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<p>With each passing day, the <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> sinks deeper in the <a href="/tags/cesspool/" rel="tag">#cesspool</a> of an egregiously <a href="/tags/corrupt/" rel="tag">#corrupt</a> <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarian/" rel="tag">#authoritarian</a> <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a>. <a href="/tags/rights/" rel="tag">#Rights</a> are mere illusions under <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p>According to Vox, Trump has asked <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> to disregard the Convention Against Torture.</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/hellscape/" rel="tag">#hellscape</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/thisis2025/" rel="tag">#thisis2025</a> <a href="/tags/torture/" rel="tag">#torture</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> <a href="/tags/wtf/" rel="tag">#wtf</a></p>

<p>From the Creator of ‘<a href="/tags/succession/" rel="tag">#Succession</a>,’ a Satire of <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a>’s <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a></p><p>…“Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong…new movie, “<a href="/tags/mountainhead/" rel="tag">#Mountainhead</a>,” …He wrote the script, about grandiose, nihilistic tech <a href="/tags/oligarchs/" rel="tag">#oligarchs</a> holed up in a mountain mansion in Utah, in Jan &amp; Feb, as a very similar set of oligarchs was coalescing behind <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s inauguration. Then he shot the film, his first, over 5 wks this spring. It premieres on Sat on <a href="/tags/hbo/" rel="tag">#HBO</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/broligarchy/" rel="tag">#broligarchy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/succession-mountainhead-tech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=F1B636B4-CB53-4955-B261-4829BC8C52DD" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opinion/succession-mountainhead-tech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=F1B636B4-CB53-4955-B261-4829BC8C52DD"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/succession-mountainhead-tech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=F1B636B4-CB53-4955-B261-4829BC8C52DD</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;Comfortable.&quot;</p><p>COMFORTABLE striking a nuke facility. </p><p>So glad he&#x27;s so comfy. I&#x27;m not.</p><p>‪Yashar Ali:</p><p>BREAKING via ABC NEWS </p><p>“<a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is getting comfortable with the idea of taking out Iran&#x27;s Fordo nuclear facility. It would not be just one strike on the facility, it would be several. There is now a movement to get ready for this.”</p>

<p>&quot;Just for clarification, there is no such thing as a white South African refugee. And the Episcopal Church is well aware of that fact. Because there is nothing that a white South African needs to be refuged from. ...</p><p>South Africa&#x27;s wealth distribution is heavily influenced by race, with white South Africans historically and currently holding a disproportionate share of wealth.&quot;</p><p>~ Keith Owens</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrikaners/" rel="tag">#Afrikaners</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a><br>/1</p>

<p>&quot;During the EXCLUSIVE telephone interview, the senior <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> transition team insider explained that President Trump is determined “to make <a href="/tags/theinternet/" rel="tag">#theInternet</a> serve America first”, emphasizing the word “first”.</p><p>The transition team insider then added that President Trump is considering many different actions to deliver on this, including a Presidential Executive Order.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://survivability.news/breaking-president-trump-is-considering-plans-to-re-take-control-of-the-internet-and-icann-oversight-we-invented-it-it-must-first-serve-making-america-great-again-said-a-senior-trump-transit/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="survivability.news/breaking-president-trump-is-considering-plans-to-re-take-control-of-the-internet-and-icann-oversight-we-invented-it-it-must-first-serve-making-america-great-again-said-a-senior-trump-transit/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">survivability.news/breaking-pr</span><span class="invisible">esident-trump-is-considering-plans-to-re-take-control-of-the-internet-and-icann-oversight-we-invented-it-it-must-first-serve-making-america-great-again-said-a-senior-trump-transit/</span></a></p>

<p>Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:</p><p>• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;<br>• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;<br>• 6 of those were violent crimes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>

<p>When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.</p><p>Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it, ProPublica learned via a public records request.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-diversity-initiatives-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-diversity-initiatives-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-diversity-initiatives-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Hearing in <a href="/tags/kilmarabregogarcia/" rel="tag">#KilmarAbregoGarcia</a>&#x27;s case is underway with Judge <a href="/tags/xinis/" rel="tag">#Xinis</a> on the bench hearing arguments over whether the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin can invoke the <a href="/tags/statesecrets/" rel="tag">#StateSecrets</a> privilege [GMAFB] to withhold information about what it has done to facilitate <a href="/tags/abregogarcia/" rel="tag">#AbregoGarcia</a>’s return to the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> [nada].</p><p>[via Anna Bower + my commentary]</p><p>🧵</p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/rendition/" rel="tag">#rendition</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredabduction/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> maintains block on <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/deportations/" rel="tag">#deportations</a> under wartime <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/alienenemiesact/" rel="tag">#AlienEnemiesAct</a></p><p>The US <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> on Friday kept in place its block on Trump&#x27;s deportations of <a href="/tags/venezuelan/" rel="tag">#Venezuelan</a> migrants under a 1798 law historically used only in wartime after their lawyers said the government was set to remove the men without <a href="/tags/judicial/" rel="tag">#judicial</a> review in <a href="/tags/violation/" rel="tag">#violation</a> of a prior <a href="/tags/courtorder/" rel="tag">#CourtOrder</a> by the justices.</p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-maintains-block-trump-deportations-under-wartime-law-2025-05-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-maintains-block-trump-deportations-under-wartime-law-2025-05-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-su</span><span class="invisible">preme-court-maintains-block-trump-deportations-under-wartime-law-2025-05-16/</span></a></p>

<p>Answer: Yes. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has Get Out of Jail Free cards.</p><p><a href="/tags/zelenskyy/" rel="tag">#Zelenskyy</a> has &quot;functioning brain, outsmart everyone&quot; cards</p><p>‪Acyn‬: </p><p>Reporter: He said Zelenskyy didn&#x27;t have the cards when they met in the oval office a few months back. Does Zelenskyy possibly have some cards that the president hadn&#x27;t known about?</p>

<p>&quot;The truth about Donald Trump rarely makes it into the news. Mainstream journalists are depriving their audiences of crucial context. ...</p><p>The elite reporters who cover Trump still dutifully report what he says. Then they point out that others disagree. And they think they’ve done their job.&quot;</p><p>~ Dan Froomkin</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/corporatemedia/" rel="tag">#CorporateMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mainstreammedia/" rel="tag">#MainstreamMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mediafail/" rel="tag">#MediaFail</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://criticalread.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-donald-trump-rarely" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="criticalread.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-donald-trump-rarely"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">criticalread.substack.com/p/th</span><span class="invisible">e-truth-about-donald-trump-rarely</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a> met privately Tues morning with <a href="/tags/lauraloomer/" rel="tag">#LauraLoomer</a>, a <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a> crackpot whose criticisms of some of the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s hires have led to their ousters.<br>
Vance met alone with Loomer at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. It was not immediately clear what the pair discussed.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/laura-loomer-jd-vance-meeting?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/laura-loomer-jd-vance-meeting?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/laura-loomer-jd-vance-meeting?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>

<p>How quickly they turn on each other</p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> calls <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s sweeping <a href="/tags/legislation/" rel="tag">#legislation</a> ‘pork-filled’ &amp; ‘a disgusting abomination’</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/broligarchy/" rel="tag">#broligarchy</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#Disinformation</a> Campaign of <a href="/tags/fake/" rel="tag">#Fake</a> Images &amp; <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> On <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> Stoke <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> <a href="/tags/rage/" rel="tag">#Rage</a> Around <a href="/tags/laprotests/" rel="tag">#LAProtests</a></p><p>Misleading photos, videos &amp; texts have spread widely on social <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> as <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> against <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/raids/" rel="tag">#raids</a> unfolded in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s actions.</p><p>The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/medialiteracy/" rel="tag">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="/tags/moderation/" rel="tag">#moderation</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/tec</span><span class="invisible">hnology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;Among the new list of countries that could face visa bans or other restrictions are 25 African nations, including significant U.S. partners such as Egypt and Djibouti, plus countries in the Caribbean, Central Asia and several Pacific Island nations.&quot; </p><p>WaPo:</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration is considering restricting entry to citizens of an additional 36 countries, in what would be a significant expansion of the travel ban announced early this month, according to a State Department memo.</p>

<p>Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.</p><p>Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#Refugees</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Der Nächste, bitte!<br>Next one, please! </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/merz/" rel="tag">#Merz</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>

<p>The Head of a New <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> Group Promoted <a href="/tags/911/" rel="tag">#911</a> Conspiracy Theories &amp; the <a href="/tags/protocolsoftheeldersofzion/" rel="tag">#ProtocolsOfTheEldersOfZion</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lelandlehrman/" rel="tag">#LelandLehrman</a> is a key figure in the <a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#MAHA</a> world, despite decades of pushing <a href="/tags/extremist/" rel="tag">#extremist</a> ideas.</p><p>…Lehrman…[has a]…long history of promoting <a href="/tags/antisemitic/" rel="tag">#antisemitic</a> &amp; extreme <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a>, as detailed in a new report from the Institute for Research &amp; Education on <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a>, an org which studies <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> &amp; the <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/leland-lehrman-make-america-healthy-again-institute-antisemitism-september-11/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/leland-lehrman-make-america-healthy-again-institute-antisemitism-september-11/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.motherjones.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">025/06/leland-lehrman-make-america-healthy-again-institute-antisemitism-september-11/</span></a></p>

<p>Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing<br>—</p><p>ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/harveymilk/" rel="tag">#HarveyMilk</a> served in the <a href="/tags/navy/" rel="tag">#Navy</a>, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s Secy of the US Navy John Phelan didn’t.</p><p>During <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#Pride</a> month <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> Orders Navy to Strip Name of <a href="/tags/gayrights/" rel="tag">#GayRights</a> Icon Harvey Milk from Ship</p><p>A defense official confirmed that the Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name…. The official also said that the timing of the announcement — occurring during <a href="/tags/pridemonth/" rel="tag">#PrideMonth</a> — was intentional.</p><p><a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/bigotry/" rel="tag">#bigotry</a> <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> <a href="/tags/hate/" rel="tag">#hate</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <br><a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.military.com/daily-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html</span></a></p>

<p>Well that’s something anyway</p><p><a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> quietly stripped the provision from the <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a>&#x27;s &quot;big, beautiful bill&quot; that would have allowed <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to circumvent the <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> &amp; essentially serve as a <a href="/tags/king/" rel="tag">#king</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/bigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#BigBeautifulBill</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/3coequalbranchesofgovernment/" rel="tag">#3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-contempt-courts-trump_n_684b9b3be4b0c4fd78ff7f2e" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-contempt-courts-trump_n_684b9b3be4b0c4fd78ff7f2e"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-</span><span class="invisible">republicans-big-beautiful-bill-contempt-courts-trump_n_684b9b3be4b0c4fd78ff7f2e</span></a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> says the unnecessary deployment of <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> members &amp; <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> to <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> over <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raids in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> is costing $134M.</p><p>After persistent questioning from <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> on Tues, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total &amp; said the money will come from operations &amp; maintenance accounts.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/title10/" rel="tag">#Title10</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/pentagon-co</span><span class="invisible">ngress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469</span></a></p>

<p>With admittedly no knowledge of who the men are, I’m rooting for the escapees.</p><p>4 men escaped from <a href="/tags/delaneyhall/" rel="tag">#DelaneyHall</a>, a privately run <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#detention</a> center in <a href="/tags/newark/" rel="tag">#Newark</a>, during a disturbance Thurs after days of <a href="/tags/unrest/" rel="tag">#unrest</a> over conditions, acc/to <a href="/tags/newjersey/" rel="tag">#NewJersey</a> law enforcement, a federal spox &amp; other detainees’ attys.</p><p>“Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees,” Tricia McLaughlin, <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> spox, said Fri in a text.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/newark-migrant-detention-center-disturbance.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/newark-migrant-detention-center-disturbance.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyr</span><span class="invisible">egion/newark-migrant-detention-center-disturbance.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p>Smart words from a very smart, wise hero. </p><p>Via Marc Elias:</p><p>Now that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has blasted Leonard Leo, don&#x27;t let the right wing sanitize the Federalist Society. Its members have been supporting voter suppression for years, its judges are among the hardest on voters. </p><p>What will come from Trump now will be far worse, but do not judge democracy on a curve.</p>

<p>Judge <a href="/tags/berylhowell/" rel="tag">#BerylHowell</a> rules that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> / <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a>&#x27;s *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace <a href="/tags/usip/" rel="tag">#USIP</a> was unlawful—including the removal of board members &amp; termination of programs.</p><p>Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE&#x27;s imposter board members &amp; nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="/tags/trumppurge/" rel="tag">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a><br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf</span></a></p>