For the first time this publicly, I shared this weekend a snapshot of the bullying Iโve experienced in my life & how my dad kicked me out as a teen for being gay. Hoping to inspire folks to watch their words, especially to their children. Itโs long but sharing here (thread):
SCOOP: Trump officials are diverting roughly $90 million in national parks entry fees to pay for the presidentโs July 4th plans, including a massive fireworks display. By @jakespring@ddiamond and @NaemaAhmed https://t.co/Oy1OqmYdZO
NEW: Two advisory board members of Stars and Stripes sued the Defense Department on Wednesday, alleging that an effort to impose new restrictions on the paper was an act of illegal censorship. w/ @liamjscott
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Patriot Front, one of the largest white supremacist organizations in the country, has roughly doubled in size every year since its founding in 2018 and has plans to keep growing โ fast.
The group is adding hundreds of members in 49 states. Guided by detailed step-by-step manuals and through a network of fight clubs, members are meeting other men and signing them up, documents leaked exclusively to USA TODAY reveal. https://t.co/vnMIyODpto
๐ธ: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
This is the latest Trump corruption to push back on.
He's gotten the attorney general to exempt him from the tax laws that govern everyone elseโincluding other presidents.
Bill and I released 30+ years of tax returns and were audited a few times! https://t.co/6JiiVjIv3F
So let me get this straight.
Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.
Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.
Don Jr married the daughter of Epsteinโs banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.
Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.
And I know: โBut what about your paintings, Hunter?โ
Please.
The Justice Departmentโs number three-ranked official suggested overnight, in a since deleted post, that the Trump administration would be moving forward with an alternate plan to compensate victims of claimed Biden-era "weaponization." https://t.co/TuivWOodHm
Democrats hammered Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Tuesday during a Senate hearing, calling his threats to pull officers from some airports in so-called sanctuary cities "insane" and accusing his department of recklessly spending billions of dollars. https://t.co/vKRdYSM7HY
Healthcare officials in the US, including former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials, warned Congress against adopting a proposed policy to treat Americans exposed to Ebola in Kenya or countries in the European Union https://t.co/1GPamEgNgt
Corruption is increasingly at the center of the 2026 election, with Democrats making it a core tenet of their midterm messaging. https://t.co/fQNx3g71VB
It's Saharan dust season in the Atlantic, the time of year when dust clouds from the Sahara Desert are carried westward across the Atlantic to affect the United States. Some of the dust could reach parts of Texas and Louisiana by the weekend.