and news I want to share. 6-26-2026

ugh >.>

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/820325973331525632

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!

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

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/820240002854338560

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/820321292649660416

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

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/820319775030935553

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/820261649637343232

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/820335165094166528

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

Image from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

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

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/820152571221114880

#anarchism from Anarchists United

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

https://www.tumblr.com/whatareyoureallyafraidof/820141450154180608/maga-is-a-cult

Lee Judge for 6/17/2026

John Branch for 6/22/2026

“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

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/820160551355301888

Conversation Starter: Property Taxes and the GOP

Hello Everyone. One of the things that I’ve struggled with over the years of doing various posts here and elsewhere is that I, quite frankly, am not an expert on anything. This makes me very self-conscious about my posting because I feel like I’m misleading people into making mistakes in their own thoughts and arguments. So, I’m going to try this new approach of calling my posts “conversation starter” with the hope that if I am wrong, or by shock and chance hit the mark a bit, readers can feel free to add opinion or correct me.

Any of us may be wrong by a long stretch or just a little bit, and I think we hold our opinions for fear of being made to look foolish or naïve. I would like to preface this with the reminder that these are my opinions, and much like assholes…., yeah. So… here goes.

One of the current position points for the GOP, and I’ve seen this especially in Indiana, Ohio and Florida, is the idea that property taxes are an unfair burden upon property owners (https://auditor.bcohio.gov/news_detail_T2_R36.php). I’ve heard them use the analogy that it is paramount to buying a meal from the resturant, paying for the meal, and then being required to return yearly to pay more for that original meal purchase.
The human mind is going to immediately gravitate to the idea that the removal of a tax is a good thing. This, of course, is the MAGA and GOP mode of operations: appeal to the unthinking and immature mental reflex of their base towards their own ends.
What the less wealthy MAGA likely hasn’t done, is recognize that this turns a tax burden upon the less wealthy, again. Here is my thinking:

If a wealthy person buys land, say, measuring 100 acres for his own home. Conceivably, a similar 100 acres would house 300-400 middle-class homes, or more if we consider apartments. In a simple math, because I know it doesn’t quite work this way but give me some latitude here, those two 100-acre portions of land would pay give-or-take the same tax. That means, by my simple measure, one family is paying the same tax as 300-400. Now, that doesn’t really seem very fair, and so the GOP/MAGA support the end of that tax.
But, as we all know, the bills never stop. The money for roads, schools, parks, police and fire, etc., has to come from somewhere. A great deal of that comes from property tax. If it doesn’t come from the property tax, where will it come from? I would guess an increase in sales taxes, gas taxes, payroll state taxes. In this case, now the food, gas, entertainment, police and fire and whatever else, is going to be payed by that 3-400 middle-class families at a similar rate as the 1-wealthy family — meaning the tax burden has shifted to the middle-class families. Further, the wealthy person is going to have an even better financial position, which he will likely use to buy more land.

Ok, this is my opinion. What do you think??

Randy

Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds

To me and hopefully to everyone this is horrific. But something I have been highlighting here that Israeli is a rouge terrorist government drying to genocide the Palestinian people. It is horrific that a people who experienced such actions would inflict them on others. But this show what can happen when right-wing movements turn into religious domination of the government. The Israel government is now filled with extreme Jewish religious extremists who feel their holy book grants them all the territory around then that is the sovereign territory of other countries. They feel their god gave it to them thousands of years ago so they have the right to take it. Regardless of laws or norms between countries. They want it so it should be theirs. Just like Putin in Ukraine. Israel talked our demented leader into going into war against their enemy which had no benefit for us but we took all the cost and risks. The military equipment and weapons used in the genocide of the Palestinians was paid for by the US taxpayer. Some quotes below. Hugs

The UN commission said in its report, released on Tuesday, that Palestinian children were deliberately targeted and killed during the ‌war, including after a ceasefire came into effect ‌in October 2025.

“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, the commission’s chair, in a statement accompanying the report.

“This indicates that ‌such attacks, which killed children in such high numbers, were intentional,” it said. It added that it believed children were targeted collectively because the Israeli security forces considered the civilian population as a whole to be associated with Hamas and other armed groups.

Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.

The inquiry also found that attacks ⁠on healthcare and reproductive facilities affected newborns’ survival and the reported increase in miscarriages, and that nearly all children in Gaza were reported to be in need of psychological support.

It said Palestinian children, especially boys, were subjected to systemic mistreatment in detention, including forced stripping, beatings and food deprivation.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/israel-deliberately-targeting-gaza-children-to-commit-genocide-un-inquiry-finds

Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist

A man plays with a baby as Palestinian children look on amid the rubble in Khan Younis, Gaza, in March.

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Women mourn a baby killed in an Israeli strike on Khan Younis last year.

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Children jostle for food at an aid point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday.

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Children playing among the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza’s Jabalia camp last year.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an ⁠independent UN inquiry has found.

The report by the UN independent international commission of inquiry examined violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war in Gaza, and said about 30% of the people killed by Israeli forces have been children.

A previous report by the commission in September found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, incited these acts. Netanyahu is separately wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for war crimes.

The Israeli mission in Geneva said Israel rejected the commission’s “libellous sham”. Israel has fought hard against allegations of genocide, while receiving critical diplomatic support from its allies, including the US and the UK.

A significant body of research by legal and rights experts has concluded that Israel is intent on destroying Palestinians, including analyses by UN investigators, rights bodies such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and genocide scholars worldwide.

Genocide, which became a crime after the second world war and the Holocaust, is considered the most serious international crime.

Women mourn a baby killed in an Israeli strike on Khan Younis last year. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide defines it as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”.

The UN commission said in its report, released on Tuesday, that Palestinian children were deliberately targeted and killed during the ‌war, including after a ceasefire came into effect ‌in October 2025.

It said this was a key element in establishing genocidal intent by Israeli authorities and security forces to destroy the Palestinian group, in whole or in part, ‌in Gaza.

“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, the commission’s chair, in a statement accompanying the report.

Children jostle for food at an aid point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Israeli forces continued to use high-payload munitions and weapons with widespread effects in densely populated residential areas, despite mounting child casualties, the commission said.

“This indicates that ‌such attacks, which killed children in such high numbers, were intentional,” it said. It added that it believed children were targeted collectively because the Israeli security forces considered the civilian population as a whole to be associated with Hamas and other armed groups.

Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.

Conditions Israel imposed on Gaza, including widespread attacks, repeated displacement, and starvation caused by its blockade of aid, food and medicine, severely harmed children’s health and development, resulting in preventable deaths and trauma, the report said.

Children playing among the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza’s Jabalia camp last year. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The inquiry also found that attacks ⁠on healthcare and reproductive facilities affected newborns’ survival and the reported increase in miscarriages, and that nearly all children in Gaza were reported to be in need of psychological support.

Israel’s rebuttal accused Hamas of systematically diverting humanitarian aid and fuel for hospitals. Hamas has rejected such accusations, while Israel has been accused of blocking aid and fuel from reaching Gaza.

The report focused not only on Gaza but also the occupied West Bank, which Israel continues to control despite the international court of justice declaring its occupation unlawful.

In the ‌West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the commission found a sharp increase in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian children, and documented evidence of torture, including sexual and gender-based violence, during mass arrests and detention.

It said Palestinian children, especially boys, were subjected to systemic mistreatment in detention, including forced stripping, beatings and food deprivation.

The commission concluded that the treatment constituted the crimes against humanity of torture and other inhumane acts causing great suffering or serious injury.

Reuters contributed to this report

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

Image from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

$hrafnsvaengr: “Lasagna is a fractal ”$

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.

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/820063224994136064

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/820073806875033600/the-kids-are-not-alright

Image from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

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#submission from Radical Graffiti

whatareyoureallyafraidof:
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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.
”

Schot De Volkskrant

Botched Wars Leave Trump Vulnerable | Heather ‘Digby’ Parton | TMR

I love watching Digby. I find she has incredible insite into the world of politics and the feelings of the country. Plus she knows her history. Hugs

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-23-2026

motala499: “weantuniverse: “(via Facebook) ” ”

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/819979336683798528

maximum efficiency

stealing the show 2

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/819977659765358592/trump-now-blaming-vandalism-for-the-problems-at

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/820000114535022592/trump-claims-multiple-were-arrested-over

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 6-22-2026

marco polo

the salad phase hasnt kicked in

ginius

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819862460326723584

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/819884917620097024

#donald trumps from Things of Interest

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819884892569616384/california-billionaire-tax-makes-ballot-despite

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819864637814243328/trumps-new-acting-intel-chief-bill-pulte-arrives

Not qualified for the job and already looking for the perks and privileges instead of responsibilities.

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/819958927179579392

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819875904505380864/arizonas-gallego-backs-bill-to-protect-elections

Image from Visual Fiber

https://www.tumblr.com/socialjusticeinamerica/819715001415778304

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/819882615513448448

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819886514014208000/missouri-judge-rules-state-abortion-laws-violate

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819889080196366336/five-years-ago

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819904173397147648/nearly-160-us-troops-sick-with-flu-in-texas

#politics from Cartoon Politics

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/819852178361597952/trump-blasted-in-newspaper-owned-by-top-donor

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/819881741187743744

a very deep thought

A Diverse Few Toons

Trump’s Green New Deal

It’s going to take a lot more than hydrogen peroxide to clean up this deal

Clay Jones

Trump’s failure with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is a perfect example of how this regime operates.

He said he wants to beautify Washington DC, though the city is already beautiful. This is like when he came into office in 2017, and before the afternoon was over, he took credit for rebuilding the military. We were spending over $800 billion a year on our military before Donald Trump came into office, so trust me…. We already had a military. If anything, our military is weaker today because Donald Trump just wasted a lot of its armaments on his stupid chosen illegal war. It’s also being led by a chauvinistic, racist, white Christian nationalist with the brain of a moldy sponge.

Back to the pool. Trump wanted to beautify it before July 4, when our nation celebrates its 250th birthday, not to be confused with June 14, which is Donald Trump’s birthday, which will now be commemorated every year by having shirtless men pummel each other in your backyard. (snip-MORE)

Rainbow Reminder Art Print

What’s In The Sack?

If anyone sees the presidents balls, please call 1-800–NUT–LESS

Clay Jones

The UFC event at the White House last Sunday was not supposed to be political, even though it was held on Donald Trump’s birthday. But after winning his fight, UFC fighter Josh Hokit was being interviewed by podcaster and ring announcer, Joe Rogan, when he grinned and looked into the camera, and said, “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?”

Of course, he is not right, and his racist and sexist conspiracy theory shouldn’t be given the dignity of a defense because it is just too ridiculous and stupid. But what Hokit did wasn’t just disrespectful to Michelle Obama and President Obama, but also to the White House, where he made the comment (hasn’t that place suffered enough during Trump 2.0?), and the country, as this was supposed to be for America’s 250th birthday.

The event itself was disrespectful enough to the White House and the Oval Office without Hokit’s hateful comment. (snip-MORE)