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It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:

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Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel violates the Communications Act, which bars censorship of broadcasters.

Gomez also says Brendan Carr is pressuring Nextar, which is waiting for FCC approval for a merger.

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That’s a lovely thought. But it could never happen with Donald Trump serving as president, and would never have been necessary if he weren’t.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Ashli Babbitt was a traitor. She was a traitor to this country. She was part of a violent mob that tried to overthrow our democracy...She didn't die protecting our country. She died trying to turn it down...She wasn't a martyr. She was and is a traitor."

THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything?

10/ But documents obtained by ProPublica show that four weeks earlier, Cavanaugh had received detailed records from USIP outlining Halimi’s work.

These records included invoices, project descriptions, and dates and times showing what Halimi was supposed to be doing on specific days.

11/ Cavanaugh did not respond to questions about his access to these records or how they appeared to conflict with his statements on Fox News. But Cavanaugh defended cuts at the agency as needed and aligning with President Trump's agenda.

9/ On TV, Cavanaugh called the United States Institute of Peace “the least peaceful agency we worked with.”

He told Watters he’d uncovered documents showing USIP was making payments to a contractor associated with the Taliban and that DOGE was unable to find any justification for those payments.

A few things are clear from this:
1. Trump has lost control of the narrative.
2. Trump is panicked about what is in the Epstein files.
3. When the files get released, Trump will say they are forgeries.
4. Trump is going to target Democrats with political prosecutions.

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen BREAKING: NEWSOM SUES FOX NEWS IN BOMBSHELL LAWSUIT

BREAKING: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social files a $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Watch the interview with @governor.ca.gov here:

Don’t get it twisted—today’s SCOTUS ruling makes it harder for courts to fully block dangerous policies like Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship.

Once again, they’re bending the law to serve him instead of defending the Constitution.

It’s shameful.

The Supreme Court Just Made America a Dangerous Place The birthright citizenship decision is worse than you feared.

The SCOTUS decision is worse than anyone imagined. And not even because of birthright citizenship.

The majority is making geography an issue of life and death for political minorities. This is house-divided-against-itself level stuff. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-suprem...

Third possibility:
* Two of them are into it.
* Two of them are very stupid people.
* Two of them either (a) think they're playing 5D chess or (b) don't know what time it is.

“Israeli officers and soldiers said that they were ordered to deliberately fire at unarmed civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in an investigation published by the Israeli newspaper 𝘏𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘻 on Friday; the military prosecution has called for a review into possible war crimes.”

Text reads: "University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump." Photo of James E. Ryan by Win Mcnamee/Getty Images

Breaking News: The University of Virginia president, James E. Ryan, is said to have resigned under pressure from the Trump administration over DEI. nyti.ms/4npkLUK

Israeli officers and soldiers said that they were ordered to deliberately fire at unarmed civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, according to a @haaretzcom.bsky.social investigation.

The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions tomorrow in some or all of the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including:

⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions.
⚖️Louisiana Redistricting.

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