Like all other legitimate claims of wrongdoing (both moral and financial) this isn't getting enough attention. Everything he is connected to involves money laundering. Other financial institutions are just making too much money to call him out on it. apple.news/Ad-ypSGfPRdG...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review — Guardian US

Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump

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I guess it's a good thing to be added to a list of people to be blocked? I suppose we have bots here on BlueSky too and it's nice to know you have pissed off the trolls. I mean, I didn't even post my plan for world domination. 😂

In legitimate law enforcement, there is usually a procedure where the officer that fired a deadly shot has the sidearm removed and they are placed on administrative leave during an investigation. If ICE did nothing wrong, where is the gun? Why hide it? apple.news/At-8pYHYfT5m...

ICE Officer Who Shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo ‘Switched Guns’ Afterward: Witness — HuffPost

Witness accounts of the fatal ICE shooting were published as part of new legal filings this week.

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If Melissa Hortman's husband Mark had survived their assassination, I wonder if republicans would have been happy that he was handed her political office before she was cold in the ground. Anyway, congratulations to Darline Graham on her much deserved political appointment by reason of proximity.

The last time the Epstein victims were featured in the news, he ordered flyovers and started a war. Epstein survivors have been in the news again today because of this ridiculous AG hearing and here comes trump with a "sensational" news conference about non-existent voter fraud. Odd.

Are we using the term "alpha male" in a completely satirical way now? We should be. Also, if anyone still subscribes to the belief that there are Alpha Male attributes to aspire to, can someone PLEASE tell me what traits make trump an alpha? apple.news/APPW_5lOtR42...

Laura Ingraham's Comments About What 'Normal Men' Want Got A Little... Weird — HuffPost

“Alpha male Trump has driven Democrats absolutely bonkers,” the anchor said on a Fox News segment.

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I never thought I would be praising a family just for doing the absolute bare minimum of acknowledging that someone has died but here I am. Thank you, Graham family, for not playing stupid games. McConnell family, please take note.

I mean this with all due disrespect. I don't think he's shown much brain activity for at least a few years. How can they tell that he is brain dead now?

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Texas loves banning books. All anyone would have to do to get the Bible banned in public schools would be to challenge it for inappropriate content. Let's see...m*rder of babies, r*pe, incest, animal sacrifice, and torture. How are we discussing those subjects with school children?

Trump routinely pardons violent criminals who have SA convictions. Often appointing them to cabinet positions. Now he is praising this unusually harsh sentence for protesting one of his pet projects. 50 years in prison. For protesting. Do we live in a dictatorship yet? apple.news/AH3MAfnwrRKO...

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison — Guardian US

Activists accused of being part of antifa get long prison terms in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

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Father's Day can be complicated if your father/step-father/father figure was abusive. Be kind to yourself. For all the people trying hard to be good dads out there, whether you have your own kids or you are picking up the slack for someone else, I appreciate you tremendously. You're terrific.

This WAS an incredibly dumb thing to say. But out of every single dumb thing he's said, I don't even think this is top 50. This man is a walking, talking imbecile but the dangerous things he's said and the narratives he has pushed go much further than simply dumb. apple.news/AMriybUqXS9G...

Vance calls his ‘childless cat ladies’ comment ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’ — NBC News

Vice President JD Vance, who previously stood by the insult of Kamala Harris and other Democrats, writes in his new book that the remarks were “a clear moment where I failed.”

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Could a member of the press please ask him about all the money that was wasted changing signage at parks and monuments that didn't have to be messed with in the first place but now have to be replaced? apple.news/AKtQSwhDVQ4K...

Trump's changes to history at national parks must be undone, judge rules — CBS News

President Trump issued an executive order in March 2025 ordering national parks to not display elements that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living."

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Amazing how far a brilliant mind and an incredible work ethic can get you when your family begins (and continues) to make its fortune off of slavery. Congratulations to our first trillionaire. A human accomplishment I never hoped to live to see. apple.news/AzinDqOZTT4K...

Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in its market debut — The Washington Post

Investors flocked to SpaceX after its blockbuster market debut, lifting Musk’s net worth above $1 trillion and into the record books.

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Life is so stressful right now. I would be losing my mind but I have that amazing UFC fight on the White House lawn to look forward to. 😒 apple.news/AwXL-z4OLQGS...

US and Iran launch airstrikes after Trump blamed Tehran for downing Army helicopter — The Associated Press

The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S.

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Trump, "I think mostly cheers." Someone please take this elderly man in for another cognitive test immediately. apple.news/AK_dMyLYZQSC...

Trump Responds To Being Booed By Knicks Fans In The Most Trump Way Possible — HuffPost

The president's "enthusiastic" claim about the arena crowd was met with disbelief.

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Trump's lawyers' possible responses include: -We don't waste time filing motions for cases with payouts less than 50 billion. -My God. I'm trump's lawyer? I thought I had been disbarred. And... -Chat bot, I need help explaining why we missed a court ordered deadline. apple.news/AhZfX4ISGQ2q...

US judge orders Trump lawyers to explain missed deadline in $10 billion BBC defamation lawsuit — Reuters

A Miami federal judge on Monday ordered Donald Trump's lawyers to explain why they should not ​be penalized for missing a Friday deadline ‌to respond to the BBC's motion to dismiss the U.S. president'...

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How could ANYONE still be a "drain the swamp" MAGA member at this point? 1.7 Billion. With a B. For himself and his friends. He is the entire swamp. The stagnant brackish water, green slime, disgusting methane discharging, swamp. apple.news/AsY9M1h7gRDe...

Justice Department announces a $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit — The Associated Press

The Trump administration has announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden-era Justice Department.

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China's "new position" with America is from behind with no lube or reach around. Thanks trump. apple.news/A6YbKDIAkSra...

China's Xi lauds 'new positioning' in ties with US — Reuters

China's President Xi Jinping hailed on Thursday a

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Trump isn't the problem. Hear me out! We all know he is deranged and mentally unfit. Every single one of us knows that. It's the people that are using his dementia as a cover for a massive cash grab that are the real threat to our democracy. They will kill us for cash. apple.news/AFJczvTxSQqC...

Trump Sunsetting Visibly Worsens as Aides Go Full Cult All Around Him — The New Republic

As Trump’s mental decline accelerates in plain sight, the author of a piece on the tortured psychology of MAGA explains how his chief sycophants have become akin to an “end-stage cult.”

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They should change the name to Republikkkant. Can't win without cheating. Can't feel empathy. Can't use critical thinking skills.

As someone who lived in TN for 30 years, I am only surprised that it took this long for them to do this. The south will rise again? Honey, it never fell. Just like the January 6th insurrectionists, the confederacy was never made to face consequences or to make amends. apple.news/A3U6x1evxTSS...

Tennessee Republicans pass new gerrymander following Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling — POLITICO

The map aims to give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts by fracturing Black-majority Memphis between three districts.

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A fraught moment indeed. Just like that period in our history when men could take Viagra in one state but not any surrounding states. Or the time when doctors refused to give a man a vasectomy unless he had two children and his wife's permission. 😒 apple.news/ALKzTmGjNSSC...

Abortion clash heats up at a politically fraught moment — The Christian Science Monitor

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade four years ago, abortions in the United States have actually increased, with the rise of abortion medication sent through the mail. Now, a nationwide ruling puts t...

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Because if it's from trump's lips it's all going to be lies anyway, let me sum up what he said... "And then the king, who is a very strong, masculine man, beautiful specimen, powerful, got tears in his eyes, and told me I was the best president ever and he thanked me." apple.news/AMKYs_0btRoi...

Defying protocol, Trump relays details of private conversation with King Charles III — The Associated Press

In the world of diplomatic faux pas it could have been a lot worse. U.S. President Donald Trump said at Tuesday’s state dinner honoring King Charles III and Queen Camilla that during a private meeting...

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How can I possibly get more attention now?

You know JD is on his knees right now. "Dear God, please forgive everything I said about your living representative on Earth and just let me have this one thing. Please. They put plastic covers on all the couches. I need this win or I'll be even sadder. Amen." apple.news/ALnVSiJiBS-m...

Trump Moved Offstage at White House Correspondents’ Dinner — The Wall Street Journal

Witnesses heard three loud bangs and saw a man carrying a rifle

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Why should trump's family be the only ones taking in billions by selling weapons and drones? But when countries (and presidents) make vast sums of money from selling devices used to end life during war times, what incentive do they have to create peace? None. None at all. apple.news/A7x_nQQUhSg6...

Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism — BBC News

This clears the way for Japan to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries.

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It's finally finished! our little free library. The top shelf will be stocked with feminine hygiene products and some other essentials. Let me know if you have any ideas for other items that could go into a free library/pantry.

The man that pulled a chunk of hair out of his wife's head while he r*ped her, and told troops to unleash war crimes (typically sex*al assault and torture) onto the country that he is invading doesn't want to have a deeper conversation about men's violence against women. apple.news/ACBDbtiS6SoO...

Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida

President’s post on Truth Social is in keeping with a pattern of using shocking video to sow fear about immigration and justify mass deportation

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