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[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A record number of Americans believe there is widespread corruption in the U.S. government, reaching the highest level of distrust in two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. https://t.co/401yuQj0rB

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Yesterday’s bond market selloff is a a ringing alarm bell about the future of the economy under Trump’s mismanagement.

Treasury bonds are the pillars of America’s economy. When they shake, the whole thing shakes. Traders are selling them off because they understand that Trump’s war and trade war are making things more expensive, and he’s pressuring the Fed to keep it from doing its job despite the rising inflation he’s creating. It’s triggering a lack of trust from the market—and a selloff.

Why’s he doing this? He’s risking the future of the economy itself to inject the economy with a temporary sugar high through the midterms for his political gain. What’s the consequence for us?

Everything is about to become a lot more expensive than it already is. Mike Rogers will say nothing because he’s corporate, corrupt, and a coward.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Pete Hegseth is DIRECTLY responsible for the mass exodus of the best and brightest of our top brass in the Penta-gone.

The Secretary of Defeat makes us UNSAFE.
Nobody respects that jackass.

It's time for him to go.
#FireHegsethNOW

[Gert @MyGrannyGert]

@epaleezeldin You are raping the earth

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Jack Reed, ranking member on Armed Services, West Point grad, former Army officer: Hegseth has to go

https://t.co/aDRKNvPiIp

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

The tariffs were supposed to reduce America’s trade deficit.⁣
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The U.S. goods deficit was $1.212 trillion in 2024.⁣
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After the first full year of tariffs?⁣
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About $1.24 trillion.⁣
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We imposed tariffs to eliminate a trillion-dollar deficit and ended up with… a slightly bigger trillion-dollar deficit.⁣
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https://t.co/0DY2vFiGvC

[Conor Lamb @ConorLambPA]

There are more measles cases in Pennsylvania than McDonald’s franchises.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

My Senate colleague Thom Tillis is right. Pete Hegseth has long passed his expiration date as SecDef. He needs to go.

[Gert @MyGrannyGert]

@SecWar @DeptofWar @RichardMarlesMP Resign and go back to fake news

[Crazy Fenak @CrazyFenaker]

If you're curious why the Iran war is going so badly, this drooling imbecile has a lot to do with it. A dumb grunt who washed out at low rank, became a Fox weekend host, and then was tapped by the dumbest President of all time to be Secretary of Defense. Confirmed by morons.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Yes, he slept through a another meeting but it's important to note, that every person in this photo is named in the Epstein Files.

Every. Single. One.

[Mr Drogan 🚴 @wxdruge]

⚓ A word about the appearance of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

As the Lincoln arrives in Thailand today, a lot of people are commenting on the visible rust, streaking and worn paint on her hull and saying she looks like she's in poor condition.

She certainly looks weathered—but there's some important context.

USS Abraham Lincoln has just completed an extraordinary deployment, including 286 days at sea and nearly seven months operating in the CENTCOM area. This is her first full port visit since the deployment began in November 2025.

Saltwater is absolutely brutal on steel. Add constant salt spray, humidity, intense sunlight, heat, flight operations and months at sea with limited opportunities for major preservation work, and corrosion becomes a continuous battle.

Modern Navy ships also use sophisticated coating systems rather than simply a coat of ordinary gray paint. NAVSEA specifications call for primers and specialized exterior coatings—including Haze Gray coatings meeting MIL-PRF-24635 requirements—designed to protect the steel beneath them. The Navy has also moved toward high-performance polysiloxane coatings in many topside applications to improve corrosion protection and coating life.

But no coating makes a steel warship immune to the ocean.

Once a coating is damaged or worn through, saltwater and oxygen attack the exposed steel and rust can appear quickly. Rust streaking can also spread over otherwise intact coatings, making a ship look considerably worse than the actual condition of the underlying structure.

That's why preservation aboard Navy ships never really ends: inspect, descale, clean, prime, paint—and eventually do it again.

So yes, after this deployment the Lincoln looks rough.

After 286 days at sea, she earned the scars.

⚓ Fair winds to the Sailors and Marines of USS Abraham Lincoln. Enjoy some very well-earned liberty in Thailand.

#USSAbrahamLincoln #CVN72 #USNavy #Navy #AircraftCarrier #NavalAviation #CarrierStrikeGroup #Sailors #FairWinds #SeaPower

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Really rich coming from a guy who spends most of his time golfing, decorating his house, and “hanging out” with Natalie…

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Don't tag Trump, his staff, or family members, though.

That would be very wrong.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

I’m not saying trump is intentionally trying to lose the midterms. But if he was, could anyone tell the difference?

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Days after Stars and Stripes reported on rough conditions aboard the USS Lincoln, the Pentagon fired the outlet’s publisher, editor, and the reporter who wrote it. Around the same time, WaPo revealed something the Pentagon won’t explain: Hegseth has been quietly moving pro-Trump military influencers into government roles, with no disclosure of what they actually do. (See below)

Here’s the thing they don’t want you to know:
Using tax dollars to push propaganda at American citizens has been illegal since Congress passed 10 U.S.C. 2241a after the 2008 “message force multipliers” scandal (paid retired generals pushing WMD talking points on TV).

Same law, same playbook, different administration. Fire the journalists telling the truth. Pay the influencers telling you what you want to hear.

I hope those “influencers” have good lawyers.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

This deviant, sadistic, fake fucking “Christian” bitch was complicit with the Trump/Epstein/MAGA pedophile cult from the get go. She ain’t fooling anyone with her phony crocodile tears and manufactured “mourning.”

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Many of you probably missed the WaPo article revealing that a group of pro-Trump influencers were quietly given civilian roles at the Pentagon.

One of them is retired Army Colonel Thomas Anderson, better known as @CynicalPublius.

In addition to promoting Pete Hegseth’s silly macho propaganda, he actively participated in anti-Ukraine rhetoric and spouted straight-up Kremlin propaganda.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

The 100 Wealthiest Americans also made up 7.5% of ALL the federal election spending in 2024. Roughly: $1 out of every $13 spent.

The Top 300 billionaire families donated 19% of all reported federal election spending in 2024.

Do you get it yet? Are you paying attention?

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth must resign and stand trial at The Hague for criminal negligence, treason and war crimes against humanity.