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Thanks! Perhaps my single greatest moment of validation. x.com/bjork/status/997319006

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Michael Ian Black's piece has one observation that cuts through everything else written about the Epstein files this week. The senior officials who gathered in the Situation Room last July - Vance, Wiles, Blanche, Leavitt, Cheung, Patel - spent hours strategizing about how to protect Trump from the political fallout. They workshopped options. They debated whether to call Tucker Carlson or use DOJ lawyers instead. They reportedly discussed nipples in the White House Situation Room. One official described it as "surreal." What none of them apparently did: ask whether the allegations against their boss had merit. Not once. Not raised. Not even Bongino, who is Black's unlikely near-hero for the piece - Bongino's objection was to the botched rollout, not to the underlying situation that made a rollout necessary. The documentable facts now in the record: Trump flew on Epstein's plane at least eight times after claiming he hadn't. Trump denied writing the birthday letter, then the Wall Street Journal obtained it. Epstein's personal secretary testified to Congress this week that she arranged calls between Trump and Epstein shortly before the 2016 inauguration - after Trump claimed he had cut off contact in 2004. These are not allegations about what happened on Epstein's properties. These are documented lies about a documented relationship. The people in that Situation Room knew the relationship existed. They chose to manage the politics instead of asking the question that the people they serve - the American public - would want answered. Black closes with the names of Epstein's accusers who went public. That's the right place to close.
OPINION | Trump has done nothing but lie about his relationship with his “best friend” of 15 years. Yet only one person in his inner circle seemingly acted with anything resembling a conscience, writes @michaelianblack. thedailybeast.com/how-the-ep…
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The only memorial Trump's name should be on.
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Mexico: Sold out. 🇲🇽 Canada: Sold out. 🇨🇦 United States: Empty seats. 🇺🇸 Everything Trump touches dies. Who could have predicted that attacking your neighbours, threatening tariffs, and insulting allies would hurt tourism and international events? 🤷‍♂️
Trump did this. You can’t find a ticket for a game in Canada. They can give them away fast enough in the U.S.
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This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen
This idea was simple… In a partnership with @ufc we would get the best fighters in the world training with the best cops in the world! The American people WILL be protected. -DKP🇺🇸
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RT @MKaylaUltra: This episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia aired in 2020 during peak woke
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Hegseth shared attack plans, Mike Walz added an Atlantic journalist to Signal. Brit journalists hacked Royal's phones. Jared's and Bezo's phone were hacked in 2018. Israeli, Russian and other spyware is prevalent. Should we be surprised?
🚨SCOOP: WH aides fear @maggieNYT, @jonathanvswan were leaked TAPES of Sit Room convos for REGIME CHANGE, out in 10 days • "We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded" 🤔NO denials of verbatim accounts in @nytimes excerpts axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-s…
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Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
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Middle-aged white man complains the world won’t accommodate his “edginess.”
Rainn Wilson says "The Office" probably wouldn’t be made today, telling Fox News Digital that media trends have shifted left and that cancel culture makes it difficult for edgy comedies to thrive.
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Jimmy Kimmel sends birthday wishes to Donald Trump: “Happy 80th Donald! A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
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There you have it. Anthropic's CEO said it: The murder of more than 100 schoolgirls in Minab targeted by Anthropic's CLAUDE "is a use case that doesn't even violate our red lines." Time to rise up against these technofeudal war criminals.
CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei awkwardly smiles through his answer to a question about why Claude AI directly contributed to the US Military bombing of the elementary school in Minab.
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They've destroyed so much of the place they had to put up a picture of the Whitehouse in front of the Whitehouse like some Coyote and Roadrunner visual gag.
This morning at the White House...
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do you know how much money Mamdani just saved on his next mayoral campaign by being able to tell New York City he delivered a Knicks championship, free childcare up to age five, filled potholes in mere weeks, and World Cup tickets before he spent six full months in office
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Another powerful Russian succumbs to gravity syndrome.
Russian Colonel Oleg Sokolenko, the military commissar of Rostov's Pervomaysky and Proletarsky districts, has died after falling from a window of his own apartment. Sokolenko was found unconscious beneath his apartment building with injuries consistent with a fall. He later died from his injuries.
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Today is the day to flood Twitter with this birthday card.
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The administration’s rapid response account is… mad at the Weather Channel. For reporting the weather.
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Oops
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Look, I’ll save you the headache. Kiriakou was known for two things *before* he unmasked an undercover CIA officer, went to prison for doing so, got out, and then went to work for the Russians. When he was stationed in Greece, he illegally parked his car at the port in Piraeus next to the ferry boarding area. The police told him to move it. Kiriakou locked himself inside and refused to get out of his car and said he didn’t have to, he was from the U.S. Embassy. Caused an unnecessary diplomatic stink over a fucking parking violation, which became notorious in the building — although not nearly as notorious as what else happened to him in Greece. His wife had an affair. When Kiriakou found out about it, he behaved in a manner unbefitting of any officer of any clandestine service, except maybe Russia’s, which is why he’s a good fit for them now. As he’ll be the first to tell you, he’s got bills to pay. Big on the IRGC-aligned podcast bro circuit but knows nothing, is aggressive in his ignorance, and generally held to be a laughingstock at his former organization. I believe the kiddos call this being a “whistleblower,” which is even more hilarious. Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
John Kiriakou is the perfect hire for Russian state media (or any nation with a vested interest in demoralizing the United States through targeted internal propaganda). Here’s why: 1. He has the credential of “former CIA officer” under his belt. That means something to American viewers. Military or government service, in general, goes a long way toward establishing legitimacy and trust. 2. He clearly has a long-standing grudge against the United States. He was charged with leaking the identity of a covert operative and was imprisoned for several years. He also lost his standing within the American political establishment as a result. The story he tells about the case is one in which he is, of course, the Snowden-adjacent hero. Again, this strikes at the heart of disgruntled Americans who have firsthand experience with government corruption. 3. He lacks principle. He’s willing to accuse the U.S. government of corruption (hey, fair enough) while, ironically, happily accepting paychecks from the Russian government, one of the most corrupt governments in modern history and a sworn adversary of the United States. He rails against the U.S. and its alleged covert torture program (and he may be right about that, for argument’s sake), yet aligns himself with a regime that has openly and brutally tortured innocent people for generations. His excuse? They let him “say whatever he wants.” Either John is an idiot (he’s not), or he’s in on the operation. There’s only one reason the Russian government would hire him: to convince Americans to hate America. And what better salesman for that cause than a disgruntled former government agent with no sense of honor? This is precisely why Russian state media has also cozied up to figures like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson. Whether these influencers are selling out for clicks, money, ideology, or something in between, the end result is the same: convincing millions of Americans that the only solution left is to abandon America and burn it to the ground. Who, I wonder, might benefit from such an outcome?
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Basically the plot of Zelenskyy’s tv show, which was very good.
Dude he literally running New York like the average joe in a movie who gets elected into office as a gag and then fixes everything simply because he is not a politician and an earnest regular guy.
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Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"
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