UH HUH
UH HUH
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to hold upcoming elections using a congressional map that a lower court found discriminates on the basis of race and dilutes the political power of the state’s Black voters.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/2062134465753666015
Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
Our chief justice, John “Jim Crow” Roberts
8:19 AM · Jun 4, 2026
Democracy Docket
@DemocracyDocket
LAST NIGHT: Alabama is allowed to use a congressional map in the 2026 midterms that was found to intentionally discriminate against Black voters, the Supreme Court ruled.The decision suggests that almost no federal protections remain for non-white voters.
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/2062166085151883390
Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social
Roberts Court wants to create world where Dems have no legitimate chance to ever take control of Congress, there are no Black members of Congress from the South & no voting rights violations can ever be proven. Their end goal is permanent white GOP minority rule http://www.motherjones.com/politics/202…
https://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mnfckykm5c2r
From TPM:
SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order
by Kate Riga
06.02.26 | 11:45 pm
The Supreme Court showed beyond a doubt Tuesday that it will never again put a stop to Republican states snuffing out the Black vote.
The six right-wing justices granted Alabama’s request for a stay, which clears the way for the state to hold its 2026 elections under a 2023 map crafted to deliver Republicans six congressional seats and Democrats only one. It does so by making Black Alabamians’ votes count for less than white ones’.
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court made vote dilution nearly impossible to prove. It ignored Congress’ alterations to the Voting Rights Act and turned it back into an intents test, where the plaintiffs had to make the extremely difficult showing that the legislators intended to discriminate based on race. And yet, in the Alabama case, the plaintiffs managed to do that. The district court found plentiful evidence that the state intentionally discriminated after the court had previously ordered it to produce a map with two districts composed of a Black majority or near-majority, and Alabama flatly ignored it. The state instead produced another map with only one Black-majority district.
That evidence, rare in its unambiguity, still failed at the Supreme Court.
“As to intentional vote dilution, the District Court did not heed the presumption of legislative good faith because it interpreted the State’s legal disagreement with the court’s earlier remedial order as proof of discriminatory animus,” the majority wrote.
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the Court’s order proves that “there is no realistic case in which the presumption of legislative good faith can ever be rebutted.” It also, she added, “corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama’s gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders.”
The majority then delivers the death blow to any attempt to stop red states from suppressing the Black vote.
“Under Callais, the District Court was required to deny relief unless the plaintiffs’ alternative map performed ‘just as well’ with respect to all of the State’s constitutionally permissible districting criteria,” it wrote.
In other words, courts can only force red states to draw additional majority-minority districts if those districts will vote for Republican candidates. Since this will never happen in the South, where race and partisanship are intertwined, it ensures that red states’ efforts to gerrymander Republican candidates into easy wins will always trump Black voters’ ability to elect members of Congress who represent their interests.
SCOTUS Justice Blasts Colleagues in Scathing Dissent
LAW AND DISORDER
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority voted to greenlight Republicans’ power grab in a new state.
Janna Brancolini
Updated Jun. 3 2026 7:35AM EDT
Published Jun. 3 2026 7:30AM EDT
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted her conservative colleagues for “disregarding both democratic values and the rule of law” in a blistering dissent to a decision allowing Alabama to eliminate a majority-Black district at the 11th hour.
The justices voted 6-3 to grant an emergency request filed by Republican officials to use a congressional map in this year’s midterms that was approved in 2023 but had never been used because a lower court found the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
After the Supreme Court instructed the lower court to revisit its decision in light of an April ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a three-judge panel of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump appointees again found on May 26 that the map was unconstitutional.
…………..The state’s primaries were originally supposed to take place on May 19, but Alabama’s Republican leaders suspended the election while they raced to take advantage of Callais to eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts and boost Republicans’ chances in six of the state’s seven districts.
In her dissent, Obama-appointee Sotomayor wrote that the conservative justices had rejected an “orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map” and instead chose “a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.”
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Alabama also adopted the map “in unashamed defiance of a prior court order directly affirmed by this Court,” Sotomayor wrote.In 2023, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling rejecting another Alabama map drawn in 2021 that eliminated a majority-Black district.
“Just as Alabama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court today doubles down on chaos,” Sotomayor wrote.
Talking Points Memo
@TPM
We are now well into the post-Voting Rights Act period, with ruthless attempts at racial gerrymandering unfolding across the South, supported fully by the Supreme Court.
https://x.com/TPM/status/2062132059804459144
jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
crazy that under the precedent set by callais, a lily-white congressional delegation formed by “partisan” gerrymandering in a plurality black state passes constitutional muster, while any majority-minority district is constitutionally suspect
7:33 AM · Jun 3, 2026jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
black people electing black people to congress in districts where they form a plurality or majority? potentially invidious racial discrimination.the only way to escape constitutional scrutiny is to elect a white conservative, then we know dr. king’s dream of colorblindness has been achieved
https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3mnf4ncxens2f
Hakeem Jeffries
@RepJeffries
The far-right Supreme Court has issued another partisan redistricting decision.Extremist MAGA justices have done nothing but advance the political interests of the Republican Party.
They have zero credibility.
https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/2061989794314412274
Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
🚨 The Most Shocking Part Of The Alabama Redistricting Case Isn’t The Map.It’s What The Supreme Court Said About It.
According to critics of the ruling, the Court acknowledged that Black voters were being denied equal political representation under Alabama’s congressional map.
Yet despite recognizing the problem, the Court ultimately allowed the map to remain in place.
That’s why opponents see the decision as so consequential.
The debate is no longer over whether discrimination occurred.
It’s over what happens when a court identifies it and the map survives anyway.
It’s a fight over whether voting rights protections still have teeth.
https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2062141036915224867
Sherrilyn Ifill
@sifill.bsky.social
Today SCOTUS allowing Alabama to press ahead with the use of a map that erases a majority Black congressional district makes clear clear that this Court has unashamedly set its course to dismantle the 14th Amendment brick-by-brick. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p…
https://bsky.app/profile/sifill.bsky.social/post/3mne5d3llm22r
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
@SenatorWarnock
Multiple judges ruled that Alabama’s maps discriminated based on race. Yet the Supreme Court is bending over backwards to let them stand.This court will do anything to help Republicans stay in power. No matter the cost.
They have lost all semblance of impartiality.
11:11 AM · Jun 3, 2026
https://x.com/SenatorWarnock/status/2062205539174543465
scary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
In the same way *courts* are criticizing DOJ and questioning whether the presumption of regularity still exists, you can’t have SCOTUS doing 180s on three-year-old precedent! Especially when frowny face John Roberts claims they are not political actors!!
https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2062139498645877073
Matthew Segal
@segalmr
The dissenting justices said the state legislature’s actions:*make “a mockery” of the electoral process;
*imply that the legislature can simply “nullify” election results; and
*constitute a “political coup.”
https://x.com/segalmr/status/2061932626810683758
Taniel
@Taniel
Just now: SCOTUS intervenes in Alabama redistricting case & says GOP *is* allowed to change Alabama map despite lower-court finding evidence of intentional discrimination.Yet another SCOTUS gift to the GOP, eliminates seat of a Black member of Congress:
https://x.com/Taniel/status/2061984260551053521
Kareem Crayton
@KareemCrayton
Reread Milligan. Not just what the Court said but the trial court’s actual findings (later affirmed). Callais admits that Milligan rests on intentional discrimination. And the Court’s decision Tuesday now amazingly shrugs w a contrived legislative “good faith” defense.
https://x.com/KareemCrayton/status/2062146597656395946
Sarah Ironside 💙
@SarahIronside6
The current SCOTUS isn’t even pretending to anything other than a group of partisan hacks doing everything they can to keep republicans in power while they strip Black voters of representation.
7:10 AM · Jun 3, 2026
Sean Casten
@SeanCasten
(1) Shelby: SCOTUS says that Congress no longer has pre-clearance authority for jurisdictions w/ legacy of racial discrimination. (2) Allen v Milligan: SCOTUS then says AL discriminated when designing their map (3) Yesterday: SCOTUS says we should assume good faith on part of AL.
https://x.com/SeanCasten/status/2062186944537260393
Marc²
@M5squared
This is the closest thing to a Dred Scott era decision I’ve seen from the SCOTUS in my lifetime.Even 2 Trump appointees and a Clinton appointee unanimously found intentional racial discrimination in the 2023 Alabama map, yet the majority of SCOTUS by 6-3 moved the goalposts and dramatically narrowed protections Congress enacted through the Voting Rights Act, and reaffirmed over and over, since it was originally enacted.
If there’s a fix, it has to come from Congress. That’s why 2026 and 2028 matter so much. Vote accordingly!
https://x.com/M5squared/status/2062156303812759834
The United States versus Elon Reed Musk
@Needle_of_AryaCommentary account
At one point I was not for expanding the Supreme Court, but given their recent course under Trump 2.0, I believe that if the Senate falls under Democratic control in 2026 and the presidency in 2028, it will be the last opportunity to reverse Trumpism for more than a generation.
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2062140868962693328?s=20
I have said before that I’m an elections (process) nerd.
California said..
We are going to send mail ballots to every registered voter.
We obviously need a system to process back all those votes.
So, they set about building the infrastructure that can support all those ballots.
I have to tell you that I was stunned, watching the report after the 2020 election, where they were in the processing center for Los Angeles County.
The logistics of it all. All those ballots.
The process of a Mail Ballot Return.
1. The date stamp review. Remember, it only has to be date stamped BY the date of the election. California allows 7 days for the ballot to get back to the Election Jurisdiction. (In Illinois where I live, it’s 14 days)
2. The Signature review: Signatures that match the official signature- the ballot goes through. If the signature is deemed not to match, the ballot is pulled, but not discarded. It’s held while the voter is allowed to CURE their ballot within a specific time frame.
3. Is it a clean ballot
Answer yes, well then it can be prepped for ballot scanning
Answer no, it has to be taken out and reviewed by humans. A panel of judges, both Republican and Democrat, who will review WHY the ballot was kicked out and sent for review.
4. Then, the ballot is scanned for the votes.
And, they are doing this for MILLIONS of returned Mail Ballots.
It’s amazing to watch.
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Democracy Docket
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NEW: One day after Trump baselessly accused California Democrats of trying to “steal” the state’s gubernatorial primary, the DOJ said its pursuing election fraud probes in the state.
The development comes amid the state’s delayed primary count, which are a normal part of the verification process.
https://bsky.app/profile/democracydocket.com/post/3mnks7474lv2n
just HATEFUL
Hemant Mehta
@hemantmehta
Pete Hegseth just slashed the military’s list of religious identities from 200+ options to 31.
Gone? Humanist, Atheist, Pagan, and dozens of Christian denominations.
There’s no reason for this. It’s pure sabotage.
https://x.com/hemantmehta/status/2062883548319645699?s=20
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net
One thing the whole Platner situation reveals is that a whole lot of supposedly progressive pundits and politicians would have been much better served if they actually WERE ensconced in the supposed Bluesky bubble, ’cause everyone I know on here had this clown figured out from the get-go.
12:23 AM · Jun 5, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/gregpak.net/post/3mnjfigjm722v
J.J. McCullough
@JJ_McCullough
Why exactly is Graham Platner even considered qualified to be a United States senator in the first place, exactly? I keep feeling like I’m missing something here. Is he literally just some random guy left-wing people like?
4:43 PM · Jun 4, 2026
https://x.com/JJ_McCullough/status/2062651596144775282
James🗳
@_fat_ugly_rat_
This is what really gets me. Maine Dems have been itching to take down Collins for decades and they finally get an ideal year and instead of running any of the nearly 100 state legislators we get some total rando that clearly was never properly vetted like… what are we doing.
https://x.com/_fat_ugly_rat_/status/2062753632047501657
GO ALBANIA!!
Katie Phang
@katiephang.bsky.social
A new investigation announced by special anti-corruption prosecutors in Albania into the $1.4 billion luxury project Jared & Ivanka are trying to build on protected wetlands.
My deep dive into this project that’s bringing thousands of protesting Albanians to the streets.
youtu.be/Y6XhwqOw3bA?…
https://bsky.app/profile/katiephang.bsky.social/post/3mni5ujjs422s
Come On You [Spurs, Owls, Jayhawks]
@comeonyou.bsky.social
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You know one reason why the “Dem Senate, get over it thing” is so annoying is that guys like Platner only run because they think what they’ve done in the past isn’t disqualifying. Until it is, guys like him will keep doing this shit and keep running, and we’ll keep being told to suck it up. Fuck no.
https://bsky.app/profile/comeonyou.bsky.social/post/3mnij6r3i422s
Veronica McDonald
@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social
Guys like Graham Platner run because they know people want and need a Great White Savior. The Great White Savior is almost always a man.
This didn’t apply to Swalwell out in California because Steyer was the Great White Savior so Swalwell could be easily thrown in the trash.
https://bsky.app/profile/veronicamcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mnklat5uuc2z
Veronica McDonald
@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social
They don’t want Mills to be the savior so they are going to be locked in with Platner and if they are forced to toss Platner aside, they will toss the Maine race in the trash can too.
11:39 AM · Jun 5, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/veronicamcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mnklat6cjs2z
Sagebear
@sagebear24.bsky.social
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Myron posted a video stating the only reason Platner is being supported is because he’s a white guy. Same with Platter in LA.
11:41 AM · Jun 5, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/sagebear24.bsky.social/post/3mnklf6h5oc2l
Veronica McDonald
@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social
It’s true. Democrats are gnashing their teeth over Platner’s situation as if there aren’t 3 other people they can choose from on the ballot. 2 of them are women so they are automatically disqualified and the other man just doesn’t have the It Factor, I guess.
11:43 AM · Jun 5, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/veronicamcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mnkli6vgg22z
Meriwether Farms
@MeriwetherFarms
People who continue to blame New World Screwworm crisis on the Biden Administration need to stop
The Secretary has had 15 months to prepare a competent response, and despite what some are saying, the response has been lackluster and unserious
Let’s go over some facts:
In order to eradicate the NWS, we need somewhere between 500M-600M sterile flies produced WEEKLY, and we currently produce 100M weekly
There are current mechanisms and technologies that could be deployed IMMEDIATELY in order to produce those numbers that have been ignored by the USDA for the past 6 months
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) which oversees the NWS response is a disaster. There were some competent veterinarians interviewed during the transition willing to serve and reform the bureau who were blocked by the Secretary and her team. Instead they decided to retain the same director from the Biden Administration (ironic) who botched the response to the Avian flu
The tick rider program (people on horseback looking at wildlife and livestock in desolate areas) is completely disorganized, so the “surveillance” mechanisms that continue to be touted are not sufficient enough to detect these infestations in extremely rural areas in the timely manner required to combat this
On top of all this, producers in Texas are being pressured NOT TO REPORT potential cases, and if it wasn’t for some brave people reporting on this current case in LaPryor, it’s possible it would have been covered up
NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION NOW
1:44 PM · Jun 4, 2026
https://x.com/MeriwetherFarms/status/2062606408479318348
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨BREAKING: The Senate blocked another Republican attempt Thursday to attach the anti-voting SAVE America Act to an immigration funding package, marking the second failed GOP effort to move the sweeping voting restrictions bill through the chamber.
https://x.com/marceelias/status/2062698217699983695
Mike Young
@micyoung75
You built a career on the proposition that cancel culture was silencing brave voices who said forbidden things.
Scott Pelley said true things, professionally, without cursing or threatening anyone. You fired him for it.
JVL has it right: you never wanted to end cancel culture. You wanted to control it. The forbidden ideas were always just your ideas. Everyone else’s were always going to be the problem.
The mask came off in the 60 Minutes newsroom. The staff saw it. Now everyone has.
https://x.com/micyoung75/status/2062663436702458366
The Bulwark
@BulwarkOnline
“Pelley was not uncivil. He didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t curse or scream. He was professionally disagreeable. Which is basically the job description for journalists. It’s the job description that Weiss herself wrote. She just didn’t mean it.”
https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/2062263080260678134
WHICH.IS.THE.POINT.
Miami Herald
@MiamiHerald
South Florida schools would lose $1b under DeSantis’ tax plan, analysis finds
https://x.com/MiamiHerald/status/2062837064287064418
P a u l ◉
@SkylineReport
🚨 BREAKING
A federal judge just BLOCKED the Trump administration’s attempt to strip a major U.S. climate research center of the supercomputer used for weather and climate forecasting.
Why?
Because the administration couldn’t explain why it was doing it.
The court found NSF likely violated federal law by offering no adequate justification, ignoring required procedures, and failing to consider the scientific and public harms before moving forward.
That’s not a policy disagreement.
That’s a judge saying:
“Show your work.”
If you don’t like what the thermometer says, you don’t get to smash the thermometer.
You can change policy.
You can change priorities.
You can’t cripple critical scientific infrastructure because you don’t like the answers it produces.
A federal court just reminded the administration that evidence, process, and reality still matter.
Receipts below. 👇
https://x.com/SkylineReport/status/2062529551893176742
Mark Warner
@MarkWarner
NEW: Trump just admitted it. He promoted Pulte because he wants to interfere in the midterms.
https://x.com/MarkWarner/status/2062643948800164310
Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance
This is remarkable. Trump is giving Pulte, who lacks the statutory qualification (national security expertise) for the DNI job the position so they can manufacture another stolen election charge, or perhaps try to justify halting them altogether. It’s out in the open.
https://x.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/2062693103857705037?s=20
HELL NO!
FactPost
@factpostnews
RFK Jr. is now pushing for the federal government to access Americans’ private medical records in an attempt to link vaccines and autism.
https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2062546233286078677
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
This month’s opening of the Obama Presidential Center is arguably the biggest investment in Chicago’s South Side in more than a century.
Here’s an early look at the museum as well as the broader campus commemorating former President Barack Obama: 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/4uM3BUw
https://x.com/WSJ/status/2062684889544085980
The Last Word
@TheLastWord
.
@AWeissmann_
details Blanche’s ‘deceptive’ IRS settlement deal with Trump https://bsky.app/profile/lastwordmsnow.bsky.social/post/3mnjd2lkbis2l
Lauren Underwood
@LaurenUnderwood
At a town hall before the disastrous Callais decision, I was asked about the Voting Rights Act.
Communities of color should be able to elect representatives *of their choice* — that’s why the Voting Rights Act is necessary.
https://x.com/LaurenUnderwood/status/2062679631073804703
Jaime Harrison
@jaimeharrison.bsky.social
Some in the Democratic chattering class will forgive a lot of things. The one unforgivable offense? Being old.
Not bigoted opinions . Not bad judgment. Not moral failures.
Just having too many birthdays.
I am a forgiving person… but damn!
7:56 AM · Jun 5, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/jaimeharrison.bsky.social/post/3mnk6rxobdk2l
KennyMack1971
@kennymack1971.bsky.social
Here’s what’s wild to me regarding Platner fans who are standing ten toes down behind this man. We all know that if these exact same allegations dropped about a “centrist” Democrat they’d be leading the charge to get them out of there. Vile hypocrites.
https://bsky.app/profile/kennymack1971.bsky.social/post/3mnk6etbst222
KennyMack1971
@kennymack1971.bsky.social
They’re screaming “hit piece” and “GOP op” like there weren’t a whole lot of people calling out the 🚩 🚩🚩🚩🚩 with this guy from the beginning.
https://bsky.app/profile/kennymack1971.bsky.social/post/3mnk6nhhjhk22
Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com
A Trump family crypto venture is generating bumper profits from its foray into stablecoins, thanks partly to a promotional arrangement with Binance Holdings.
https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mnk6zkqxdp2o
MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com
NEWS: The House has passed the Ukraine Support Act, 226-195, to provide new military aid to Ukraine and impose tougher sanctions on Russia.
The bill advanced through a discharge petition despite Speaker Mike Johnson’s efforts to block a vote.
7:33 PM · Jun 4, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mnivbqey7224
That Gay Guy Candle Co. 🇺🇸
@gayguycandleco.bsky.social
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If Kamala Harris had won, America 250 would be such a much bigger deal.
Instead, Americans can’t even afford to think about it.
12:27 PM · Jun 4, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/gayguycandleco.bsky.social/post/3mni5iruihk2i
Hillary Rodham Clinton
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
Communities have been terrorized.
The men who killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good have seen no accountability.
Yet Republicans in Congress want even more billions for ICE at the cost of SNAP and Medicaid.
Tell them no. act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo…
https://bsky.app/profile/hillaryclinton.bsky.social/post/3mmcfqun5cs2o
uh huh
uh huh
Veronica McDonald
@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social
The problem with that is the Democratic Party wants to sit at the Cool Kids Table and they feel MAGA-coded candidates are the Cool Kids:
https://bsky.app/profile/veronicamcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mnk6wsafpc2w
The math ain’t mathing.
Miss Aja
@brat2381.bsky.social
Some of the same folks defending Platner are the same folks telling us racist will turn away from Paxton because he’s an awful candidate.
https://bsky.app/profile/brat2381.bsky.social/post/3mnj3lpybos2x
She’s talking about Mr. Blackwater with the Nazi Tattoo.
Candidly Tiff
@tify330
Why was he in a 2-year relationship with this woman if she was so conservative? Y’all are not inquisitive enough for me or asking how this even came to be. You can’t get “smeared” by a GOP operative if you never were associated with her to begin with. It’s clear to me he was a conservative himself at one point and then became a leftist.
https://x.com/tify330/status/2062876576539169183?s=20
I disagree. Don’t have eleven billionty RED PHUCKING FLAGS, and there will be no problem.
Sailor Michael
@sailormichael.bsky.social
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Since Platner is burning up the net, here’s your public announcement that ANY PERSON that says they are running as an *outsider* in the Democratic Party, even if they have a clean history, will be problematic.
Book that.
10:40 PM · Jun 4, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/sailormichael.bsky.social/post/3mnj7qre5k223
Mack Butterfield
@mack2114.bsky.social
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A second federal commission reviewing Trump’s plan to build a 250-foot vanity arch in Washington with a 60-foot-tall gilded, winged Lady Liberty figure has been deluged with negative comments from the public.
99% of the 1696 comments were negative.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
https://bsky.app/profile/mack2114.bsky.social/post/3mnij3bw55c24
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
SANCHEZ: I think it’s safe to say this is probably the most corrupt Treasury Department in our nation’s history
BESSENT: I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE EXCEPTION WITH THAT! THAT IS SLANDEROUS
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnhx4qjpxh2d
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
WARNOCK: Do you still driving deeper into debt to extend billionaire tax cuts was a good investment?
BESSENT: During the Biden admin–
WARNOCK: Look, Joe Biden has been out of office for two years. The fact you keep talking about him tells you everything.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnfkg7cumk24
Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST
@chathamharrison.bsky.social
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I don’t blame posters for recognizing that a Democrat had charisma & voters love him, but I blame every professional reporter & political commentator who defended him for not even trying to do their job. The Pod Save guys’s names deserve to be dragged through the mud right alongside Platner
https://bsky.app/profile/chathamharrison.bsky.social/post/3mniiw5k4tc23
Aid to Ukraine was passed over the objections of Speaker Preacher:
A new tranche of military assistance for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia passed the House on Thursday, delivering a fresh bipartisan blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy from Capitol Hill.
The measure passed despite Republican leadership’s resistance, with 18 GOP lawmakers supporting Democrats in a 226-195 vote.
It’s a strong show of support for Kyiv and the first time a standalone aid package has passed either chamber during Trump’s second term. Some Republicans have resisted allocating funding for Ukraine, especially since the president has opposed major aid packages and pushed for talks to end a war that has dragged into its fifth year.
The bill — which would provide $1.3 billion in security assistance for Kyiv and expand the suite of sanctions against Moscow — is the latest rebuke of the Trump administration’s national security policy, fueled partly by members of the president’s own party.
The House on Wednesday voted to halt the Iran war with four GOP members supporting the effort, the first time House Republicans have failed to hold the line on Trump’s authority over the military conflict. And the House Armed Services Committee is expected to advance defense legislation Thursday that limits reductions of U.S. troops in Europe.
A bipartisan coalition of 218 lawmakers forced a vote on the legislation — authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks — through a discharge petition begun by the New York Democrat nearly a year ago. The maneuver allows a majority of the House to advance bills that haven’t reached the floor through normal channels. Its success meant Speaker Mike Johnson could no longer block a long sought measure on Ukraine aid or Russia sanctions…
The effort has become a flashpoint in the GOP conference, with Johnson urging members to oppose the legislation in a closed-door party meeting this week. The vote was “not a reflection of Congress’ support for Ukraine,” Johnson said after the vote, calling the bill “poorly drafted.” …
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/04/congress/ukraine-aid-package-passes-house-00951299?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH :)
The New York Times
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Republicans rammed through their $70 billion bill to fund President Trump’s immigration crackdown through the remainder of his term, after beating back bipartisan efforts to add language killing his plan to create a payout fund.
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Marc Elias
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🚨BREAKING: The Senate blocked another Republican attempt Thursday to attach the anti-voting SAVE America Act to an immigration funding package, marking the second failed GOP effort to move the sweeping voting restrictions bill through the chamber. http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Decision Desk HQ projects Xavier Becerra as one of two winners in the CA Governor Top-Two Primary
#DecisionMade: 8:58 PM EDT
Patrick Svitek
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who hasn’t endorsed in #MD05 primary, is holding presser to warn about AIPAC- & crypto-linked spending for ex-Hoyer aide Adrian Boafo
“It’s important that voters beware & become aware of outside groups that are trying to buy this congressional seat”
https://x.com/PatrickSvitek/status/2062531595349733750
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