23 Years Ago Today Beyoncé released her debut studio, “Dangerously In Love”
Powered by classics like “Crazy In Love,” “Baby Boy,” and “Me, Myself and I,” the album launched Beyoncé’s solo career into the stratosphere and earned her five Grammy Awards including “Best Contemporary R&B Album”
Here are Italian PM Meloni's remarks about Trump, translated to English:
"So certain things deserve an immediate response. Donald Trump's statements are completely made up. I am frankly stunned.
I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies. It's not the first time this has happened. After all, I can only say it's a shame he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaders with whom instead he proves to be much more accommodating.
But he must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg. "
NEW @WIRED: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sought to ingratiate themselves to Trump after the 2024 election — who in return mocked them behind their backs, per new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
— Zuckerberg sent Trump a photo of a letter one of his grade-school kids wrote that looked forward to the “golden age of america”
— Bezos denigrated The Washington Post to Trump and described the newspaper as one of his worst financial investments
— Trump showed off texts from Zuckerberg and Bezos to other guests, including to Elon Musk, who mocked them as “Firstclass groveling”
— Months after their dinner, Bezos tried to get a favor from Trump, telling him it was a risk for SpaceX to dominate govt space contracts
— Bezos suggested Trump tell Deputy Defense Secy Feinberg to ensure“contractor diversity,” opening the door for Blue Origin to get contracts
— But Trump ultimately screwed over Bezos after he reconciled with Musk, and instead expanded SpaceX’s access to US space launch sites
— WIRED obtained the details from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” by @maggieNYT and @jonathanvswan ahead of June 23 release
Michelle Obama: "We simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent. To ring our hands in despair. To wait for someone else to fix the problem. Y'all, hope is all we have. Because hope is the essential spark that lights the fire of change. But hope is a choice. Whether or not we use our voices to speak up is a choice. Voting is a choice. Being a decent human being is a choice. Believing that we still hold the power to build a country that reflects us all is a choice."
This is so bent. Democrats fought for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, labor laws, anti-pollution laws, voting rights, food-safety standards, equal pay—all to make this a better country and all over GOP opposition. Show some frickin' gratitude for that.
Happy Birthday to the legendary Kendrick Lamar, who turns 39 today 🔥🎈
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▫️56B+ Spotify streams
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▫️Every album has 1B+ streams on Spotify
▫️Rapper with the most weeks spent at #1 in the 2020s
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@atrupar Let me help you out @JDVance,
The court isn’t withholding the files. That excuse (rule 6E) evaporated when our EFTA passed.
Your admin is illegally withholding many important files, claiming traditional “FOIA deliberative process privilege,” which the EFTA explicitly prohibits.
#BREAKING: Deposing Attorney: Do you regret that people lost income to support their lives?
DOGE Bro: “No. I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to zero.”
Deposing Attorney: Did you reduce the federal deficit?
DOGE Bro: “No, we didn’t.”
Deposing Attorney: So you weren’t able to reduce the federal deficit and you still don’t regret that people lost some of their livelihood based on your actions?
DOGE Bro: “No.” 🤦♀️