Michael Naumes

Psychology professor, white water rafter, parent, might just surprise you.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: During the G7 summit this week, several European leaders reportedly spoke in French about how old Donald Trump looks, how he needs to start using a a walker, how much of his bald head was visible through his combover, and if his body odor was getting worse or the same.

[Olena Tregub @OTregub]

People ask: “What will happen to Ukraine now that Ukraine is bombing Moscow?”

Let’s think.

Will Russia invade us?
Bomb our cities with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles drones?
Destroy our civilian critical infrastructure?
Occupy our towns?
Rape and kill civilians, kids, women?
Kidnap Ukrainian children and train them as soldiers ?
Set up filtration camps?
Torture and starve POWs?
Use chemical weapons on the front line?

Wait.

Russia has already done all of this.

[AnthonyAndrews @anthon7yandrews]

Well, well, well. Epstein emailed that Trump sexually assaulted a woman in Ivanka’s bedroom. They later reached a settlement for the assault.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

By taking ZERO shit from the most repulsive misogynist, bully, and pedophile on the planet — Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni just become a heroine around the world.

[Mario @PawlowskiMario]

One question about Russian mindset has been stuck in my head for a long time🇷🇺🤔

What the fuck was the Kremlin thinking?

Seriously.

Russia had trade with Europe. It was making money from oil and gas. It had influence. It had Crimea. It had Donbas under constant pressure. It wasn’t isolated.

Then it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Did they really believe Ukrainians wouldn’t fight? Did they really believe the West would just sit back and watch?

Did they really think nuclear threats would make everyone surrender?

Or did they simply believe that force always wins because that’s the only language they’ve known for generations?

Whatever the answer is, this has turned into one of the biggest strategic miscalculations of the 21st century.

[Matt Viser @mviser]

NEW: Donald Trump has a new nemesis, with a name worthy of a supervillain: Scenedesmus.

We gathered samples of the Reflecting Pool and had them tested. They seem to have killed off one algae, but created conditions for another to flourish.

My latest: https://t.co/f5yyn7T4kZ

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Some thoughts on Capitulation Day.
This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump.
To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States.

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

Father’s Day is Sunday! Kristi Noem’s kids call their father “Pop.” Because that’s what happens when his tits hit something sharp.

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

But wait, there's more! 🎉

Order in the next 23 minutes and you'll receive a complimentary vial of genuine reflecting pool algae!*

Frame it!
Freeze it**!
Flick it on the wall!

Let's put American Flag Blue everywhere.

*not for human consumption
**do not freeze as may blow up

[Stephanie Ⓥ @SVcrazycatlady]

The USFWS plans to hand over more than 700 acres of The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge — home to some of the US's most critically endangered species — to SpaceX in a reckless land swap.

Please tell your senators to oppose it: https://t.co/AFlO29xsVR

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

Moscow kept attacking civilians.
Ukraine made the war machine harder to fuel.
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Ukraine struck Moscow’s refinery, routes to occupied Crimea, and Russian rear systems tied to fuel, movement, and protection. Moscow kept targeting civilians, but the infrastructure behind its own war is becoming harder to keep safe.
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Russia wants Ukrainian cities exposed while its rear stays protected. Ukraine is narrowing that distance.
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https://t.co/TbB2NjpL3j

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Happy Juneteenth

[. @GregTSargent]

The genius of Obama's big speech is this: He effectively stated that Trump/MAGA do not accept the Declaration of Independence's promise of equality.

In the battle over our 250th anniversary, we need to put that idea squarely on the agenda.

New from me:
https://t.co/DjMfvN883o

[FireFighterDev @fire_starter457]

France had Trump sign the Iran deal in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles…the room where Germany signed its humiliating WWI surrender in 1919.

And if you think Macron didn’t know exactly what he was doing you haven’t been paying attention.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jennings: You're never going to defeat all the algae. When they put these nano bubblers in, I think it's going to help cure the algae.

Collins: Scott, what is a nano bubbler?

Jennings: I have no idea.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Here are Italian PM Meloni's remarks about Trump, translated to English:

"So certain things deserve an immediate response. Donald Trump's statements are completely made up. I am frankly stunned.

I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies. It's not the first time this has happened. After all, I can only say it's a shame he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaders with whom instead he proves to be much more accommodating.

But he must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg. "

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Another oligarch watching his fortune evaporate and amid the standard rant that "Russia hasn't even begun to fight", Putin crony Konstantin Malofeev, says it's time to nuke the planet.

[Warren @swd2]

Trump finally got his dream ride: a shiny $400M Qatar Force One, gifted by his oil buddies. Because nothing says ‘America First’ like flying around in a foreign prince’s hand-me-down jet while taxpayers foot the retrofits.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Donald Trump just learned about the Treaty of Versailles, and now is so mad at Macron he’s demanding his staff write up an executive order mandating everyone in the government, military, and all publicly-funded institutions start using the term “Freedom Fries” again.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

The Obama Presidential Center is a reflection close to perfection.