Queen Bee☮️

Sarcastic and depressed but strong survivor vibe. Proud Mini to one grand baby. Proud liberal. #savethemanatees #savethedolphins #LGBTQally 🏳️‍🌈🌊🌊

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

What’s in the first drop of the declassified UFO files? …and what’s not in them? Let’s discuss:

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

A toddler was surprised with a gift after striking up a beautiful friendship with her family’s garbage truck driver in Washington.

Three-year-old Penny would often stand in the driveway watching the garbage truck and developed a connection with the driver, Jorge, her mom said.

He recently surprised her with a gift that his own daughter had picked out especially for her: a Hello Kitty backpack. 💕

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

And today’s popular music: “blockade” by Trump.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The Hershey Company announced last week that it is returning all of its classic brands to earlier milk chocolate and dark chocolate recipes.

The move comes amid a growing backlash over recipe changes and the use of chocolate alternatives in some of its candies.

Deema Zein explores what’s behind this latest battle in the chocolate wars.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA TO THINK ABOUT..
DIRTY DON MADE MORE MONEY THE LAST YEAR THAN HE DID THE PREVIOUS 79 YEARS 🤷 HE'S A BILLIONAIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING HE MADE IS A RESULT OF THE PRESIDENCY 🤷 THIS IS NOT A PRESIDENCY IT IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE 🤷

[Queen Bee☮️ @1gibsonjoyce]

I watched Jerry Springer in the 90’s and Trump and his cult still surprise me

[Etan Thomas @etanthomas36]

“I don’t doubt that Maduro is a criminal but so is Trump. I don’t doubt that Maduro rigged the elections, but so did Trump. I don’t doubt that Maduro weaponized the justice system but so has Trump” ~Rev Kevin Johnson of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.

The agency last week approved the use of two new pesticides that qualify as PFAS. Farmers could spread them on crops such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.

While not a lot is known about their long-term impact, the chemicals have been linked to certain cancers, birth defects and other health problems.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

What amazes me is that Donald Trump literally said today that "smart people don't like him," which means his supporters, or "the people who do like him," are uneducated dumb shits.... And not a single MAGA was offended or has said anything.

He was right, and I'm baffled.

[Queen Bee☮️ @1gibsonjoyce]

A red hat and a cross necklace does not make you morally superior

[Queen Bee☮️ @1gibsonjoyce]

Mom is riddled with cancer in breast, ribs, lung, liver. Having trouble breathing. Requested an electric wheelchair (hence the lazy and dramatic comment). Has never done anything to my SIL. My brother was silent. How should I handle?

[Queen Bee☮️ @1gibsonjoyce]

My SIL went into my mom’s room at the nursing home and called her a liar, a B****, lazy and being dramatic. That she shouldn’t have been upset over a FB post that the SIL made (talking about feelings toward MIL) Embarrassed her in front of her roommate. 1/2

[Queen Bee☮️ @1gibsonjoyce]

@broadwaybabyto I agree with everything you’ve said. I had two children in my marriage. I knew that’s all I wanted. I was also denied a tubal. Reason given by my male OBGYN was that I was still young and may want more. I’m 51 yo now. Only ever had the two.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

I guess it’s good to know that the next Democratic president can ship Trump and his cabinet off to a Central American prison without a trial and we won’t ever have to worry about them coming back.

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

On some Thailand beaches tourists aren’t supposed to paddle deeper than their ankles.

The reason given will absolutely shock you.

[Cheri Jacobus @CheriJacobus]

America went back to her abusive boyfriend after breaking up with him, and now he's gonna kill her -- and all her friends.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Here's what happened inside the White House after the Oval Office shouting match:

Trump huddled with his key advisers immediately afterward inside the Oval.

According to a White House official, Trump consulted Vance, Rubio, Bessent, etc. That was when Trump decided that Zelensky was "not in a place to negotiate." He directed Secretary Rubio and his national security adviser Mike Waltz to deliver the message: it was time for Zelensky to leave.

The Ukrainians were holding nearby in a separate room. (That's standard for foreign leader visits.) Typically they reconvene for lunch. But the Ukrainians would not be dining at the White House. As the prepared food sat nearby on carts in a hallway, the Ukrainians were instructed to leave.

The White House official said the Ukrainians wanted to continue the talks. But they were told no.

Zelensky left shortly thereafter.

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Read/copy/repost if you can
From an anonymous OPM employee on Reddit. submitted 3 hours ago by Throwaway918284: "I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I’m posting this because people need to know what’s going on at OPM. I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.
Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen.
The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He's the friendliest “yes man” you'll ever meet. He never says no. It’s clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump's bidding, until they found Chuck.
Under his name, they’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn’t even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.
Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency.
Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various “test” message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.
The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it’s looking pretty grim."

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

Republicans in the Tennessee Senate just passed a bill making local elected officials subject to felony charges and up to 6 years in prison simply for casting a vote at odds with Trump’s immigration enforcement policies.

That’s a dangerous break from American law and tradition.