WTF!!!!! Trump is f-cking using Honor Guards at a UFC event on the Lincoln Memorial. No this is NOT ok. Don’t you dare call yourself a “patriot” while supporting this crap.

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First black 4 star General in US Military history who flew 179 combat missions in 2 wars for this nation. We all know why Hegseth is doing this and what he’s in the service of. We need to name it in our politics and stop hiding behind polite euphemisms.

the racism of a weak, bitter, insecure white mediocrity

Last night my friend @MaxwellFrostFL showed me Donald Trump’s Truth Social posting urging MAGA to expel me from Congress. Apparently Trump doesn’t appreciate our fight against his $1.776 billion slush fund or his outrageous attack against the Southern Poverty Law Center. Sorry, Mr. President, I’m not going anywhere but back to the front lines of the fight against corruption and authoritarianism.

Somewhere in America, your weather report is performed as THEATER, and I have become a devoted patron. In Japan, the forecast is read calmly. Rain tomorrow. Carry an umbrella. Farewell. Sixty seconds, a bow, the nation equipped. Here, a man named Chip stands before a LIVING MAP, sleeves rolled to the elbow, and delivers the coming of a thunderstorm like news from a battlefield where he personally fought. "Folks, I want you to look at this system moving in from the west—" FOLKS. He addresses the entire region as kin. He sweeps his arm and the clouds OBEY HIS GESTURE. He warns of hail with grave eyes, then promises a beautiful weekend with the smile of a man delivering a peace treaty — both within ninety seconds, both with total sincerity. And when true severe weather comes, America? Chip removes his jacket. THE JACKET COMES OFF. And the entire state understands instantly: this is now serious. There is a doctrine of sleeves in your meteorology — unwritten, universally read. My neighbor glanced at the television, saw the bare forearms, and said, "Jacket's off. Better bring the grill cover in." A NATION READING A MAN'S SLEEVES FOR SURVIVAL INSTRUCTIONS. We have early warning systems in Japan that cost billions, and I am no longer certain they outperform Chip's wardrobe. Last week: hail. Chip stayed on air for hours. No jacket. Sleeves climbing toward the elbow like a rising river gauge. He tracked every cell. He told specific streets when to shelter. MY street. He said its name. A man on television guarded my street BY NAME until the storm passed. Samurai have served lords for less devotion than Chip shows a cold front. I watch nightly now. I have opinions about the rival station's radar. The radar is inferior. I trust Chip's seven-day outlook because he tells you when he is UNSURE — and a forecaster who admits doubt is a forecaster whose certainty means something. That sentence is free, America. Give it to your generals. A man does not ask the storm to explain itself. He watches the sleeves, as his ancestors watched the sky. Tonight Chip is in the full jacket, laughing with the sports desk. Stand down, everyone. The realm is at peace. The sleeves have spoken.

An ego so fragile that the removal had to be hidden behind a curtain.

Goodness. Russia didn’t invade Ukraine because of NATO, because of biolabs, because of n@zis, because family values. Why is it so hard to process this is simply a colonialist imperialist war of conquest, war for control and domination of a sovereign free nation.

Anthony Bourdain: “…the world is, in fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the best they can. Everybody, it turns out, is proud of their food (when they have it). They enjoy sharing it with others (if they can). They love their children...”

Haiti supporters in Boston bringing the party on their way to tonight’s match with Scotland, their first World Cup match in 52-years. 🇭🇹

Powerful photo by the AP

Since the start of his tenure as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth has sought to delegitimize the accomplishments—and the very presence—of Black people in the military, @ClintSmithIII writes. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

One of Africa’s top teams, Senegal has good reason to look forward to the World Cup. But the US government has put up major barriers to its fans and journalists visiting the country, in a policy of deep discrimination against Senegalese citizens. jacobin.com/2026/06/senegal-…

NEW: ICE agents were given access to voter files in Texas and North Carolina, according to Axios. On June 9, DHS told ICE to pursue stricter penalties for noncitizens found voting, despite the fact few cases of such voter fraud have ever been discovered. democracydocket.com/news-ale…

In a wildly busy week of action here in DC... this moment stood out Wednesday in federal court When a judge twice asked Justice Dept why it simply doesn't rescind the May 18 order, which gave rise to the $1.7 billion slush fund The Justice Dept attorney said... "I don't know"

🚨 SHAMEFUL ERASURE! This corrupt Trump administration ordered the Air Force to scrub the historic achievements of Retired Col. Nicole Malachowski — the FIRST female Thunderbird pilot in 2006! 🔥😡 Pete Hegseth's DEI purge is wiping out documented military history to feed fragile egos. Her legacy is NOT a political slogan — it's FACT! Stop the cover-up!

Over here, the school bus has an ARM, and when the arm extends, all of America stops. I witnessed it on a morning walk. The yellow vehicle halted, lights flashing, and a small red blade swung out from its side bearing one word: STOP. And EVERYTHING stopped. Both directions. A delivery truck. A sports car driven by a man who had been treating the speed limit as a rumor. A police cruiser — the LAW ITSELF — sat obediently behind the little arm. For what? For one child with an enormous backpack to cross at the speed of a child with an enormous backpack. He dropped a paper. He PICKED IT UP. He examined it briefly for damage. Two lanes of adult lives idled while a seven-year-old conducted a document review in the middle of the road. No one honked. Hear me, America. NO ONE HONKED. I have seen your people honk at a red light for hesitating. I have seen you honk at each OTHER'S honking. And here, total silence, engines purring, a nation of the impatient waiting like stone guardians. I asked my neighbor about it. He said passing a stopped school bus is one of the few things this country will not forgive. "You can mess up a lot here," he said. "Not that." You can mess up a lot here. Not that. Carve it on the courthouse, America — it is the most honest sentence in your legal system. In Japan, we guard our children with crossing guards, flags, and song. You guard yours with a red blade that outranks police cars. Different schools. Same sword. The bus folded its arm and rolled on. The sports car roared off to its debts. The boy never knew an army had held its breath for him. That is the point. He should never know. A man does not ask the bus to fold its arm. Nobody asks. Not even the law. I stop walking now when the arm comes out. Pedestrians are not required to. I do not care. When a whole country goes quiet for one child, you stand still and you bear witness. It is the best thing your roads do, America, and your roads do not even brag about it. Almost nothing else of yours is this humble. Protect it.

The DOJ is asking a federal court to let it defend an Ohio law that voting rights advocates say will disenfranchise thousands of eligible citizens from voting. When Kansas passed a similar law, 12% of voters in the state who were trying to register for the first time were blocked from doing so. bit.ly/3S5WEzg

2026 is the first year in 18 years in which there are zero female active duty four-star generals. Pete Hegseth has been intervening in military promotions & fighting the military’s leaders in firing & denying promotions to women. The military promotions board – including its Trump-appointed director – selected 31 officers for promotion as “the best qualified officers within their respective competitive category.” Those 31 included seven women. Nine total promotions were cancelled by Hegseth: all seven women & two black men. Not one white man was removed.

JFK gave best speech of his life, this week 1963, at American University: “If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. . . .We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."