Fräulein K. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪

Happy Feminist Spinster - „Il faut cultiver son jardin“, Voltaire

[Fräulein K. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪 @FruleinK1]

@Brasssneck @GermanAmbUSA 📸 @mattia_n

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

It’s rare that a decision by the Secretary of Defense can be traced directly to the death of a service member but in the insanity this week you may have missed what happened. Airman 1st Class Keon McDaniel, a 25-year-old trainee at JB San Antonio-Lackland, died June 16 following a severe influenza outbreak that infected nearly 300 trainees after Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional. https://t.co/suwsL0Dbe7

[Erik Uebelacker @Uebey]

New: Melania Trump wants to sanction journalist Michael Wolff for his "frivolous" anti-SLAPP lawsuit against her.

A federal judge suggested the first lady should perhaps quit while she's ahead.
https://t.co/AcjOcr8LRB

[Brody's Mom @southernwoman64]

These trees were a gift from the Japanese and the oldest in DC

When Nats Park was built, the owners purchased cherry trees specifically bred to bloom early

Planted them in the outfield and cared for them lovingly

Like these trees have been cared for for years and years

They would early in time for Opening Day

When the entire city was covered in pink blooms

Thousands of Americans plan trips to DC to see them

And the monuments

And tour the WH entering through the majestic East Wing

On tours that were managed by the First Lady’s office

Trump doesn’t give a damn about history, heritage, tradition, relationships with foreign allies

If he did, he wouldn’t have unceremoniously torn down the East Wing

Is there ANYONE in DC who will stop this bullshit?

ANYONE

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

The Great Algae Conspiracy Theory, sure to go down in history along with Hugo Chavez stole the 2020 election, the windmills are killing us, and other Trump classics

[Joerg Lau @joerglau]

Middle powers ganging up

[Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي @NTarnopolsky]

#BREAKING: Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, Israel's chief hostage negotiator, says that hostages held by Hamas could have "come back alive" but the Netanyahu government repeatedly turned down truce deals on the altar of "the lie" of "total victory."
@UnxeptableD

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Nala. She thought your face had disappeared. Turns out it was behind your hands the whole time. Incredible. 12/10

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: There are very few people that have them, you know, I want to give one to myself, but they tell me and I'm not allowed to. My son over here, both of them. I said, I'd love to give one of them to me. What have I done that to deserve it and they couldn't think of anything. so I'm not happy with them today

[WDR @WDRaktuell]

Am dritten Tag nach der großen Hitze zeigt sich immer deutlicher, welche dramatischen Folgen sie hatte. Krankenhäuser bräuchten dringend Klimaanlagen, sagt Chefarzt Prof. Dr. Uwe Janssens. Eine Situation wie am Wochenende habe er noch nie erlebt.
https://t.co/ZvhmQuFDpU

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The quote that should anchor every headline today: two million dollars, you can have a pardon. General knowledge. Multiple attorneys saying the same thing. Clients told to hire a specific unnamed person, then they get the outcome. The middleman collects. The formal DOJ process for evaluating pardons has been replaced by this.

Among those being considered under the "250 for 250" plan are Jho Low, a Malaysian fugitive wanted for his alleged role in diverting billions through the 1MDB fraud, and Pras Michel of the Fugees, convicted of conspiring with Jho Low and a Chinese government official to lobby against the U.S. investigation into that theft. The White House said after publication those names are not on the pardon team's radar.

The Atlantic spoke to 14 people familiar with the discussions. One criminal defense attorney called it a three-ring circus. A former administration official called it something unprintable. The White House called the process rigorous. All of those things were said about the same system, running simultaneously, in the same building.

[g. @GeauxGabrielle]

Trump wanted to attack WOMEN primarily and keep us in debt due to women (teachers, social workers, nurses, and all who would be eligible for PSLF) OVERWHELMINGLY voting Democrat.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

As President Trump toured the East Potomac Golf Links in D.C., he carried what appeared to be plans showing a far more extensive redevelopment of the course than officials have publicly disclosed, potentially transforming it into a championship venue. https://t.co/HJeZ9I7jWL

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Trump wants to cut down Washington DC's oldest grove of cherry trees along the Mall and eliminate the public biking path and picnic areas so he can build a Trump golf course on public land, using public dollars, and taking spaces away from the public.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Any other FBI Director would have resigned before this story broke. The real news here is that Trump is willing to tolerate this.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

For Bicentennial 1976, tall ships and celebration in front of the World Trade Center:

[Philip Le Butt @PhilipLeButt]

Es lohnt sich diesen Tweet GANZ GENAU zu lesen. Er ist meiner Auffassung nach vollkommen im Einklang damit was im Podcast berichtet wurde.

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

"I live in Missouri, not NYC. I'm not part of that 'access journalism cocktail circuit my family’s been hanging with the Trumps and the Kushners since I was a child.' I’m outside of that and I don't care if they like me."
(I swear I did this interview before I knew about the new book by Maggie Haberman, whose mother worked for the Trump/Epstein/Kushner PR firm Rubenstein and who is a lifetime friend of Roger Stone…)
https://t.co/7rSn5XIwi2

[Annette Dittert  @annettedittert]

Es ist wie mit GB News im UK. Um direktes Geld geht es den Betreibern meist gar nicht. Das kommt dann nach der Disruption.

[Jan Krattiger @jan_krattiger]

"Viele sind allerdings vor allem an einer Umwandlung in Serviced Apartments interessiert, die Mieteinnahmen nahe der üblichen Büromieten erzielen können." 🤡
https://t.co/jZDbDL5mc0

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

This is straight out of Mein Kampf btw. Its paraphrased and adapted to the modern world of course, but the idea that the Aryan race invented culture/technology and so a Pole or a Slav could never be truly German is the core foundational idea that gave birth to Nazism