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[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Liz Oyer, former Pardon Attorney, describes how Todd Blanche fired her when she refused to do a dangerous official favor for Trump friend Mel Gibson. The actor lost his federal firearm rights after committing domestic violence. Gibson assaulted his girlfriend while she was holding their baby daughter, smashing her in the mouth, breaking her teeth, threatening her with his gun. Gibson asked Trump’s DOJ to reinstate his federal firearm rights despite his criminal conviction. Although Blanche had the power to do it on his own, he tried to force Oyer to give her stamp of approval. Not convinced of Gibson’s rehabilitation or his lack of dangerousness, and knowing that over half of women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or past intimate partner, and the presence of firearms in an abusive household increases the risk of murder by 500%, Oyer refused to have anything to do with Blanche’s dangerous and unethical suggestion. Blanche sacked her.

[Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer]

As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/g8bFrhZ9Dg

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

One billionaire family controls the bridge that carries 25% of all U.S.–Canada trade.

The good news? There's a brand new public bridge right next door (and Canada paid for the whole thing).

The bad news? Donald Trump won't let it open.

Here's the story:

For more than a decade, Michigan and Canada worked together to build a new public crossing right next to it — six lanes over the Detroit River, named for a Canadian-born Red Wings legend, built by thousands of union workers. Canada paid the entire bill. Michigan co-owns it. It's finished. It’s a shining example of international cooperation and collaboration, with a tremendous return for both sides: more jobs, faster trade, and lower costs.

So why isn't it open?

Because the Moroun family, who own the rival Ambassador Bridge just up the river, doesn’t want the competition. They spent years and tens of millions of dollars trying to stop any competing international crossing from being built or opening. They lost. So they went to the White House instead.

In January, Matthew Moroun gave $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Then the billionaire called Trump's Commerce Secretary and, just hours later, Trump suddenly attacked the same publicly owned bridge he praised in his own first term and threatened to block it.
Then, the day before the June 12th ribbon-cutting, the opening was called off indefinitely.

It's corruption so flagrant it would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.

Trump is screwing over Michiganders for the interests of billionaires — holding a finished, publicly owned project hostage to protect one donor's toll booth.

So a finished bridge sits closed, Michiganders keep paying the higher tolls, cars and trucks cost more, and a billionaire family keeps its monopoly.

Mr. President: stop playing games. Open the damn bridge.

[Lev Parnas @levparnas]

Enough is enough.

At what point do we stop pretending this is normal?

At what point do we stop allowing @realDonaldTrump to insult women, berate women, threaten women, degrade women, and then hide behind power like he is untouchable?

He has been doing this his entire life.

In business.

In politics.

In the courts.

In the Epstein circle.

And now, as president of the United States, he uses the most powerful platform in the world to attack women who speak out, women who stand up, women who dare to tell the truth.

Look at what he is doing to E. Jean Carroll. A jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her — and instead of accountability, he keeps attacking. He keeps trying to intimidate. He keeps using power as a weapon.

And that is exactly the point.

This is not just about insults. This is about control.

He takes away women’s rights.

He attacks women’s credibility.

He covers up the Epstein files.

He protects the powerful men while attacking the women who survived them.

He wants women silent. He wants survivors scared. He wants the country numb.

I’m asking a simple question:

When is enough finally enough?

When do we stand together and say no more?

No more letting the media normalize it.

No more letting politicians excuse it.

No more letting powerful men abuse women and then call themselves victims.

No more silence.

I am calling on this community — women, men, survivors, parents, citizens, everyone with a conscience — to stand together as one voice.

Protect women.

Believe survivors.

Demand the Epstein files.

Hold Trump accountable.

And stop supporting any media outlet, politician, or platform that continues to sanitize, excuse, or cover for this madness.

Because this is not politics anymore.

This is about basic decency.

This is about right and wrong.

This is about whether we are still willing to stand up for the women of this country against a man who has spent his life degrading them.

Enough is enough.

It is time to stand up.
It is time to speak out.
It is time to fight back together.

[Clinton Desveaux @ClintonDesveaux]

I want the Canadian roundel displayed with pride around the world. Sometimes Canadians really annoy me. I want the Prime Minister of Canada to have reliable internet access on the country’s official plane.
I also want proper funding spent on 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence for our Prime Minister, including a dining room large enough for G7 leaders to meet there. These aren’t luxuries - they’re about basic competence and strong national optics. Canada should project pride and seriousness on the global stage instead of cutting corners on symbols that matter in order to pacify loud voices which should be dismissed

[Chris Ryan @Watchdog_MP]

💔 17 years ago today, March 20, 2009, during Operation Jaley, the largest joint US-Canadian 🇺🇸🇨🇦 operation since the Korean War, an IED ripped through our fighting patrol in Kandahar’s Zhari District.

Master Corporal Scott Francis Vernelli (28) and Corporal Tyler Crooks (24) of November Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment were killed in action along with our Afghan interpreter.

We were on a fighting patrol taking a long halt when the pressure release IED blast hit. I, along with four others were injured in this deadly blast of HME. The explosion aftermath and medevac was captured by a CBC reporter imbedded with our patrol. 🎥⬇️

Their courage, sacrifice, and names live on forever. Today on their anniversary we remember them.
Lest We Forget 🫡🇨🇦
#AfghanistanVeterans #NeverForgotten

[DulceBiatch @BiatchDulce]

“I did not dedicate my life to advocating for women and girls just so that I could be lectured by a bunch of pedophile protectors.”

~Hillary Rodham Clinton

[John Bulloch @QuirkyForum]

AUSTRALIA AND CANADA Two nations that are historic friends and allies and critical minerals superpowers. They have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on Critical Minerals Collaborattion. Australia is strong with lithium, cobalt and rare earths. Canada is strong with cobalt, graphite, lithium and nickle. They will process each others minerals and cooperate on pricing and marketing. They are increasing their market strength in dealing with the USA and China.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🇮🇹 The speech that all of Italy heard. And that the world must hear.
In a country that will host the Olympic Games, Italian Senator and Vice President of the Human Rights Commission Filippo Sensi took the floor and said what should have been said out loud long ago.
He called it a disgrace that the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych.
Not for doping.
Not for violating fair play.
But for… memory.
For a helmet bearing the faces of Ukrainian athletes — his friends, colleagues, champions — killed by Russia.
The IOC stated that the helmet “did not comply with regulations.”
And then Sensi asked a question that brought silence to the chamber:
Does aggressive war comply with regulations?
Is there a separate technical protocol for it?
The correct angle of a missile strike?
The permissible size of a crater?
An athlete prepares for the Olympics for years.
A Ukrainian athlete trains between air raid sirens, in shelters, under news of the dead.
He overcomes fear, exhaustion, and loss.
And he steps to the start line not only for a medal — but for the right to exist.
And he is suspended… for remembering.
Because memory is the most dangerous substance. It is hard to add to a prohibited list. But apparently, someone would very much like to.
The senator named names. Just a few among more than 650 Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia:
▪️ Yevhenii Malyshev, 19, biathlete — killed in Kharkiv.
▪️ Mariia Lebid, 15 — missile strike in Dnipro.
▪️ Dmytro Sharpar, 25, figure skater — killed in Bakhmut.
▪️ Volodymyr Androsiuk, 22, track and field athlete — also Bakhmut.
▪️ Daria Kurdel, 20 — missile strike in Kharkiv.
▪️ Alina Perehutova, 14 — standing in line for water with her mother in Mariupol.
▪️ Maksym Halinichev, 22, boxer — killed defending Luhansk region.
▪️ Viktoriia Ivashko, 9, judoka — missile strike in Kyiv.
▪️ Kateryna Diachenko, 11, gymnast — airstrike on Mariupol.
▪️ Karina Bakur, 17, world kickboxing champion — shielded her father with her body.
These were the faces Heraskevych wanted to carry with him to the start line.
So that they would “compete” alongside him.
So that their dream would not die with them.
And for that, he was punished.
Because it turns out that the faces of murdered athletes violate regulations.
But their absence on the track does not.
In his speech, Sensi said the most important thing:
The Olympic Committee did not lose an athlete.
It lost its most valuable medal — its conscience.
Sport without memory is just a show.
Sport without humanity is just decoration.
Sport that fears truth is not about peace.
The Olympic movement was born from the ideals of honor, dignity, and unity.
Yet today Ukrainian athletes must prove not only their strength — but their right to remember their fallen.
And if memory becomes a violation of regulations — then the problem is not the helmet.
The world must hear this.
Because silence is also a position.
And indifference is also a choice.
Memory cannot be disqualified.
And conscience cannot be added to a prohibited list.
🇺🇦 We remember every one of them.
And we will not allow their names to be erased.

[Elmo @elmo]

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

[Bridget Brink @AmbBridgetBrink]

After 3 years working under Putin’s missiles and drones as our Ambassador to Ukraine, I resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin.

The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.

But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.

1/3

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

🇨🇦🚀 #Repost

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson is set to take part in a historic Moon mission and it’s barely mentioned anywhere.

No wall-to-wall coverage.
No national moment.
No pride.

If this doesn’t make headlines, what does? 🤔

#Canada #Space #MoonMission #Pride 🇨🇦

[Anastacia Galouchka @NastyaGalouchka]

For the past four years, I have sacrificed my mental health and physical safety time and time again to tell the stories of the incredible people of Ukraine. I did so because I thought my employer and the world cared. Please don’t prove me wrong. #SaveThePost

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

[The Royal Canadian Legion @RoyalCdnLegion]

More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members served during Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. 158 never came home, and many others returned carrying physical and psychological wounds that continue long after service ends.

Today, and everyday, we Remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, we honour the courage of all who served, and we stand with the Veterans and families who live every day with the lasting impacts of that mission.

As an organization committed to supporting Veterans of all eras, our focus remains on Remembrance, respect, and support — for the fallen, for those who served and returned, and for their loved ones.

To learn more about Canada’s longest war and the people who served, we invite you to explore this interactive story from Legion Magazine: https://t.co/GKpkAyGpF5

[Veterans For Responsible Leadership @VetsForRL]

For all 82nd Airborne veterans that have ever served in the Global Response Force Brigade, you know the importance of a strong NATO alliance. We would have multiple training exercises every year where we would conduct airborne operations with our NATO allies, getting ready to deploy anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice.

We had two mottos with our NATO brothers and sisters and they were “Defend Democracy” and “Stronger Together”. The NATO paratroopers that we served and trained alongside were first class warriors that had our back. The only time that Article 5 has ever been invoked was right after 9/11 and our NATO allies came to our defense in Afghanistan and Iraq and served with great honor and immense courage.

It never crossed our mind for a single second that an American President would be the single reason for the erosion of the greatest alliance the world has ever known. It is a disgrace, it harms our national security, and the free world may never trust us as a reliable ally again. Make no mistake about it, abandoning the NATO alliance makes our country much weaker.

To any veterans of an allied country that may see this, we just want to apologize for the disgusting betrayal by our government. You do not deserve this treatment and there are still millions of veterans in America that love, respect, and support the NATO alliance. We hope we can build it back one day when Trump is gone. We are fighting everyday to get a pro-democracy and anti-authoritarian President back in office in 2028.

Airborne! All the way!

[chatt @chatt33]

@ClaireBLang Beautifully written - thanks for sharing Craig’s story. 🕊️💕🕊️

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.