I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
Less of a presidency than a heist movie. Literally unprecedented corruption.
Brendan Nyhan
Clint Smith
Brendan Nyhan
Story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Infrastructure week, but make it war
My hat's off once again to Martin Di Caro, master of the historical sound mosaic, for finding just the right quotes to illustrate how the corruption of Donald Trump has topped (or bottomed) Richard Nixon.
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3Â billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3Â billion in net losses.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Promising new treatment for pancreatic cancer doubles survival rates
What does this mean? It means that since Trump was sworn in, Trump & his family have made, on average, close to 5 million dollars every day since January 20, 2025.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
In Trump’s second term, fewer seats for women at the table
A Post review shows the president built a more male-dominated Cabinet this term, and every departure has been a woman — with a man chosen to replace each of them.
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wapo.st/4vAITqL
Good morning, #FirstAmendmentPeople.
“The end of our exploring will be to arrive at where we started, and to know the place for the first time.”
—T.S. Eliot
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#FreePress
#FreeAssembly
#FreedomOfReligion
#PeacefulRedress
Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud
....renewing his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn’t like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.
Read free gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
Molly White
Ken Hughes
Ken Hughes
Ken Hughes
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Ken Hughes
Tim Dickinson
Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺
Jesse Eisinger
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3Â billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3Â billion in net losses.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Molly White
A medical breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer is showing promising results after decades of research. The experimental drug, taken once a day, extends patients’ lives by slowing the pr...
