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[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The Trumps aren’t just using their family name to make money.

Their companies have received almost a billion $$ in federal contracts – a shocking and unprecedented display of corruption.

My @Morning_Joe Chart

[Bridget Early @bridget__early]

The lede on this NYT story is devastating. As more parents reject Vitamin K shots for their babies, docs are increasingly treating brain/abdominal hemorrhages for infants who hadn’t received the routine injection, per Maggie Astor:

[Sam Stein @samstein]

He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.

A tough read from @Carrasquillo
on Lorenzo Araujo

https://t.co/5o6fRfaOpi

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Mohammad Paktiawal died in ICE custody. He fought with our troops in Afghanistan. He was not here illegally or a criminal. He worked & had a family. There was no reason for his detention. This ongoing inhumanity is a national shame. Powerful @BillKristol:
https://t.co/vsjELCxUNk

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Incredible WSJ reporting on how European leaders deal with Trump

-European leaders workshopped tweets to send Trump, debating which words to capitalize. They had to sound extra stupid to win over his trust.

-Trump didn't like the idea of sanctioning Russia, so they started calling sanctions "tariffs."

-When a tablet to call Trudeau didn't work, Trump threw it down like a baby.

-Trump took German leader Merz into the Oval Office, which he called the "Lewinsky room", and told him he could take away MAGA swag that he could sell for thousands of dollars.

You couldn't make this into a comedy. The straight reporting is funny enough. But really it's disgraceful and if you have any pride in your nation you should be ashamed of this.

[Brittany Hughes @RealBrittHughes]

Hey @Netflix: The first season has 10 episodes and you binge it in a week. The second season airs three years later with 8 episodes that come out in two random chunks six weeks apart for no reason. And by the time it airs, you've forgotten the first season anyway and it's not worth the time to go back and rewatch it.

There. Just saved you a crapton of consulting money. You're welcome.

[Gregg Bell @gbellseattle]

Final three words to my mind as I walk out of Lumen Field, and out of the World Cup in Seattle:

Keep
The
Grass
!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside.

[AB⚕ @AbsoluteBruno]

Regardless of what happens, Cape Verde have won all our hearts

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJopinion: Foreigners are being led to believe they can buy American goodwill or favors if they cut the Trumps in on the action. Americans deserve better from this or any President.
https://t.co/5QMIonQ0DS

[James Henry @Jameshenry1970]

As a DC9 union painter with 30+ years in coatings, I’m looking at the failure not a conspiracy theory.
When a coating is lifting off in large sheets like this, that points to an adhesion failure: improper surface preparation, contamination left behind, the wrong coating system, poor recoat timing, or water introduced before the system fully cured.

A quality two-part epoxy system can perform well but the product is only as good as the prep and application. The substrate has to be properly profiled/cleaned, the specified primer or first coat applied correctly, recoat windows followed, and the full system allowed to cure before being put back into service.

That is not “vandals.” That is a coating failure that deserves a real independent inspection and an explanation of exactly what system was specified and how it was applied.

#Coatings #Epoxy #SurfacePreparation #PaintFailure #UnionPainter #QualityControl #Accountability #ReflectingPool
#Properpreperation #Elonmusk
#DonaldTrump #Donaldtrumpjr
@krassenstein @EdKrassen @eddsmitty @LucasSa56947288 @adammocklerr @harryjsisson @acnewsitics @Acyn @Bakari_Sellers

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

A few days ago Elon Musk called the UK a "police state" - he may have a point: here's a person being threatened by armed soldiers for putting their hand in a pool of water. Oh, wait, that's in Trump's America. My mistake.

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Daniel Cormier was removed from the UFC commentary team after he exposed Eric Trump for begging for insider UFC information so he could place bets on fights.

In other words, another day for the rich white people that don’t have punishments for their crimes.

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Absolute trash

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I don’t want to jump to conclusions but I’m starting to think he doesn’t like Black people.

[Wes Moore @iamwesmoore]

Sec. Hegseth’s actions continue to be despicable – and they certainly aren’t representative of the Army I served in.

We’ve repeatedly seen how this White House has disparaged and mistreated both active-duty service members and the veterans who raised their hand to serve this country. I’m glad that people are continuing to stand up and speak out.

https://t.co/yHEGa3Mrpe

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

One year ago.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut.

Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office.

Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back."

The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch.

Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded.

The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed.

Until it didn't.

[Natalie Korach @NatalieKorach]

CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD

https://t.co/Dz1WySs2E8

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “An absolute nightmare scenario. Let’s stop it.” 🦒 🦓

@peoplemag covers @BradPaisley speaking out against the @DCBLOXinc data center planned right next to the @NashvilleZoo — public comment THURSDAY.

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