"Scud Stud" Arthur Kent on War With Iran: "We Have to Be Worried" hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features…

The Trump War Room tweet about Trump granting TikTok *another* 90-day extension in enforcement of the sale-or-ban law has a community note stating he has "no legal authority" to do so

Iran is not causing a MAGA "civil war." Conservatives are having a debate over what the right course of action is; Trump is apparently listening, thinking, and will eventually decide. (I hope he picks restraint.). Are liberals shocked that the GOP is not a monolith on this?

The White House's argument for striking Iran thus far seems to be: Just trust us. But it's undermined it's own claims under oath. It's leader faces a major trust deficit. And there's evidence it's already politicized intel. cnn.com/2025/06/19/pol…

President Trump, who ran on making Juneteenth a national holiday in 2020, has a Juneteenth message for the masses

CNBC "spoke with multiple leading creators and IP professionals" and "none were aware or had been informed by YouTube that their content could be used to train Google’s AI models."

Seven journalists in Azerbaijan just sentenced to prison terms as high as 9 years on politically motivated charges, including RFE/RL Pressroom journalist Farid Mehralizada, via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty azadliq.org/a/abzas-media-…

"I see what MAHA is offering. It’s not really about making America healthy. It’s about giving people the illusion of agency in a complicated and scary world." nytimes.com/2025/06/20/opi…

Today in Reliable Sources: 'MAGA Mark' wants to win; the endless TikTok extension; how far WaPo has fallen cnn.it/4jXH3d6

Had Rip Van Winkle fallen asleep in 2003 and awoken today, he would notice little change. Fox’s agitation for regime change — & the ease with which its stars say it can be accomplished — is hard to distinguish from its case for invading Iraq." My take. ft.com/content/1891e5…

Who lands the first interview

After three months of legal battles and lobbying, the Voice of America network is officially being reduced to a fraction of its pre-Trump form. Here's my story about today's widespread layoffs >>> cnn.com/2025/06/20/med…

Trump smothering The Voice of America -

Part of my RIF notice from Kari Lake, aiming to end over two decades of my service to independent journalism and the United States of America. 1/2

President Trump says Tulsi Gabbard is “wrong” when asked again about her testimony on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. That’s the second time he’s dismissed her within a matter of days after telling me he didn’t care what his DNI said about Iran’s efforts.

where we're at:

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time.

Jose Padilla is currently serving a federal sentence in a Colorado maximum security prison for plotting a dirty bomb attack in 2002.