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Dear Pope Leo, please meet with Hegseth and set him straight. Thanks, The American People

🇬🇧 The view from @lbc.co.uk across the pond: “If Trump started this conflict to divert attention from the Epstein Files, it’s not working… you have to ask what Netanyahu & Putin have on him… Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddle…”

According to a federal court, Trump's IRS illegally shared confidential taxpayer information with ICE 42,695 times.

“.. no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras — just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept.”

@washingtonpost.com #J6
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The Jan 6 plaque has finally been hung at the U.S. Capitol

Happened at 4am

Happened three years late due to politicized foot dragging

47 fails English every day.

In #Texas , Diesel Fuel has risen 98 cents per gallon this past week.

Most of that 25% increase will likely filter down into increased trucking cost and ultimately higher cost for consumer items, including groceries.

#Trumpflation

Hell... he hasn't learned English yet. He hasn't the band-width to learn another language. Didn't he have to take a second language in High School? Wonder what grade he made in that class.

How much do the members of this Shield of Americas club have to pay 47 to get their picture taken with him? #Meaningless.Org

The new salute being taught at basic training.

Certifiably bonkers. Who knew that electing a self-indulgent narcissist would lead to "news" that looks like this? Uh... we did. Those of us who voted for Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton knew this.

this week in stupid: March 7 edition Donny stays on topic, Marco gets myopic, and so much more...

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Prince would not approve.

The regime just got hit where it hurts—the wallet! 💸 A federal judge just ordered the government to pay back a staggering $175 BILLION in illegal tariffs. More here:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/denver-mov...

In the 1980s, empathy was a huge engine of creative — and commercial — success in music.

“That’s What Friends Are For”

“Ebony and Ivory”

.. and “We Are the World”, which debuts today in 1985.

Juneteenth... Awesome.

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

Graves: There’s been reporting that some troops have been told that this is about starting Armageddon.

Warner: I don’t know whether that’s coming from the White House or just from specific military commanders.

Hegseth does realize he is talking about genocide, doesn't he? His whole crusadic world view is NOT shared by most Americans and he MUST be stopped.

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

🔥Ex-CIA Ex-Marine congressional candidate @adamduniganva8 : “This is now a regional conflict involving 17 countries… incompetence, lack of planning, and an inability to understand the scale of the crisis they’ve created… Trump spent more time with Epstein than planning for war.”

I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things.

WATCH: “An extraordinary betrayal of the American people.”

@krystalball.bsky.social lays out how Stephen Miller & Trump blatantly lied about being anti-war and said Kamala would do exactly what they’re doing now.

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Molly Ivins on the Scholz Garten restroom graffiti — and what someone wrote about UT Regent Frank Erwin. From a C-SPAN storytelling evening Hightower hosted over beers.

Full video: jhttps://jimhightower.substack.com/p/blast-from-the-past-hightower-molly

#JimHightower #MollyIvins #TexasPolitics

This is the most WTF moments of this whole presidency. Unconditional surrender? Russia helping Iran doesn't matter? Lifting Russian sanctions? It's okay to lose a few soldiers?

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The leopards came for Dan.

Trump is lifting oil sanctions on Russian while they’re helping Iran target Americans.

Putin definitely has a copy of the Epstein files.