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@BruceMirken
In Hawley's defense, wouldn't that for him be like any other day, making a fool of himself that is?

Used the Hunter Biden news as an excuse to write a new piece on the GOAT of First Family Fuckups, the legendary Billy Carter: bit.ly/3CBMCe3

Trump says in a second term he will seek to repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 so that he will have unilateral power as president to seize funds appropriated by Congress for govt agencies and programs and use that money to give out tax cuts.

The Republicans have been using appointed panels and eroding ballot initiatives for a couple of decades now. It's just another way to circumvent democracy.

Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip state Supreme Court-
wapo.st/3NDAMXh

@MSNBC
MSNBC is into alternate reality too if they follow through on a Trump town hall.

#TX #grid #power: ERCOT: "ERCOT is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use, if safe to do so, due to extreme temperatures and forecasted record demand. This Voluntary Conservation Notice is in effect Tuesday, June 20 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT." ercot.com/news/release/2023-06 #heatwave #TXwx

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I’m committed to building on our progress lowering prescription drug costs for Americans, because no one should have to choose between dinner on the table and life-saving treatments.

🎶 Broken cat, bro-ken cat, why aren't they fixing you?
Broken cat, bro-ken cat, it's not your fault. 🎶

Source: pookierawrz @reddit #caturday

@KatM There’s some kind of Greek tragic irony of modern billionaires perishing while on a pleasure cruise to the graveyard of last century’s version of a billionaire pleasure cruise.

More tragic in both cases is that the staff were condemned along with them.

Impeached Texas Attorney General Partnered With Troubled Businessman to Push Opioid Program
While launching a statewide program to distribute packets to dissolve opioids, Attorney General Ken Paxton worked to connect its leaders with the state’s comptroller, who oversees the distribution of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money
propublica.org/article/ken-pax

#Texas #KenPaxton #KennyHansmire #opiods #OpiodEpidemic #OpiodAddiction #neoliberalism #corruption

🗞️ Failed North Korean rocket is intelligence win for Kim’s foes.
A #NorthKorean satellite launch that ended in failure will provide a trove of information about the secretive state’s rocket program as #SouthKorea salvages large sections from the bottom of the sea.

#intelligence #osint #military

japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/

I have a simple litmus test on content moderation that most systems fail:

Your space must be safe for antifascists and dangerous for Nazis.

Mississippi state offices were closed for Confederate Memorial Day

But they remained open for Juneteenth

You don’t have to participate in this nations holidays if and only if you don’t want my blue state tax dollars

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