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No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.

www.nokings.org#map

Or maybe he just wants to go out in the coolest way possible.

Rubio on X: Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador.  The alliance between @POTUS and President @nayibbukele has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere.

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process.

This is not lawful.

Principal Skinner: WELL, TIL TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SO FUNNY. RIGHT NOW ELON MUSK IS AT HOME CRYING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

They have a lack of topping options so they really go for it with the crust-tech.

Might be indigestion?

He also takes credit for Bernie’s current tour ☠️☠️☠️

THEM: you look tired

ME: I am tired

THEM: oh right because of the…

ME: the horrors yeah

THEM: right right, that’s right

Highly recommend the ticker-tape version.

'Long Live the King': Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administrations move to kill congestion pricing in New York.

A fondness for regal themes

Trump: I AM A KING!

NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

They screwed this all up.

Sen. Andy Kim says he's prepared to support a government shutdown to Trump administration lawlessness

A coalition of 18 state attorneys general file suit over Musk’s staff accessing the Treasury payment system, the largest data breach in American history. ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...

Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.

How to Win the USAID Fight Rules for Democrats.

i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...

This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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Screenshot of a paper in the International Journal of Press/Politics. Title: When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries. Authors: Petter Törnberg and Juliana Chueri. Abstract: The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of misinformation. Yet, little is known of the relationship between party politics and the spread of misinformation—in part due to a dearth of cross-national empirical data needed for comparative study. This article examines which parties are more likely to spread misinformation, by drawing on a comprehensive database of 32M tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries, spanning 6years and several election periods. The dataset is combined with external databases such as Parlgov and V-Dem, linking the spread of misinformation to detailed information about political parties and cabinets, thus enabling a comparative politics approach to misinformation. Using multilevel analysis with random country intercepts, we find that radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation. Populism, left- wing populism, and right-wing politics are not linked to the spread of misinformation. These results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution.

This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”

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BREAKING FROM THE FED — MONEY IS OVER — "BANKING SYSTEM IS SOUND BUT WE WILL NONETHELESS BE TRANSITIONING TO A PRECLASSICAL GIFT ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS" SAYS YELLEN, NOCKING AN ARROW INTO HER BOW AS SHE SPIES A BOAR FROM HORSEBACK

Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal Trump's intention marks a rejection of decades of U.S. policy that has prioritized self-determination over territorial expansion.

I am unprepared for how stupid this year is going to be.

Just because you put a donut on a fancy plate doesn’t mean it’s worth an hour of federal minimum wages.

they are going to do the tariffs and fly the country’s economy into the side of a mountain

The strategy is, “the trough needs more slop”.

The junk is also definitely in the trunk.