Lots of people seem to think this is bad for red states too but I’m not so sure. Trump says he wants to personally make the disaster relief decisions. He’ll help his cronies and punish those who won’t kiss his ass. That’s life under mob-style governance.

Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.

"Bothsidesism is 'suicide for democracy.' In becoming stenographers rather than reporters, journalists effectively legitimize MAGA lies, hate, and fascism as just one reasonable side of a debate in which all partisans are equally credible." publicnotice.co/p/abc-terry-mo…

At Fort Bragg, Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line. Where are the generals who should be speaking up in defense of the military's rules and traditions, asks Tom Nichols? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“Young soldiers make mistakes. But if senior officers remain silent, what lesson will those young men and women take from what happened?” says @radiofreetom. Those troops & their leaders ought review the army’s rules regarding political activity in uniform & the oath to the

The US is preparing a "march of the millions" against Trump: Residents of 1,800 cities in 50 states will take to the streets under the slogan "No Kings." More than 100 organizations have initiated protests for June 14. They called this day "an opportunity to expose the

Palantir was hired by Bank of America in 2010 to target WikiLeaks. Their plan, later leaked to WikiLeaks, included hacking, disinformation and smearing supporters including Glenn Greenwald.

America’s Generals and Admirals are terrified. They are cowed. They seem unlikely to hold the line and live up to their oaths to serve the U.S. Constitution. Trump violated the law (the Hatch Act) conducting a political rally at Fort Bragg, rousing the troops to cheer his slogans

Not content to ban a song, the Hong Kong government has now banned a video game on "national security" grounds. At least everyone knew #GloryToHongKong. Most had never heard of this game until the NS police announced the ban, making it suddenly popular. hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/goo…

I wrote about Mikie Sherrill, who is now the Democratic candidate for NJ governor, and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for VA governor, last year theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

#Madleen. Under international law, the detention of the eight remaining flotilla members is arbitrary, unlawful, and must be immediately terminated and remedied. The boat must be released. The states of nationality of the unlawfully detained, have an obligation to intervene,

Elon (an actual billionaire) neutered @realdonaldtrump in front of the world last week, so Trump launched a war inside America this week.

"Canada should respect international law and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet immediately for their role in the genocide of Gaza. All Israeli officials who incite, or are responsible for, genocide should be sanctioned." ndp.ca/news/ndp-react… #cdnpoli #NDP

Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on two Israeli ministers. We have taken this action in coordination with Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.

BREAKING: Elon told the truth a few times last week. He regrets it.

If Finland, one of the only EU countries with a 5G producing company (Nokia) still has almost a third of its telecoms network provided by Huawei etc, how do they expect those with no skin in the game to bother cutting Chinese firms out?

A piece of advice from an old retired soldier to the commanders and leaders currently serving: Review the regulations & policies addressing political behavior when wearing the uniform, and then address those standards with your teams.

Canada, the UK, Australia and NZ have been coordinating a lot more lately, including yesterday's sanctions announcement. Great to see the 'CANZUK' countries working together for the benefit of their 120m people, and distancing themselves from an increasingly disordered US.

I'm also very disappointed in retired senior generals and admirals who are not speaking out loudly against the actions of POTUS, SECDEF and this Administration and their misuse of the military. They have no reason to fail to speak out...they all know this is wrong.

The White House, via OMB Russ Vought, has instructed agencies like EPA, HHS, NSF, Interior & NASA to freeze over $30 billion in spending - raising serious constitutional questions about Congress’s “power of the purse” and the expansion of presidential executive authority.