Richard

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A primer for the civically ill-informed.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

Head on over to the BBC

CNBC "The Trump Organization’s T1 smartphone [states] will be “built in the United States” amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for more stateside manufacturing. Yet the phone will likely be produced by a Chinese original device manufacturer, one analyst says."

Was it British historian Lord Acton who said: "tRump tends to corrupt, and absolute tRump corrupts absolutely." He is a failing and falling leader.

Yes, as you say, tRump wins "Worst Person in America" and I will add, in contention for "Worst Person in the World."

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

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PBS and Fox aired this. Pay attention to the soldier walking in the background so you know it is the same footage. Now tell me what you hear different….

The Senator Who Failed America on Vaccines Bill Cassidy blew it.

Senator Bill Cassidy cast a pivotal vote to confirm RFK Jr. while vowing to constrain him. Cassidy has clearly failed to do so, writes Nicholas Florko.

Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.

(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

"Rebekah Koffler is a Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert. Working with the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service, she has led 'red' teams during wargames and briefed the Pentagon, the White House, and NATO on Russian affairs."

On Obama Appreciation Day…“In a world obsessed with power, true greatness is shown in moments of humility. This fist bump speaks louder than any speech—it’s respect, equality, and dignity in motion.”😍

Happy Obama Appreciation Day

The man who tried to assassinate Trump was a gun-loving Trump supporter who later turned on him.

Right-wing media blamed Democrats, because of course.

The alleged Minnesota shooter is an anti-abortion Christian nationalist w/ a list with other Dems as targets.

They're still blaming liberals.

10:30am: "Brevard County Sheriff Sheriff Wayne Ivey: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at, because we will kill you graveyard dead." 10:49am: law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

Jesus.

The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center.

Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them.

We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!!!

#ObamaAppreciationDay

𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙇𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙠𝙞 understood that physically attacking Sen. Padilla was outrageous and wrong.

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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her

Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran has joined Substack.

He says he can’t wait to “get at the important work that we all have to do at a time of such trouble in our country.”

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Read these headline search result and tell me what you perceive as fair and balanced?