Smithsonian accused of ‘extreme political activism’ as America celebrates 4th of July.
Report exposes ideological battle between museum body and Trump administration.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/07/smithsonian-accused-of-extreme-political-activism-as-america-celebrates-4th-of-july/
#globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #Trump

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The Smithsonian

The #Trump admin, which has systematically rolled back #firearms #regulations since returning to office, has also gutted federal #GunViolence prevention efforts, slashing #funding for programs & #research & even SUPPRESSING #taxpayer-funded reports aimed at reducing #gun injuries & deaths.

#law #guns #idiocracy #MassShootings #SchoolShootings #PublicHealth

#Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent #GunViolence, Suppressing Reports

As the admin works to expand gun rights, hospitals & community groups have lost funding, & reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.

#law #guns #idiocracy #MassShootings #SchoolShootings
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/politics/trump-gun-violence-cdc-dhs-justice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

So #Trump had a phone call with #Putin for several hours before Trump took off to #NATO

So yeah, expect anti-NATO and pro-Russian behavior from Trumpet against NATO soon

Disgusting dictators 🤮

#US #USPol #Russia

A January 2026 investigation by Texas Observer revealed that these four businesses have links to Patriot Front, the white supremacist group that marched in Washington, D.C. during the America 250 weekend. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/

#racism #fascism #America250 #Trump #news #NorthTexas #Texas

RE: https://sfba.social/@skykiss/116875322836570865

That has been true for years. It never stopped him before.

#uspol #politics #trump

I wonder who's more corrupt..

#FIFA or the #Trump admin 🤔

Aka the real world cup bs:

White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’.
A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.
https://archive.ph/gpg0i #globalmuseum #Trump #museums

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A report by the White House’s Domestic Policy Council said, “To the extent that there is a story told at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, it is not one of ‘the victory of freedom and genius of our country’ but one of regret, tragedy and shame.”Credit...Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Thousands of attendees at Trump's Freedom 250 celebration on the National Mall were directed to take refuge in the National Museum of African American History and Culture as severe thunderstorms rolled through Washington, D.C.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/trump-supporters-took-shelter-african-144744644.html #globalmuseum #Trump #USA250 #irony

Yikes.. it's 2026 and the KKK is allowed to march again under the #Trump admin

250 years and back to where they started..

#US #USPol

Seriously, if #Trump will #cheat at #football / #soccer, his #midterms shenanigans are a gonna be #criminal.

The #WhiteHouse called #FIFA’s #Infantino to review #TeamUSA’s #FolarinBalogun’s red card, AP source says

#SoreLoser #rules #accountability #WorldCup #US #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/falorin-balogun-suspension-world-cup-e5a5cab5731a916808601be93cb36832

The #WhiteHouse [actually] made a call to #FIFA [AYFKM?] to ask Gianni #Infantino to review #FolarinBalogun’s red card….

The person did not have details to share about who specifically made the call & when.

#Trump celebrated the red card reversal shortly after it was announced, posting on his social media network “Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!”

#cheat #SoreLoser #rules #accountability #WorldCup #midterms #US #MafiaState

Pennsylvania lawmakers proposed requiring smart glasses to display a recording indicator whenever audio or video capture is active. 👓🔴
The bill would also ban disabling the indicator and require retailers to explain state recording laws, reinforcing transparency and privacy. 🔒📜

🔗 https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-would-legally-require-a-recording-light-under-proposed-law-2000768694

#TechNews #SmartGlasses #Privacy #Wearables #Recording #Surveillance #Meta #Technology #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #ConsumerTech #Innovation #AI #TechPolicy #Pennsylvania #USA #US #Trump

#Trump is a total fucking lunatic fascist dementor motherfucker

#USPol

From April: Worst of the worst? Prior to a public outcry, the state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter was arrested by #ICE and languished in a Raymondville detention center.

She's lived in the US for 35 years and frequently helped immigrants translate in court. https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-court-interpreter-arrested-ice-south-texas-airport/

#HumanRights #Trump #Texas #fascism #news #immigration

…Since arriving at the White House, #Trump & appointees have curtailed #regulatory #oversight of the industry,
including policies related to #memecoins.

…Despite the cratering prices, Trump has faced few consequences from his ventures, because federal regulators have largely abandoned #crypto enforcement.

…the #SEC announced in February 2025 that it will no longer scrutinize #memecoin deals.

#cryptocurrency #scam #ThiefInChief

…Nicholas Pinto is among the losers. A frequent #crypto trader who voted for #Trump in 2024, Mr. Pinto said he invested a total of roughly $500,000 in the $TRUMP coin, & has now lost about half that investment.

“He is leveraging the power of being president to launch currencies, when he seems trustworthy in the public’s eye,” Mr. Pinto said in an interview. “It is kind of incredible. It is almost a legal scam.”

#cryptocurrency #memecoin #scam #ThiefInChief

#Trump #fearmongering on #IndependenceDay eve

Trump called on Americans to protect the freedoms he thinks the ​nation's founders envisioned 250 years ago against what he has portrayed as the "communist" threat posed by ‌progressive Democrats, speaking on July 3rd at Mount Rushmore.

"There is now a resurgence of ⁠the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our ​way of life & our great success," he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-extols-america-rails-communism-us-250th-celebration-2026-07-04/

The firm’s assessment was calculated this week after #Trump signed an annual financial disclosure showing that he walked away with a $636 million payout on the same #crypto bet, part of a haul of at least $2.2 billion from all of his business ventures in 2025.

The odds were always in his favor. Trump profited whether the price went up or down. He collected returns whenever anyone traded the tokens, as he repeatedly pushed his followers to do, using Truth Social [& the presidency] to promote it.

An up-to-date tally of #Trump followers turned #crypto #investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad.

Nearly 1 million people who bought Trump’s #memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the #cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total $3.81 billion.

#scam #ThiefInChief

Nearly a Million #Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on #Trump #Crypto Coin
[while he made $1.6 billion off his scams]

A report from a #cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump #memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.

#scam #ThiefInChief
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/trump-coin-crypto-investors-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Temu arch 😂🤣

'Ancient Romans would be laughing their a**** off'

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D9hnkS444/

#GreatAmericanStateFair #Trump #uspol #trumpisapedo #epsteinfiles #fucktrump #epsteinclass #TemuArch #trumpthecon

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A fake as F arch with a yellow gunk coming off of it with caption: US Politics. Yellow substance see oozing off Trump's Temu arch at the Great American State Fair

Trump0 fixed it, sharpies don't lie! 😂🤣

#TheGreatAmericanStateFair #StateFair #250years #america250 #Trump #uspol #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #BotTraffic #WhareAreTheBots #epsteinfiles #usa #BotsDontAttendFairs #TrumpIsAPedo

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Picture of an empty Great American State Fair but with lots of stick people sharpied in

As #Trump rebrands DC festivities as a "spectacular Trump rally," broadcasters should look elsewhere to celebrate the #UnitedStates’ 250th.

As with so much in DC, Trump took over. His effort to rebrand the Washington, DC, events, provides #media & #news outlets an opportunity to instead look around the rest of the country — so do it.

Ignore the Trump rally.

As an example, PBS will turn to Williamsburg, Virginia, instead of DC.

#journalism #FourthEstate #propaganda
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/03/politics/america-250-july-4-national-mall-trump-analysis

RE: https://stranger.social/@DeniseG/116857279662851476

had to scour #weather apps to find service providers that don’t rely on #NOAA. found a couple that use #Norway’s weather service.

so am putting a call out for #Brasil #Chile #Canada #Mexico #France #Spain #Germany #weather app developers: if you use your countries’ weather services, i beg you to add them to @fdroidorg

and to those governments: PLEASE OPEN YOUR APIs & DON’T GEOBLOCK USERS

our lives depend on free-open access to weather reports in a world with a NOAA destroyed by #MAGA #Trump

A little sum up cause what the heck..

#Trump wanted to take over the comission created to celebrate the US 250 bday but failed in that so he setup a shadow company with the name "Freedom 250"

He send out the CEO of that company to rake in funds from other countries to shape America's 250's bday, they mislead donors by making them believe they donated to America's 250 but instead it went to Trump's shadow company Freedom 250

And the fair is now falling apart because of all money grabbing

wow

House Democrats accuse Trump of 'hijacking' America's 250th birthday for his own gain

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee published a 55-page report Thursday accusing the group of aiding President Trump in turning America's milestone into a "hotbed of corruption and self-enrichment" through tactics that potentially amount to criminal fraud.

https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report1.pdf

#corruption #Trump #MAGA #US #USPol

The #US is truly disgusting in its current form, the #Trump admin is the new definition of corruption

Circus from hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW1az9hK0g4

#USPol

#Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally - https://readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/ "trades weren't made public until yesterday, more than a year later than required by law"

The Albanian-American man who sold land to a resort development backed by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is under investigation for alleged drug trafficking and money laundering. The revelations come as protests against the government sparked by the development have led to clashes with police. Read more from @CBSNews

https://flip.it/B2tDXu

#Albania #Development #Trump

E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump. Again.

"As Republican politicians cower in fear, abandoning every principle they ever claimed to hold dear out of fear that Trump will use his cult-like hold over his voters to push them out of office, one incredibly brave woman stood up to the man who assaulted her. She did this with full knowledge that he would use every bit of firepower he could muster to destroy her.

And she won."

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/e-jean-carroll-case

#EJeanCarroll #trump #uspol #TrumpTheRapist #TrumpCult

Seriously? A 67-year-old Olympian canoeist? Ridiculous. #Trump is so desperate to blame anybody but himself.

David Hearn, former Olympic canoeist indicted by a grand jury after being arrested last month when he reached into the #ReflectingPool, source tells CNN

Hearn denied vandalizing the pool & said he was simply curious.

#law #DOJ #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/politics/former-olympic-rower-indicted-for-felony-related-to-reflecting-pool

"Donald #Trump personally earning $1.4 billion from a family #cryptocurrency business that benefits from his administration’s lenient crypto policies (much of those crypto purchases coming directly from a foreign government) is less well known to the public than whatever wild thing he said on his personal social media site the night before." https://prospect.org/2026/07/02/platner-collins-peculiar-definition-of-political-scandal/

Trouble ahead for US data transfers 🧨

The US Supreme Court has overturned the precedent that Presidents can't remove heads of independent agencies at will.

They've taken a sledgehammer to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on which the UK also depends.

Read how it makes the free flow of data unlawful ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-end-is-nigh-for-us-data-transfers/

#dataprotection #gdpr #eu #privacy #digitalsovereignty #uspolitics #ukpolitics #ukpol #trump

Rebecca Solnit on the state of the nation as the USA hits 250.

"I do not believe that Trump will destroy the US, but he has badly broken it, and what comes after has to include consequences for the criminals and a massive cleanup operation. There will be no return to how things were, and we must go ahead by fixing what allowed this destruction to happen."

"What is the United States of America now?"

#USpol #Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/01/what-is-the-united-states-of-america-now?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

“Bipartisan” only because she’s a #Christian.

#ICE arrest of #nun heading to church fuels #bipartisan backlash in South Texas

#Trump #deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, & a GOP congresswoman joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release.

Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, TX, when federal #immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary & put her in handcuffs.

#law #Republican #Hypocrisy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/01/ices-arrest-nun-heading-church-fuels-bipartisan-backlash-south-texas/

The 2025 disclosure includes $635 million in royalties from a license agreement with #CelebrationCoins; at least $525 million in proceeds from token sales by #WorldLibertyFinancial, a #crypto project founded by #Trump & sons; $65 million in proceeds from World Liberty Financial’s equity sale; & $196 million in net proceeds from a stablecoin transaction.


#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #MoneyLaundering #crime

In his 2024 financial disclosure, filed a year ago, #Trump reported earning >$600 million in total income.

In addition to the income from #coin sales & other ventures, Trump reported receiving $86.5 million from “ #settlements “ in 5 separate [& pure #extortion] lawsuits against #ABC, #CBS, #YouTube, #Meta & #X.

#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #crypto #MoneyLaundering #crime

So much for the foreign & domestic #emoluments clauses…

#Trump reported >$1.4 billion in income from #crypto, digital #tokens & related partnerships in 2025, appearing to have SUBSTANTIALLY increased his income after reentering the White House last year.

The income was reported in 927 pages of financial disclosure forms, which the #WhiteHouse released Tuesday.

#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/30/trump-earned-over-1-billion-cryptocurrency-coin-ventures-last-year/

The White House app is being auto-installed on work phones across multiple US agencies, and employees say it cannot be permanently removed. 📱
The app previously faced security scrutiny over data sharing, and workers raised privacy concerns after it appeared on government-issued phones. 🔒

🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/white-house-app-auto-downloads-to-government-phones-cant-be-uninstalled/

#TechNews #WhiteHouse #Privacy #Security #Government #MobileApps #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #Technology #OpenSource #DigitalRights #InfoSec #FOSS #Tech #US #USA #Trump #DonaldTrump

#Trump is a mass murderer

More than 100 #Venezuelans who were #deported from the #US hours before the #earthquakes are missing

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

YES!!!!!!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
#SCOTUS Monday declined to take up an appeal from #Trump over a $5 million verdict & finding that he sexually abused & defamed #EJeanCarroll, a decision that means Trump will now HAVE TO PAY the magazine columnist.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

#RapistInChief #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #defamation

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court

SCOTUS ruled that law enforcement "looking to obtain sweeping data on cellphone users in the vicinity of a crime scene must have a warrant."

"...broad 'geofence' surveillance equals a search" under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, "which protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures."

The #Trump admin had argued that police "didn't need a warrant for the information at all..."

/1
#USA #law #privacy #4thAmendment
#SurveillanceState
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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/06/29/supreme-court-rules-geofence-searches-require-warrant/5381782764680

This is why we mock the fair and the clownfuckery with monuments.

They are humiliated. Trump is crashing out over it. It's ticking off #MAGA. Even Fox News couldn't spin the lack of attendance, though Jesse Watters humiliated himself on the air trying.

They know they look like fools, and as the great Mel Brooks said, that's the one thing Nazis cannot stand.

#Trump #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair

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Democratic Activists on Bsky say "BREAKING: No one showed up to Freedom 250 so Trump canceled it due to 'extreme weather.' The thing is there's nothing extreme about the weather in DC right now. It's partly cloudy and clearing up. No rain. Another hundred million in taxpayer money to Trump's friends for Fyre Festival 2.0." Picture shows a big sign outside Trump's godawful excuse for a fair. It says "The Great American State Fair: EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. GO TO FREEDOM 250 SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MORE UPDATES. PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT."

I suppose I can serve you well with an extensive background on this news item but to be honest with you I'm not that interested, you're not that interested, and it's nothing but another nugget of endless dreary #Trump #MAGA bullshit

They had a fair or something for celebrations of 250 years of the #USA? No one showed up? I don't know, I don't care. Just incompetence and unpopularity

Just laugh at the endless circus of stupidity ("Freeedom?" 😆)

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Isaiah Martin: "Update: no one showed up so Trump closed the fair SMH" Quoteposting Amanda Moore: "Fair is closed" Picture of poster: "The great American state fair. Event postponed. Due to severe weather this event is postponed. Go to Freeedom250 [sic] social media for more updates. Please proceed to the nearest exit"

#AOC to #Trump and #MikeJohnson: "if you don’t want to be prosecuted for crimes, don’t do crimes.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-mike-johnson-protection-prograrm

Trump sows confusion on Iran war, bouncing from threats to negotiation and back again

#Evil #Trump

Trump is adding his obnoxious image to US passports. So it is absolutely the duty of every other country to make some sort of passport stamp that makes him look like a clown or more of an idiot or something. I'm sure Denmark is probably up to this task, but it'd be great if loads of countries did this. Someone spread this idea to those consulants that can make this happen.

#politics #trump #passport

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Proposed new page for US passports featuring a creepy pedophile asshole.

🤔⁉️🐘🤔❓*JUST CURIOUS?*HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS HORRIBLE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION UNDER EVIL TRUMP?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓IS THERE AN OFFICIAL COUNT DOWN UNTIL DEMOCRATS CAN PRAYERFULLY START FIXING THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA?*& THE WORLD?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓

#COUNT #DOWN #TO #GET #RID #OF #ALL #REPUBLICAN #POLITITIONS #AND #EVIL #GREEDY #TRUMP

🤔⁉️🐘🤔❓*JUST CURIOUS?*HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS HORRIBLE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION UNDER EVIL TRUMP?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓IS THERE AN OFFICIAL COUNT DOWN UNTIL DEMOCRATS CAN PRAYERFULLY START FIXING THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA?*& THE WORLD?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓

#COUNT #DOWN #TO #GET #RID #OF #ALL #REPUBLICAN #POLITITIONS #AND #EVIL #GREEDY #TRUMP

🤔⁉️🐘🤔❓*JUST CURIOUS?*HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS HORRIBLE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION UNDER EVIL TRUMP?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓IS THERE AN OFFICIAL COUNT DOWN UNTIL DEMOCRATS CAN PRAYERFULLY START FIXING THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA?*& THE WORLD?🤔⁉️❓🐘🤔⁉️❓

#COUNT #DOWN #TO #GET #RID #OF #ALL #REPUBLICAN #POLITITIONS #AND #EVIL #GREEDY #TRUMP

The atrocious attempts at representation of each state particularly slighted these twelve states. Like, remember when in Wayne's World they were like "Hey, we're in... Delaware..." and it was a joke?

Here's the version where they do that but expect to be taken seriously.

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/gallery/i-traveled-50-states-great-1907797

#America250 #Trump #WashingtonDC

#GiftArticle

The #Trump “Religious Liberty” [if you’re #Christian it’s liberty, if not… well you know] Commission takes aim at the #SeparationOfChurchAndState 

The report recommends the #DOJ issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the #Constitution sees religion & government.

#law #US #Nazis #NewApostolicReformation
https://wapo.st/43YNcR4

More people have been arrested in the Swamp Pool disaster then in the Epstein case, this tells you everything you need to know about this dictator

#Trump #Epstein #Trumpstein #USPol #USA #US

#SCOTUS struckdown a #Hawaii #law requiring people to get permission to carry #guns into stores & hotels, in its latest opinion backing #2A rights.

The court’s 6-3 decision means people can carry guns onto privately owned property like shopping malls & gas stations, unless the owners specifically say guns are banned at their establishments.

It’s a win for the #Trump admin, which argued the law violates the #SecondAmendment. It’s also a win for #MassShooting planners.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-guns-hawaii-trump-c5dbdf945bc870f70a03455f5eb1dec7

The National Guard is now protecting our birdbath from the leftist vandals 😂🤣

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dv3h81t6h/

#TrumpTheFool #FuckTrump #Trump #TrumpFascism #trumpproblems #pool #whitehouse #uspol #pool #epsteinclass

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Picture of a birdbath with toy soldiers around it

🥹😿😹😭💔🤲🛐🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️💁🏿‍♀️*Powerful twin earthquakes hammer Venezuela, killing at least 188👉

#Awful #Earthquake #and #loss #too #bad #Selfish #Republicans #are #in #charge #and #Evil #Trump #to #most #likely #not #help #a #lot

Powerful twin earthquakes hammer Venezuela, killing at least 188
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/venezuela/powerful-earthquake-venezuela-rcna351673

This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95hPhu4

#Trump #USPol #US #Corruption

There was always a strong "raping for virginity" aspect to the title of the "United States Institute of Peace" #USIP.

But for once, the prefixing of #Trump's name is an actual improvement. Even the terminally dim can no longer avoid the irony of a "peace" institute run by a hyper-armed superpower which instals dictatorships, overthrows democracies, and invades like a reflex.

#uspol

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A close-up shot of a light tan stone building facade composed of rectangular blocks with visible seams. Carved into the upper section of the stone is the text "DONALD J. TRUMP". Below this, a larger line of text reads "UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE". At the bottom edge of the frame, a small portion of a white window or door frame is visible.

“Because I cannot conceive of a crime that would require the breadth of disclosures in the subpoena – identifying and sensitive medical information for an entire class of people for a six-year period – I have to find that the government’s interest does not outweigh the plaintiffs’ interest in privacy,” Failla said.

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

“The scope of information sought by the government here, which includes medical assessments, diagnoses, informed consent records, and revelation of plaintiffs’ transgender status, is significant,” she said, adding that that type of information is “squarely within the class of intimate materials warranting the strongest constitutional protection.”

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

Ruling from the bench on Wednesday, Failla, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, provisionally certified a class comprised of individuals who had received care from a #NYC provider over the past 6 years. She also issued a temporary restraining order that bars investigators from obtaining the records, including through a grand jury subpoena that had been issued to NYU Langone Hospitals in recent weeks.

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

The ruling from US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla is a significant blow to the #Trump admin’s ongoing nationwide criminal investigation into the provision of #gender #identity care, which numerous courts around the country have viewed as an improper fishing expedition because the government has struggled to identify any potential crimes by providers.

#law #privacy #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

Judge blocks #Trump admin from getting #MedicalRecords of minors who received #gender identity care at #NYC #hospitals

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump admin from obtaining sensitive medical records from #healthcare institutions in New York City that provided gender identity care to minors in recent years.

#law #privacy #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/medical-records-minors-transgender-langone-new-york

Yes, #Trump is crashing out so much about the #ReflectingPool that he has put fencing around it. This is why we should keep the jokes up. Obviously it's getting to him.

"Watergate" would indeed be perfect. But not only is it taken, this guy doesn't even bother saying "I'm not a crook."

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@mattjimmyb on some platform says "It does kind of suck that we have this perfect situation where Trump fucked up the Reflecting Pool and we can't call it 'Watergate.'" In the background, an evening picture of the slimy pool in question, now with fencing around it. Maybe he's afraid the antifa algae will escape.

We have more important problems than the #reflectingPool swamp in #WashingtonDC

But it's a lightning rod of attention because it's an #analogy, a reflection if you will, of the shitty state of the #USA

Orange narcissist pedophile god emperor claims people are vandalizing it. An immature lie to deflect from his shitty incompetence. So now, in the Land of the Free (tm), merely touching the pool gets you arrested

It hurts #Trump's fee fees. Aww. Can't be anything more important than that! (/s)

"The #GOP-led House Committee on #Education and the #Workforce is also investigating the #union over #antisemitism, citing several of the same instances later outlined in the #BrandeisCenter complaint.

The #EEOC’s #NEA case is part of an expansion of the #Trump administration’s antisemitism investigations beyond college and K-12 campuses. Last week the U.S. Health and Human Services Department opened its own probe into the #American #Psychological Association, also based on a Brandeis Center complaint.

In addition to alleged harassment of #Jewish members at the convention, Miller said the center’s NEA complaint also involved diversity-based hiring practices at the union[...]"

In a former life I was something of a (small e) expert in labor movement strategy and giving the Trump admin ammunition to witch hunt you is just bad decision-making. This was completely foreseeable and totally avoidable.

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/23/united-states/feds-open-antisemitism-investigation-into-national-education-association

“Hello?” a voice said on the other end of the line. This time, the president had picked up.

“I’m writing a story about a big supporter of yours in the oil industry, Jeff Hildebrand,” I said. “Can I ask what you think about him?”
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-called-trump-hildebrand?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oil #Gas #Trump #Journalism #Media #Journalists

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the #Trump admin to subpoena #Minnesota Gov #TimWalz & other #state officials, calling it an effort to “harass & retaliate against them.”

In a ruling unsealed Monday, US District Judge Patrick Schlitz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil #immigration #law & to harass & retaliate against them for failing to do so.”

#MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-subpoenas-e5047e842da6181cbd5f071ab4bb1d7b

#ABC viewers across the country are getting a message from the network—If you like your #local stations, or #TheView, help us get the #government off our backs.

ABC on Monday launched an on-air campaign asking viewers to send comments to the #FCC’s website pushing back on the agency & its chairman, #BrendanCarr.


#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda

Since February, the #FCC has been investigating whether ABC’s #TheView violated the commission’s equal-time rule, which guarantees equal airtime to all candidates running for the same public office. #ABC has maintained that “The View” qualifies as what the commission calls a “bona fide” news program & is exempt from the rule, accusing the FCC of violating the #FirstAmendment in a legal filing.

#law #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #censorship

In April, the #FCC also ordered an early review of ABC’s 8 #local stations over its diversity, equity & inclusion [ #DEI ] practices. The review was announced just days after #Trump & #Melania Trump intensely criticized ABC late-night host #JimmyKimmel, though the FCC maintained that the timing was *purely coincidental* 😉.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda

Nice

A new #ABC campaign urges viewers to push back against #FCC pressure

The #federal regulator is “investigating” the #Disney-owned television company on two fronts, with “#TheView” & ABC’s #local stations targeted [Ostensibly for airing #JimmyKimmel].

#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/22/new-abc-campaign-urges-viewers-push-back-against-fcc-pressure/

#Trump admin plans to withhold homeland #security #funding to force #states into #election changes

The Trump admin is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt a sweeping set of election changes, according to multiple sources & internal documents obtained by CNN.

#law #US #Constitution #VotingRights #TrumpCoup #midterms #BigLie #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/homeland-security-grants-election-changes?cid=ios_app

#Trump #TrumpIsACriminal #VotingRights #USPoliitcs

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Don Winslow posted the following: You cannot hack a mail in ballot. You can't keep a mail in ballot in line all day. You can't tell a mail in ballot the machines aren't working. This is why Trump is so DESPERATE to stop mail in voting.

This one is freaking weird so #GiftArticle

#TulsiGabbard policies & politics dictated to her by #CultLeader — for real

#cult #ChrisButler #SIF #Trump #cabinet #USpol
https://wapo.st/4viLSnW

“We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool,” #Trump posted on his social media site. “Just like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the Pool, they’ve also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed.” He offered no details to substantiate his claim.

Agencies responsible for law enforcement & upkeep on the #NationalMall — the #US #ParkPolice, #NationalParkService & #Interior Dept—did not comment.

#TaxpayersMoney

#Trump said Saturday night that he was likely to drain the Lincoln Memorial’s #ReflectingPool again, as workers contend with paint peeling off its surface & algae blooming in the wake of his $14 million renovation.
Trump made his announcement, after what he said was a meeting with contractors…at Camp David….It comes 16 days after the govt began refilling the pool after the renovation that Trump said would result in clean water & “could last for 100 years.”
#TaxpayersMoney
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/20/trump-likely-drain-reflecting-pool-again-following-peeling-paint-algae/

Since pieces of peeling paint started floating to the water’s surface earlier this week, the #Interior Dept has not responded to questions about the paint & why the #ReflectingPool surface is separating.

…#Trump blamed the damage on “disgraceful Vandalism,” an accusation he also made earlier this week. “Many additional people” were arrested, he said.

The Park Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the number of arrests.

#kakistocracy #TaxpayersMoney #GovernmentWaste

#Trump claimed vandals “took some form of knife or blade, & put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade.” He also claimed they poured corrosive & destructive chemicals into the #ReflectingPool. WaPo could not verify any of his allegations.

Pool experts’ explanations for the damage diverged from Trump’s. Steve Goodale, a swimming-pool expert who viewed footage of the peeled sheet of paint, said he believes the pool’s surface may have been improperly prepared for treatment.

#kakistocracy

FISA Section 702 expires tonight, but US surveillance authorities continue under existing FISC certifications until 2027. 🛰️
Certifications under the FISA Court remain active until March 2027, enabling continued collection that includes incidental US communications. 🔐

🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/

#TechNews #FISA #Section702 #Surveillance #Privacy #Security #CivilLiberties #CyberSecurity #Government #Surveillance #Encryption #DataPrivacy #US #USA #Trump

ICYMI

These dumb 🤬

A major localized #flu #outbreak is currently affecting hundreds of new #MilitaryRecruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The outbreak began after “Defense” Secretary Pete #Hegseth made flu #vaccines optional in April, causing #vaccination rates to plummet to around 40%.

#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

At least 222 basic training recruits have contracted the #flu, with some requiring #hospitalization. The #outbreak has been ongoing for roughly 3 weeks.

Recruit Deaths—The #USAF is conducting a comprehensive medical review into the “sudden passing” of 25-yo-trainee Keon McDaniel, who suffered a medical emergency on June 12 & died on June 16.

#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy

It would be funny if it weren’t such a colossal waste of #TaxpayersMoney

Blue paint is already peeling off the Lincoln Memorial's #ReflectingPool after Trump's $14 million renovation

An “American Flag Blue” paint sheet was seen floating on Thursday as workers tried to clean the worst algae buildup in at least 5 years from the pool.

#Trump #kakistocracy #GovernmentWaste #law #landmark #NationalMonument #conservation #planning #architecture
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/06/19/blue-paint-is-peeling-off-reflecting-pool/

Seriously? Such a dick.

#Trump tries to blame #ReflectingPool woes on “vandalism”, without offering substantiation as usual.

The paint is peeling from Washington’s Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by Trump, & he is now alleging that someone damaged it intentionally.

#kakistocracy #TaxpayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #law #landmark #NationalMonument #conservation #planning #architecture
https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-paint-algae-6b7b499ada2701a34bc6bc380013ad04

Donald J. #Trump - Fart Of The Deal™️ soon in your local firepit! 🔥

28,000 people have signed a petition to rename the Chicago road on which Trump Tower sits, changing its name from Wabash Avenue to Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. Here's more from @USAToday.

https://flip.it/K.PfAZ

#Trump #Obama #Chicago

~14 000 000 dollars

14 million dollars wasted on "renovating" a pool that wasn't needed and it's worse then where it started

Like with most things in this current administration, they only thing they can do is destruction

I know 14 mil is just a droplet in the bucket at this point but take a second to imagine how much good you can do with that much money

Another day, another #Trump ugh

#US - #Iran deal redraws the #MiddleEast∶

Iran gains, rivals alarmed

Across the Middle East — from #Israel to #GulfStates & factions in #Lebanon — it looks more like the curse of the century: an accord that could leave Iran more secure, more ‌legitimate & ultimately more influential.

#geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #TrumpsWar #IranWar #NationalSecurity #economy #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-deal-redraws-middle-east-iran-gains-rivals-alarmed-2026-06-18/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement