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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

Full Story: politi.co/43tIMS2

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.

This is so nice. A father pretending he read the book his son pretended to write. 🥲

Ready to talk about it yet?

From the right-wing CATO Institute:

I can't believe we're doing the whole moral panic about video games but about smartphones now. This moral panic (like all moral panic) is very made up! It's not based on anything but vibes/feelings. Every single top researcher who actually studies this topic has come out and said this, it's bad!

And btw, you can SEE this is a moral panic, bc even in this guy's post he's complaining abt *content* it's not about the technology of smartphones. It's about *content* these people don't like and how they believe specific content is destroying ppl's minds, just like rap music, TV, comic books, etc

If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly."

They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.

Fox News' Marc Thiessen, without a hint of irony: "Imagine if – we didn’t see this on the right, but imagine if after the George Floyd killing, people had gone on in saying he was a POS and that I’m glad he's dead... do you think anybody would have employed them ever again?!"

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.

President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

1. BREAKING

Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files, and that the names of other high-profile people did as well.

YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films The Civil War Was A Slave Revolt

When speaking to black living historians at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Houston this past Juneteenth, I kept hearing a common refrain: that the Civil War was, in a way, the largest and most successful slave revolt in American history. youtu.be/KWiM00lCRTE

the pivot from “we’re not cutting medicaid” to “come on look at these lazy bastards” sure was speedy

The idea that Trump adheres to deadlines is absolutely ludicrous.

The man promised us a healthcare plan over 450 weeks ago.

It's been infrastructure week since I was born.

Russia sanctions are supposed to be coming in two weeks.

Just seems like some military people taking strolls and short drives in Washington, not real parade-ish

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

Elon Musk& X @elonmusk Subscribe Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT! 12:10 PM • 6/5/25 • 26K Views

This was just posted by Elon Musk.

(Not a joke)

#LookUp
#Superman - Only in Theaters July 11

Your choices, your actions, that’s what makes you who you are. #Superman - Only In Theaters and Imax July 11.

Mike Waltz has left the chat.

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

Here we go! @kateconger.com was verified - not by Bluesky but by the NYTimes, one of the "trusted verifiers"

Gonna keep saying it: a healthy digital society should distribute power!

Photo of Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Hegseth

BREAKING

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife Jennifer, brother, and personal lawyer.

Full Story: bit.ly/44FF6xY

Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a minor child.

Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

I've seen enough: Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs has just won, provided NCSBE interpretation of NC Court of Appeals ruling holds. Math is no longer there for Griffin to overcome 734-vote deficit. Still need court confirmation before 100% calling. #ncpol

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

On April 15, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff following the 4pm ET hearing on whether the Trump administration is following the Supreme Court's rulling that the administration facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from an El Salvador prison. The livestream is scheduled to start at 6pm ET, but may be delayed depending on the length of the court hearing. The start time will be announced on Lawfare's Youtube channel and social media pages. Find Lawfare’s litigation tracker here. Material supporters will receive a link to join the webinar to watch it without ads. It will be livestreamed on YouTube for all other viewers. Find the livestream here. If you can’t attend the live event, the recording will be available immediately afterward on Lawfare’s YouTube channel. You can help make this coverage possible by becoming a monthly material supporter of Lawfare on Substack or our Patreon page. Subscribe to Lawfare’s YouTube channel to receive an alert for the livestream or add it to your calendar here!

COMING UP: At 4 p.m. ET, Judge Xinis is set to hold a hearing on the government's efforts -- or lack thereof -- to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I'll be there along w/ my colleague @rparloff.bsky.social.

After the hearing, we'll discuss live: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...