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No Kings protests held across U.S., overseas to demonstrate against Trump administration

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In the face of murderous MAGA raiding our neighborhoods, killing our lawmakers, the people RISE. #3E #NOKINGSPROTEST #PhillyProtest

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wearing a suit and tie, is sitting at a table. A headline reads: "White House Health Report Included Fake Citations." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times.

The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

For those who forgot ......

Mexican President Sheinbaum confirms that Trump has phoned her to secretly pressure her to allow US troops to enter the country.

The president said no to Trump and told him "Mexico's sovereignty is inviolable and it's not for sale."..."We will never accept a US military presence in our territory."

NEWS: The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint by a vote of 216-214, which aims to make massive cuts to Medicaid and give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans.

So glad you are safe.

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of NLRB board member Gwynne Wilcox, and has some choice language for Trump, whose self-depiction as a king "fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is hard to beat, but we have faith that CDC can rise to the challenge with our RTO.

We'll be watching for evidence of fever, mouth sores, and skin rash on mango Mussolini in the meantime. You can learn more about the signs of hand, foot and mouth disease here:

www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mo...

"Recoup the costs" The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

This is the story.

Zelenskyy calls for the creation of a #EuropeanArmy: “We must build the armed forces of Europe, so that Europe’s future depends only on Europeans,” the creation of a unified European force outside of NATO comes after the US elected a Russian asset making it no longer reliable or to be counted on.

A man in a suit stands surrounded by microphones from various news outlets, engaged in a media interview.

Dutch Volt Leader Laurens Dassen backs Ukraine's call for a #EuropeanArmy: “With one united European Army we will stand much stronger in the world than with dozens of small ones, and we won't need Donald Trump.”

Pressure Won’t Bring People Back to the Office. Something Else Might.

Canada's Trudeau announces counter tariffs Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday Canada would impose 25% tariffs on C$155 billion ($106.5 billion) of U.S. goods in response to U.S. tariffs.

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on long-time ally US - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Canada's foreign minister confirms Canada is coordinating with the EU and UK on a tariff response and retaliation on the Trump led US tariff attacks on the world.

Make child labor great again!

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Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues. You may notice them as posters who are smearing Chrystia Freeland, pushing anti-Ukrainian narratives, Germany's election, anti-EU rhetoric, anti-NATO rhetoric, etc.

Their numbers are still low, so stay vigilant

EU is mulling legal action against US oligarch Elon Musk over election interference across Europe and backing of neo-Nazi party in Germany.

Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution in 90 Minutes Than Average Person in a Lifetime | Common Dreams Oxfam International found that global billionaires—with their superyachts, private jets, and investments—emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes of their lives than the average person does in a lif...

TIME TO TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE -
To preserve our own

www.commondreams.org/news/billion...

Today is January 6, the anniversary of the felon/GOP’s violent insurrection trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 election! We remember 140 officers who were injured & those who lost their lives due to the attack on the Capitol! Hold all involved in the insurrection accountable!

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RIP Jimmy Carter.