Senate Republicans raise red flags about Trump's private dinner with his meme coin holders Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., a strong Trump backer and a major voice on cryptocurrency regulation in the Senate, said the dinner "gives me pause."

Some Senate Republicans are raising concerns about an exclusive dinner and White House tour President Trump is offering top investors in his $TRUMP meme token.

The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.

Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%

Hard to overstate what censorious bullshit this is. CBS would have 1A protection even if it had edited the interview in a "biased" way. But there was nothing biased or misleading about it. This is about intimidation -- and forcing future compliance with Trump's demands.

Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.

Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!

Texas Lottery Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny of Rigged 2023 Draw Investigators are looking into how bettors were allowed to guarantee themselves a $95 million jackpot win, as state leaders question whether the lottery should go on.

The executive director of the Texas State Lottery resigned abruptly on Monday in the latest fallout from the agency’s decision in 2023 to help professional bettors in Europe purchase and print millions of its tickets and guarantee themselves a $95 million jackpot win.

Six Men Are Charged After Woman Was Dragged From Idaho Town Hall The plainclothes guards were involved in the forcible removal of a woman from a meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, prosecutors said.

Six men who prosecutors said took part in forcibly removing a woman from a town-hall meeting hosted by local Republicans in Coeur d’Alene, a small city in northern Idaho, in February are facing charges including battery and false imprisonment.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury One of the most important stories in some time came out two...

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Turmoil engulfs Pentagon as fresh Signal allegations hit Hegseth The Pentagon denied reports saying Hegseth sent details of planned attacks in Yemen in a Signal chat group that included his wife.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is battling a series of major setbacks that portray the Pentagon as an agency in deep turmoil — including a fresh bombshell report on his use of Signal and the brutal defection of a one-time close ally.

Sorry, we promised not to post much today but we had to make a special callout. We forgot to give a proper shoutout to a few places yesterday. Denver and Dallas Fort Worth, you broke records. You were incredible.

Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

Trump revamps rule to make it easier to cut federal workers, Axios reports

Trump revamps rule to make it easier to cut federal workers, Axios reports reut.rs/4ikRh6R

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

Jonathan Swan, of the NYT, asks Ms Leavitt (all paraphrased) "The President said that it was a terrible abuse of power for the prior Admin to prosecute him. How is it not then an abuse of power when he directed his own DOJ to investigate two people he doesn't like?"

Leavitt: "That's his policy."

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.

Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!

The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back. The agency asked laid-off workers to return after gutting the office that penalizes stores for selling tobacco to minors.

The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

There we go.

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.

He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.

He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.

He’s defying the Supreme Court.

Don’t you see what’s happening here?

This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.

Here’s the clip.

going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force

Excellent read from @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"Per capita more Danish soldiers were killed in the Afghan war than were American soldiers. Do we remember them? Thank them?"
Oh, how I wish someone had asked this of Vance.

Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House Although Trump decided not to fire his national security adviser over the Signal group chat, Waltz’s position is tenuous, officials say.

"Two US officials said Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including on Russia/Ukraine and on military operations. They declined to say if classified information was posted in those chats."

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Musk gives away two $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters in high profile judicial race Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's top court in a closely watched election.

Billionaire Elon Musk handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's top court in a closely watched election reut.rs/41T85Nk

"Human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day."

A senior Israeli army officer has said in a Haaretz newspaper article that Palestinians are “regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives”.

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Maybe folks are better at probabilities on Bluesky!

This needs to be said more and loudly.