

Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off

@hcrichardson.bsky.social want to cry?read @ USAID-how peanut butter mix literally brought starving children from brink of death.T canceled it along w/stop payment to pay manufacturer-shut down T 1st week food purchased-millions of dollars of food allowed to rot. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

In Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest Trump They saw the Holocaust, WWII and Vietnam, and these senior protesters on Philly's Main Line have seen enough of Trump.

An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor. A 93-year-old woman who never protested before. They're mad as hell at what Trump is doing to America, as they joined about 80 others in their senior complex in Haverford, Pa. for a "No Kings!" protest like no other

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Trump floats legally questionable proposal to deport U.S. citizens Trump has suggested that "homegrown" criminals who have been convicted of certain crimes should be deported — a policy that legal experts say is "pretty obviously illegal."

Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Why can’t Trump, Vance or Rubio simply say this? Why won’t they?

Trump Orders Probe Against Officials Who Opposed His Election Lies Read more here.

Some of Trump's latest executive orders are targeting officials from his first term who publicly opposed his 2020 election lies and criticized chaos in the administration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Much like a gang initiation, Republicans demand that you have proof you’ve committed a felony before running for the Senate.

This!

#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1

Hands Off!
#HandsOff rallies should have every complicit, Russian water toting elected Republican, sleepless tonight and every night to come!
You thought we would roll over?

Y’all evidently don’t know who you’re dealing with! We are THE PEOPLE!
Be afraid.

JP Morgan raised its probability of a U.S. and global recession to 60% — up from 40% last month, citing rapidly growing tariff-related stress on markets and diminishing investor confidence.

A table titled “Convicted World Leaders” with columns: Name, Country, Role, Year, Reason, Status, and Consequence. It lists political leaders from various countries who were convicted of crimes ranging from corruption and bribery to abuse of power and attempted coups. Most rows have a red background, signaling convictions with prison time or bans. One row is highlighted in green and features Donald Trump (USA, President), listed as convicted in 2023 for Jan 6, Corruption, Abuse of Power, Documents, Election Interference, with the consequence noted as No formal ban or sentencing/Granted Immunity.

With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.

Lithuanian president & people paid their respects to 4 American servicemen who died during training exercise.

When the soldier’s remains arrived at Dover Air force Base, no US president was there to honor them on behalf of a grateful nation.
Trump was golfing & will dine with rich Saudis