Red State Nasty

I’m a hard no on the autocracy thing.

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Does Donald Trump get to keep this Qatari jet after the presidency?

Raskin: No, he does not. You know why? Because the Constitution says he can’t do it.

Because the Constitution says that the president may not receive a present, an emolument—which means a payment, an office or title of any kind—from a king, a prince, or a foreign state without the consent of Congress.

And Congress has not consented to him keeping a $400 million jet. So it’s got to be turned over immediately to Congress for disposition.

We can either send it back to the people in Qatar, or we can keep it and do something different with it. But it doesn’t belong to the president.

You know, Abraham Lincoln, in the middle of the Civil War, wanted to keep some elephant tusks he’d gotten from the King of Siam. He never kept a present before. He wrote a letter to Congress. He said, “Can I keep this?” And Congress said, you know, you’re doing a great job, Honest Abe, and we love you, but no, you can’t keep it. Turn it over to the Department of State. That’s the right way to do it.

Every other president has come to Congress to ask whether they can keep one of these foreign gifts from a government, king, or prince. President Trump should be no different. He’s got to come to us too. And if not, we’ll just have to requisition it and confiscate it.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

A new book by the Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan contends that Trump ran in 2024 for one reason above all: “This was about staying out of prison.” https://t.co/tiWqJrmDWc

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

We join with #MsRachel and many others in calling for the closing of inhumane family and children detention and the closure of Dilley Immigration Detention Center.

#CloseDilley #WhyInhumanity #MLK #TheKingCenter

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Private equity has a playbook for rolling through cities and buying up the homes on the market.

The Senate just passed our bill to stop them.

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

Mail-in voting is safe, simple, and popular.

I’m fighting to protect and expand access to vote by mail for every eligible voter!

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Every time you see a headline about how Trump is pushing for drilling on public lands, remember that he promised Big Oil whatever they wanted if they spent $1 billion to get him elected.

Save our public lands. Put America above Big Oil. 🇺🇸🏞️

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Officials knew the $16.4 million Reflecting Pool renovation was peeling and turning green earlier than they acknowledged. https://t.co/zQ7FlZtu89

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

It was such a joy getting to spend time with Joe and Jill, George and Laura, and Bill and Hillary last week. Barack and I will always be grateful for your constant friendship and support of our family over the years. 

(And George, thanks for the mints!)

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

The U.S. military was charged $4,361 for a half inch metal pin that costs $46.

Why? Defense contractors—with ties to private equity—are raking in excess profits.

Instead of cracking down, Trump's DoD is inviting private equity to be MORE involved in our national defense.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WOW!! Yesterday (longest day of 2026) Wind, Water, and Solar power supply in California exceeded demand for nearly 10.5 hours and supplied more than 80% of the 24-hour demand!!

Clean energy is powering one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies, and it’s not slowing down!

[United Nations @UN]

Conflict remains the leading driver of hunger.

@WFP works in some of the world's most challenging environments, delivering life-saving food in emergencies and helping communities rebuild the systems they depend on.

Because peace cannot take root when people are hungry.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Refugees. Migrants. They’re not the same.

Blurring the two terms takes attention away from the specific legal protections refugees require.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The Tohono O’odham Nation, a reservation the size of Connecticut in southern Arizona, is fighting to stop construction of a border wall on their land. Losing could be a devastating blow to future claims of Indian sovereignty, @gerry_cadava argues: https://t.co/5s42NiR14P

[Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @RepJasmine]

Teacher. Mentor. Protector. Preacher.

Thank you to the dads, bonus dads, and father figures who wore many hats, showed up, and held it down. We love you.

Happy Father's Day.

[UN Development @UNDP]

Water is a basic human right.

Yet across the 🌍, women still don’t have an equal say in how it's collected and managed, and they consistently bear the highest cost to obtain it.

Here's how we're working to ensure fair water access for all: https://t.co/GPJqG9AbPa

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Just refreshing this in everyone’s feed

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving food benefits one year after the passage of Trump’s Big Ugly bill.

When Republicans promised they wouldn’t cut food assistance to children, they lied. America is now experiencing one of the highest rates of hunger it’s experienced in years directly because of these policies.

https://t.co/AWzC3J0YM3

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Trump is trying to shift the decision about who gets to vote from the states to his administration, using benign sounding administrative procedures, and an executive order that few people are paying attention to. There’s nothing more important to be aware of right now than this. Details here: https://t.co/8dvrOO8Zy6

[Governor Laura Kelly @GovLauraKelly]

Actor, banker, trailblazer, and Richland, Kansas native Georgia Neese Clark Gray became the first woman U.S. Treasurer on this day 77 years ago in 1949. She defied the belief that only men could hold high-ranking positions, opening doors for generations of women.