Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-29-2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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200,000 Turn Out For First Post-Orban Budapest Pride

 

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

— RTÉ News (@news.rte.ie) 2026-06-27T16:17:05.631Z

 

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

— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) 2026-06-27T18:06:03.052944327Z

 

 

Minneapolis Repeals 1988 Ban On Bathhouses [VIDEO]

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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 🏳️‍🌈

— Ian Johnson (@mrianjohnson.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T09:50:18.361Z

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.”

— Pop Crave (@popcrave.com) 2026-06-25T21:51:02.035Z

 

 

 

 

This is a quote from the Gospels, right?

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T18:09:18.364Z

Trump: "Remember when I first started in 2016, they wanted to take the Christmas out of Christmas? We ended that."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:02:31.716Z

 

 

 

Trump: "You see how the churches are filling up. It happens to be during my presidency, so I don't mind taking credit for it."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:20:26.919Z

 

 

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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."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:00:46.522Z

 

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.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T19:45:10.416Z

 

#gop from AZspot

 

Tom Emmer: "The founders created a Christian-based nation"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-25T18:46:20.726Z

 

 

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

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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!

— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T21:06:45.059Z

 

 

 

Donald Trump Jr. Got A Kalshi Stake For Free— Now It Could Be Worth Billions As Prediction Market Platform Eyes $40 Billion Valuation: Report

— Benzinga (@benzinga.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T15:36:14.108Z

 

Trump son set for Kalshi windfall after prediction platform gave him stake ft.trib.al/FxoyNaz

— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 2026-06-26T04:24:31.493802Z

 

 

Bloomberg: Lutnick Forced Delay In Opening New Canada-US Bridge To Seek Bigger Cut Of Toll Revenue

 

 

 

 

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

— Moments to Remember (@moments2remember.link) 2026-06-27T19:42:46.137Z

NYT: Trump’s DC Projects To Cost Public Over $1 Billion

 

 

Funding for Trump’s Construction Spree Is Murky. Here’s What We Found Out. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/…

— Jack Torrance (@invizigoth.bsky.social) 2026-06-27T13:35:31.467Z

 

 

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Prosecutors in Washington Say Citations Have Been Issued at Reflecting Pool

— Freedom Writers Collaborative (@fwcollaborative.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T18:40:11Z

 

 

 

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Today’s victory is another demonstration of the folly of Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to patrol D.C.

— ACLU of the District of Columbia (@aclu-dc.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:21:50.735708664Z

 

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…

— ACLU of the District of Columbia (@aclu-dc.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:22:36.773Z

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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.”

— Jane Norman (@janenorman.bsky.social) 2026-06-28T13:20:20.744Z

 

 

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…

— Jane Norman (@janenorman.bsky.social) 2026-06-28T13:20:20.745Z

 

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

— Servelan (@servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy) 2026-06-23T17:40:33.000Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GOP Rep Introduces Bill To Repeal 17th Amendment Which Would Allow State Legislatures To Pick Senators

 

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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."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:10:03.249Z

 

Joey Weatherford for 6/27/2026

 

The progressive comic about trump  trying to take the vote away from women.

 

 

 

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

Abbott Attempts To Troll Talarico Outside Texas Dem Convention With Live Cattle And Free Taco Giveaways

 

Trump goads the crowd into booing Lisa Murkowski and says, "she'll never win another election"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:08:15.577Z

 

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Corruption Defined: Bill Pulte Picks G.O.P. Election Operative for Spy Agency Job http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u…

— Mike Walker (@newnarrative.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T21:34:11.791Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition has been bizarre. He's just randomly mumbling now to extremely tepid applause.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:44:08.137Z

 

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California’s proposed billionaire tax: what you need to know

— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2026-06-26T05:28:24.075Z

 

 

 

 

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.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T23:00:19.417606Z

 

#anarchism from Anarchists United

 

 

 

 

 

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."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:39:39.595Z

 

 

 

 

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Trump: "I'll be honest — I think I'd be the greatest communist in history"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:12:38.848Z

 

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 … )

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-25T18:52:23.399Z

 

 

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It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing.

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@mayor.nyc.gov) 2026-06-26T13:04:42.312Z

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Voldemort Has Racist Meltdown Over NYC Elections

 

 

 

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Emmer Spews Racist Tirade About Somalians [VIDEO]

President Trump says he'll nominate Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as next ICE director. https://cnn.it/4bgwP6b

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2026-06-27T20:53:55.622995601Z

 

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.

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2026-06-27T19:53:56.998Z

 

 

 

Trump: "Women would be raped. Remember when I said 'they get rapid'? Crime. Murder."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:34:50.053Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trump is mumbling at length about various foreign leaders he's assassinated during his speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:29:48.334Z

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Trump: "When you see a young man or woman walking around without legs … "

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-26T18:27:34.416Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, Apple raised their base prices:Macbook Neo: $599 -> $699Macbook Air: $1099 -> $1299Macbook Pro: $1699 -> $1999Mac Studio: $1999 -> $2499iPad Air $599 -> $749iPad Pro: $999 -> $1199The WSJ reports the iPhone 18 Pro will increase $1029 -> $1299www.wsj.com/tech/apple-p…

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T23:01:22.729Z

 

 

 

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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-28-2026

 

 

 

 

 

litterature

 

 

 

we are all just puppets for big cat

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#America from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-27-2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

#anarchism from Black Bloc Antifa

 

A brightly colored handwritten title reads “The blue and orange crayons come home in time for pride.” Under it four...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alaska Airlines must face religious bias claims by workers who opposed LGBTQ bill reut.rs/44zkkyM

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2026-06-25T17:40:27Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lee Judge for 6/22/2026

 

A middle-aged man in a dark pinstripe suit and pink patterned tie holds papers in a formal room. A blue flag with a seal stands to his left, and wooden doors are behind him.

 

axios.com
House Democrats look to bypass Mike Johnson on outlawing Trump weaponization fund
“I urge all my colleagues opposed to this radical assault on the rule of law,” Rep. Jamie Raskin said.

"How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump’s Circle" — http://www.wsj.com/politics/pol…

— Nolan Hicks (@ndhapple.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T14:25:32.835Z

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A frustrated Trump unloads on Senate Republicans behind closed doors

— Politico (@politico.com) 2026-06-24T19:43:15Z

 

 

Fetterman: "If you have contempt for Israel, you are anti-American and anti western civilization"So the people who oppose genocide, bombing of hospitals and starvation of children – they hate America and western civilization🤔

— Paul Eric (@pauleric70.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T04:32:23.676Z

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"Representative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey: The congressman, who has been absent from Washington since March, answered the door of his home on Wednesday evening. He was wearing a suit and tie." — http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/n…

— Nolan Hicks (@ndhapple.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T12:37:15.068Z

Yet he still got paid for missing four months of his job.   Would you have?  Clearly this is why congress is out of touch with the people.  They are mostly wealthy and get paid $174,000 with perks to work less than half a year.   Yet it is the poor and lower incomes that need regulations on what they can buy with assistance money.   Hugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/…

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T14:49:27.577Z

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Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls – Democracy Docket share.google/cvmQ3baJtRay…

— The Original Greaser Bob (@tryantogetalong.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T16:44:15.549Z

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Sen. Peters: "Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?"Postmaster General David Steiner: "Under our proposed regulation, no."

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2026-06-24T16:42:33.567Z

 

 

 

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New evidence casts doubt on RFK Jr testimony before SenateKennedy repeatedly said 2019 Samoa trip had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’. An email from his then colleague says they were on a vaccine-related ‘mission’www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

— Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T16:22:19.728Z

 

"Support Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions. ‘What is the accountability for these women?’” Of course this where the GOP is heading. The GOP is about religious fascism. Oppressing women is a big part of that. Gift link below http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u…

— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T11:18:59.427Z

 

#SCOTUS from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

Time to build support for prosecuting hospitals and doctors who refuse to give an abortion and the woman dies. Negligent homicide would work. They have given in to the fear of being prosecuted if they give an abortion – make them more afraid of letting a woman die when they don't.

— Willow2 (@tswillow2.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T11:30:14.628Z

 

 

 

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We DeSantis thinks that by shutting down this billion dollar experiment in human suffering, we'll forget and move on. He's wrong. I will not stop until these people are held accountable.

— Maxwell Frost (@maxwellfrost.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T19:50:29.898Z

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The DHS watchdog announces that its office is launching two new reviews related to ICE's handling of detained migrants, according to a new announcement on the inspector general’s website.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-06-25T19:00:19Z

 

 

 

 

 

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Hegseth is a operative for destroying the military. You do not fire all the competent leaders unless you want to weaken the preparedness.

Same with vaccines. There are outbreaks. Hegseth put troops in harms way.

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$360,000 and Counting: School Districts Are Spending Big Bucks to Fight Anti-Trans Lawsuits

This is a very important news article.  I hope everyone will read it.  This is scary how a small mostly religious minority wants to erase an entire group of people from existence just for a made up moral certainty that they can’t accept that people different from them exist.   They simply won’t accept that other people can feel differently than they do and they insist that they have the right to deny all rights to LGBTQ+ kids / people.   I remember being a gay teenager hearing these same arguments about people like me in J high school.  How gay kids shouldn’t be allowed in locker rooms as we may get excited by the other kids bodies and lose control and have sex with them right there in the locker room.  It was a huge fight back then about gay teachers as the moral right felt they shouldn’t be teaching kids who might see being gay as normal.  I remember the silly stupid republicans like Sam Nunn claiming no military person wanted to serve with or god forbid shower in the same room as a gay man.  At the time I was gay and in the military and having more sex and great times even with straight guys.  But the parent pushing the claim that their daughter had to change clothes in front of a trans kid went on right wing TV programs to promote the hate.  The school denies that setup existed.  Plus a lot of this is funded and pushed by religious hate groups with a lot of donated money behind them in an attempt to keep the country from progressing as their god is stuck with writings from 2,500 years ago and the majority of hate preachers seem to idolize the 1950s.  I feel so sorry for the trans kids today.  I remember what it was like for me as a gay kid in the public school system.  I was not even out, just different but still I was attacked as a queer faggot.  Why some people hate so deeply and want to act on it and even pass it on to others hopeing they will agree with them I can not understand.  What happened to live and let live?  I believe that if what someone else is doing doesn’t involve me, doesn’t harm me,  then let that person be them.  Qoutes from the article below.   Oh and when did executive orders become laws?   Did congress get dissolved, or are we now ruled by the whim or the racist bigot hater?  Hugs

According to Liz Mikitarian, a retired kindergarten teacher and the founder of STOP Moms for Liberty, the coordinated efforts to undermine the rights of trans students in Illinois mimic a strategy playing out nationwide.

Parallel Title IX investigations have cropped up in at least 18 educational institutions across 10 states following similar complaints about the policies, including in Wisconsin, California, Kansas, Colorado, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Washington. Some of these led to the Trump administration attempting to cut federal funds from public schools in Minnesota, Virginia and Maine.

“You realize it’s so much bigger when you see all the communities around the country that have dealt with this exact same pattern,” Castro told Uncloseted Media and the Chicago Sun-Times.

“When you already exist in a world where there are no safe places and your government is adding to that, it’s dehumanizing. … I worry about the suicide rate [for trans youth] increasing in Illinois,” Lascano says.

Pat Green, who is still grappling with the bullying his son experienced, shares Lascano’s concerns. “From the time he was born, he had this light,” says Green. “When he was at his old school, it was just gone. … I’m really scared about the way things are right now. I remember the fear of wondering if I was going to lose my son. [These groups] are not protecting children. They are causing so much harm.”


 

 

https://www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/360000-and-counting-school-districts

Parents and advocates say coordinated complaints over transgender students are driving legal fees, security costs and emotional strain across Illinois school districts.

Alaska Airlines must face religious bias claims by workers who opposed LGBTQ bill

The short version is the company came out supporting the LGBTQ+ workers and community.  The two fired workers went on the company intranet and made a point to question it and declare how they felt about the LGBTQ+ people.  Lets just say they were not fans.   So the company investigated and decided they would create a hostile work place.   The first court agreed, but the appeals court said the employee lawsuit could go forward because the airline did not make an effort to accommodate the fired workers religious rights.  So the fact that you are a Christian means you can treat LGBTQ+ co-workers like shit and disregard their very existence based on a mistaken understanding of what their god wants.  Christian belief tRump’s an LGBTQ+ person’s right to exist equally with out discrimination.   Hugs


Commercial airliners take-off from Los Angeles International Airport
An Alaska Airlines commercial airliner takes-off from Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
  • Flight attendants fired over intranet posts
  • Lower court said comments were not overtly religious, and dismissed case
  • But there was enough to let a jury decide, appeals court panel says
June 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit claiming Alaska Airlines (ALKAIR.UL) engaged in religious discrimination by firing two flight attendants who criticized the company’s support ​for expanding legal protections for LGBTQ people.
A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said, opens new tab on Wednesday that there was ‌enough proof that the airline was motivated by the workers’ Christian beliefs when it fired them to let a jury decide whether it broke the law.
The flight attendants in 2021 made separate posts on Alaska Airlines’ employee intranet critical of the company’s backing of the Equality Act, a bill in Congress to prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender people in employment, housing, public accommodations and other areas.
The ​posts were not overtly religious, leading a judge to dismiss the case last year. But Circuit Judge Daniel Bress, who was appointed by Republican President Donald Trump, ​as were the other judges on the panel, wrote for the 9th Circuit that the workers’ comments and the airline’s response ⁠to the posts were enough to show it may have been motivated by their religious beliefs.
“It did not matter whether [one of the plaintiffs] could support her post with chapter ​and verse from an authoritative religious text,” Bress wrote.
The plaintiffs also claim their union, the Association of Flight Attendants, discriminated against them and breached its legal duty to represent ​them by not fighting their termination.
The 9th Circuit on Wednesday revived those claims, and joined two other appeals courts in ruling that federal labor law does not preempt such claims against unions brought under state laws.
Alaska Airlines and the union did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
The plaintiffs are represented by the First Liberty Institute, which says it is the largest legal organization in the ​country dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty. Stephanie Taub, the group’s senior counsel, said the 9th Circuit ruling reinforces legal protections from religious discrimination.
“You cannot be fired because ​your employer does not like your religious beliefs,” she said.
According to court filings, after Alaska Airlines posted online about its support for the Equality Act, plaintiff Lacey Smith wrote in response: “As a ‌company, do ⁠you think it’s possible to regulate morality?”
Another flight attendant, Marli Brown, made a separate, longer post claiming the Equality Act would infringe on women’s rights, enable sexual predators, and was “endangering the Church [and] encouraging suppression of religious freedom.”
Alaska Airlines deleted the posts and issued a statement in response, saying the company supported protecting LGBTQ people against discrimination and that “we also expect our employees to live by these same values.” Smith and Brown were then fired after an investigation for violating the airline’s anti-discrimination and harassment policy, court filings showed.
The ​women sued in 2022, accusing Alaska Airlines and ​the union of discriminating against them ⁠because of their Christian beliefs.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle had dismissed the case, saying the firings were not discriminatory because the flight attendants’ posts were not religious in nature. She also said the federal Railway Labor Act, which regulates the rail ​and airline industries, preempted the plaintiffs’ claims that the union violated Washington and Oregon law.
The 9th Circuit reversed Rothstein’s order. Brown’s ​post specifically mentioned “the Church,” ⁠Bress wrote for the court, and the airline investigated her and Smith together. Both women also cited their religious beliefs in the course of the airline’s investigation, he said.
Bress was joined by Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee in his opinion. Circuit Judge Morgan Christen mostly agreed, but in a partial dissent said she would not have revived Smith’s discrimination claim.
“Alaska would have ⁠had to be ​clairvoyant to know that Smith considered the statement she posted on the company’s internal website to be ​an expression of her faith,” wrote Christen.
The case is Brown v. Alaska Airlines, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 24-3789.
For the plaintiffs: Stephanie Taub and others from First Liberty Institute; Andrew Gould of Holtzman Vogel ​Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak
For Alaska Airlines: Lauren Watts and others from Seyfarth Shaw
For the union: Benjamin Berger and others from Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt

Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York

MAGA Ex-MLB Star Posts Vulgar Anti-LGBTQ Tirade

More Christian privilege and threats for those who are different or they don’t like.  There is no hate like Christian love.  And if you have listened to Dan McCallen the prohibitions against homosexuality these people like to claim are wrong.  It is wrong because they do not understand the culture of the time the bible was written and what the original text / words were.  They just want to hate and they think that if it comes from god then it is not their fault.  Imagine hating so bad that just people wanting recognition for existing and for equality free from discrimination enrages you.  This is why pride is still so desperately needed.   As I read what he wrote again the anger, ignorance, and implied violence just because other people have different ways and feelings than he does.  And the billerent stupidity makes me worry for the people around him and his children..  His view of being a man or manly is incredibly toxic.  There is a video at the end of the post I did not include.   Hugs


 

MAGA Ex-MLB Star Posts Vulgar Anti-LGBTQ Tirade

June 25, 2026

The New York Post reports:

A controversial former San Francisco Giants player has gone crazy online in a lengthy homophobic rant against his ex-team’s Pride Night debacle. Aubrey Huff took to X on Wednesday morning, and he didn’t pull any punches when it came to his thoughts on general manager Buster Posey’s befuddled response to reporters’ questions on Tuesday.

“I can pretty much guarantee you I know exactly what Buster wants to say about having to answer irrelevant non-Baseball questions that pertain to the sexual preference within the LGBTQ fudge packing community,” Huff began.

“I’m not wearing this gay bulls–t. Queers don’t watch Baseball anyway. They watch The View, enjoy therapy, & fudge packing sessions. And anyone inside the LGBTQ community, or those who support them don’t like what I just said, then I say to you…. Go f–k yourselves, & eat a d–k. And I mean that in the most literal sense,” he said.

Read the full article.

In the video below, Huff attests to his devout Christian faith in an interview for Dead Pat Robertson’s network.

Huff last appeared here in 2020 when he declared that he was training his sons to shoot socialists in case Trump lost the election.

He also called MLB superstar Alex Rodriquez a “pussy” for launching a line of makeup for men.

 

 

 

Florida Just Handed $15 Million to Catholic Schools

Just remember this is pure pushing the Christian religion and denying that same money to public schools.  And if you watch the video the church is hoping this is only a drop in the bucket they can get.  Remember these churches don’t pay taxes, and they are not under state laws on what they teach.  The don’t allow the general public who pay those taxes including the LGBTQ+.  They discriminate against these and other groups due to religious beliefs, and they refuse the enrollment of the disabled because that cuts into their profit.  This is a money-making scheme designed to suck public taxpayer money from public schools while not being required to serve all students or pay into the funds they want given to them.  This is just an attempt to push religious schools while denying needed funds to public schools.  These people want a Christian nationalist nation, and they demand the rest of us pay for it.  They have no concern for the truth of history or anyone else’s beliefs; it is their god pushed at your money while you get no services or money for your local schools.   Great video I hope you will watch. And I can tell you as an atheist in Florida I am against this hard drive desire of DeathSantis to force his religious views onto me and the children of this state.   After all he helped his wife steal a huge amount of money meant for a charity to help sick people and use it for their gain.   Hugs 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-26-2026

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missed opportunity of the century

 

betting his whole litter box

neuroplasticity in a single picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Democrats Call for Hearings Into $500 Million Trump Deal with Emirati Royal Key Democrats have renewed calls for hearings into the secret deal between the Trump family's company and Gulf nation's spy chief http://www.wsj.com/politics/pol…

— Frank Amari (@frankamari.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T17:51:28.904Z

 

 

Charge Jared Kushner with violating the Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953). He’s a corrupt PoS criminal just like his wretched father.

 

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. http://www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e…

— Lizzy Lawrence (@lizzylawrence.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T12:27:43.720Z

 

Sources told STAT that application drew interest from top health officials. Given the demographics and the peculiar nature of the application, I asked the WH if this patient was President Trump, who turned 80 a week ago. I did not get a direct answer.

— Lizzy Lawrence (@lizzylawrence.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T12:27:43.721Z

 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump was notably one of the first people administered an antibody treatment from Regeneron after he contracted the virus, via this same compassionate use pathway.

— Lizzy Lawrence (@lizzylawrence.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T12:27:43.722Z

 

18 bioethics experts, obesity clinicians, and current and former government officials told me the application struck them as unusual. They questioned why Lilly would offer compassionate use for a single patient when obesity is such a widespread condition.

— Lizzy Lawrence (@lizzylawrence.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T12:27:43.723Z

Why on earth does a 6’3” 239 lb man need a weight loss drug. I mean, look at these two specimens!

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Lilly posted its program for retatrutide in early June, but unlike postings for other drugs, it contains no information about the disease conditions or which patients might qualify. "Only people in the know would be able to find this," an expert said. clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT076…

— Lizzy Lawrence (@lizzylawrence.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T12:27:43.724Z

 

 

 

 

One remarkable aspect of Trump’s reign is how many crises and problems he’s brought on himself.Then he brags about how well he’s handled them.But when things go wrong — as they usually do — he casts blame on others or on his political opponents.Consider him the Green Algae President.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T20:01:12.946141Z

 

Two more dead ducks have been found near Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T10:48:56.042Z

 

 

When the Reflecting Pool was replenished after a $14 million-plus renovation, ducks quickly took to the water. But then dead ducks were found nearby.The carcasses found in Constitution Gardens will undergo necropsies to determine cause of death.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-06-23T01:30:04.176623555Z

 

 

 

 

 

NEW ARG Poll among registered voters:Trump job approval:67% disapprove30% approveTrump’s handling of the economy:70% disapprove27% approve

— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T15:02:57.559Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Senate poll (University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll)Ken Paxton 43%James Talarico 42%texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/june-po…

— Poll Tracker 📊 (@polltracker.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T14:06:15.114Z

 

Religious rights for Christian nationalists only!

The Supreme Court rules against a devout Rastafarian who sought damages after Louisiana prison officials cut his dreadlocks despite his claim that it violated his religious rights.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-06-23T14:21:00Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpaceX stock falls below $150 debut price, sending market cap under $2 trillion http://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/s…

— TAT360 💕💚 (@tat360.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T13:47:32.207Z

 

“SpaceX stock tumbles 23% from its high as average investor sees gains wiped out. Just 10 days after the company’s blockbuster IPO, buyers of its initial public shares are in the red.“

— Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T13:39:47.978Z

 

get out no you get out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate rebukes Trump over Iran war, voting 50-48 to approve a House-passed resolution directing the President to remove U.S. military forces from hostilities against Iran. The resolution does not need the signature of President Trump.

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T19:45:02.010Z

 

 

 

By a vote of 50-48, the Senate adopted HConRes86-Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, Iran. GOP Senators voting aye: Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, and Paul. Dem Senator voting no: Fetterman. Senators not voting: McConnell and McCormick.

— Senate Press Gallery (@senatepress.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T19:44:55.411Z

 

 

 

 

 

New Explosive Book Details Trump Telling Netanyahu: ‘The Jews Are Sick of You’

— Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-06-23T16:11:10Z

 

 

 

 

 

goodle

 

 

 

 

jaw dropping

 

someone please fire the manager of nature

the college fund is just thousands of tennis balls

what a beautiful day to break physics

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-25-2026

 

 

 

#transgender from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

#anarchism from Anarchists United

 

 

 

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Lee Judge for 6/22/2026

 

 

 

 

The progressive comic about the reflecting pool and why it's green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Branch for 6/9/2026

 

John Branch for 6/4/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#anarchism from Anarchists United

 

 

 

#anarchism from No-gods-no-masters.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Judge for 6/17/2026

John Branch for 6/22/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A man speaks to a woman under a shared umbrella as they cross a street in the rain.

“What confuses me most about all the parabolic advances with A.I. is that umbrellas are still the same.”

 

Mike Smith for 6/22/2026

 

John Branch for 6/12/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-24-2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

hrafnsvaengr:
“Lasagna is a fractal
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Image from Classic Woodie

 

 

 

Gramps was deported to America after dodging the draft in Germany. Trump likes to lie and say gramps fought in WWI and killed hundreds of American, British, and French soldiers. Truth is Gramps was already running brothels in the US and Canada about ten years before that war even began.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#submission from Radical Graffiti

 

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Now, I’ll admit, when I served in the Army, I wasn’t a Tanker; just a simple ground-pounder. But, this doesn’t seem right.
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