SCOOP from @By_CJewett & me:
Markwayne Mullin urged @HHSGov to remove warnings from the @US_FDA website about the health risks of the gas station drug kratom.
Mullin owns equity in a leading kratom company called Botanic Tonics that could have benefited. nytimes.com/2026/06/15/us/po…
This is disgusting behaviour from Google.
It is using its monopoly power to try to force creatives to let it train on their work.
It is career suicide for artists not to upload to YouTube. Arguing that doing so allows Google to train AI on their videos/music - AI that competes with them - is outrageous. Whatever the Ts & Cs say.
Did they forget that: Approximate number of registered Democrats: 1,224,737 Approximate number of registered Republicans: 326,292 as always facts seem to get in the way of the right side
Seems like a bait and switch. After predictable outcry, Trump DOJ pulls back slush fund for insurrectionists, but retains tax immunity for Trump. Was that the plan all along? It’s all corrupt.
nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/po…
Marco Rubio: For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.” (2016)
The US Justice Department is seeking the names, addresses, and banking information of Reddit and X users, ratcheting up efforts to identify social media critics of government deportation efforts. news.bloomberglaw.com/immigr…
When Howard Lutnick found out he had to testify in front of the Oversight Committee, he gave $5 MILLION to a House Republican PAC.
Shortly after donating, James Comer announced his testimony would never be seen by the public. This is blatant corruption. He should be fired.
thehill.com/homenews/adminis…
Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan.
Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.