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[Hannah Kirkell @h_kirk6]

They’re calling it the best final jeopardy question of all time

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

this is truly the nastiest read anyone in history has ever received😭

[Carter Walker @ByCarterWalker]

New from Votebeat PA: The Election Law Advisory Board was meant to be a bipartisan, statewide collaborative effort to provide the legislature with advice on election reform. But it has been languishing for years as it awaits appointees from Gov. Shapiro.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[sean kitchen @sean_kitchen89]

All of this.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: AOC absolutely DOG-WALKS Senator Ted Cruz after he insulted her working class past as a bartender in a sneering line of attack.

She certainly sounds like a president to us...

"Congresswoman, real quick, I'm sorry to ask you about this, but Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. Any response to this Junior Senator from Texas," a reporter asked Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

"I mean, listen, it's not a secret the disdain that Ted Cruz has for people who work working class jobs," said AOC. "It's not a secret that, you know, what he thinks of the waitresses, the line cooks, he thinks that we're less than him."

"He thinks that because he has a Harvard degree and never scrubbed a table, that that makes him better than someone who's actually had to work for a living," she continued. "And I think it's funny that he's been taking a government paycheck for twenty-three years, but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here."

"And you know, if that's how he feels, that's how he feels. I don't take it personally. I'm okay with it," she added.

In a recent podcast appearance, Cruz — who is best known these days for fleeing his constituents in Texas during a deadly winter storm to vacation in Cancun — attacked Ocasio-Cortez for daring to state the truth that billionaires "can't earn" that much wealth.

He referenced her past employment as a bartender and said that it's "probably true" that people in that line of work can never earn a billion dollars. He added that she went from that job to "being a government employee and a parasite sucking on the taxpayer."

The stunning irony here is, of course, that Cruz himself draws a taxpayer salary and has been doing so far longer than Ocasio-Cortez. The difference is that AOC actually works to improve the lives of her constituents while Cruz actively immiserates them on behalf of corporations and corrupt oligarchs.

The congresswoman is also right about his underlying beliefs. Cruz, like so many Republican politicians, believes that the rich are inherently better than working class people. They view the vast swath of the American electorate as subhuman peons to be exploited and extracted from. Men like him should never be given power.

Please ❤️ and share if you'd vote for AOC in a heartbeat!

[Johnny AGI @JohnnyAGI]

On June 16th, 2025 Trump announced a new "Trump Phone" available for preorder.

$100 preorder towards a $500 phone.

To date, he's received 590,000+ preorders, taking in an estimated $59 million in sales.

Last month in April, Trump updated the Preorder terms stating there is "No guarantee a phone will be produced or sold".

This is beyond grifting.

And the Trump phone (which will never happen), is the perfect representation of the Trump Presidency:

A bait & switch scam.

He stole their money and told them to cry more.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." Senator Claude Malhuret stood up in the French Senate this week and systematically torched every single member of Trump's cabinet.

Nobody was spared. Not one.

"A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court," Malhuret began. Then he went through the roster.

"An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health." (That's RFK Jr)

"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy." (That's Scott Bessent)

"An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces." (That's Pete Hegseth)

"An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice." (That's Pam Bondi, whose former firm collected $115,000 a month lobbying for Qatar)

"A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security." (That's Tulsi Gabbard)

Then he pulled back and went bigger.

"A Turkish proverb says: when a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king. It is the palace that becomes a circus."

Malhuret pointed out that since Trump created his so-called Board of Peace, he has launched more military strikes than Biden did in his entire term. He called out the Boeing jet Qatar gifted Trump worth $400 million.

He called out the stock market manipulation that only insiders benefit from. He called out the Gulf investment deals enriching Trump and his family.

"Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret said. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests."

Then came the line that cut deepest. "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction."

This is how the world sees us now. Not through Fox News. Not through Truth Social. Through the cold, clear eyes of allied nations watching a great country be hollowed out by crooks.

Every American should hear this speech. Share it everywhere.

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

A federal judge just ruled that videos of DOGE staffers must stay up — and they are devastating.

Under oath, they couldn't define DEI. They admitted they never reduced the deficit. And they wiped out $100 million in humanities grants — including a Holocaust documentary — using ChatGPT.

The regime tried to bury this. It didn't work.
https://t.co/fWMDX4EeEb

[GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless]

BREAKING: An Ohio man set up a trail cam to catch deer… and accidentally uncovered whatever his cat has going on after 2AM.

For the third night in a row, Bandit has been spotted leading a full lineup of raccoons—and one very committed possum—straight to the shed like it’s a scheduled meeting.

They show up single file.

They go in.

They stay for about an hour.

They leave.

No fighting. No chaos. Just… business.

One of them even pauses like it’s doing a headcount.

At this point, nobody’s asking questions. Because in Ohio, if your cat is running late-night operations behind a barn with raccoons, possums, and something watching from the treeline…

you just turn the porch light off and mind your business. 🫡🦝🐈🌽
#OhioLife #OnlyInOhio #BackyardMysteries #TrailCam #RaccoonUnion

[Stellar @StellarArtoisGB]

Did you know 😏

He rubbed lemon juice on his face. Robbed two banks. Smiled at the cameras. Got caught in an hour. And changed psychology forever.

In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two banks in Pittsburgh and robbed them with no mask, no disguise, and lemon juice on his face. He believed that because lemon juice works as invisible ink on paper, it would make his face invisible to cameras. He smiled directly into the security cameras. Police aired the footage on the evening news and arrested him within an hour.

When shown the tape, Wheeler stared at the screen and said, "But I wore the juice." He had tested the theory with a Polaroid selfie and didn't appear in the photo — because lemon juice got in his eyes and he aimed the camera at the ceiling.

His case inspired Cornell psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger to publish their 1999 paper defining the Dunning-Kruger Effect — the cognitive bias where people with low ability drastically overestimate their own competence.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Barron Trump buys $50 million worth of oil stocks two days before Trump started the war in Iran.

- He bought before the bombs fell
- He bought before Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz
- He bought before 20% of global oil supply was choked
- He bought before crude oil prices reached levels not seen since 2008

This is insider trading and highly illegal.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Flags at half mast speak loudly about who a nation chooses to honor.

When Charlie Kirk, a racist agitator who trafficked in division and grievance, died, Trump moved swiftly to lower the American flag, a symbolic gesture of national mourning.

But when Reverend Jesse Jackson, a global civil rights icon, freedom fighter, and lifelong advocate for justice, dignity, and unity passed away, there was no such urgency. No national gesture. No unifying call to honor a man whose life’s work helped expand democracy and human rights for millions.

Instead, the president took to social media to center himself rather than the legacy of a giant who marched with Dr. King, negotiated for the oppressed, and spent decades bringing people together across race, class, and nation.

Let that contrast sink in.

A figure known for stoking division is memorialized with the full weight of presidential symbolism, while a civil rights statesman whose mission was reconciliation, equality, and global justice is met with indifference.

That is not just an oversight.
That is a statement of values.

History will remember who was honored, how they were honored, and who was quietly minimized.

And it raises a sobering question:
What does it say about the soul of a nation when a divider is mourned with national symbols, but a unifier is not?

Talbert Swan

[Rachel Coyle @RachelCoyleOhio]

"We're illegally funneling public $$ into private schools that donate to us but DON'T SUE US OR WE'LL TAKE EVEN MORE MONEY"
https://t.co/0pHGi7tmmh
Ohio's Republican government just openly using extortion now

[Dapsy𓃵 @symplyDAPO]

This photo breaks me every single time I see it.😡😡

Back in 2002, 16-year-old Brian Banks was a straight-up football phenom at Long Beach Poly High School. USC scholarship locked in. NFL dreams right in front of him.

Then a girl named Wanetta Gibson accused him of raping her in a school stairwell. No DNA. No witnesses. Nothing. But they had him facing 41 years to life. His own lawyer pressured him into a no-contest plea. Just like that, his future was gone.

He spent five brutal years locked up and another five on parole as a registered sex offender. All of it was a lie. In 2012, Gibson finally admitted on camera, that she made the whole thing up so she and her family could sue the school district and pocket $1.5 million.

This is a picture of Brian in that courtroom when the judge exonerates him. A grown man collapsing in tears after a decade of hell. And her? Zero jail time. Not one single day. She destroyed an innocent Black kid’s entire life for a payday and walked away like it was nothing.

This is straight-up evil. False accusations like this ruin lives, crush dreams, and the system lets the liars skate every damn time. How many more Brian Banks are out there right now😭

[Armstrong County Democratic Party @ArmstrongCoDems]

@Steve615531252 @allenanalysis 🤡

[Carmine Sabia @CarmineSabia]

I believe any of us who have decent sized platforms have an obligation to squash misinformation.

There is a misinformation on Renee Good that needs to be addressed.

Yes, I have fact check this information as a journalist using actual sources that are not tough to find even for a non-journalist.

The criminal records being shown on her and her wife are both false.

The photo of her mocking the death of Charlie Kirk is not real.

She was not a domestic terrorist or a bad person just someone who made a tragic mistake.

We do not need character assassination of someone whose family is already suffering.

I’m a MAGA conservative. There is no benefit for me to squash this misinformation other than my obligation to do it.

[Armstrong County Democratic Party @ArmstrongCoDems]

@realwilldonahue How about waiting for facts. 🤡

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump’s State Department just declared abortion, DEI, and LGBTQ+ rights “human rights violations” — and the world is stunned.

In a jaw-dropping escalation of the Trump administration’s war on basic freedoms, the State Department has quietly rewritten the definition of “human rights” to target abortion access, LGBTQ+ equality, DEI policies, free-speech protections abroad, and even countries that allow refugees into their borders. Yes — Donald Trump is now trying to redefine human rights as the opposite of human rights.

The stunning new guidance, sent to every U.S. embassy and consulate on Earth, orders American diplomats to treat the following as human rights abuses:
• Countries with state-funded abortion
• Countries with workplace DEI protections
• Countries that allow gender-affirming care for transgender youth
• Countries with “hate speech” laws that crack down on extremist threats
• Countries that accept migrants seeking safety
In other words, if a country protects women, LGBTQ+ people, minorities, immigrants, or the public from violent speech, the Trump administration wants the world to believe that country is violating human rights.

You truly can’t make this up.

The administration even wants diplomats to count how many abortions each country performs each year — as if a public health statistic is some kind of war crime, instead of a tool that saves lives.

And while Trump is suddenly obsessed with “human rights,” his first human rights report under this new philosophy was one-third the length of previous years and conveniently left out horrific conditions in El Salvador’s prisons and China’s abuses against peaceful protesters. Because when Trump says “human rights,” he apparently means “rights for my base, not for human beings.”

Naturally, human rights experts are sounding the alarm.
Former senior State Department official Uzra Zeya called the new rules “jaw-dropping animosity toward LGBTQ+ people” and slammed Trump for trying to label DEI as a violation of human rights — calling it a “new low.” Amnesty International warned that Trump’s changes tell the world the U.S. no longer believes in the human rights system it helped build in the aftermath of World War II.

Even foreign policy veterans who rarely criticize administrations openly are aghast. One official put it bluntly: “The Trump administration is weaponizing human rights to attack the marginalized instead of protecting them.”

Let’s be clear: This is not a human rights policy. It is a culture-war wish list disguised as diplomacy.
Trump is using America’s global platform to export the most extreme parts of the MAGA agenda — punishing countries that protect equality and rewarding those that align with far-right ideology.

The State Department’s deputy spokesperson even had the gall to claim “destructive ideologies” have taken root around the globe. The truth? The only destructive ideology here is the one that says basic equality is evil and discrimination is freedom.

This is the Trump doctrine in a nutshell: Oppression is liberty. Equality is tyranny. Human rights are whatever Donald Trump says they are.

And now he wants to impose that worldview on the entire world.

This isn’t foreign policy. This is fanaticism wrapped in a flag — and America, along with the global community, will be living with the fallout for decades if this nightmare continues.

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