Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital to celebrate the 31st annual Budapest Pride, the first such LGBTQ+ march since former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who had sought to ban the event, was ousted in an April election
Saturday's Budapest Pride march came a little more than a year after Viktor Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event. https://to.pbs.org/4ezPIDs
Iran and Egypt World Cup teams this weekend in Seattle will play in front of a sea of Pride flags in the stadium 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈Seattle’s local organizing committee is separate from Fifa and has designated 26th June a Pride Match, to celebrate the city’s annual Pride weekend#Pride #PrideMonth #WorldCup 🏳️🌈
FIFA will allow Pride rainbow flags at the Egypt-Iran World Cup game in Seattle:“The FIFA World Cup 2026 is an inclusive event that welcomes people from all backgrounds. Fans of all sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome at matches and events.”
Trump: "Our Founders invoked the Creator four times in the Declaration of Independence. Four times. I wasn't mentioned once. I'm very upset. Not once."
Pete Buttigieg says his family was effectively swatted — except, instead of calling the cops, someone called Child Protective Services, lied and said Buttigieg had admitted to 'committing unspeakably violent crimes' and that his kids were at risk.The kids are not and were not at risk.
Trump was actually 17-18 in this photo. His parents sent him to a military boarding school for behavioral issues & bullying. Now he uses the photo to pretend he was in the military.
Trump was in his 20s when the DOJ began investigating him for discriminating against Black renters
BREAKING: It happened again.Trump fell asleep during a public event in the Oval Office. Shame on his family and advisers for putting him through this. This is elder abuse.25th Amendment now!
A viral video from the Great American State Fair triggered an immediate backlash after Confederate flag imagery appeared inside a state exhibit, prompting official condemnation and a sponsor's swift withdrawal. #BreakingNews #Politics #America250
The law might have tolerated this sort of government conduct a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — but we don’t need them here, intimidating residents and violating their constitutional rights.Read more about today's win: http://www.acludc.org/press-releas…
TRUMP IN LAFAYETTE PARK THIS MORNING: Press pool says WH says on background “President Trump walked through Lafayette Park today to personally check on the restoration progress, one of the many D.C. landmarks being made beautiful again under his Executive Order signed nearly one year ago.”
The park right now is fenced off and under renovation. The Washington Post reported today Trump wants to plant 47 maple trees in it in line with his 47th place in the presidency. (note paywall) http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
Trump boasted of his ability to buy ‘good maple trees’ in early days of Iran war, book claims | The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-maple-trees-regime-change-book-b3001192.html
Trump: "They're cheating. The kid won. Or he was certainly in the top two. I don't know him, I never met him. Spencer Pratt. He went away quietly. We didn't go away quietly. He shouldn't go away quietly, he should protest, because it was in my very strong opinion a rigged election."
The below is sickening. All slurs, bigotry attacks, and lies but not on discussion of policies. It is all culture wars misinformation to gin up outrage built on lies and misinformation. Hugs
Gavin Newsom has doubled down on his opposition to California's billionaire wealth tax — which just collected enough signatures to be on the ballot this November.He's wrong to oppose it. Here's why.
Trump on the value of fear-mongering: "You have to say, 'They're gonna get free rent, but — in two years, everything is going to collapse and you're going to live in squalor.' When you say that, you can beat the free rent."
Tom Emmer: "We need to stand up, speak up, and take our country back from these evil marxists that are moving in"(Republicans currently control the entire federal government … )
Trump says he’s nominating Lance Schroyer as permanent director for ICE, a man who appears to have no previous leadership or immigration experience. He is apparently a long-time Oklahoma State Trooper and former Marine.If confirmed, he would be the first Senate-confirmed ICE Director since 2017.
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